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Ken Reinhard
Solvent print (Porsche), 1979

Solvent print (Porsche)

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Solvent transfer print; on D'Arches paper
Unique state
76.5 × 57.0cm (sheet)
Printed by the artist
 

Date is circa 1979.

A solvent transfer print is made by taking toner-based images (magazine images, laser prints, photocopies, etc), wetting them with a solvent (like acetone), pressing them into paper and burnishing with a spoon/card to melt and transfer the ink. With this simple, DIY process, Ken Reinhard could make a unique print by co-opting images from the media, and arrange them into his own scumbled composition.

 

 
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Beginning his artistic career in the mid 1950s, Reinhard was a celebrated pioneer at the forefront of Australia’s Pop Art movement of the 1960.

Exhibiting at Bonython Gallery, Sweeney Reed’s Strines Gallery, The Hungry Horse and Marianne Baillieu’s Realities, Reinhard was once broadly appreciated across the Australian art scene. His idiosyncratic approach to Pop art, and his steadfast commitment to using pornographic images eventually saw him fall out of favour in the late 1970s and 80s. However, Reinhard never waivered from his artistic vision, continuing to explore his particular motifs and compositions until his death in 2024.

Ken Reinhard's Estate is represented by NAP Contemporary.

 
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