Richard ORLINSKI - CARTOONS Café de Paris - Screenprint signed in pencil

Screen print : Screen printing, also known as silkscreen, serigraphy, and serigraph printing - from latin "Sericum (silk) and greek "grapheion" (writing) - is a printing technique that uses a woven mesh to support an ink-blocking stencil to receive a desired image. The attached stencil forms open areas of mesh that transfer ink or other printable materials which can be pressed through the mesh as a sharp-edged image into a substrate. It is possible to use different meshes, for different colors, and create multi-colored works. In the field of art, it is important to know how many prints have been made. The total number of prints is usually written on the print (e.g 20/200).
Richard Orlinski : (1966-) was born in Paris in 1966. He is a sculptor since 2004. His works are conceived after the concept "Born Wild", with contemporary materials, in a contemporary style, and are aimed at a large public, children included. Indeed, he is an advocate of the idea that art must be accessible to everyone. In that aim, he draws his inspiration from popular imagery, or icones, that serve his intentions. His works are exhibited worldwide (90 galleries), from the Fiac, to Courchevel ski station. Since 2011, he is in the Top 10 list of french artists who are the most sold in the world (according to Artprice). One of his works has been sold at auctions for 680 000 €.