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World-A-Rama: An Installation of Ephemera Location: John David Mooney Foundation, 114 W. Kinzie St. Dates: March 25 - 30 Hours: 11am - 6 pm and Sunday by Appointment Reception: March 26, 6 - 8 pm Organizer: John Brown and Gordon Brennan Links: http://www.mooneyfoundation.org, http://www.eca.ac.uk The spark of inspiration for this installation is the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933, known as the "Century of Progress". The installation references the Fair itself, and echoes the spirit, energy and problem-solving that go into staging such a large event. Brennan and Brown’s printed ephemera echo the material mass-produced and sold during events like the World's Fair. They mythologize and translate a short-lived event from direct experience into referential objects. Gordon Brennan and John Brown are distinguished members of the faculty of the Edinburgh College of Art. Image: John Brown and Gordon Brennan, detail of World-a-Rama, 2008 |
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Our Stories: A Contemporary Narrative Location: John David Mooney Foundation, 114 W. Kinzie St. Dates: March 25 - 30 Hours: 11am - 6 pm and Sunday by Appointment Reception: March 26, 6 - 8 pm Organizer: John Brown and Gordon Brennan Links: http://www.mooneyfoundation.org, http://www.eca.ac.uk This installation showcases the images of a group of artists from three countries: the United States, Poland and Scotland. All of the included artists make work that tells stories through imagery extracted from their personal narratives, contemporary concerns and research into other histories. The exhibition explores the range of possibilities that can be utilized to create new worlds, created from the conjunction of source, subject matter, process and invention. Exhibitors include Mark Hosford, Michael Krueger, John Schulz, Randy Bolton, Chris Nowicki, Jacek Szewczyk, Jo Ganter, John Brown, Gordon Brennan, Jane Hyslop and others. Image: John Schultz, Hot Dogs in Love, 2004 |
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SGC Student Fellowship Award Winners Exhibition This exhibition features the work of 2008 Southern Graphics Council Graduate Fellowship winner Janine Biunno (M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston/Tufts University, 2008), and Undergraduate Fellowship winner Rachel Gargiulo (BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2008). Image: Rachel Gargiulo, The Pretenders, 2008 |
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Suites: Visions and Revisions, Etchings and Paintings Image: Warrington Colescott, detail of History of Printmaking: Lunch with Lautrec, 1978 |
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Abstract and Figure, Two Asian Printmakers: Kwang Jean Park and Tetsuya Noda In partnership with the 2009 Southern Graphics Council Conference, Andrew Bae Gallery proudly presents the works of two eminent Asian printmakers, Kwang Jean Park and Tetsuya Noda. The exhibition, Abstract and Figure, Two Asian Printmakers aims to reveal wide dimensions of the art of printmaking in terms of thematic potential, from abstraction of yin and yang to quotidian scenes of doing laundry and gardening, as well as technical innovations in mixed media process for which both artists have been notably celebrated. Image: Tetsuya Noda, detail of Diary: Sept 10th ’06 in Chicago, 2006 |
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Sueños en Relieve: Prints by Rene Arceo Arceo explores ideas related to dreams and dreamlike scenes through these relief prints. These prints freely and naturally emanate from his subconscious into loose lines, and progressively evolve into more defined forms. These forms construct a free-flowing composition, which seems to facilitate the telling of a story in a dreamlike atmosphere. Arceo gives preference to figurative narratives that include stylized human and humanlike characters. His upbringing and experiences in Mexico continue to inform his art production. Arceo, a printmaker who has called Chicago home since 1979, graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1985. Image: Rene Arceo, El Poeta, 2008 (photo by Helen P. Lopez) |
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Pressing Matter: A Glimpse at the Polish Print Continuum Image: Malgorzata Malwina Niespodziewana, The Boys Cry..., 2006 |
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PAPER/INK/PRESS Work by John Himmelfarb, Carrie Iverson, Nancy Genn, and Adi Holzer and others. Image: John Himmelfarb,detail of Zklee, 2004 |
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Human Doings Adriane Herman’s solo show Human Doings at Western Exhibitions documents other people’s “to do” lists, tracing the seemingly alchemical trajectory from intention to action. Herman monumentalizes found, bartered, and gifted lists by combining drawing, printmaking, and ceramic media. Her labor-intensive traced, inlaid, then polished burnishing clay tablets re-present evidence of human commitments, tastes, accomplishments, and procrastinations. Herman also installs adhesive vinyl enlargements of discarded lists on public windows. Also on view will be graphite rubbings “pulled” from the decals to document their form and content. Like the inlaid tablets, Herman’s rubbings attempt to highlight the mundane and fix the fleeting. Image: Adriane Herman, Vegan [Dennis Kucinich] Ice Cream, 2007 |
