Rebirth
Original Linocut Artwork Series by Alexey Pushkarev
Contemporary Printmaking • Original Linocut Prints • Artist Practice
Reborn is an original linocut artwork series by Alexey Pushkarev, a contemporary printmaking artist working with hand-carved linoleum and experimental processes. The series explores transformation, material memory, and rebirth through the physical act of printmaking.
This body of work emerged directly from my linocut printing process. While inking the linoleum, a clean white sheet is placed underneath to protect the surface. Its function is purely technical — it is never meant to be seen and is usually discarded. During printing, the roller occasionally slips beyond the edges of the linoleum, leaving accidental marks on this white sheet.
Rather than viewing these marks as waste, I began to see them as traces of the process itself — visual records of movement, pressure, and time. These accidental impressions became the starting point for Reborn, transforming discarded materials into original artworks.
The series consists of ten unique linocut prints, each shaped by chance and repetition. No composition is pre-planned. The works retain the unpredictability that defines contemporary printmaking, where each print differs subtly from the last.
Red and blue form the central visual language of the series. These two elements interact, separate, and reunite, suggesting balance, tension, and continuity. Together, they point toward the future — not as a fixed outcome, but as an evolving state.
Linocut, as a medium, embodies the idea of rebirth. Each work begins with a blank piece of linoleum. As material is carved away, the image slowly emerges. The process is intimate, physical, and slightly secretive. Ink, pressure, and hand movement ensure that no two prints are ever identical.
Reborn reflects my broader artist practice — an exploration of transformation through contemporary printmaking. It invites the viewer to reconsider what is usually unseen and to find value in traces left behind.