Raleigh Hightower Lifestyle Editor rhightower@murraystate.edu The Clara M. Eagle Gallery opened four new art exhibits to celebrate the artwork of Murray State alumni and other artists. On Jan. 20, the Eagle Gallery opened the “Recollections: alumni selections from the collection” and “Roadside Attractions” exhibits. On Jan. 26, the “Landlocked: Redux”…
Versatility on display
COREY MCMAKEN | The Journal Gazette
As Ellen Mensch reflects on Artlink Contemporary Gallery s 41st National Print Exhibition, she notes how the 60 selected artists show different facets of the printmaking.
“I think this year what strikes me the most about the exhibition is just how versatile the medium of printmaking is,” says the gallery s exhibitions and marketing coordinator. The exhibition includes traditional and modern techniques.
Among the 63 works on display through May 2 is “Child s Play,” a stop-motion animation by Raluca Iancu of Ames, Iowa. It was made with linocuts and CNC-cut woodcuts.
“Child s Play” was given the third place award by juror Ruth Lingen of New York. First place was given to Santa Fe, New Mexico, artist Enrique Figueredo s “Paveando en mi Cadillac antibalas (Cruising in My Bulletproof Cadillac)” lithograph, and in second place is a cyanotype work, “Sfumato No. 322,” by Brent Dedas of Columbia, South Caroli
Nothing About Us Without Us, at Flatbed Press (Courtesy of Flatbed Press)
Prints are exclusive things. And prints are inclusive things. Prints, in fact, partake of both those qualities in addition to whatever aesthetic and semantic information they relay, and here comes PrintAustin 2021, so let s take a look at that and what the hell we re talking about with this seeming paradox.
PrintAustin, founded in 2013 by Austin-based printmakers Cathy Savage and Elvia Perrin, is an artist-led nonprofit organization working to showcase traditional and contemporary approaches in printmaking. They say working to showcase, and they (Savage and PA Director Paloma Mayorga and their cohort) have been doing just that. And, from what we ve experienced of the monthlong program at the start of each year, they ve done so with great success. The number of participating studios and galleries, and the exhibitions and workshops and demos offered by them, has grown year by year, as has the amount of publ