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'Bath' Print

David Bigman MA RCA

United States

Printmaking, Digital on Paper

Size: 24 W x 32 H x 0.3 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

'Bath' 2006 24x30". 8 layers for this print. This is a real print. What comes out of the printer is the original art. The bathtub was denounced as an obnoxious toy from England, designed to corrupt the democratic simplicity of the Republic. On the other hand, it was attacked by the medical faculty as dangerous to health and a certain inviter of rheumatic fevers, inflammation of the lungs and other diseases. The controversy spread across America. Some cities taxed bathtubs. Others banned them outright. Meanwhile, politicians turned bathing into a class issue as only the very wealthy could afford to install baths. Eventually, the American medical profession began to regard bathing as beneficial or, at worst, harmless. When, in 1851, President Millard Fillmore had a bathtub installed at the White House, all opposition collapsed. Today it's a tool to get clean but also a hot soothing escape from everything and everyone. Paper size, 24”x30” (size can be larger with special printing). Limited edition of 30 prints on heavy watercolor paper. Hand-signed, named, numbered and dated.

DETAILS AND DIMENSIONS
Printmaking:

Digital on Paper

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

24 W x 32 H x 0.3 D in

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Born in the U.S. Educated in the U.K. I describe my approach as print layerism. It’s a combination of analog and digital thinking. It’s where the lithographic technique that Toulouse Lautrec employed meets limitless digital possibilities. It's the separations or layers from old school technology transferred to a computer screen. Each layer is like a printing plate. There are between four and 40 layers per print. Every piece starts off with a sketch. Throughout history, ideas have started as a scribble on paper, a drawing on wet sand or on the back of a napkin—from cave paintings to Michelangelo’s sketchbooks. Consider the clothes you wear. The airplane. The iconic stop sign. Just look around and you'll find that nearly every design you see started off as a sketch. That's what makes sketches so intriguing. My sketches are not copied like a poster and then printed. I add layers and depth, transforming the original drawing with a modern perspective. What comes out of the printer is original art. The output is an archival print, produced by an archival inkjet printer on thick watercolor paper. Limited edition of 30 prints only, named, dated and signed before the file is destroyed.

Artist Recognition
Showed at the The Other Art Fair

Handpicked to show at The Other Art Fair presented by Saatchi Art in London

Artist featured in a collection

Artist featured by Saatchi Art in a collection

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