Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Print and the Virtual, Authentic Image
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Print and the Virtual, Authentic Image
Guest writer Julia V. Hendrickson shares thoughts on “the intersections of printmaking and the digital image, and the subsequent constructions of an authentic image online.”
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Community of Printmakers at Manhattan Graphics Center
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Community of Printmakers at Manhattan Graphics Center
Guest writing for Ink, Nicole Simpson walks us through the Manhattan Graphics Center, an artist-run space established in 1986.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | On Perception: Katsutoshi Yuasa’s Woodcuts
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | On Perception: Katsutoshi Yuasa’s Woodcuts
Sarah Kirk Hanley looks at the woodcuts of Katsutoshi Yuasa, whose first solo exhibition in the US is at the ISE Cultural Foundation in New York, through January 4th.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Political Art for a Contentious Time
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Political Art for a Contentious Time
Following a trend that began with the Enlightenment, prints play a role in today’s political discourse by disseminating artists’ views and rallying the public.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Seriously Printeresting: An Interview with the Founders
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Seriously Printeresting: An Interview with the Founders
Sarah Kirk Hanley talks to the founders of Printeresting, a blog devoted to the art of printmaking and to printmaking miscellany.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Jasper Johns’s Revolution in Print
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Jasper Johns’s Revolution in Print
Sarah Kirk Hanley reviews “Jasper Johns/In Press: The Crosshatch Works and the Logic of Print,” on view at Harvard Art Museums through August 18.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Brilliance Under Pressure: Dana Schutz’s Monotypes at Gallery Met
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Brilliance Under Pressure: Dana Schutz’s Monotypes at Gallery Met
Sarah Kirk Hanley looks at Dana Schutz’s most recent body of work: a series of large watercolor monotypes created at Two Palms, New York.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The State of the Art is Elsewhere: “Print/Out” at The Museum of Modern Art
Sarah Kirk Hanley reviews a new MoMA exhibition surveying the state of the contemporary print medium.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Contemplating Nicotine: Xu Bing’s “Tobacco Project”
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Contemplating Nicotine: Xu Bing’s “Tobacco Project”
Sarah Hanley looks at an exhibition of works by Xu Bing that explore the extensive, tangled relationship between human beings and tobacco.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Unabashedly Beautiful Prints of Helen Frankenthaler
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Unabashedly Beautiful Prints of Helen Frankenthaler
The late Helen Frankenthaler’s contributions as a painter are renowned; Hanley argues that her achievements as a printmaker are equally important.
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Tales for Our Time: Amy Cutler’s Prints
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Tales for Our Time: Amy Cutler’s Prints
Fantastical narrative is a guiding principle for many artists who have come to prominence in the past decade; Amy Cutler and Dana Schutz are foremost among these. Both possess …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Birth of the Underground: Fluxus Editions
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Birth of the Underground: Fluxus Editions
Fluxus, an international counter-culture collective of artists, musicians, and designers, was formed 50 years ago in 1961/2. Its goals were laid out in the 1963 offset lithograph Fluxus Manifesto (on …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Full Circle: Ann Hamilton’s Recent Editions
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Full Circle: Ann Hamilton’s Recent Editions
Ann Hamilton’s work is founded on the idea of the line – both in its material form as thread, fiber, and hair; and its conceptual form in written and drawn …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Possibilities of Paper Pulp
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Possibilities of Paper Pulp
For this month’s edition of Ink, guest writer Nicole Simpson fills in for regular columnist Sarah Kirk Hanley. — Ed. During these hot days of summer, visions of ice cream, …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Screening Wood: Jessica Stockholder at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Screening Wood: Jessica Stockholder at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Following on the April post for this column, which explored recent works in print-based installation, this month’s Ink takes an in-depth look at Art21 artist Jessica Stockholder’s current project for …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Ink | Notes from a Transforming Democracy: South African Prints
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Ink | Notes from a Transforming Democracy: South African Prints
As interest in William Kentridge’s work has grown over the past decade, so has interest in South African art as a whole. Printmaking is a central component of the cultural …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Lexicon of Tomorrow: Print-Based Installation
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | The Lexicon of Tomorrow: Print-Based Installation
With the onset of spring, renewal is in the air. In the world of contemporary prints, a fresh format that seems to be popping up everywhere is print-based installation. In …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | A Print World Compendium: IPCNY Celebrates Ten Years
In 1995, a group of print-world professionals and collectors based in New York joined forces to establish a non-profit organization that would be “dedicated to the appreciation and understanding of …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | “Remembering so as not to forget the past is still not over”: Selected Meditations on Black History
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | “Remembering so as not to forget the past is still not over”: Selected Meditations on Black History
In celebration of National African American History month, this issue of Ink is focused on selected prints by Art21 artists that react to and re-interpret African-American history. Ellen Gallagher, Kerry …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Parts of a Whole: John Baldessari’s Prints
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Parts of a Whole: John Baldessari’s Prints
Over the past couple of years, the art world has been ebulliently celebrating the work of conceptualist John Baldessari – a well deserved paean to this highly influential and groundbreaking …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink | Notes from Underground: William Powhida
The contemporary art fair Art Basel Miami Beach takes place this week, bringing with it a flurry of activity. In the spirit of participation, Ink is dedicated this month to …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Ink | Thinking Aloud: The Prints of William Kentridge
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Ink | Thinking Aloud: The Prints of William Kentridge
The recent release of William Kentridge: Anything is Possible invites exploration of the artist’s significant body of prints, which currently numbers over 400. A natural match for his artistic philosophy …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink: New Transparency for the Tamarind Institute
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Ink: New Transparency for the Tamarind Institute
Printmaking is a vital and significant aspect of contemporary art, yet there is currently very little discussion or media coverage of this medium in the press. When Art on Paper announced …
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Introducing new column: Ink
Ink: Notes on the Contemporary Print
Introducing new column: Ink
With the advent of October, we are pleased to announce the latest column on the blog. Ink is a specialized medium-based column that will complement this site’s current content by …
