Combined techniques of relief print-collage in printmaking

Magistrsko delo z naslovom Kombinirane tehnike visokega tiska – kolaž v grafiki je razdeljeno na dva dela. V prvem delu sem skozi likovno-teoretičen vidik predstavila pojav kolaža v umetnosti, njegovo zgodovino in razvoj. Osredotočila sem se na najbolj vidne umetnike različnih umetniških gibanj 20. stoletja, ki so se na različnih likovnih področjih ukvarjali s kolažem, ga razvijali, izpopolnjevali in preko njega kritično izražali svoj pogled na umetnost, vojno, družbo in politiko. V drugem delu magistrskega dela sem se posvetila raziskovanju kolaža na področju grafike. Kolaž v grafiki sem skušala predstaviti kot avtonomno likovno zvrst in kot eksperiment v umetniškem ustvarjanju. Najprej sem zajela širše področje grafike in navedla nekaj umetnikov, predvsem mlajše generacije, ki se v svojem grafičnem ustvarjanju ukvarjajo s kolažiranjem. Nato sem se posvetila tehnikam visokega tiska in predstavila problematiko kolaža skozi likovno praktičen vidik ob ustvarjanju lastnih del v tehnikah linoreza, kolažnega tiska, tiska s pečatniki, tiska s premično šablono ter v medsebojni kombinaciji le-teh. Pri ustvarjanju sem raziskala in uporabila različne materiale in načine obdelave matric. Zavestno sem se v celoti posluževala ročnega procesa izdelave in odtiskovanja matric, saj tak proces dela omogoča posebne možnosti artikuliranja likovne forme in svojevrstno likovno govorico. Prav tako je v drugem delu predstavljena primerjava del umetnika Lojzeta Spacala z mojimi lastnimi, pri čemer so dela razložena z vidika kolaža, likovnega problema in grafičnih tehnik. Obravnavana je tudi grafična matrica, ne le kot podlaga, s katere odtiskujemo, temveč tudi kot končni kolažni izdelek.Master thesis, titled Combined techniques of relief print - Collage in printmaking, is divided into two parts. In the first part, the phenomenon of collage in art, its history and its development are presented through artistically theoretical aspect.The focus is on the most noticeable artists in various artistic movements of the 20th century, who dealt with the collage, developed it, improved it and expressed their sociopolitical beliefs through it, on various artistic areas. The second part of the master\u27s thesis is concentrated on the research on collage in the field of printmaking. I tried to present collage in printmaking as an autonomous artistic genre and as an experiment in artistic creation. First, a wider area of printmaking is covered and some of the artists, especially those of younger generation, who are dealing with collage creations, are stated. Then, the thesis focuses on the relief printing techniques and the issues with collage, that I came across while creating my own work in techniques such as linocut, collagraph printing, seal printing, printing with a movable stencil and mutual combination of those, are presented through a practical artistic aspect. Different materials and methods of matrix processing were used while creating. Consciously, I made the use of manual process of making and impressing matrices, since such work process allows indispensable options of articulating art forms and specific artistic language. Additionally, the comparison of the works of the artist Lojze Spacal with my own works is presented in the second part of the thesis, whereby the works have been explained in terms of collage, artistic issues and printmaking techniques. Furthermore, the matrix, not only as a basis from which we impress, but also as a final collage product, is discussed