SCHOON, Theo, 1915-1985
Manaia Mania B (Print)
Printed by Theo Schoon in Kees Hos’s
studio in Auckland in 1965, this
collograph was made by gluing the
cut-out patterns onto wood, and then
applying ink with a paintbrush before
pressing paper down on top. Captured
by Bauhaus ideas which emphasised the
equality of art and craft, Schoon had
studied only briefly at the Rotterdam Art
Academy and Canterbury College School
of Art, before beginning his own journey
of intrepid exploration of artistic media.