Mixografia - Fine Art Gallery

Mixografia

BRIEF HISTORY OF MIXOGRAFíA ®:
In 1968, Luis and Lea Remba began printing and publishing fine art in Mexico City, which led to the development of the Mixografía® process in 1973. This printing technique, created initially for RUFINO TAMAYO, is unique in the world of printmaking, producing prints with accuracy, texture, and deep relief.

In 1983, the Dean of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of California, Los Angeles invited the Rembas to Los Angeles to collaborate on projects with the university faculty. The Mixografía® Workshop relocated to downtown Los Angeles, and an affiliated gallery space was opened.

The workshop actively prints & publishes limited edition prints and fabricates sculpture with acclaimed contemporary artists.

Extending invitations to the next generation of artists who challenge the workshop with a diverse array of project ideas further adds to the unique character of these collaborations.

The prints and sculptures produced continually for 35 years have been exhibited in a wide variety of museums and institutions, and are a part of many collections worldwide.

The workshop gallery maintains a programme of exhibitions dedicated to showing this exceptional work, and is open free to the public five days a week, year round.


WHAT IS A MIXOGRAFIA® PRINT?
The Mixografía® technique is a fine art printing process that allows for the production of deep textured prints with very fine surface detail. The artist begins with any solid material or combination of materials on which he or she incises, impresses, carves, collages or builds up a matrix. From the matrix, a sequence of forms are then molded, one from another, resulting in a highly sensitive cast copper printing plate in reverse. The plate is inked using all the colors applicable to that print. Moist paper pulp is then laid onto the surface. Both plate and pulp are forced through the press, simultaneously forming the paper sheet and dimensional character of the plate