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.
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