Art Editions
U2's Achtung Baby, 30 years on
To celebrate 30 years since the release of Achtung Baby, U2’s career-defining 7th studio album, we were commissioned to screenprint two limited edition Shaughn McGrath artworks from the album's archive.
'Old Friend' Screenprinted art edition by Ivan Solyaev
Black Dragon Press collaborate for the second time with Russian artist Ivan Solyaev, releasing a brilliant companion piece to 2019's 'XVII'.
Onibaba and Kuroneko, screenprinted alt. movie posters by Takato Yamamoto
Dark City Gallery go to the source, employing a revered Japanese artist whose roots lie in the ukiyo-e tradition to create posters for Kaneto Shindô's iconic horror films
VITA by Malika Favre
The Butterfly Effect reimagined: Malika Favre turns her illustrious anniversary cover artwork for The New Yorker into a beautiful new screenprinted art edition
Watership Down by Sam Chivers & Black Dragon Press
Evoking a moment of still tension amid the hidden pathways of a familiar English countryside, with their new screenprint edition Sam Chivers and Black Dragon Press invite us into the half-lit world of Richard Adams’ literary classic.
Fantasy screenprint editions by Marylou Faure.
On a first outing with French illustrator Marylou Faure, we had the great pleasure of screenprinting a series of new art editions, each one full of the artist’s signature use of colour, strength of line, and unmistakeable character.
Fruit Bowl by Choo is beautiful and bright, and a great reason to talk about ink mixing.
Black Dragon Press has again teamed up with Melbourne artist Choo, this time to release an art print that is full to the brim with bold colour and immediate appeal. With a print where colour is key, we thought it a fine opportunity to talk you through what it takes to mix those punchy colours.
Blending Realities: NFT and printed editions by VEXX.
In melding the worlds of physical and digital art, Belgian artist VEXX asks the question —Do these two realities really need to exist in mutual estrangement? With the rise of the NFT set against an undiminished love for the physical thing to hold and to hang.
Playing Cards Gold Editions by Mahdieh Farhadkiaei
Iranian artist Mahdieh Farhadkiaei has worked with Black Dragon Press to deliver a second edition of her effortlessly elegant, deceptively questioning, playing card screenprints.
Is blue the deepest colour? Moonlight by Malika Favre.
In her new screenprint edition, Malika Favre’s colour palette delivers a trenchant exposé of the Barry Jenkins film. Yet in the blue alone, there is even more to find.
Lake Shore Drive II (Night) by Murugiah
The vividly colourful mind of Murugiah has been a fascinating place for us to visit. We have journeyed through some far reach, via this new print edition.
The LOVE editions.
The LOVE editions are a new set of screen prints, built with love at the White Duck Editions studio. For our final release of 2020, we've created something with a bit of weight, to see us into the new year.
'National Bird' by Anuj Shrestha.
'National Bird' screenprint edition by Anuj Shrestha [https://www.anujink.com], released by Evil Tender [https://eviltender.com]. National Bird has been created in subtle shades of signature blue by illustrator Anuj Shrestha. It's the first of this artist's work we've printed, and it was immensely enjoyable to do so.
The Diver—Art edition by Rebecca Cleal.
The Diver is the second in a series of screen prints by photographer & printmaker Rebecca Cleal. The Water Series, which began with English Channel, focuses on this one essential element and explores the deep significance and sublime presence it has in our lives.
Malika Favre—why making it look easy is so very hard.
Malika Favre has some wonderful new screen print editions, and while printing them we got to talking about the art, the printing process, and why it is that to appear effortless is so excruciatingly difficult.
'Home Sweet Home' by Pascal Witaszek.
With Halloween just around the corner, what more could one want than a set of excellent Horror House screen prints? Your wish just came true!
Ayahuasca—screen print by Peter Diamond.
Mesmerising scarcely comes close to describing the effect Peter's artwork has on the eyes. We'd be happy to use that description for any of his works, but for Ayahuasca it is particularly apt. Viewing it is like looking into a hypnotic mirror, which is reflecting back the secret phantasmagoria of
Screen printed posters for Hiut Denim Co.
If months of lockdown have taught us one thing, it's that taking the time to focus on what our real strengths are is time well spent indeed. Like everyone, we didn't anticipate such a dramatic shift in pace come March, a time when we're typically about to hit the busy
Malika Favre Monograph with screen printed inserts.
With an altogether deserved celebration, Malika Favre [https://www.malikafavre.com] recently released her first Artbook, which has sold like the most indulgent hotcakes you ever laid eyes on! The monograph, published in the UK by Counterprint Books [https://www.counter-print.co.uk], presents the last 8 years of the
‘Propagation’ by Choo.
‘Propagation’ is a new art print by Choo [https://www.instagram.com/choodraws/], commissioned and released by Black Dragon Press [https://www.blackdragonpress.co.uk]. This was a really fun screen print to work on. We had a good conversation with the artist and gallery about how to create the