Trends of contemporary printmaking in the 21st century, experimentation and contextualization
The project aims to question new trends in printmaking as a medium of expression, by following its evolutionary aspects from the perspective of experimentation, which becomes a key point of contextualization, due to the new technical and visual dimensions it proposes. Thus, the research is divided into two distinct areas: the technical experiment, which consists of defining new materials and techniques developed and assimilated by contemporary artists; and the visual experiment, which involves the maintaining of traditional techniques approached in a distinct visual form, different from the canonical. The secondary field of this research lies at the intersection of the classical and the experimental, focusing on the technical and conceptual discourse in the contemporary artist's universe of expression. The aim is to highlight how different artists relate to new materials and tools, thus building a reintegrative and evolutionary aspect of the artistic product formulated with the help of printmaking techniques.
Andrei Răzvan Neciu é doutorando na Faculdade de Artes e Design, da West University of Timișoara. É Licenciado em Artes Visuais e Design Gráfico e é Mestre em Artes Visuais, nas vertentes de Publicidade e Design, pela mesma instituição. Entre os seus trabalhos mais importantes, estão My first (Anti)Monument, um workshop teórico e prático para intervenções no espaço público, Kunsthalle Bega, Timișoara (2022); Simulations of a possible future, exhibition, La Cave, French Institute, Cluj-Napoca (2022); XVIII Internationaler Wettbewerb für Kleingrafik und Exlibris Ostrów Wielkopolski (2022); 7th Graphic Art Biennial of Szeklerland (2022); 3rd Bucharest International Print Biennale (BIPB) (2019).
