"Photomechanical reproductions" refers to the process of duplicating or copying images using a combination of photography and mechanical techniques. It involves techniques such as photographing the original image and then using mechanical or chemical methods to create multiple copies of it.
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Rail: Yes, you were using the garish colors of that period's
photomechanical reproduction techniques, which sets you aside from the still rather painterly colors of Warhol, Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein, etc..
Incorporating modified detritus — billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, wrapping and carbon paper — in its densely accreted, silver - gray surfaces, Ghost Money is a rich representation of urban life that pays particular attention to the «underbelly» economies that are interlaced with social injustices.
Mark Bradford, Potable Water, 2005, Billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, and additional mixed media, 130 x 196 inches, Collection of Hunter Gray, Photo: Bruce M. White
Peeling billboard papers or merchant posters,
photomechanical reproductions, hairdressing endpapers, newsprint clips, polyester cord: these are Bradford's scavenged ephemera, considered in their regular context to be visual pollution yet decontextualized and altered into art.
Billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, comic - book paper, wrapping paper and additional mixed media on canvas; support: 102 x 144 in.
Highlights include the history of
photomechanical reproduction, early illustrated printed books, decorative arts and sample books, and twentieth - and twenty - first century artists» books.
Photomechanical reproductions, feather, fabrics, rubber tubing, razor blade, nails, tobacco, sequins, string, shell, and paint encased in nylon stocking over wood.
Whilst Khan's mindset is more painterly than photographic, he often employs the tools of
photomechanical reproduction to create his work.
Billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, acrylic paint, rice paper, and additional mixed media; courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; © Mark Bradford; photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Mark Bradford, Potable Water, 2005; billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, and additional mixed media; 130 x 196 inches; collection of Hunter Gray; © Mark Bradford; photo: Bruce M. White
Billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, nylon string, and additional mixed media on canvas; 48 x 60 inches; courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York; © Mark Bradford; photo: Fredrik Nilsen
Black intaglio printing (etching and drypoint) on white handmade paper and
photomechanical reproduction of a drawing
2003
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, permanent - wave end papers and additional mixed media on canvas 72 x 84 in.
Potable Water, 2005; billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, and additional mixed media; 130 x 196 in.
Value 47, 2009 — 10; billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, nylon string, and additional mixed media on canvas; 48 x 60 in.
Polke's feeling for the romance of
photomechanical reproduction was what first set me to thinking about his relationship with Dalí, who also took an interest in the halftone's dot screen.
Billboard paper,
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, carbon paper, acrylic paint, bleach, and additional mixed media on canvas, 94 1/2 x 118 in.
«Strawberry» (2002)
photomechanical reproductions, acrylic gel medium, permanent - wave end papers, and additional mixed media on canvas by Mark Bradford 72» x 84»