About The Artist:
Mori Shizume
Mori Shizume was born in Tokyo in 1928, where he studied economics. He left Japan for the U.S. after WW II, and studied physics and sculpture in California. During a career spanning four decades, Mori Shizume has drawn many of the world's greatest cities - from Rome and Paris. His artwork has been featured in one-man exhibitions in New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo. Commissions include those by the United Nations, Smithsonian Institution, and...
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About The Medium:
Screenprint
A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.