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Holle Cambodia Location: threewalls, 119 N. Peoria St., #2D Dates: February 20 - March 27 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 5 pm Receptions: February 20, 6 - 9 pm, and March 26, 6 - 8 pm with a Curator’s Talk at 6 pm Organizer: Anne Elizabeth Moore Link: http://www.three-walls.org Holle Cambodia is the first in-depth exhibition of the innovative self-publishing effort undertaken by Anne Elizabeth Moore in Phnom Penh with a group of 32 amazing young Cambodian women. Featuring the group’s ‘zines on topics as diverse as agriculture, women’s issues, spirituality, education, health care, and the country’s unique and disturbing genocidal history, the show includes the international debut of the collaborative book New Girl Law. A rewrite of a traditional Khmer text that prescribes proper girl behavior, New Girl Law is a hand-bound, letter-pressed demand for human rights and a captivating vision of Cambodia. Find out more at: http://camblogdia.blogspot.com Also on View: Dispatch and Lisa Anne Auerbach's Tract House: www.lisaanneauerbach.com/projects/tracthouse/index.html Image: Anne Elizabeth Moore, Zine Workshop, Phnom Penh, 2008 |
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Ce n' est pas un spectacle de caractères (Translation...This is not a print show.) Image: Rich Lehl, Bounce, 2008 |
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Flotsam and Jetsam Flotsam is the debris left from a shipwreck. Jetsam is the material tossed from a ship to lighten the load. Broadly these terms are used to describe trash, junk, the expunged. This group show focuses on the destroyed and discarded. Featuring work by Man Overboard participants Blake Sanders, Hannah March Campbell, Rudy Salgado Jr.,Meghan O’Connor, Rachael Madeline, and Emmy Lingscheit. Image: Hannah March Campbell, Whales in the Belly of Man: General Kensinger, 2008 |
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Man Overboard Humans are creatures of excess. We overeat, overreact, overproduce, and over-consume. We are over-aggressive, overbearing, and overwrought. Man Overboard is a national portfolio exchange that focuses on humanity's extravagances. Featuring prints by twenty-eight artists including Mark Hossford, Tom Christison, Martin Mazorra, Melanie Yazzie, and Teresa Cole. Image: Melanie Yazzie, Nest Egg, 2008 |
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Vitreograph Exhibition: Group Show |
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Additional Galleries with Extended Hours During Thursday Night Receptions |
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Receptions on Friday, March 27 |
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Internally Displaced: Jane Hammond and Enrique Chagoya Visual displacements mirror cultural displacements in the work of Enrique Chagoya and Jane Hammond. These artists re-make, re-contextualize and juxtapose iconic images to both demonstrate the fluidity of meaning and to expose hidden meanings and histories. Chagoya and Hammond comment on contemporary political issues and inequitable power relationships with disarming humor. While both Hammond and Chagoya are known primarily as painters, their work in all media reflects printmakers’ predilection for appropriation, adaptation, juxtaposition and pastiche. Both Enrique Chagoya and Jane Hammond draw upon the modes of thinking and working inherent in printmaking, as well its history of social and political commentary. Image: Enrique Chagoya, La Portentosa Vida de la Muerte II, 2008. Published by and image courtesy of Shark's Ink. |
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About Time This juried exhibition is a timeline survey of artworks created by alumni of Columbia College Chicago's Interdisciplinary Book and Paper Arts graduate program from 1991 to 2008. The exhibition includes artwork made during the artists' tenure as students, as well as work created since their graduation from the program. Curated by Stephen DeSantis and Brandon Graham. Juried by Doro Boehme and Paul Gehl. Image: Jill Lanza, Light and Dark, Escaping Scapes, 2008 |
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Makeready, Choke, Bleed, and Knockout Location: Columbia College, Center for Book and Paper Arts, 1104 S. Wabash Ave., 2nd floor Dates: February 27 - March 31 Hours: Monday - Friday 10 am - 6 pm Reception: March 27, 6 - 9 pm Curator's Talk: March 27, 6 pm Organizer: Tony White Link: www.bookandpaper.org High-speed rotary offset printing requires a significant degree of craft. In the 1950s, artists began using offset printing for reasons that often included: speed, accurate registration, use of color imagery, and the creation of multiples. This exhibition includes work by artist-printers who have operated high-speed rotary offset presses to produce artists' books--often their own. Featured artist-printers include: Kevin Riordan, Jan Voss, Helen Douglas, Telfer Stokes, Eugene Feldman, Rebecca Michaels, Miles DeCoster, Sally Alatalo, Cynthia Marsh, Brad Freeman, Clifton Meador, Joe Ruther and Philip Zimmermann. Curated by Tony White, Head of the Indiana University Fine Arts Library, Bloomington, Indiana. Image: Jan Voss, ADE, 1990 |
