Indian Contemporary Graphic Prints by Printmakers and visual Artists

Prints in the Western tradition produced before about 1830 are known as old master prints. In Europe, from around 1400 AD woodcut was used for master prints on paper by using printing techniques developed in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds.

In China, the art of printmaking developed some 1,100 years ago as illustrations alongside text cut in woodblocks for printing on paper. 

Woodblock printing in Japan is a technique best known for its use in the ukiyo-e artistic genre; however, it was also used very widely for printing books in the same period. Woodblock printing had been used in China for centuries to print books, long before the advent of movable type, but was only widely adopted in Japan surprisingly late, during 1603-1867. Although similar to woodcut in western printmaking in some regards, Moku Hanga differs greatly in that water-based inks are used, as opposed to western woodcut, which uses oil-based inks, allowing for a wide range of vivid color, glazes and color transparency.

As it seen in art fields of India in contemporary period some artists kept busy themselves in making prints though art market is not responding positively. Graphic prints in various medium have been produced nationwide. It is high motivation to make print inside printmakers mind. In India prints are not so popular as paintings and sculptures, well highly appreciated the imagery in print media.  Real use of print in the field of an interior of office or a house is quite affordable by size and value.  Calculative business venture can value the print of artist. In Indian art scene prints are not much in numbers.  Print techniques are used very less purpose. Actually news media has keeping  artist as an illustrator not as an independent artist or other way  artists are not making independent artwork while working as an illustrator media.    But as an printmaker some artists are making efforts to produce high quality technically serious artworks. Which can be seen in Vaishwik art Environment in the period of 1^st nov. to 8^th Nov. 2015

Participant Artists : Gajraj Chavan, Walter D’suza, Dattatrey Apate, Viraj Naik

Vijay Bagade, Laxman Gauda, Praveen Hatwar, Chhering Negi

C. V. Wagmare , Anamica Prakash, Soghra Khurasani, Sandip Sonawane

Vaishwik Art Environment

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