«More than a few of the artists included in this new Portfolio have built reputations
as printmakers over decades of hard work.
Not exact matches
And his processes
as a
printmaker lie well outside conventional techniques: he rarely printed a plate the same way twice, often painted
over his prints, cut down and repurposed his plates for other images, and experimented with grounds and unusual supports, including fabric.
He is an accomplished
printmaker who,
over the years, has experimented with a wide variety of printing methods from woodcut, etching and lithography, to photographic processes such
as collotype and color copy transfer.
He was also highly prolific
as a
printmaker, which he enjoyed
as a collaborative process, producing,
over the last decade, more than 430 etchings, lithographs and portfolios.
Outside of his studio stood a mulberry tree, a very appropriate symbol for a
printmaker,
as the bark of the mulberry tree has been used in the making of paper for
over 2,000 years.
Highly renowned
as a painter, Close is also a master
printmaker, who has,
over the course of more than 30 years, pushed the boundaries of traditional printmaking in remarkable ways.
Trained
as a painter and
printmaker, Bourgeois embraced sculpture
as her primary medium and experimented with a range of materials
over the years.
Organized by MMoCA and traveling to museums across the country, this ambitious and career - spanning exhibition includes
over 100 editioned prints that detail the artist's remarkable career
as a
printmaker.
Explore the historic Boston waterfront and tour studios in
over 10 buildings in Fort Point that are home to painters, sculptors, ceramicists, filmmakers, performance artists,
printmakers, book artists, jewelers, photographers,
as well
as galleries and pop - up exhibit venues.