Lou Stovall Interview - Silk Screen Process

Object Details

Creator

Anacostia Neighborhood Museum

Reinckens, Sharon A.

Capilongo, Christopher

Scope and Contents

Interview with Lou Stovall for documentary in which Stovall demonstrates and speaks about his silk screen printing process and use of color in detail. During the interview, Stovall discusses his ability and passion for drawing, hiding the human figure in landscape compositions, working with stencils and proofing strips, details of the reductive printing process, integration of color in his work, silk screen printing as a technical medium, art intelligence, aesthetics in his work and other artists, where he gets his inspiration, and Sam Gilliam's work and abstract art.

Interview for short documentary titled Lou Stovall. Audio only. Part of Through Their Eyes: The Art of Lou and Di Stovall Audiovisual Records. AV003305: audio skips and minimal distortions. Dated 19830627.

Date

1983

Extent

2 Sound recordings (open reel, 1/4 inch)

Type

Archival materials

Sound recordings

Documentary films

Interviews

Occupation

Artists

Topic

African Americans

African American printmakers

Printmakers

African American artists

Art

Prints

Screen prints

Landscapes

Drawing

Prints -- Technique

Serigraphy

Color in art

Place

Washington (D.C.)

United States

Citation

Lou Stovall Interview - Silk Screen Process, Exhibition Records AV03-001, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier

ACMA.03-001, Item ACMA AV003305-1

Local Numbers

ACMA AV003305-2 ACMA AV003281

General

Title transcribed from physical asset.