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Epson pushes artistic boundaries
The Royal Academy Schools is staging its annual exhibition of final year postgraduate students’ work profiling the work of 16 artists. Several of the works on display include those produced using large-format Epson printers and projectors, accessible to the students in the on-site Epson Digital Media Suite.
The Royal Academy Schools offer the UK’s only three year, full-time, postgraduate course and is regarded as a Centre of Excellence in the art world. The graduation exhibition provides visitors with a rare opportunity to view the finished artwork across a range of media from painting to photography, sculpture, digital print and film.
Included in this year’s exhibition are Chris Mew who has combined digital printing with painting to produce atmospheric panoramic canvas pieces created by feeding raw cotton canvas through the Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 printer.
Pio Abad has created an installation using the large-format Epson Stylus Pro GS6000, the Stylus Pro 11880 and Stylus Pro 9900 printers. Often using high gloss papers and vinyl transfer materials, his works also include found objects, clothing, posters, photos and prints.
Jolanta Rejs has used Epson’s printers to create transparent films of details of engravings by Albrecht Durer, which she then uses as guides to produce atmospheric hand cut printing blocks.
Mark Hampson, Tutor of Material Processes at the Royal Academy said: “The RA Schools graduation show demonstrates the wonderful creative outcomes of our collaborative relationship with Epson. All the students have worked in the Epson Digital Media Suite while researching, preparing and producing their artwork and their involvement with Epson technologies has influenced their final show tremendously.”
Nick White, Sales Manager, ProGraphics said: “As a leading supplier of technology to the fine art market, Epson is very keen to support young artists. Through our partnership with the Royal Academy Schools, we are able to offer the students the opportunity to test Epson’s equipment to its limit and experiment with their creative ideas.”
