Invention & revival
Subtitle: the colour drypoints of David Milne & John Hartman
By: curated by Rosemarie Tovell ; with an essay by Anne-Marie Ninacs
Contributors: Milne, David, 1882-1953; Hartman, John, 1950-; Ninacs, Anne-Marie; Nemiroff, Diana; Dyck, Sandra; Terry, Judith; Carleton University. Art Gallery
Publisher: Carleton University Art Gallery
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780770905262
Copyright date: 2008
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Invention and revival
Description: "Upon his death in 1953 David Milne was hailed by art critic Clement Greenberg as one of the greatest artists of the time. Among Milne's many achievements was the invention of the multiple-plate colour drypoint. This entirely new process was the simplest of techniques. Lines are scratched into copper or zinc plates, creating a residual metal "burr" that later catches the ink, creating soft lines more akin to drawing than to the finely detailed lines of etching or engraving. Milne exploited his invention to gorgeous effect but despite - or perhaps because of - his mastery of it, other artists did not follow suit. Decades later, John Hartman was inspired to take up the technique and has produced a remarkable body of prints that shares much in common with Milne's oeuvre, in aesthetic, geographic, and spiritual terms. In order to explore the affinities between the two artists, this publication brings together forty-two prints by Milne and Hartman, including Hartman's spectacular Cities series, which demonstrates his continuing drive to push the limits of the drypoint technique. Two scholarly essays and a conversation between John Hartman and the son of David Milne are accompanied by forty-two full-page colour plates. Rosemarie Tovell is former curator at the National Gallery of Canada and a leading authority on David Milne. Anne-Marie Ninacs is former curator of contemporary art at the Musee national des beaux-arts du Quebec."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Edited by Sandra Dyck and Diana Nemiroff. Anne-Marie Ninacs' essay translated by Judith Terry.

Includes bibliographical references.

In English; one essay in French.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Carleton University Art Gallery Nov. 17, 2008-Feb. 1, 2009.
Table of contents: title: Foreword  -- Diana Nemiroff; title: Invention & Revival: The Colour Drypoints of David Milne & John Hartman  -- Rosemarie Tovell; title: Plates: David Milne -- ; title: Plates: John Hartman -- ; title: Child's Play  -- Anne-Marie Ninacs; title: John Hartman & David Milne Jr.: A Dialogueon Colour Drypoints  -- Diana Nemiroff / -- Edited by Sandra Dyck; title: Un jeu d'enfant -- Anne-Marie Ninacs.