Counterprint
Karel Martens
Hyphen Press
2004
First edition
Throughout his career as a designer, Karel Martens has made uncommissioned work.
In the 1970s and 1980s he used sheets of printed paper, cut to make reliefs. Then he began to make prints from Meccano, metal plates, and other found objects. These prints were made in very small numbers or were one-offs. They were studies in form and colour, done as experiments or intended as gifts to friends. Martens has kept these prints largely apart from his graphic design work.
Karel Martens: counterprint is the first extensive showing of this work, and includes an essay by Paul Elliman on the themes raised: ’The world as a printed surface’.
Counterprint
Karel Martens
Hyphen Press
2004
First edition
Throughout his career as a designer, Karel Martens has made uncommissioned work.
In the 1970s and 1980s he used sheets of printed paper, cut to make reliefs. Then he began to make prints from Meccano, metal plates, and other found objects. These prints were made in very small numbers or were one-offs. They were studies in form and colour, done as experiments or intended as gifts to friends. Martens has kept these prints largely apart from his graphic design work.
Karel Martens: counterprint is the first extensive showing of this work, and includes an essay by Paul Elliman on the themes raised: ’The world as a printed surface’.
