
What is a silkscreen?
Silkscreen is a method for making prints using a screen made of silk or some other mesh fabric. The screen is prepared with a substance which only allows the ink forced through it to print in selected areas. Each color used needs a separate screen.
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ARTWORKS RELATED TO SILKSCREEN
Julian Schnabel
Bandini from View of Dawn in the Tropics Series, 1998
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
USD 4,700
Yaacov Agam
Haggadah – Le Shana Haba’Ah (Next Year In Jerusalem), 1985
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
USD 500
Yaacov Agam
Haggadah – Had Gadya #3 (The Little Lamb), 1985
Limited Edition Print
Silkscreen
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This is an art term under visual arts that encompasses overall production of the most recent(latest) art that came to being between the aftermath of the second world war and the beginning of the 21st century. The terminology is at times used by artists to point to the similarities that exist between post-modernism and late-modernism though some differences exist.

Also called Dadaism, Dada was a literary and artistic movement that started in 1916 in the area of Zurich, Switzerland. It began as a rejection of rationalism and nationalism which were seen as practices that brought world war I. It also had some political affinities in addition to being an anti world-war I art. Dada activities were demonstrations, gatherings, and the publication of literary/art journals that covered culture and political topics.

Drawings and writing painted, scratched or scribbled on a wall or any other surface mostly in a public place. Graffiti art is wide and ranges from small to elaborate writings or wall paintings. This art has been in existence since the ancient times with some of the commonly used examples dating back to Roman Empire, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt.