Reference Work

Reference Work

In art, a reference work is the original artwork upon which an edition or reproduction is based. Sometimes these derivatives seek to replicate the reference work exactly, while at other times a reference work serves as a jumping off point for creating something new.

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What is silkscreen printing?

Printmaker Kaius takes a break from crafting exquisite editions at Make-Ready in London to guide us through the fundamentals and speculative future of screen printing and serigraphy.

What is silkscreen printing?
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Ayako Rokkaku: Painting in public

Relive a first of it's kind live painting event with Japanese artist Ayako Rokkaku, then discover the process involved in transforming it into a limited edition print.

Ayako Rokkaku: Painting in public
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Tschabalala Self in London

We all do it, but what does it mean to sit?

Tschabalala Self in London
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Seated

With her first ever public sculpture, Tschabalala Self brings ongoing explorations of body politics and domestic performance to London.

Seated
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The Seed Shiver Shine & Bright

Code-crashing maximalism presides over a new print edition by Tomokazu Matsuyama.In The Seed Shiver Shine & Bright, an opulent and largely symmetrical interior is disrupted by the irregular, swerving profile of its outer edge. Matsuyama toys with arbitrariness, compiling objects and motifs from far flung corners of his life in New York City. An androgynous, mafia-esque figure is surrounded by animals dead and alive – alongside fruit, flowers and a whiskey on the rocks.Flocking, varnish and glitter draw out choice details from the reference work, while snow-like silkscreen spots add a final layer of surreal complexity to the composition. For Matsuyama the process of creating an edition presents a chance to reinvent, rather than simply recreate, his paintings. “I finish a painting, and from there on there’s another journey.”

The Seed Shiver Shine & Bright

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Parra's studio, with Parra at the centre, his back to the camera as he works on the large painting takes centre stage, showing a faceless blue woman in a striped dress, painted in red, purple, blue and teal. The studio is full of brightly coloured paints, with a large window on the right and a patterned rug across the floor under the painting.