Catalogue Raisonné of Hervé Di Rosa's Prints Published by Fage

Jean Seisser has authored the catalogue raisonné of Hervé Di Rosa's prints spanning over forty years, published by Fage éditions. The book documents Di Rosa's extensive work in printmaking, a medium he has explored since his emergence in the 1981 exhibition "Finir en beauté" curated by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, which launched the Figuration libre movement. In an introductory text, Di Rosa discusses his passion for printed matter, including comics, fanzines, posters, and pamphlets from the 1970s, and his mastery of techniques such as linocut, lithography, etching, carborundum, screen printing, stencil, and digital printing. He describes printmaking as a site of experimentation, exemplified by a residency in Corsica where he engraved pebbles and driftwood. The practice also fostered collaborations with master printers Frank Bordas, Éric Linard, and Christian Gabriel, and with younger artists during workshops in Mexico and Mauritius. Di Rosa notes that printmaking taught him sharing and ultimately inspired his ongoing project "Autour du monde," which for twenty years has involved traveling globally to create works using local craft techniques, such as sign painting in Ghana and icon painting in Bulgaria. The catalogue includes contributions from these encounters and highlights how Di Rosa pushes the boundaries of both geography and printmaking.