Exhibition Information Posted: 08/19/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Peter Blake: Alphabets, Letters & Numbers

The De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-On-Sea, United Kingdom. 08/13/2016 - 11/27/2016.
An exhibition of ‘Godfather of British Pop Art’ Sir Peter Blake’s (British, born 1932)three print series, Alphabet (1991), An Alphabet (2007) and Appropriated Alphabets (2013), and a personally chosen selection of related original artworks.

This exhibition forms part of the De La Warr Pavilion’s concurrent programme of exhibitions exploring language, typography and design - Willem Sandberg: from type to image (until 3 September) - and a new show by Fiona Banner from 24 September.
Relevant research areas: Western Europe, 20th Century, Contemporary, Letterpress, Screenprinting
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/19/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Eclectic Images: Recent Acquisitions 2011-2016

Anne Hodge.
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. 08/13/2016 - 12/07/2016.
Relevant research areas: Renassiance, Baroque, 18th Century, 19th Century, 20th Century
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/19/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Conflicts of Interest: Art and War in Modern Japan

Philip Hu, Rhiannon Paget.
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, United States. 10/16/2016 - 01/08/2017.
Exhibition will showcase visual material documenting Japan's rise as a military power in East Asia, starting with the Meiji Restoration in 1868, then depicting events of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), two wars between Japan and its imperial neighbors China and Russia.

The exhibition focuses on the confidence that Japan gained from its victories against these two nations through a wide variety of vividly illustrated artistic works: paintings on folding screens and hanging scrolls, drawings and sketchbooks, color woodblock prints, lithographs, stereographs, illustrated books and magazines, postcards, trade cards, game boards, textiles, and other materials.
Relevant research areas: East Asia, 19th Century, 20th Century, Lithography, Relief printing
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/19/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

The Beauties: Print Series by Willie Cole

Richard Waller.
Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA, United States. 08/17/2016 - 12/04/2016.
Exhibiting artist(s): Willie Cole.
Willie Cole's (American, born 1955) newest series is "The Beauties," which features prints created by flattening ironing boards to become printing plates, inking them as the matrix of the image, and printing them using the intaglio method, running each “board” through an etching press. The works in the exhibition are selected from his series of twenty-seven prints, each labeled at the bottom in letterpress with a female name that hints at an earlier time. For the artist, the names are a metaphorical link to his African American lineage, from slaves to domestic servants, connoting his ancestors and giving the ironing boards a compelling narrative.
Relevant research areas: North America, Contemporary
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/19/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Damien Hirst: The Last Supper

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Washington, DC, United States. 08/13/2016 - 01/01/2017.
Exhibiting artist(s): Damien Hirst.
"The Last Supper" (1990), a series of 13 monumental prints by British artist Damien Hirst, was acquired by the National Gallery of Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 2015. The 13 prints that make up the series refer to the number gathered at the biblical Last Supper. Each print features a pharmaceutical label that has been altered.

Relevant research areas: North America, Western Europe, 20th Century, Contemporary, Screenprinting
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/17/2016
Posted by: Madeleine Viljoen

A Curious Hand: The Prints of Henri-Charles Guérard (1846-1897)

Madeleine Viljoen.
The New York Public Library, New York, United States. 11/02/2016 - 02/26/2017.
Exhibiting artist(s): Henri-Charles Guérard, Edouard Manet, Katsushika Hokusai.
Described by the influential nineteenth-century art critic Roger Marx as “the engraver of curiosity par excellence,” Henri-Charles Guérard was one of the most skilled and inventive French printmakers of his day. It was to Guérard that the Impressionist painter Édouard Manet turned whenever he needed help making etchings, no doubt owing to Guérard’s expertise as a professional printmaker as well as to his innovative approach to the medium. He reacted to a broad array of artistic styles and worked in a variety of print techniques, testing the boundaries of each. Particularly noteworthy in this regard are his works that respond to the nineteenth-century vogue for Japanese ukiyo-e woodcuts, which embody some of the artist’s most original expressions.

Thanks to a generous gift from the art collector and connoisseur Samuel Putnam Avery (1822–1904), The New York Public Library has the largest collection of Guérard’s work in the United States. The exhibition on the third floor of the Library will feature close to ninety of his prints, including many states and impressions that have only recently come to light and which reveal his range and virtuosity.
Relevant research areas: Western Europe, East Asia, 19th Century, Book arts, Etching, Relief printing
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Art Market News Posted: 08/11/2016
Posted by: Diana Gaston

Garo Antreasian

Tamarind Institute
Albuquerque, NM, United States
09/09/2016 , 5:30-7
Tamarind Institute invites the public to an opening reception for the exhibition, Garo Antreasian: Innovation in Print on Friday September 9 from 5:30 to 7pm. The exhibition will be in the gallery through 2016. This exhibition will present an overview of Garo Antreasian’s innovations as a printmaker. Centering on his Tamarind production, including prints made with Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles during its first year, this exhibition explores Antreasian’s contributions to printmaking techniques and standards, his experimentation with commercial materials and methods, and his role as Tamarind’s first technical director. The exhibition will open September 9 with a public reception for the artist. The opening coincides with the beginning of the fall semester and a new class of Tamarind printers. During the run of the exhibition, Tamarind will host a public conversation with Garo Antreasian in the gallery, including a book signing for his recent book, Garo Z. Antreasian: Reflections on Life and Art published by UNM Press. Plans are underway for the artist to return to the workshop once again, to collaborate with Tamarind’s new master printer Valpuri Remling.
Relevant research areas: North America, Contemporary, Lithography
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/03/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Ed Ruscha Prints and Photographs

Bob Monk.
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, United States. 07/28/2016 - 09/09/2016.
Exhibiting artist(s): Ed Ruscha.
A survey of Ruscha's prints over forty years, together with rarely seen photographs produced since 1959.
Relevant research areas: North America, 20th Century, Contemporary, Lithography, Screenprinting
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/03/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Metamorphosis: The Art of Altered Books

Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA, United States. 07/30/2016 - 11/06/2016.
Features mixed media artists who carve, gouge, fold, collage, and manipulate books to transform the printed pages into a sculptural object. Exhibited works will explore the materiality of the object, layers of meaning within, communication and cultural connections, design potential, and possible extinction of books in today’s tech-driven world. A partial list of exhibiting artists includes Long-Bin Chen, Andy Hayes, Wendy Wahl, and Jacqueline Rush Lee.
Relevant research areas: North America, Contemporary, Book arts
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Exhibition Information Posted: 08/03/2016
Posted by: Elisa German

Picasso and his Printers

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, United States. 07/23/2016 - 11/27/2016.
Exhibiting artist(s): Pablo Picasso.
Examines Picasso’s prodigious output of prints, spanning all seven decades of his career, is characterized by constant experimentation and technical ingenuity.
Relevant research areas: 20th Century
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