Make it Pop celebrates Pop artists’ innovative approaches to the acts of transfer and replication through the materiality of print. Focusing on the dynamic growth of Pop Art during the 1960s and 1970s, this exhibition features prints by key figures in the movement working both in the United States, such as Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, as well as those creating art internationally, such as the Brazilian artist Claudio Tozzi and the British artist Joe Tilson. Through their groundbreaking approaches to the media, Pop artists both aided in the development of a thriving market for contemporary prints and propelled the media in dynamic new directions that continue to shape artistic practices to this day.

I am pleased to share my participation in the Armory Show, Represented Yossi Milo Gallery, NY.
"Yossi Milo is pleased to announce our participation in The Armory Show, taking place at the Javits Center from September 7 – 10, 2023.
Our booth will include work by Linus Borgo, Orit Hofshi, Asif Hoque, Jeremy Jaspers, Sarah Anne Johnson, Pierre Knop, Natia Lemay, Kathrin Linkersdorff, Anoushka Mirchandani, Meghann Riepenhoff, Ibrahim Said, Shikeith, and Cameron Welch, among others. Centering transformation as the engine of their practices, the presented artists share a dedication to the study and potential of change, whether of the body, the spirit, or within the realm of narrative and storytelling."

Curated by Megan N. Liberty and organized by Center for Book Arts, this exhibition reconnects artists’ books to craft by creating a meaningful link between conceptual art and craft, historically placed at odds.

Craft practices are rooted in a material-specific approach; the same is true for artists’ books, which are medium-specific artworks in book form. The critical issues of craft theory, such as the relationship between the vernacular and the contemporary and anti-establishment and grass roots activities are shared with the book arts, an established discipline of craft arts. Yet the legacy of artists’ books, a subset of book art (which also includes altered books and book sculpture) is often traced back to conceptual art—dominated by white male artists, the dematerialization of the art object, and ephemeral art practices, negating artist books’ earlier connection to the book arts and its place in craft history.

Traveling here from San Francisco Center for the Book, this exhibition will tie artists’ books back to craft, reshaping our understanding of craft history and its influence on conceptual art. The curatorial research methodology is archival, with the goal of a cross-disciplinary show that uses archival materials to present a revised timeline of book art, conceptual art, and craft, alongside artworks from various collections including Center for Book Arts, Harvard, Pace Prints Pace Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Library, and MCBA. (The two pieces pictured here are from MCBA’s collection.)

Juana Estrada Hernández channels her experience growing up as an immigrant in the United States into drawing and print media that address political and social issues pertaining to communities of Latinx migrants. Mexican culture and folklore, pop culture, and her family’s migration stories inspire her artistic output. Her solo exhibition entitled Las semillas, el sol, y los que sacaron a delante / The seeds, the sun, and those that brought me forward is on display in the Roswell Museum’s Donald B. Anderson Gallery from September 23 to December 17, 2023.

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Estelle L. Roberge on The Book of Covid: Unbound and The Book of Cranes:

"Like many of us, because of the pandemic, I spent much time alone, and because I became more cautious of my social associations, I intensely missed human interaction. As an artist, it became difficult to focus on painting and I experienced various states of panic. But because I practice book binding, I had an empty textblock in my studio and began to make collage entries, a visual diary that became an essential part of my artistic practice.

The process of making a collage involves cutting and recutting, measuring, tracing, drawing, coloring and pushing various colored and patterned papers on a surface. As I became more deeply involved in the collage process, a calming element emerged and I began to overcome that underlying sense of panic. I found myself entering states of quietude and tranquility, even though everything around had seemed to fall to pieces: jobs, schools, hospital care and most of all the enormous loss of life. Images in the collages began to reflect my experiences of isolation, of memory and melancholy, of hope, and of nature.

I worked for hours at my studio table, examining and re-examining compositional arrangements, yellow juxtaposed to red, orange juxtaposed to patterns of violet and green, areas of marbled paper, repeated patterns and textures. The content included my observations of wildlife at a nearby bird refuge which I frequented. I found myself drawing birds, photographing them, especially cranes and images of dancing cranes emerged. Slowly, I felt a renewed sense of well being. I traversed between inner voices and outer observations when frequenting the nearby refuge. When I returned home, I felt uplifted, like having visited a friend.

Along with observations and gestures of birds in flight, I read The Birds of Heaven, Crane Music, and watched numerous films of cranes. Thus, two artist books evolved: The Book of Covid: Unbound which led to The Book of Cranes through which I found balance and creativity during a very insecure time."

