Robert Combas - Ile de France, signed screenprint 2006

Screen print : Screen printing, also known as silkscreen, serigraphy, and serigraph printing - from latin "Sericum (silk) and greek "grapheion" (writing) - is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil to receive a desired image. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image into a substrate. It is possible to use different meshes, for different colors, and create multi-colored works. In the field of art, it is important to know how many prints have been made. The total number of prints is usually written on the print (e.g 20/200).
Robert Combas : Born in 1957 Robert Combas is a french artist. He was very active during the 1980's and developed a « new figurative painting », he created what the artist Ben called « Figuration Libre » (free figuration) composed by artists like Rémi Blanchard, François Boisrond and Hervé Di Rosa. In his works Combas broach the themes of violence, society, pain, and sexuality. His inspirations came from popular culture (rock music, images, children books...). Combas' work is exhibited worldwide, especially in Paris (Grand Palais, Maison européenne de la photographie), Cannes, Venice, Seoul, Arles, Bratislava, Milan or Lyon.