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International
Print Center New York announces the opening presentation of
its New Prints Program on Friday, September 22nd in its new Chelsea
premises at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824. With this program,
IPCNY establishes a permanent, non-commercial, open venue for
the public exhibition of recent prints by both known and unknown
artists. New Prints 2000, running through December 2000, is the
first of three exhibitions which IPCNY will organize and present
annually to the public. Each New Prints presentation is juried
by a committee of five to six individuals representing various
disciplines in the field. The New Prints 2000 Selections Committee
was composed of: Louis Grachos, Director and Curator, Site Santa
Fe; Faye Hirsch, writer, critic and editor, Art on Paper magazine;
Jean-Yves Noblet, master printer; Michelle Quinn, Department Head,
Prints, Christie's East; Arnold Smoller, collector; and Deborah
Wye, Chief Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books,
Museum of Modern Art, New York. Criteria for selection are as
follows: only original fine art prints of the highest quality
are eligible; prints must have a release date within the last
two years; selections must represent a variety of styles and techniques
as well as a broad diversity of sources, geographical and otherwise.
Fifty-five prints by both established and emerging artists are
included in New Prints 2000.The selection offers enormous variety
in style, medium, technique, and subject matter, varying from
Scott Kilgour's silkscreened four-fold standing screen with sixteen
rotating panels, to Liliana Porter's solar etching with toy, "Dialogue
in Chinese", to Suzanne Caporael's series of Renaissance
portraits in monoprint.
IPCNY sought submissions for New Prints 2000 from its database
of over 450 sources including printmakers, publishers, artists,
and presses from across the country and abroad. Submissions are
encouraged from small and experimental presses and publishers,
regional and university presses, and artists who would profit
from the opportunity for broader public access to their work.
Anyone wishing to purchase a print will be referred directly to
the source. All prints exhibited will be fully documented. This
information will be maintained at IPCNY, and in time, will become
a valuable public resource for students, art historians, curators,
artists and collectors. With New Prints 2000, IPCNY inaugurates
a unique venue for a rotating display of current prints from a
wide variety of sources. In launching this program, IPCNY establishes
a new destination for the viewing of artists' prints and a central
source of information about artists working in the medium of printmaking.
International Print Center New York is a new non-profit institution
founded in 1995 to promote the greater appreciation and understanding
of the fine art print worldwide. Through innovative programming,
IPCNY fosters a climate for the enjoyment, examination and serious
study of artists' prints-from the old master to the contemporary,
IPCNY offers its members a program of workshop and gallery .visits,
and has established an informational web site for public use.
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