CARL MIDDLETON
Milverton, United Kingdom
Artist Biography Carl Middleton is a graphic artist, print maker and designer. His work is composed as an on going dialogue, responding to the discipline of typography whilst navigating the contemporary evolution of communication, language and form. His approach to print making by definition is experimental. The intention is to persuasively challenge legibility, interrupt narrative and re-qualify the position and role of the audience. In terms of printmaking he is almost totally self-taught. His process reverse engineers the mechanics of letterpress to distort, reform and represent historical components within a contemporary setting. His printed works span three decades and ranges in scale from delicately composed objects of authority through to large-scale word sculptures. He graduated from Cambridge School of Art with a combined honours (Graphic Arts / History of Art) followed by a Masters Degree (Typo/graphic Studies) from London College of Printing.
Description of Process Fourteen colour, layered letterpress print - printed wet
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