Manly Art Gallery And Museum - Spring 2012
LEAVE NOTHING BUT PRINTS
The Warringah Printmakers Studio celebrates 15 years of safer print practice.
EXHIBITION DATES: 20 July – 2 September 2012
COST: Free entry to the Manly Art Gallery & Museum
OPEN: Tues - Sun 10am - 5pm
ADDRESS: West Esplanade, Manly, NSW 2095,
PHONE: (02) 9976 1420
Manly Art Gallery & Museum presents an exhibition of contemporary printmaking by artists working at one of Australia’s most established print studios, The Warringah Printmakers Studio. The exhibition runs from 20 July – 2 September 2012.
Having last exhibited at Manly Art Gallery & Museum eight years ago with two focus exhibitions exploring scale, Miniare and Big, this new exhibition draws on the breadth and skills of its teaching, professional and emerging artists. The Leave Nothing but Prints exhibition is a culmination of 15 years of safer printmaking.
Geraldine Berkemeier "e mergent conversations"
Safer Printmaking for Artists & Environment
In traditional printmaking, toxic materials such as solvents, etching acids, bitumen grounds and rosin powders are in common use. These materials can leave toxic ‘traces’ in the printmaker and ultimately in the environment. The Warringah Printmakers Studio decided to minimise these effects and in 1997 made a commitment to introduce safer printmaking techniques into the Studio as an alternative way to produce intaglio and relief prints.
Daphne Williams "Firewheel"
Graham Albert Watson "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing"
Sussan Baran "Vase of Flowers and Indian Textiles"
Warringah Printmakers Studio's Popular Approach
‘The stance the artists have taken regarding alternative printmaking has proven to be popular, and contributed to the Studio’s success and high profile developed over the last 15 years, both nationally and internationally. We have worked together to make safer printmaking practice an intrinsic part of our approach’, said Sandra Williams from Warringah Printmakers Studio.
The alternative techniques have provided their own challenges and problem solving as well as a very creative way of working with plate making and printing methods.
Warringah Printmakers have found that it is possible for contemporary artists and printmakers, concerned about their own health and the impact of their art practice on the environment, to ‘take nothing but inspiration and leave nothing but prints’.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
Artist Floor Talks:
Sunday 29 July 2012, 3 - 4pm
Where: Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly
Trudy Goodwin, Susan Baran, Gwen Harrison and Rebecca Baird talk about their printmaking processes and artworks in the exhibition
Print Demonstration:
Sunday 12 August 2012, 3 – 4.30pm
Where: Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly
Exhibiting artists Rosanna Jurisevic and Annie Day demonstrate printmaking techniques, including woodcut and waterless lithography
Meet the Artists:
Sunday 19 August 2012, 3 – 4.30pm
Where: Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly
Peri Tobias, Geraldine Berkemeier and Anthea Boesenberg present illustrated talks about the development of their artistic practices and current work
Exhibition Tours:
Sunday 26 August and Sunday 2 September 2012, 3pm
Where: Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade, Manly
Cost: free
Our experienced volunteer guides are on hand to talk about the current exhibition and be available to answer any questions related to show and the Gallery itself.