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International Print Center New York's New Prints 2009/Winter Image: Barbara Takenaga, Wheel (Zozma), 2008. Printed by the artist, published by Dieu Donné. Image courtesy of Dieu Donné. |
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Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books Image: Books by Diane Fine, Susie Cobbledick, Maria Ester Constant, Hong Boram, Christa Schwarztrauber, and Stacy Elko |
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Contemporary Prints from Australia Image: Martin King, Bataille, 1994 |
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reSESSION Character Skateboards and the 2009 SGC Conference Exhibitions Coordinator selected the participants for this invitational exhibition. Soma Fuller of Focus Magazine says “Character Skateboards is a company built on the premise of honesty, integrity, hard work, strong boards and strong skaters.” Image: Tom Gawczynski |
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Printed Garments from the Fashion Columbia Study Collection |
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Southern Graphics Council Traveling Exhibition Warrington Colescott selected this exhibition of prints and drawings by Southern Graphics Council members. Colescott is the recipient of many honors, including the Southern Graphics Council's Printmaker Emeritus (1991) and Lifetime Achievement (2006) awards. |
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Global Print Image: Annie Hobbs, Cage, 2007 |
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Portfolios Navigate to the Portfolios page on this site for more details. |
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Invasive: Sandow Birk and Nicola Lopez Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Rymer Gallery, 280 S. Columbus Dr., 1st Floor Dates: March 3 - 31 Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 6 pm Reception: March 27, 4:30 - 8 pm Organizer: Jeanine Coupe-Ryding in conjunction with the SAIC Department of Printmedia and the Rymer Gallery Link: http://www.artic.edu Invasive brings together the woodcut prints of Nicola Lopez and Sandow Birk to take a careful, personal look at our contemporary world. From images of landscapes that struggle against themselves as they twist and thrust up from the ground, to references to the human capacity for inhumanity during wartime, Invasive suggests this is a condition that affects each of us in our relationship to nature and to each other. Using the visual language of printmaking and employing centuries-old techniques on a contemporary scale and subjects, we are amazed at the expressive quality of these works. Image: Nicola Lopez, detail of Half Life, 2007 |
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A Set of Disconnected Events Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 280 South Columbus Dr., 2nd Floor Display Cases adjacent to Printmedia Dates: March 25 - 30 Hours: 9 am - 9 pm Daily Reception: March 27, 6 - 9 pm Organizer: John Schulz, Kimiko Yoshi, and Jeanine Coupe Ryding Link: http://www.artic.edu This suite of prints is an exchange between six students at each of the three participating graduate programs: the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; California State University at Long Beach; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. These student artists are encouraged to experiment with print media, look at their own work in a new way, question what is known, celebrate the unknown and reach beyond what is comfortable. Image: John Schultz, Title Page for A Set of Disconnected Events, 2008 |
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Response Location: School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 280 Columbus Dr., Display Cases Dates: March 20 - April 4 Hours: 9 am - 9 pm Daily Reception: March 27, 6 - 9 pm Organizer: Kristina Paabus Link: http://www.artic.edu In this age of expanding globalism, Response is the School of the Art Institute of Chicago community’s answer to the issues that face us today. Whether it is a reaction to a specific topic or an ephemeral event, this response is indicative of the current trends and thoughts that tie our society together. This interconnectedness has always existed, but within our post-fact world our understanding of it has changed. Response is an exploration through print media of the histories that are built from tradition, events, and reactions. Image: Louis Doulas, Untitled, 2008 |
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Selective Perception Truth has been replaced by "truthiness" and we feel as artists, we’re in a position to take advantage of such a paradigm. Selective Perception showcases the peripheral and underlying ramifications of such a massive shift in cognitive response to the world. The exhibition attempts to cover the societal impact of post-fact thinking from the individual to global level. Image: Kristina Paabus, Plural Coordination - Verisimilar Surge, 2007 |
