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Multiplicity:
Multiplicity implies abundance and variation. This selection of contemporary prints from the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum features a multiplicity of styles, techniques, and approaches artists have used over the past decades. All the prints are parts of editions and each impression is an original work of art.
Many of the prints were conceives as multi-part works. There are series, sequences, groups, and composites. Repetition and juxtaposition are often integral to the artist's expression. While the art market favors the unique, the rare, and the precious, artists themselves pay little heed to these considerations as they create their prints.
These prints are the result of collaboration between the artist and professional printers who help realize the artist's vision. This interaction alters the stereotype of the artist working alone in the studio and celebrates the power of collaboration. |