Artists Books Second Session
The Material Artists Book
The Role of the Autographic and Materiality in Prints
Michael Phillips (QCA)
Abstract: How might the micro haptics of the (post-digital) print re-balance and contribute to an answer to what Laura Marks identifies as “a cultural dissatisfaction with the limits of [optical] visuality”- in particular the artist book and its position within contemporary print culture.
About Michael: Michael completed a B.App. Sc. (Built Environment) at Queensland Institute of Technology in 1986. He established a studio in Brisbane Community Arts Centre (now Metro Arts) working on set and print designs for theatre and performance ensembles. Hi art practice is in painting and small sculpture.
Michael lived and worked in London from 1987-1990, returning to Brisbane to continue his art practice (painting, small sculpture, printed material) with additional work in publication design (books and catalogues), illustration, fabric design and screen-printing (textiles and prints).
Michael has been represented in eleven solo exhibitions and 34 group exhibitions over the past 35 years, incorporating a mix of paintings, prints, small sculptures and artists’ books.
He is currently completing a Masters of Visual Arts, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art with studio research in printmaking focusing on the material surface, folded forms, sequence and colour.