New Prints Autumn 2008
International Print Center New York (IPCNY)
opening reception: Thursday October 23rd, 2008 6-8
October 23th – November 22nd, 2008
526 West 26th Street, room 824
New York, NY 10001
http://ipcny.org
"The Selections Committee for New Prints 2008/Autumn included Matthew Day Jackson, Artist; Jacob Lewis, Director, Pace Prints Chelsea; Barbara Sahlman, Collector and Artist; Julie Saul, Director, Julie Saul Gallery; James Stroud, Master Printer and Director, Center Street Studio; and Roberta Waddell, former Curator of Prints (1985-2008), New York Public Library.
New Prints 2008/Autumn is the twenty-ninth presentation of IPCNY’s New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY four times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers. The exhibition represents a cross-section of some of the most exceptional printmaking today while continuing IPCNY’s commitment to provide an ongoing exhibition venue for contemporary prints and a major source of information about artists working in the medium.The complete artists’ list for New Prints 2008/Autumn is as follows: Lauren Abshire, Glen Baldridge, J. Catherine Bebout, Marieke Bolhuis, Matthew Brannon, Nicholas Brown, Ryan Burkhart, Susan Goethel Campbell, Stacey Cann, Kerstin Cedell, Phillip Chen, Briar Craig, Luke Dorman, Rick Finn, Quintin Gonzalez, Valerie Hammond, Adriane Herman, Tatana Kellner, Damon Kowarsky, Janet Marcavage, Teresa Gomez Martorell, Jiha Moon, Yoko Motomiya, Ethan Murrow, Heidi Neilson, Tom Orr, Krista Peters, Raymond Pettibon, Sarah Nicole Phillips, Ron Rocco, Nick Satinover, Joyce J. Scott, Scott Stephens, Sarah Sze, Ivanco Talevski, Richard Tuttle and John Yau, Joe Waks, Allan Wexler, Wang Yuhui.
A curatorial essay by Matthew Day Jackson will accompany the exhibition.
New Prints 2008/Autumn includes three artists books and five three-dimensional objects. Highlights of the exhibition include: Lauren Abshire’s Spyglass, a telescope through which a digital print on transparency can be viewed; Glen Baldridge’s Here Come the Miracles, a sixty-four-block, seven-color intaglio wiped relief printed woodcut with two panels upon which “okay” and “fine” are written in a flourished, German-Gothic font; Phillip Chen’s Powhatan, a three panel, six-foot relief etching depicting an unlikely assembly of objects ranging from feathers to flying machines; Susan Goethel Campbell and Stacy Cann ‘s Natural Wonder: Old Faithful and Crowd, are grids exploring the serial nature of printmaking; Krista Peter’s Collapsible Home, a three-dimensional etching with hand coloring that actually lights its windows from within; Sarah Sze’s Notepad, a deconstructed notebook exploding into balconies, stairs, and ladders; and The Missing Portrait, a book designed by Richard Tuttle with text by poet John Yau.
Twenty of the forty-three works are by independent artists. Presses and printshops represented include: BBK Druckwekstatt (Germany), the Brodsky Center, Brooke Alexander Editions, Cirrus Editions, Ltd., Firsthand Editions, Flatbed Press, Flying Horse Editions, Forth Estate, Fresh Hot Press, Manneken Press, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Serie Project, Inc., Solo Impression, Tamarind Institute, University of Tampa Press, Wildwood Press and Women’s Studio Workshop. New Prints 2008/Autumn includes prints from coast to coast and abroad, including Australia, Canada, China, Germany and Sweden"
