Epson has played a key role in The RA Schools ‘Premiums Interim Projects’ exhibition, which has taken place for the first time in the Sackler Wing of Galleries at the Royal Academy.
The annual event showcased work by 17 artists at the interim point of their postgraduate study at the RA Schools. Many of the works on display were produced using Epson technology and media - all accessible onsite to the students within the Schools’ Epson-sponsored Digital Media Suite. This was particularly evident in the work produced by the following:
Jack Burton works with high-gloss colour photographic prints of complex still life, often constructed from sculptural collages of found objects, customized spaces and earlier produced photographic images, printed using an Epson large-format printer.
Martin Gross creates prints that span centuries of print processes on their journey of production. He begins by making drawings that are scanned, these become rasterised translations that then become wood-cut stencils via laser cutting equipment and digital print. These manifest as large format digital wallpaper installations that can be customised to fill and match bespoke environments and additionally they can become smaller framed-sized editions that utilise both state-of-the-art Epson inkjet printing and traditional 18th century wood engraving.
Sebastian Jefford is a sculptor of idiosyncratic objects made from a combination of diverse materials that include nails, wood, Plasticine, drawing and printing. The material skins which surround them are printed with screen printed Plasticine from film positives produced on a large-format Epson printer. Jefford triumphs by an almost miss-use of the technologies intended functions.