Michael Craig Martin Art Techniques

Drawing

Michael Craig-Martin

The complete prints and multiples of one of Britain's most influential artists. Sir Michael Craig-Martin is one of Britian's most celebrated and influential artists working today. To coincide with a major retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy, this volume is the catalogue raisonné of Craig-Martin's entire work in print and multiples. Having produced his earliest prints in the late 1960s and early 1970s, the artist has made printmaking an important part of his practice for the past thirty-five years, alongside his distinctive wall pieces, paintings, and sculptures. Screenprints, letter-press, pigment prints lightboxes and computer works all present his familiar signature style of everyday objects drawn in outline and often in intense saturated colours. A text by the acclaimed writer Michael Bracewell considers the significance of prints and printmaking in Craig-Martin's work. Featuring high-quality reproductions of almost 300 works, this book is the complete resource for specialist and general reader alike.

An Introduction to the Making of Western Art

This book is the first introduction to Western art that not only considers how choice of materials can impact form, but also how objects in different media can alter in appearance over time, and the role of conservators in the preservation of our cultural heritage. The first four chapters cover wall and easel paintings, sculpture, drawings, and prints, from the late Middle Ages to the present day. They examine, with numerous examples, how these works have been produced, how they might have been transformed, and how efforts regarding their preservation can sometimes be misleading or result in controversy. The final two chapters look at how photography, new techniques, and modern materials prompted innovative ways of creating art in the twentieth century, and how the rapid expansion of technology in the twenty-first century has led to a revolution in how artworks are constructed and seen, generating specific challenges for collectors, curators, and conservators alike. This book is primarily directed at undergraduates interested in art history, museum studies, and conservation, but will also be of interest to a more general non-specialist audience.