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2010
Will Barnet and the Art Students League
Art Students League of New York
An exhibition commemorating the centennial of the prominent American painter and printer. Works by Barnet and his instructors, colleagues, and students at the League including Stuart Davis, Charles Locke, Louise Bourgeois, Bob Blackburn, Paul Jenkins, and James Rosenquist. October 2010.
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Mary and Leigh Block Museum
Organized by the Harvard Art Museum in collaboration with the Block Museum, this exhibition examines how Northern European Renaissance artists furthered the scientific investigations of their era by creating prints that propagated new scientific knowledge. On view at the Block Museum from January 17 - April 8, 2012.
Emerging Images: The Creative Process in Prints
International Print Center New York
Curated by Wendy Weitman, this exhibition explored the creative thinking which led to the finished prints of sixteen artists by showing proofs of each project in progressive stages. Artists included John Armleder, Chuck Close, Arthur Wesley Dow, Richard Hamilton, Joan Miró, Cyril Power, and Dieter Roth, among others. November 13-24, 2010.
Territorial Hues: Color Printmaking and Washington State, 1920-1960
Whatcom Museum
The first exhibition to examine color printmaking in Washington State during this time period, it will feature 95 prints by 27 diverse artists which feature color, light, and the topography of the region. January 22, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Japan/America 1876-1976: Merging Art and Design
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
This exhibition will examine the aesthetic influence of Far Eastern art on painting, printmaking, and ceramics as well as its commercial interpretation in book illustration and binding design. 2014.
Up and Coming: New Printmakers Make their Mark
Hunterdon Museum of Art
This biennial exhibition of innovative work by emerging printmakers showcases the best work being produced by graduate students and recent alumni of top printmaking programs. June 26 - September 18, 2011.
ANDY to JIM: American Master Prints 1960-1980
New Orleans Museum of Art
The catalogue to accompany an exhibition of works from the Museum's representative collection of impressions from this period. Images of 140 works will be included as well as biographies of the forty-five artists featured in the exhibition and an essay by distinguished scholar Marilyn Kushner. May 2011 – July 2011.
Visions of the Orient: Western Women Artists in Asia, 1900 - 1940
Pacific Asia Museum
Organized in conjunction with the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at the University of Oregon, this traveling exhibition will explore the fascination of female western artists with Asian cultures between 1900 and 1940, focusing on the work of Helen Hyde, Bertha Lum, Elizabeth Keith, and Lilian Miller. On view at the Pacific Asia Museum from March 3 through May 29, 2011.
2009
Matisse as Printmaker
Baltimore Museum of Art
A comprehensive exhibition of more than 150 prints designed to bring printmaking out from the shadows of the artist’s work as a painter so that viewers could better understand the artist’s profound commitment to making prints and his process of creation. October 2009 – January 2010.
Art in Ruins
Des Moines Art Center
This exhibition took a fresh look at ruins imagery in prints from 17th to 21st centuries, examining the traditional form’s significance in light of contemporary events, particularly devastation wrought locally in Des Moines by floods and tornados in recent years. It used the historical context of the older art to illuminate more recent contemporary works. September 2009 – January 2010.
Edgar Allan Poe: A Baltimore Icon
Baltimore Museum of Art
An exhibition of artwork inspired by Edgar Allan Poe designed to anchor a city-wide festival commemorating Poe’s birth. October 2009 – January 17 2010.
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society's 20th National Print Exhibition
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society
This catalog commemorates the Society's 20th National Exhibition which featured three print exhibitions as well as lectures, and events. In addition to the juried show, one exhibition celebrated printmaking in Los Angeles during the ‘60’s and ‘70’s and another honored the work of Robert Blackburn. October 2009 – January 2010.
Mini-guide: Philagrafika 2010
Philagrafika
Philagrafika 2010 is Philadelphia’s international festival celebrating the print in contemporary art. A quadrennial event, Philagrafika will comprise exhibitions, installations, an international conference, public programs, and events around the city at museums, colleges and universities, galleries, print shops and artist collectives. January – April 2010.
Printmaking Masters of Fontainebleau
Two volumes will present the first in-depth study of prints from the Fontainebleau School. Author: Catherine Jenkins. To be published by Sound & Vision, 2010.
