These are a series of interviews which we are conducting with contemporary artists represented by us, who use printmaking in their work. Each interview will focus on a particular printmaking technique for which the artist is known. It will explore the challenges, experiences and sources of inspiration associated with working with that specific technique.
Interview with the artist Ulrike Theusner, conducted by Emanuel von Baeyer. This interview reflects upon Theusner's printed oeuvre.
"My antennae are always up, which is both exhausting and stimulating. Artistic work becomes absolutely necessary, otherwise I would burst."
Interview with artist Neil Gall conducted by Emanuel von Baeyer, London in conjunction with the publication of a new edition of lithographs by the artist, Materials for Reasoning.
"... enough people do go further, investigate more fully and those viewers are the more interesting to me. For others it’s just eye candy and a great illusion, a cheap thrill perhaps but you know even at that level someone is getting some kind of visual pleasure and that’s not so bad right?"
When I moved in I was one of the best dressed people around, when I moved out, I was one of the worst dressed people, without having changed how I dress...
Interview with artist and Photogravure printmaker Lothar Osterburg.
I always experience a strong emotion when the image appears. This experience is the moment of truth, the real test of my drawing. And in this way, whilst the woodblock disintegrates, I see my image gradually come to life.
Interview with artist Pascale Hémery.
We succeeded in something which is very rarely successful—simultaneously working alongside and with each other.
Interview with artist Nicolas Poignon and poet Marcel Feldberg on their project "Ephemeriden Aufzeichnungen".
The idea of mezzotint has always interested me, as the subject of all my work is the light.
Interview with artist Judith Rothchild and her partner Mark Lintott.