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A Printmaking Trilogy Image: Ray Martin, Epcot Center |
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Robert Bornhuetter ~ Brazil Gallery 180 of The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago presents the lithographic prints of Chicago-area artist Robert Bornhuetter. Bornhuetter's complex imagery is influenced by time spent working as a visiting artist at the Ymagos printmaking studio in São Paulo. The intensely colorful and lushly ornate tropical environment of Brazil is clearly apparent in the cleverly rendered imagery from this series. Image: Robert Bornhuetter, Tulip Corsette Corsage |
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SGC Memorial Exhibition As our teachers, they were our first examples of people who dedicated their lives to art, and in them we encountered pioneers in the revival of engraving, the invention and development of collagraphs, mixed media prints, big prints, color prints, waterless and psychadelic lithography. This exhibition includes the work of many groundbreaking print artists and teachers, including Walmsley, Kerslake, Cassill, Myers, Kahn, Kohn, Peterdi, Baskin, Zirkle, Schrag and others. Images: Malcolm Myers, detail of Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1961 |
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Surface Matter / Printed Matter Location: Marwen, 833 N. Orleans St. Dates: March 20 - May 4, 2009 Hours: Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm Reception: March 27, 5 - 7 pm Organizer: Jessica Vaughn Link: http://www.marwen.org Surface Matter/Printed Matter features work by artists who push printmaking beyond traditional modes of production. These artists are less concerned with the serial nature of the medium than with experimenting with surfaces, methods, and mixed media. Elke Claus, Encyclopedia Destructica (featuring the work of various artists), Juan Garcia, Adam Grossi, Elise Glick, Chris Kardambikis, Yashua Klos, Angee Lennard, Pete Rangel, Jessica Vaughn and Glenn Wexler employ printmaking to produce singular pieces that challenge global perspectives of both political spaces and bodies. Image: Yashua Klos, Hank, 2008 |
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Case-By-Case Basis Image: Diana Behl, detail of Oh! Single! Out-Singled, 2007 |
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Boombox Image: Delicious Design League, One Republic, 2008 |
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Without You I am Nothing: Cultural Democracy from Providence and Chicago Image: Andrew Oesch, detail of Conversations on Creative Practice, 2008 |
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Latino/a Printmakers and Pilsen Location: Casa Michoacan Gallery, 1638 S. Blue Island Ave. Dates: March 1 - 31 Hours: Monday - Friday 9 - 5 pm Reception: March 27, 6 - 9 pm Organizer: Rene Arceo Link: http://www.arceoart.us This exhibition is a partial survey of Latino/a printmakers from the Chicago area who have a connection to the neighborhood of Pilsen. This connection is defined by having exhibited, collaborated, worked or lived in the neighborhood. The energy and breath of this mostly Mexican immigrant community has been the source of inspiration for some of these artists. Others explore more personal ground, mostly through figurative languages. A partial list of artists includes Roberto Ferreyra, Benjamin Varela, Dolores Mercado, Jose Andreu, Monserrat Alsina, Mizraim Cardenas, Nicolas de Jesus, Francisco Mendoza, Efren Beltran, Elvia Rodriguez, Rene Arceo, Jose Guerrero and Hector Duarte. Image: Mizraim Cardenas, Calle Amarilla, 2003 |
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Receptions on Saturday, March 28 |
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Hand-Made Prints Image: Grace Kroll |
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Chicago Figurativo: Prints Selected from the NMMA Permanent Collection Location: National Museum of Mexican Art, Kraft Gallery, 1852 W 19th St. Dates: January 16 - May 24 Hours: Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 5 pm Reception: March 28, 6 - 8 pm Organizer: Andrew Rebatta Link: www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org Experience a variety of figurative works by twelve Mexican American artists who have made Chicago their home. The prints chosen represent the inextricable link of identity to the problematic spaces in which these artists live, create and explore. Artist include Carlos Villanueva, Tomás Bringas, Alejandro Romero, Salvador Vega, Maria Eva Soliz, Jeff Abbey Maldonado, Carlos Cortez, Eufemio Pulido, Hector Duarte, Esperanza Gama, René Arceo, and Luis de la Torre. Image: Maria Evagelina Soliz, Cabeza flambé, 1991 |
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In The Near Future... Image: Kelly Parsell,detail of Synthetic Recollection, 2007 |
