Graphics Index | Richard Horvath Artworks
RMIT Union Artist on Campus Scheme
1981
Three colour screenprint on MG litho paper, 62 x 51 cms
Collection National Gallery of Australia
The RMIT Union Arts Activities poster workshop produced most of its work for various in house Union Arts events such as this one, a photographic exhibition and performance.
The scale of the university always fascinated me and when I heard about an informal archivist who had been collecting photographic material of RMIT history, I decided to pay the man a visit. Although he had interesting historic photos such as a group of rockers with their slicked back hair leaning against their British motorbikes, it was a photo of a major wing under construction that caught my attention.
A photomechanically colour separated image is a pretty straightforward procedure, but in this case where the black and white photo was selectively masked and overprinted using the basic process colours, the results are generally unpredictable. It was important to use the technique to wring out the chaos of the building site among the rectilinear city grid.
The scale of the university always fascinated me and when I heard about an informal archivist who had been collecting photographic material of RMIT history, I decided to pay the man a visit. Although he had interesting historic photos such as a group of rockers with their slicked back hair leaning against their British motorbikes, it was a photo of a major wing under construction that caught my attention.
A photomechanically colour separated image is a pretty straightforward procedure, but in this case where the black and white photo was selectively masked and overprinted using the basic process colours, the results are generally unpredictable. It was important to use the technique to wring out the chaos of the building site among the rectilinear city grid.