I'm excited to be included in April Vollmer's new book about Japanese woodblock, alongside many artists who I admire, such as Stella Ebner, Daniel Heyman, Yoonmi Nam, Serena Perrone, Yasu Shibata, and many others. She does a great job talking about the history of the technique, it's growth in the west, and contemporary artists practicing it.
Check it out!
“On the basis of this sampling, it might be tempting to propose a thesis about the state of contemporary printed art—its self-awareness as an instrument of both image reproduction and material craft; its status as a metonym for the contingency of comprehension. And were this a curated show, in which evidence is cherry-picked to illustrate a particular point, we might be convinced. In “50/50,” however, things aren’t that simple.
What are we to do, for example, with Mary Lynn Blasutta’s stylish monoprints with their Alex-Katz-meets-Charley-Harper pictorial perfection? Or Kevin Frances’ beautifully rendered mokuhanga-style woodcut of a cluttered student desk? Or Ross Racine’s intricate aerial views of fictional suburbs? Compelling artworks evincing faith in the function of pictures.”
Negative Space at the Knockdown Center was picked as one of ten galleries to see in Brooklyn and Queens this weekend! Check it out, closes Sunday!
The Bushwick Daily included Negative Space in the roundup of shows to see across Bushwick, Ridgewood, Maspeth and East Williamsburg. The show closes April 12, check it out!
http://bushwickdaily.com/2015/02/seven-art-shows-bushwick-ridgewood-maspeth-willliamsburg/
Lucas's Desk, Japanese woodblock print.
Some cool shows going on this month!
50 |50 New Prints 2015/ Winter at the International Print Center New York (IPCNY)
On View: January 15 - March 14, 2015
RISD Faculty Biennial at the RISD Museum
February 20 - March 22, 2015. Opening February 19, 6-8pm.
I'm really excited to be showing the first print in my new series, Lucas's Desk (above), at these two shows!
Negative Space at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, NY
February 28 - April 12, 2015. Opening February 28th.
This is a group exhibition about domestic space in an amazing industrial building in New York. I'll be showing several prints from my New Apartment series, as well as some new ceramic work.
Hope to see you out there!
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If you're in NYC for Print Week, stop by the 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery to see The Big Picture Show!
This Fall is going to be an exciting time, I've got several shows that I'm really proud to be a part of! First off...
IPCNY has put together this amazing show at 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery in Midtown, Manhattan. Not only will I be in some stellar company, but I'll be showing the first six prints of the New Apartment series!
The show runs September 8th - December 5th, 2014, opening reception September 8th!
http://www.ipcny.org/node/2556
Stand Out Prints at Highpoint Center for Printmaking
I'm happy to once again be included in Highpoint's Stand Out Prints show. Last time I got some really nice feedback, and the show looked great.
Runs September 5, 2014 – October 4, 2014, opening reception September 5.
http://highpointprintmaking.org/exhibition-space/stand-out-prints-2014/
Off On Tangents: Unique Techniques in Print On and Off the Wall Curated by Nancy Lasar at the Washington Art Association, Washington CT.
This looks to be a good show, not too far out of the city!
October 4th through Nov. 1, 2014, opening reception Saturday, October 11, from 4-6PM.
http://www.washingtonartassociation.org/exhibitions/worksonpapercurate/
Mike Fleming, Hair Flip
I'm really excited to be included in two group shows this summer. This Friday, July 11th, opens Vox X: Present Tense at Vox Populi in Philadelphia. Juried by Matthew Brannon and Howie Chen, this show looks really interesting. It runs through August 1st.
In August I have a print included in Layers of Identity II at Arena 1 Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The exhibition runs August 2 - August 30. In December the show travels to the Jerusalem Print Workshop.
Thanks Axis Gallery for including me in The Memory Pore! The show looked great, and pleased to be in such good company.
My curatorial project, Find & Form Space, now has a beautiful website, care of the talented folks at Find & Form. Check it out at www.findandformspace.com.
Follow us on Facebook as well!
The opening of Find & Form Space’s second show, My Soles Have These Stories, was this past Friday, and it looked great! Thanks to everyone who came out.