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Superstition: Jill Lanza and Gabe Lanza Location: Logsdon Gallery, 1909 S. Halsted St. Dates: March 13 - April 4 Hours: Satuday Noon - 5 pm and by Appointment Reception: March 28, 12 - 5 pm Organizer: Jill Lanza Link: http://www.logsdon1909.com, http://www.jilllanza.com, http://www.gabelanza.com Gabe Lanza and Jill Lanza combine diverse media to create fictional environments for the viewer to explore. Working back and forth, Gabe begins with his paintings and sculptures as Jill launches with her 2D and 3D works of handmade paper, drawings, and artist books. Ranging from full-room installations reaching across the gallery to smaller works, Gabe and Jill adapt to the surrounding environment. Image: Gabe Lanza, Aerostat Reveillon, 2008 |
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Chicago Printmakers Exhibition Location: Morpho Gallery, 5216 N. Damen Ave. Dates: March 1 - 31 Hours: Thursday - Friday 1 - 6 pm, Saturday Noon - 6 pm, and by Appointment Receptions: March 6th 6 - 10 pm, and March 28, 12 - 9 pm Organizer: Elke Claus Link: http://www.morphogallery.com A group show featuring Chicago printmakers and including representatives from Spudnik Press, Screwball Press, and One Horse Press. Exhibiting artists include Dan S. Wang, Kathleen Judge, Pete Rangel, Ed Foss, George Mueller, Diane Dorigan, Bert Menco, Elizabeth Ockwell, Elke Claus, Steven Hazard, Paula Campbell, Sadie Gerbic, Alex Abajian, Diana Sudyka, Rick Edward Smith, Lora Fosberg, Julian Cox, Joseph Taylor, Yvi Russel, Tom Warchol, Sanya Glisic, Laura Mariposa, Angee Lenard, Keith Herzik, and Dan Grzeca. Image: George Mueller, What Then Shall We Choose?, 2004 |
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Rebellious Integration Chicago Printmakers Collaborative presents Rebellious Integration, a portfolio exchange and exhibition that includes SGC artists and other subversive printmakers, including: Barbara Madsen; Candace Nicol; Cerese Vaden; Deborah Maris Lader; Duffy O’Connor; John Hitchcock; Jill Fitterer; Katarzyna Cepek; Kimiko Miyoshi; Laurie Blakeslee; Megan Sterling; Michael Barnes; Oli Watt; Oscar Gillespie; Priya Nadkarni; and Stephanie Barenz. An open house and tours convene Saturday, March 28th from Noon to 5 pm, followed by an opening reception from 5 to 8 pm. See what’s up at Chicago’s longest-running independent printmaking workshop! For additional information on the CPC open house, navigate to the Events page. Image: Duffy O'Connor, Happy F--ing Birthday, 2008 |
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Global Fusion Portfolio Global Fusion is an international exchange portfolio curated by Maritza Dávila. Contributing artists include: Maritza Dávila (Puerto Rico), Sarojini Jha Johnson (India), Indrani Gall (India), Haydee Landing (Puerto Rico), Amy Foltz (USA), Johanna Paas (USA), Hui-Chu Ying (Taiwan), Lise Drost (USA), Enrique Leal (Spain), Stephen Black (USA), Luis Abraham Ortiz (Puerto Rico), and David DuBose (USA). This exhibition is a part of the open house hosted by the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative from Noon to 5 pm on Saturday, March 28. For additional information on the open house, navigate to the Events page. Image: Maritza Dávila, Global Fusion Title Page, 2008 |
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The Ceramic Print Image: Thomas Lucas, Aunt Dorothy with Rims, 2008 |
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Tender Twenties |
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Receptions on Sunday, March 29 |
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P2: Prints and Drawings by Peter Olson and Peter Van Ael P2; Peter Squared; an exhibition of work by two printmakers named Peter. Mr. Van Ael is coordinator of the Jack Olson Gallery at Northern Illinois University (NIU); Mr. Olson is the Assistant Director of the NIU Art Museum. The Nehring Gallery is located in an historic building in downtown DeKalb, Illinois. |
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Scottish Print Folios from the Gray's School of Art Image: Agata Dymus-Kazmierczak, Untitled, 2008 |
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NIU Graduate Printmaking Exhibition Image: Michael McGovern, Shaman Savior, 2008 |
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Play Up! |
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Images of Death and Life Image: Käthe Kollwitz, Selbstbildnis (Self-Portrait), 1912 |
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Flock Image: Jay Ryan, Poster for Modest Mouse, 2008 |
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Moonlight and Cocktails are the Thing Location: Northern Illinois University Art Museum, 116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb Dates: March 24 - May 9 Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday Noon - 4 pm Reception: March 29, 10:30 am - 1 pm Organizer: Peter Olson and “Exhibition Interpretation” Students Link: http://www.niu.edu/artmuseum Illinois artist and printmaker David Driesbach weaves rich narratives in his complex, colorful and whimsical etchings. Although Driesbach retired from teaching many years ago, he has continued a prodigious production. This exhibition attempts to summarize a lifetime of remarkable achievements. Co-organized with students enrolled in “Exhibition Interpretation,” a graduate-level Museum Studies course. Image: David Driesbach, Poikilothermal Reverie, 1963 |
