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Place

Print
1995 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Paul Coldwell is Research Professor and Project Leader of FADE (Fine art Digital Environments) for Camberwell College of Art/Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts. He is a printmaker of long standing, and his most recent work has focused on the integration of computer technology into fine art practice. His own work involves layering and integrating different techniques, using the computer to manipulate imagery, which is then printed using a mix of traditional and digital methods.

This print comes from a larger group of prints by the artist in the V&A collection representing key phases in his exploration of fine art printmaking. Place (1995) uses a book motif and is another of Coldwell’s experiments with the layering of imagery to emphasise and explore notions of surface.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitlePlace (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching and aquatint on paper
Brief description
'Place', black and white etching and aquatint showing central motif of an open book, by Paul Coldwell, United Kingdom, 1995
Physical description
Print in black and white showing central motif of an open book.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 57.2cm
  • Sheet width: 76.2cm
  • Image height: 39.5cm
  • Image width: 59.5cm
Copy number
18/40
Marks and inscriptions
'18/40 Paul Coldwell' (edition number and signature; in pencil)
Credit line
Given by the artist in recognition of Rosie Miles' contribution to print scholarship
Object history
The credit line refers to Rosie Miles, formerly a curator of 20th century and contemporary prints in the V&A (retired 2006).
Subject depicted
Summary
Paul Coldwell is Research Professor and Project Leader of FADE (Fine art Digital Environments) for Camberwell College of Art/Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts. He is a printmaker of long standing, and his most recent work has focused on the integration of computer technology into fine art practice. His own work involves layering and integrating different techniques, using the computer to manipulate imagery, which is then printed using a mix of traditional and digital methods.

This print comes from a larger group of prints by the artist in the V&A collection representing key phases in his exploration of fine art printmaking. Place (1995) uses a book motif and is another of Coldwell’s experiments with the layering of imagery to emphasise and explore notions of surface.
Collection
Accession number
E.556-2007

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Record createdMay 23, 2007
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