Practical applications for employing alternative printing surfaces and working on them as a unique performing medium

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Professor in faculty of fine arts – Alexandria University Graphic Department – Printmaking specialty Alexandria – Arab Republic of Egypt

Abstract

Given that the material in postmodern arts is not rigid or rigid, but rather pulsating and moving, it contributes to directing the artist's creative activity. to reach a greater understanding, to help him adapt it to his art and make it more powerful in expression. In order for these printing operations to be realized, the presence of this mediator (the printing surface) is necessary. It was interesting and necessary for the typographic artist to employ the nature of these alternative surfaces and the performances of working on them as a unique performance medium to express the content of the applied experience within the research Which is entitled (M House) according to "the circumstances and challenges of the current situation at the time when these works were carried out, which coincided with the period of the Corona pandemic (COVID-19) and commitment to all of our homes." It is what exhausted the artist's spirit to empty the creative energies inside him, represented in the works executed on these alternative printing surfaces. Here lies the research problem in emphasizing the importance of experimentation and exploitation of alternative materials and surfaces.
And revealing some simple solutions to overcome the traditional form of executing works of art. This is to enrich creative thinking and benefit from the available materials available in the environment.
The problem: Do the circumstances and developments of events have a role in unloading the artist's creative energies to be embodied in the form of works of art?
The aim of the research. to shed light on the concept of artistic vision in dealing with visual reality and the extent of the impact of new events in giving the artist the opportunity to reflect on what is around him and translate it into works of art, in addition to revealing the nature of these alternative surfaces and how to work on them.

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