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International
Print Center New York announces the eleventh presentation of its
New Prints Program from Thursday, January 15 through Saturday,
February 28, 2004 in its gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Room
824, in Chelsea. New Prints 2004/Winter: The Random and the Ordered
is one of a series of juried exhibitions organized four times
each season by IPCNY presenting current prints by artists at all
stages of their careers.
With
New Prints 2004/Winter, IPCNY continues its rotating presentations
of contemporary artists' prints, establishing an ongoing exhibition
venue for new work and a central source of information about artists
working today in the medium of printmaking. For New Prints 2004/Winter,
the Selections Committee (which changes for each New Prints exhibition)
was comprised of the following members: Starr Figura, Assistant
Curator, Department of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum
of Modern Art; Kimball Higgs, Gagosian Gallery; Jean-Paul Russell,
Master Printer and Director, Durham Press; Carol Ann Schuster,
collector; Mina Takahashi, Executive Director of Programs, Dieu
Donne Papermill. Some eight hundred prints were submitted to IPCNY
for this selections round for consideration by the jury.
A
curatorial essay The
Random and the Ordered describing the exhibition and the
selections process has been contributed by Selections Committee
member Starr Figura. Sandra Lang continues in her role as consultant
to the program.
Consistent with the exhibitions that preceded it, New Prints 2004/Winter
includes work from a range of presses across the country as well
as prints published and submitted by individual artists. The committee
selected fifty-two prints, representing the work of twenty-one
artists. All prints selected for New Prints 2004/Winter were released
within the past year.
The
complete artists' list is as follows: Richard Artschwager, William
Bailey, A.J. Bocchino, Louise Bourgeois, Enriqué Chagoya,
Ann Conner, Daniel Martin Diaz, Lesley Dill, Alexandar Duravcevic,
Amze Emmons, Brian Fridge, Mona Hatoum, Sarah Hauser, Perigrine
Honig, William Kentridge, Paula Schuette Kramer, Cameron Martin,
Raymond Pettibon, Endi Poskovic, Ed Ruscha and Leah Siegel. Of
these artists, eight are represented by works in series.
Prints
included in New Prints 2004/Winter range from a delicate three-dimensional
die-cut cast paper Head by Lesley Dill, to Enriqué Chagoya's
satyrical etching suite Homage to Goya: Disasters of War, to Cameron
Martin's quietly eloquent lithograph Under the Sun Every Day Comes,
to Endi Poskovic's bravura expressionistic woodcut (37 by 52 inches)
Western Tale in Green. described by Ms. Figura as "incongruously
hard edge and nostalgic." Video artist Brian Fridge pushes
the technical limits of the print medium with his suite of copper
plate gravures created from steam filmed as it transformed into
ice crystals in his freezer. Peregrine Honig is represented by
a suite of cut-out paper dolls with "mordant texts that point
to a violent underside for such images", in the words of
Ms. Figura.
The following presses are represented in the exhibition: Hamilton
Press, Venice, CA.; Hare & Hound Press, San Antonio, TX.;
Landfall Press, Chicago, IL.; Open Gate Press, Madison, WI.; Segura
Publishing Co., Mesa, AZ.; Shark's Ink, Lyons, CO.; Tandem Press,
Madison, WI., and D2 Press, Dieu Donne Papermill, Harlan &
Weaver and Procuniar Workshop, all of New York City.
With rare exception, prints included in IPCNY's New Prints shows
are for sale. IPCNY refers potential purchasers directly to the
artist, publisher or gallery which supplied the print. IPCNY requires
no commission on sales.
International
Print Center New York is a non-profit institution founded to promote
the greater appreciation and understanding of the fine art print
worldwide. Through innovative programming, it 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 website and Information Desk available to the public
at the gallery. IPCNY depends upon public and private donations
to support its programs.
The
New Prints Program is funded in part with a grant from The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and with public funds from
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; The New York
State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the
Arts.
The
gallery is located in Chelsea on 26th Street between 10th and
11th Avenues. Hours are 12- 6 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday. For additional
information, call (212) 989-5090 or visit IPCNY's website www.ipcny.org.
New Prints 2004/Winter: The Random and the Ordered will be posted
and documented on the site together with prior exhibitions presented
by IPCNY.
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