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Blending Realities: NFT and printed editions by VEXX.

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In melding the worlds of physical and digital art, Belgian artist VEXX asks the question —Do these two realities really need to exist in mutual estrangement? With the rise of the NFT set against an undiminished love for the physical thing to hold and to hang, perhaps another question worth asking is —What value do we place in the evolution of artistic process itself?

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The Clash, Bond International 40th anniversary limited edition silkscreened poster.

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In 1981, The Clash cemented their cultural status as The Only Band That Matters, when they played an unprecedented 17 shows at the Bonds International Casino in Times Square, New York. In homage to the 40th anniversary of this significant moment in rock history, we worked with Global Merch to create a new art print edition of this truly classic concert poster. 

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Playing Cards Gold Editions by Mahdieh Farhadkiaei

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Iranian artist Mahdieh Farhadkiaei has worked with Black Dragon Press to deliver a second edition of her effortlessly elegant, deceptively questioning, playing card screenprints. Allow the work to draw a second glance, and one quickly realises that this artist is offering a great deal more than simply riffing playfully on the presumed knowns that we take for granted.

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Is blue the deepest colour? Moonlight by Malika Favre.

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In her new screenprint edition, Malika Favre’s colour palette delivers a trenchant exposé of the Barry Jenkins film. Yet in the blue alone, there is even more to find. Characterful and defining, a place to get lost and found, it is in blue that we find the hidden hand that guides. 

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Lake Shore Drive II (Night) by Murugiah

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The vividly colourful mind of Murugiah has been a fascinating place for us to visit. We have journeyed through some far reach, via this new print edition, produced at the White Duck Editions studio. Using both giclée and screenprint disciplines to deliver the work, here we give a little insight into the making of this artist’s exquisite new print release. 

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Joan of Arc by Zi Xu

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For Black Dragon Press’ recent release, The Passion of Joan of Arc, American illustrator Zi Xu turned in a painting full of tone and finesse. We offer up an illustrated history of the method that made it a screen print.

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The LOVE editions

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The LOVE editions are a new set of screen prints, built with love at the White Duck Editions studio. For our final release of 2020, we've created something with a bit of weight, to see us into the new year.

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The Diver—Art edition by Rebecca Cleal

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The Diver is the second in a series of screen prints by photographer & printmaker Rebecca Cleal. The Water Series, which began with English Channel, focuses on this one essential element and explores the deep significance and sublime presence it has in our lives.

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Malika Favre—why making it look easy is so very hard.

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Malika Favre has some wonderful new screen print editions, and while printing them we got to talking about the art, the printing process, and why it is that to appear effortless is so excruciatingly difficult.

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Ayahuasca—screen print by Peter Diamond

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Mesmerising scarcely comes close to describing the effect Peter's artwork has on the eyes. We'd be happy to use that description for any of his works, but for Ayahuasca it is particularly apt. Viewing it is like looking into a hypnotic mirror, which is reflecting back the secret phantasmagoria of the mind. A jolting and surreal experience...

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