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The Mayor of Palookaville Location: Northern Illinois University Art Museum, 116 Altgeld Hall, DeKalb Dates: March 24 - May 9 Hours: Tuesday - Friday 10 am - 5 pm, Saturday Noon - 4 pm Reception: March 29, 10:30 am - 1 pm Organizer: Peter Olson Link: http://www.niu.edu/artmuseum Hand-printed and hand-bound books by David Johnson, a mid-career artist from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Johnson’s tools are simple and direct: etching, relief printing and letterpress. His observations are not: perceptive, shrewd, satirical and compassionate views of the people around him and the quotidian spaces they inhabit. Image: David Johnson, Church and Factory a page from the book More Middletown Studies, 2005 |
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Additional Conference Exhibitions |
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A Force For Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund This is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a charity created by the Chicago businessman and philanthropist to foster black leadership through the arts, literature, and scholarship. From 1928 to 1948, the Fund awarded stipends to hundreds of prominent and emerging African American artists, writers, and scholars. A Force for Change will present the artistic and scholarly products of Julius Rosenwald’s support. The exhibition includes prints by Elizabeth Catlett and Lamar Baker. Organized for the Spertus Museum by guest curator Daniel Schulman, the exhibition will later travel to the Allentown Art Museum and the Montclair Art Museum. Image: Elizabeth Catlett, I have special reservations, from The Negro Woman, 1946-47, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Art © Elizabeth Catlett/licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. Photograph by Gregory Staley. |
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Modern and Contemporary Works on Paper: Highlights from the Collection In conjunction with the Art Institute’s opening of the new Modern Wing, the Department of Prints and Drawings will celebrate its extensive works on paper collection with an exhibition focused on highlights of the Modern and Contemporary collection of drawings. This occasion affords visitors the chance to see the department’s rich holdings that, due to their inherent sensitivity to light, are rarely exhibited in public galleries. Further, a selection of Dada and Surrealist works from the collection will be shown with ephemera and artists' books from the rich holdings of the Mary Reynolds Collection in Ryerson Library. |
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Becoming Edvard Munch: Influence, Anxiety, and Myth This is a ticketed exhibition. Tickets go on sale January 15. Image: Edvard Munch, Madonna, 1895. The Art Institute of Chicago, Print and Drawing Department Purchase Fund (C) 2008 The Munch Museum / The Munch-Ellingsen Group / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. |
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Out (And About) Image: Yong Ping Huang, Travel Guide for 2000-2046, 1999 |
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Two Lithuanian Printmakers: E. Vertelkaitė and B. Zokaitytė E. Vertelkaitė and B. Zokaitytė are two renowned young Lithuanian artists who studied at Vilnius Art Academy at about the same time, and later continued to pursue different creative paths while addressing similar themes in their works. They combine traditional and contemporary printmaking techniques to explore women's physical, social and cultural identities. This exhibition was organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs in collaboration with the Čiurlionis Lithuanian Gallery with support from the Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania. Image: Biruté Zokaityté, A Crew, 2008 |
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Broad Shoulders and Brotherly Love Image: Lenore Thomas and Justin Strom, Goodbye Tiny Dancer, 2007 |
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Vox Pop Portfolio Artists include May Aboutaam, Georgia Deal, Justin Diggle, Patricia Villalobos Echeverria, Beth Grabowski, Melissa Haviland, John Hitchcock, Elizabeth Klimek, Eun Lee, Phyllis McGibbon, Jessica Meyer, Ayanah Moor, Tracy Pilzer, and Melanie Yazzie. |
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Mind the Gap Portfolio Taking cues from the conference theme, Global Implications, this years exchange portfolio Mind the Gap: The Art and Science of Producing Prints on a Flattened Earth looks to address printmaking as an instrument of mass dissemination, and perpetuator of culture. For more information on how to participate in this portfolio navigate to the Portfolios page on this site. |
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