In s3e36, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with printer/publisher and author Phil Sanders about the state of the ecosystem. Phil has a finger in nearly every pie in the ecosystem, so after a Platemark listener wrote in to ask about breaking into the publishing end of things, Ann turned to Phil.
They talk about the history of print publishing after the print boom quieted down in the 1980s, why the prices of prints are in need of revision, and how to read a Joan Mitchell painting, among many other things. Their conversation stretches well past two hours and so Ann split it into two episodes.
Phil Sanders. Prints and Their Makers. Hudson, NY: Princeton Architectural Press, 2021.
Sara Sanders (American, born 1979). Ballinglen Wildflowers 1-11, 2022. Watercolor monotype. 11 ¾ x 8 ¾ in. (30 x 22.2 cm.). Published by PS Marlowe, Asheville, NC.
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930). False Start I, 1962. 11-color lithograph. Plate: 44.5 × 35 cm. (17 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.); sheet: 76 × 56.7 cm. (29 15/16 × 22 3/8 in.). Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bayshore, NY.
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930). False Start II, 1962. Color lithograph. Plate: 44.5 × 35 cm. (17 9/16 × 13 13/16 in.); sheet: 76 × 56.7 cm. (29 15/16 × 22 3/8 in.). Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bayshore, NY.
Jasper Johns (American, born 1930). Bushbaby, 2004. Intaglio in 10 colors. Sheet: 43 x 30 in. (109.22 x 76.2 cm.). Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bayshore, NY.
Amy Cutler (American, 1974). Cake Toss, 2004. 10-color lithograph. 21 3/4 x 24 in. (55.25 x 60.96 cm.). Published by Universal Limited Art Editions, Bayshore, NY.
Julie Mehretu (American, born Ethiopia, 1970). This Manifestation of Historical Restlessness, (from Robin's Intimacy), 2022. 10-panel etching/aquatint from 50 plates. Overall: 93 1/2 x 173 1/8 in. (237.49 x 439.74 cm.). Published by Gemini G.E.L., Los Angeles, CA.
USEFUL LINKS
PS Marlowe https://psmarlowe.com/
Phil’s IG @phil_sanders_studio
