Peter Baczek, J Dock, aquatint etching, 1990. 19" x 20"
Four Corners and a Center: An Exhibition by the California Society of Printmakers
Village Theatre Art Gallery, 233 Front Street, Danville, CA
Opening Reception: May 20, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Exhibition Dates: May 20 – July 1, 2011
The California Society of Printmakers is pleased to present Four Corners and a Center. Juried by Renee Bott, co-owner and master printer of Paulson Bott Press, Four Corners and a Center features a selection of 34 prints from 24 members of the California Society of Printmakers. The exhibit highlights the diversity and creativity of contemporary printmaking and showcases techniques such as woodcut, monotype, etching and handmade artist books.
Barbara Foster, Tin Top Silo, lasercut woodcut & chine colle, 2010. 16" x 13"
The theme, Four Corners and a Center, was selected by Amy Miller, Visual Arts Program Director of Danville’s city-run Village Theatre Art Gallery. Miller wanted to incorporate an open-ended theme for the exhibit while referencing the format in which most printmakers work, paper. Miller states, ” Four Corners conjures images of location, direction, edges, boundaries a destination and even the entire planet. The Center can be one’s home life, an essence of an object, the soul, a state of being or a compositional element used to invoke power or focus. Even in an empty room or in a singular structure, the center remains a powerful position within any work of art.”
Yuji Hiratsuka, Soft Landing, intaglio etching & chine colle, 2011. 24"x 32"
In jurying the entries, Renee Bott wanted to be as inclusive as possible while selecting artworks that defined the exhibition theme. The selected works address existential themes, graphic imagery, and social commentary with insight and humor with subject matter ranging from urban landscapes, animals, nature, and identity, to ecological concerns and politics. Works by some of CSP’s newest members (admitted by jury in 2011) will be shown along some of its most enduring members (admitted by jury as far back as 1975).
Sirima Sataman, Discard Fortunes, etching, 2009. 15" x 22"
Work by the following artists will be on view: Peter Baczek, Gary Comoglio, Jessica Dunne, Linda Filhardt, Joan Finton, Barbara Foster, Yuji Hiratsuka, K Kuster, Linda Lee Fribley, Peter Leone McCormick, Linda Lieberman, Kay Marshall, Stephanie Martin, Cythia Milionis, Barbara Milman, Nancy Mintz, Carrie Ann Plank, Laurel Prieto, Sirma Sataman, Deborah Sibony, Herlinde Spahr, Jerry Theobald, George Woodward, and Mark Zaffron.
Four Corners and a Center will run through July 1 with a special art chat and printmaking demonstration to be held on June 8 at 7pm in the Village Theatre Art Gallery.
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