Dimensions: image: 682 x 857 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Richard Hamilton | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: This is "Stage Proof 12" by Richard Hamilton, residing at the Tate. The flat planes of color are intriguing, almost like a screen print. What can you tell me about the materials and process used here? Curator: Well, the silkscreen's reproducibility is key. This challenges traditional notions of the unique art object. Consider the labour involved in creating the screens and the implications for mass consumption. Editor: So it's less about the "artist's hand" and more about the means of production? Curator: Precisely. Hamilton is prompting us to consider how technology and consumer culture intersect in art. I find that compelling, what about you? Editor: That makes me rethink how I value art, it's more than just the image itself, I see that. Curator: Indeed, and that's something to consider when evaluating its cultural significance.
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Release – Stage Proofs 1-13 and 16-19 (P02416-32; the series is incomplete) is a group of seventeen prints showing the process of building up colour to make the print Release (P04254). Each proof represents the successive addition of a screen, made from a hand-cut stencil, used to apply a particular colour. The completed print Release combines the seventeen colour screens, each used once, and the photographic black screen which has the texture of an imprint on canvas as well as the photographic halftone, used twice.
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