2008
Infinite Mirror: Images of American Identity
Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI
This traveling exhibition, comprised largely of prints, explores themes of pride, assimilation, and the possibilities of portraiture. Artrain USA brings art exhibitions to communities with limited or no access to conventional museums or traditional touring art programs. The exhibition, along with educational programming, will begin a national tour to over 100 cities beginning in 2009.
Amazing American Circus Poster: Strobridge Lithographing Company, 1878-1939
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
This will be the first touring exhibition and catalogue devoted to the art of the American circus poster. Color lithography made possible a tremendous leap in the power of circus advertising which was a powerful agent of mass communication and national branding before electronic media. Opening June 2010 and touring through 2011.
Gouge: The Modern Woodcut, 1870-Now
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
This exhibition will feature the range of uses associated with the modern woodcut from the late 19th century to the present, from Western and non-Western cultures. It includes a broad range of artists, cultures, and content to reflect the versatility and usability of the woodcut as a means of popular dissemination as well as a chosen medium of fine art. Exhibition: November 2, 2008 – February 15, 2009, for more information see www.hammer.ucla.edu.
Up and Coming: New Printmakers Make Their Mark
Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
This exhibition, with accompanying catalogue and educational programming, will showcase innovative work by graduate students and recent graduates from top university printmaking programs from around the country. The Hunterndon has had an interest in printmaking since its founding in 1952 and prints from the 1930’s to today comprise the vast majority of its holdings. Exhibition: June 14 – September 13, 2009.
The Future Must Be Sweet – Lower East Side Printshop Celebrates 40 Years
Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY
Founded in 1968, the Printshop provided emerging and established artists with access to its presses twenty-four hours a day. This exhibition draws on its collection to illustrate the place of its artists within the greater cultural and historical context of the unique New York City art scene, and included, among others, the prints of Dread Scott, David Opdyke, Amy Sillman, and Juan Sánchez. Exhibition: September 18 – October 11, 2008.
Pulling from History: The Old Masters
The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
This will be the first in a series of exhibitions addressing the influence of historical prints and printmaking on contemporary art. This installment will focus on artists inspired by old master engravings and etchings and their response to historical imagery and process. The exhibition is accompanied by a guide and a full roster of related educational programming. Exhibition: September through November 2009.
The Brilliant Line: Following the Early Modern Engraver, 1480-1650
The RISD Museum, Providence, RI
This exhibition will explore the technique of engraving as it flourished during the years 1480 to 1650. Drawing from the Museum’s collection of 8,000 old master prints, the exhibition uses modern interpretive techniques to explore the beauty of the work. Exhibition: September 4 - December 6, 2009.
Pop Art and After: Prints and Popular Culture
Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
Funding supports the publication of the catalogue to accompany the fall 2008 exhibition of the same title exploring the influence of Pop Art and the interaction of popular culture and printmaking across four decades. Co-authors are Joan Marter and Marilyn Symmes, with contributions by Rutgers graduate students in art history from the 2008 seminar, Pop Art and After. Exhibition: September 2 - December 31, 2008.
2007
Grand Scale. Monumental Prints in the Age of Dürer and Titian
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, MA
Exhibition: March 2008 - April 2009
Working States
Philagrafika, Philadelphia, PA
Publication: August 2008
Theme and Variations: Print Sequences from Ornament to Abstraction
Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
Exhibition (with Brochure and Public Programming): December 2007 – February 2008
Picturing Victorian America: The Kellogg Brothers of Hartford and their Prints, 1830-1880
Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford, CT
Publication: February 2008
Competition and Collaboration: Japanese Prints of the Utagawa School
Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Exhibition: November 2007 - January 2008
The Buffoonish Bourgeois: Caricatures and Satire of the Upper Middle-Class Businessman in 19thCentury France
La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Exhibition (with Catalogue and Lecture): March 5 – May 30, 2008
A Gala Survey of Graphic Art: Celebrating a Century of Print Collecting
Newark Public Library, NJ
Exhibition (with Catalogue and Symposium): November 2007 – January 2008
More Than One: Contemporary Prints and Multiples from the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Collection
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, Nashville, TN
Exhibition: October – December 2007
Michael Triegel