Check out the banner image on the IPCNY tumblr! Psyched to be in such good company, woodblock prints by Josh Dannin on the left and Yoonmi Nam on the right.
New Prints 2013/ Autumn opens on October 29th, with the reception on Thursday, November 7th. So if you’re in town for print week, stop by, I’ll be at the opening!
Upcoming Shows
I’m very excited to be participating in three shows opening in October!
New York
New Prints 2013/ Autumn at the International Print Center New York
October 29 - November 30, 2013.
Opening: Thursday, November 7.
Bay Area
The Making Is A Re-Making at Kala Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
October 17 – November 27, 2013.
Opening: Thursday, October 17, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Los Angeles
October 26 – December 14.
Opening: Saturday, October 26 | 5-9 pm.
Some photos from Sideways, This Time, thanks to everyone who made it out!
New Prints 2013/Winter is on tour in Houston, Texas at Art League Houston in conjunction with PRINTHOUSTON 2013. The exhibition will be on display in the main gallery from June 28 - August 2, 2013. Visit www.artleaguehouston.org for more details. If you’re in the Houston area, stop on by and see the fabulous show!
You can see my print, Karen, in the first picture, next to Nicole Eisenman!
Next Thursday, June 27 6-8pm is the opening reception of Spring Chickens, Free Range, a show of the ten artists from RISD’s 2013 Printmaking MFA program! It will be at David Krut Projects in Chelsea.
It’s gonna be a blast, hope to see you there!
Details:
Directions:
Please enter via 516 W. 26th St. (near 10th ave) and take the freight elevator to the 8th floor.
David Krut Projects is excited to present Spring Chickens, Free Range, a group exhibition of the ten artists emerging from Rhode Island School of Design’s MFA in Printmaking. The works on display champion traditional print methods while engaging an advanced multimedia approach. These ten artists - Paloma Barhaugh-Bordas, Kevin Frances, Amanda Hu, Genevieve Lowe, Jonathan Palmer, Diego Rodriguez-Warner, Saman Sajasi, Justin Sorensen, Cole Swavely and Elisabeth Walden - bring a fresh and active chorus and invigorate the conversation of contemporary printmaking.
Because of its characteristic traits, namely reproducibility, variability and the camaraderie it creates among artists, printmaking lends itself to social engagement, as the work in this exhibition proves. Whether tackling identity politics, consumerism, environmental collapse, systemic violence or spirituality, these artists use the conventions of print to identify and wrestle with the issues and powers that shape our lives. Of course, these issues are not boxed off cleanly, but rather create a network of connective tissue that runs through the exhibition. These artists and works come together through a deep social engagement with the world, and the struggle to find a form that reflects it.
Frances, Sajasi, Swavely and Walden examine how identity is created through gender, body size, ethnicity or environment. Palmer, Lowe and Barhaugh-Bordas explore the boundaries between natural and man-made environments. Hu and Frances investigate how environment reflects human identity by examining living spaces. And Rodriguez-Warner combines images from art history and pop-culture through a sophisticated formal language strongly influenced by relief printing. The work in this show represents not only an engagement with printmaking, but also the ways in which the qualities of traditional print media allows for a flexibility of style, form and content.
Official site: http://www.davidkrut.com/upcoming.html
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/597861736912145/
This Thursday, May 16, is the opening of the RISD Thesis show! It’s going to be amazing. More photos to come!
opening reception: May 16, 6–8 pm
open Daily: 12–5 pm
RI Convention Center, Exhibition Hall A
One Sabin Street, Providence, RI
HOME SHOW
Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum, 20 Main Street, Providence, RI
Opening Thursday May 2nd, 6-8 pm
On View May 3-June 2
Gallery Hours: 10-5, Tue.- Sun.
I’ll have some work in Home Show at the Gelman Gallery in the RISD Museum in Providence, Rhode Island. The Opening is next Thursday, May 2nd, 6-8pm. Hope to see you there.
I have five prints included in Washington Printmakers Gallery’s 3rd Annual Excellence in Printmaking Exhibition, and my print Karen was awarded first place!
The show is up until February 24, if you’re in the D.C. area. The gallery is in Silver Spring, MD.