Christoph M. Loos

by Tobias Burg

"Christoph M. Loos (b. Bad Reichenhall, 1959; lives and works in Essen) is a leading exponent of contemporary printmaking. His is one of the most radical positions in woodcutting today. The defining feature of his series is the hybridization of printing block and print: the media on which Loos prints are wafer-thin sheets of wood sliced off a tree trunk previously used as a printing block. This technique imparts a "genetic kinship" with the woodblock to the resulting print. The artist and art theorist's woodcuts and woodcut installations have been featured in major group exhibitions for two...