Serigraph (Paul Stephenson)
used in the 20th century by Pop Art pioneers like Andy Warhol and James Francis Gill.
Also known as silk-screen. The word comes from combination of Greek words seicos , meaning silk and graphos , meaning writing. In the silkscreen printing process, the ink is pressed through stencils supported by fabric or mesh screens, using a separate screen for each colour. Once the screens or stencils are in place, artists roll, press, sponge or squeegee their ink or paint over the silkscreens to create a design. Silkscreen printing originated in China and is one of the oldest forms of printmaking, going back as far as 1000 years ago. The technique reached the Western Europe in 18th century and was widely
Artists like Bob Dylan, Simon Claridge and Billy Schenck have also used this technique. Paul Stephenson has reproduced four of Andy Warhol’s most iconic artworks in collaboration with the Pop Art founder’s original screenprinter, Alexander Heinrici. Paul sourced the same materials and followed Warhol’s technique exactly to create ‘posthumous Warhols’ (as described by leading Warholian authority Rainer Crane) for his After Warhol collection.
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