After the opening, this exhibition is open only by appointment. To schedule an appointment, please email jmcgee@meca.edu

The Turner is proud to announce a significant donation of Northern California prints from the collection of Reed Applegate (1943-2022), a dedicated and generous supporter of the arts at Chico State. Featuring over thirty works by groundbreaking artists, including Wayne Thiebaud, Nathan Oliveira, Robert Arneson, David Gilhooly and more, this exhibition offers a window into 20th century Northern Californian art, shaped by the unique lens of a collector’s eye.

On the occasion of the 27th Congress of the International Association of Hand Papermakers and Paper Artists (IAPMA e.V.), which is being organised this year by Fides Linien, President of the Association, and is taking place on the premises of the Dresden University of Fine Arts, the Museum of Decorative Arts / Design Campus, in cooperation with the IAPMA, is showing the special exhibition "PAPER ALIVE! - Paper Art International" in the Water Palace of Pillnitz Palace.

In the process, the material paper is brought to new life by 80 artists from all over the world. Paper fulfils a multitude of functions in our world: To the casual observer, paper can be a passive, disposable material – something that can be easily discarded after it has fulfilled its limited or temporary function. For the artist, the longevity of paper is crucial, as it determines the lifespan of an artwork. That is why this year at the IAPMA Congress and at Pillnitz Palace the motto is: PAPER ALIVE!

In this exhibition, artworks by 85 contemporary artists from 30 countries around the world show that paper is a living, responsive artistic medium. Thus, it defies expectations and transforms into complex two- or three-dimensional entities, artists' books, jewellery, textiles and fashion or installations, environment and performance – an experience for all the senses.

The contemporary artworks exhibited here are in dialogue with works from the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts, thus revealing timeless connections and inspirations in relation to the medium of paper.

The American Historical Print Collectors Society Announces New Publication Awards
The 2023 Ewell L. Newman Book Award for 2023 recognizes Imperfect History: Curating the Graphic Arts Collection at Benjamin Franklin’s Public Library. (Philadelphia, PA: The Library Company of Philadelphia, 2021). 84 pp. Paper. The publication is free, but mailing fees will apply. To request a copy, please contact kmaxwell@librarycompany.org.
Five essays by Sarah Weatherwax, Erika Piola, and Kinaya Hassane explore the development of the graphic arts collection within the Library Company from its founding by Benjamin Franklin in 1731 and including its role as a national library for Congress when Philadelphia was the seat of government in the United States between 1790 and 1800. By the 1850s it was the largest public library in America, and a century later it was transformed into a renowned research library. The authors consider the collection’s development in light of the historical and cultural emphases and biases within this long span of American history.
Imperfect History offers readers a rich understanding of how historical trends in the acquisition and exhibition of the graphic arts mirror attitudes about the role of visual cultural within a single collecting institution as well as American society as a whole. The book provides a timely analysis of the ways in which image-makers and collectors (and their libraries) were shaped by ever-shifting views on race, gender, urban development, and national identity.
New publication awards
The AHPCS Board has voted to add two essay awards to recognize shorter works published in journals and edited volumes, including exhibition catalogues and digital formats. Essays between 3,000 and 10,000 words will be considered. Works should be submitted in published form as a hard copy or digital attachment. The Society’s present Newman Award Committee will serve as the jury to evaluate these additional submissions. Jurors are all AHPCS members and include collectors, curators, and scholars of American prints.
The purpose of the book and essay awards is to recognize and encourage outstanding scholarship in the field, as defined in our mission statement: prints depicting or reflecting North American history and culture, made either in America or elsewhere. Original research, fresh assessments, and the fluent synthesis of known material will be taken into account. The emphasis is on quality and on making an outstanding contribution to the subject. Publications remain eligible from the year of publication through the following year, a period of approximately two years. Once a work has been reviewed by the jury, it will not be considered in a subsequent cycle except in a substantially revised edition. Submissions received by December 1st will be considered for the award announced the following spring.
Each annual cycle typically will result in one Book Award in the amount of $2,000 and two Essay Awards in the amount of $750 each. One of the essay awards will be designated for the best article in the AHPCS journal Imprint. Awards are not necessarily presented each year but are determined by the quality of available submissions. Occasionally, there may be multiple winners in an individual year.
Submissions & contact information
To submit material to the Jury for consideration, please mail a copy to:
Helena E. Wright, 4628 49th Street NW, Washington, DC 20016
For additional information, please contact the Committee chair at:
wrighthelena16@gmail.com
Publishers and authors, please note: if it is possible to provide multiple copies, it would facilitate distribution of the publications among the Committee and speed their work. Please contact the Committee chair for individual addresses. Thank you.
For further information about the Society, please visit our website at https://ahpcs.org . A list of all Newman Book Award winners to date can be found at https://ahpcs.org/newman-award-winners/.