About The Artist:
Komar and Melamid (Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid)
Vitaly Komar (1943) and Alexander Melamid (1945) born in Moscow. They attend and graduate from the Stroganov School of Art and Design (1967). Their first joint show, Retrospectivism, appears in the Blue Bird CafÈ (Moscow, 1967). “Even if only one of us creates some of the projects and works, we usually sign them together. We are not just an artist, we are a movement” (from artist’s statement). During the late 60’s...
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About The Medium:
Aquatint
An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.