From one curator to another, I’m in love with Mike Perry’s eye. Just like his previous books that focus on a particular topic (the first one was hand-drawn type, the second on hand-drawn patterns), this one on screen printing is not to be missed.
Title: Pulled – a Catalog of Screen Printing
Softcover, 256 pages
As an old art form that has found a new audience in contemporary art, screen printing gets your fingers dirty and your muscles moving. Of course there’s plenty of tutorials online that teaches you the finer points of doing it (think No Media Kings, and also an unconventional method by Craftgrrl), but I’m more interested in the final piece. And this book has plenty of them.
While everything has gone digital these days, nothing beats the surprise and irregularity offered by a hand-pulled print. The book features the screen printing portfolio of 43 artists with various styles and personalities between them. After a brief introduction on the artist/studio, and the reader is soon taken on a visual ride of delight that fills each and every page of the book. The experience was made even more tactile by the use of smooth matte paper throughout the book that seemed to soak up ink while conserving its vibrancy.
All in all, this is a wonderful book for every artist to collect, and Mike Perry unearthed some really cool artists in the book that I hadn’t discovered before!
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Happy weekend and I’ll see you on Monday!
And I made a huge gaffe — the Visual Journaling class only starts on 23rd May, and NOT the 16th as mentioned before, so if you want to come along (see this post for a sneak preview) then there’s still some time!
Thanks for the little peeks inside, this book looks great!
sometimes its better to stick on the traditional than going with the trend.. I like the styles of the catalog.. it has an eccentric way of delivering its message.. 🙂
this book is a collection of poorly made amateur art.