Artist research.

Woodcut

Thomas Kilpper; a German installation artist, draughtsman and wood engraver. He uses his wood engraving skills to create large scale site-specific interventions that are known for being socially and politically charged. His main works have been in traditional and historical buildings in which he can adapt and incorporate his work with the history behind the building using woodcut portraits and time critical motifs. An example of this is the at the Hessian Cultural Foundation in London. In the wooden parquet floor on the 10th floor of the traditional "Orbit House" in Southwark , London, he carved on 400 m² over 80 portraits of people who were connected to the building and connected them with his own biography. Previously, he had researched the place where, since the 18th century, there was a chapel and the India Office Library , up to their integration into the British Library in 1982. Subsequently, he printed the floor boards on paper, different fabrics or PVC film and exposed the prints free-hanging. His woodcuts incorporate highly defined and detailed elements with expressive, brushstroke like strokes where you can see the cuts made. He also incorporates text into his work which engage viewers in a social and political way.

Chen Qi; a Chinese artist who has transformed and moved from modernism, expanding the limitations of traditional ink-based Chinese print making incorporating the lighting ideas of Western Europe. He explores water-based printing’s contemporary expressive abilities through independent artistic language. His printing process dampens the limitations of the original draft and makes use of the artist’s subjective consciousness in the process of creation. The flow of consciousness is conveyed through the improvisational spirit and the free-moving marks. Especially praiseworthy is his attention to the conceptual ideas that arises from the creative methodology of water-based printing as a component of cultural heritage, entering into contemporary experimentation that transcends aesthetics.