[Otto Dettmer] ottoGraphic, a set of 5 screen-printing manua...

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[Otto Dettmer] ottoGraphic, a set of 5 screen-printing manuals published 2016-2018, comprising 'Screen Printing Manual', 'Screen Printing in Photoshop', 'Multichannel for Screen Printing', 'Image Making for Screen Printing', this a limited edition, number 30 of 45 copies, numbered and signed in pencil by the author, 'Advanced Screen Printing', all published otooBooks 2016-2018, all 26pp, screenprinted ills./text throughout, 22 x 15cm, original pictorial wraps, plus others by the graphic artist Otto Dettmer, including 'Dark Matter', Bath, 2018, limited edition, number 2 of 100 copies, pencil numbered and signed, [24] panel screen printed folded book, folded: 21 x 19 cm. unfolded: 38 x 84 cm. “Some years ago I made the book Dot Screen Print and the associated print "Molecules”. Dark Matter picks up the subject and explores the issue of super-imposing patterns further, touching on issues relating to quantum physics and astronomy.“ - Otto Dettmer is a Graphic Artist who practices as book artist, screen printer and illustrator. Twenty years ago Otto began creating and publishing screen printed books. His first participation at an artists’ book fair was at the Barbican in 1996 where he showed his conceptual visual narrative ‘Helping you back to work’. Since then he has been presenting books at major artists’ book fairs around the world and has now published in excess of 80 titles. Otto's image-making is derived from screen-printing which is digitalised since 1997. His technique is particularly affected by polish poster art and psychedelic designs of the sixties. The image composition is largely influenced by Russian Constructivist Designers, with their montage of photos, type and flat design elements. Baroque painting and sculpture has to a large degree informed Otto's treatment of the human figure.