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Into STPI.

It was truly an eye opener for me as this marked my very first guided art museum trip. Personally for myself, as this was not known for me that SingaResidence's namespore takes in Artists all over the world to do paintings as it was rarely heard and they will be known as residences where they will stay put for a few weeks to work on a project which will be related to “Printmaking”. Though the interesting part would be those artists may not be major or known to such art but they are brought here to explore with their own creativity.

Zou Wou-ki's Work

The exhibition was on the artist, “Zao Wou-ki”. For his masterpieces, many of which are named “Untitled” which made it so unique that it’s for the viewers to justify what his art meant instead of limiting or even narrowing down the viewer’s point of view.

 

Guided Exhibition

Many insights were shared by Esther who was a staff guiding us through the trip such as the different kind of Printmaking(‘Lithography’, ‘Intaglio’, ‘Screenprinting’ and ‘Relief print’) and including Papermaking. As for this current module, we will be focusing more towards ‘Relief print’ which I’m quite excited to get my hands dirty on it.

A brief explanation of the different kind of Printmaking:

  1. Lithography – is a method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a limestone or a metal plate with a smooth surface.
  2. Intaglio – The lines of the image are cut into a metal plate. Sharp tools will be used as in engraving, or with acid, as in etching and aquatint. Ink is applied and forced into the incised areas. Ink remaining on the surface is removed, and the plate is ready for printing.
  3. Screenprinting – is a printing technique whereby a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil.
  4. Relief print – a process where protruding surface faces of the printing plate or block are inked; recessed areas are ink free. Printing the image is therefore a relatively simple matter of inking the face of the matrix and bringing it in firm contact with the paper.