Galerie Edition Raphael "Liberated Paper", Frankfurt, Germany
UNTITLED, SHELLY, 28X38 CM, AQUARELLE ON PAPER
https://galerieraphael.com/portfolio/untitled-olya-2020-4/?lang=en
“During recent years he has been engaging intensely with the medium of graphic art. He is taking this path together with Gary Lichtenstein, a luminary in the field of screen printing. Lichtenstein has been active in this field since the 1970s and has supported such greats as Robert Indiana, Marina Abramovic and Richard Meier in bringing their artistic visions to paper with the help of screen printing. Ozeri and Lichtenstein have chosen screen printing as the ideal translation of Ozeri’s painting into printmaking. Since screen printing requires a separate screen for each color and thus a separate printing process – and since Ozeri’s hyperrealistic portraits usually consist of many different colors and shades, the transition is a complex undertaking. Here is, where the inventiveness and expertise of a master printer are needed. Gary Lichtenstein and Yigal Ozeri together have succeeded in implementing hyperrealism, as an artistic discipline in screen printing.”