it is a nonsense (pink edition) / Niels Shoe Meulman

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title: it is a nonsense (pink edition)
artist: Niels Shoe Meulman
year: 2018
medium: 8 colours, including 2 split fountains, silkscreen print on hand crafted paper
edition of 9
signed and numbered by the artist
size: ± 77 x 57 cm

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'Last month I was invited to do an artist-in-residence in Rome. My excellent hosts were gentle and friendly. Sensitive and sensible. Except when driving their Smart Turbo in Roman traffic. ‘Look at the tourist buses… It is a nonsense!’ People parking wherever they want… It is a nonsense!’. This became a running gag and a fitting answer to almost every topic you can think of. Even life itself. It is a nonsense.

Together with master printer Arturo, I experimented, writing the letters and combinations directly onto film and using the same screen for different colors. Split fountains in matte opaque and glossy transparent inks. Mixing metallic inks in the colors, all that good stuff. And how about that handmade pink paper with rough edges all around? I found some sheets hidden in a drawer of a small art store in Trastevere.'
- Shoe

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