Talking Prints Event

On the 11th May we were very pleased to welcome our first International visitor as part of the Talking Prints programme. 

 Jadranka Njegovan studied at the Royal Academy of Visual Arts, The Hague.

Jadranka works predominantly with drawing, lithography and photography.   She also writes for several printmaking magazines and periodicals.  Her work plays with the notions of ‘abstract’ and ‘figurative’.

The images in her lithographs are not directly based on observation of reality but on basic elements; line and tone. Lines are freely drawn on the lithographic stone and once they are given a shadow, suddenly become wires, branches or something lying on a surface.   A space is created.   An abstract drawing becomes figurative.

 

Jadranka gave us a valuable reminder that traditional techniques of working are just as effective as mediums for realising contemporary pieces of work as the new technologies.  She was very generous with her time, making sure she spoke to everyone after the talk and answering technical questions on the art of Stone Lithography. Everyone was inspired by her passion and commitment to her work and we thank her for making time in her very busy schedule to visit us.

Artist in Residence

During March we were very happy to welcome Georg Gartz to our studios. He spent a week working with us in the screenprinting studios making new works. He was kind enough to give us an evening of his time to share his resulting prints with the members of Artlab contemporary print studios and TUCAN.  You can see examples of Georg’s work on his website: http://www.georg-gartz.de/