A printmaking matrix (block, stone, plate, screen and stencil) is a complex tool to hold and apply pigment to a substrate (paper) - just as a brush might be used to hold and apply pigment to canvas. My visually apparent halftones (dots, lines, and custom shapes) are metaphors for commercial printmaking, current culture and technology.
Halftones carry tonal changes in the printed images and, when apparent, are also intrinsically interesting repeated forms. Repetition, critical to composition, is of course a primary strength of printmaking. My screen-printed images also refer to other printmaking methods (textiles, woodblock), earlier times, and other cultural contexts (Japanese ukiyo-e, Pop Art).
Click here to read an interview with Michael Hagan about his printmaking.
Halftones carry tonal changes in the printed images and, when apparent, are also intrinsically interesting repeated forms. Repetition, critical to composition, is of course a primary strength of printmaking. My screen-printed images also refer to other printmaking methods (textiles, woodblock), earlier times, and other cultural contexts (Japanese ukiyo-e, Pop Art).
Click here to read an interview with Michael Hagan about his printmaking.