Largest U.S. exhibition of M.C. Escher in history to take place in January/Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida Nov 11, 2009
Culled from the private inventory of long-time Escher collector, Rock J. Walker, this special exhibition will feature a mix of woodcuts along with original blocks and exceptionally rare preparatory drawings, sculpture, object d art, correspondence and documents and original furnishings from his studio ... This draftsman specialized in woodcuts and lithographs, athough he also worked with mezzotint and watercolor ... The proof and colored woodcut for Sphere Surface With Fish. (AbsoluteArts.com)
November 5 @ Open Studio: 2009 Scholarship Exhibitions Nov 3, 2009
In the Open Studio Gallery, large, black and white woodcut prints by Pamela Dodds respond to the current pervasive atmosphere of war, reflecting on the destruction, futility and inevitable reverberations for future generations. War, though not in our midst, is a pervasive fact of our daily lives whether we have friends or relatives directly involved or affected by war, or we simply encounter it daily in the news and politics here at home. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Roundup: These writers put the 'boo' in children's books Oct 30, 2009
The costumed young witch in Alison McGhee's gentle, poetical fable is a trick-or-treater who returns home disappointed: "If you were a young witch, who had not yet flown, and the dark night sky held a round yellow moon ... would you begin to cry, because of your longing to fly?" Taeeun Yoo's lovely woodcut illustrations show that anything is possible when you believe especially in a book set on a moon-lit Halloween night. The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children By Keith McGowan, illustrated... (USA Today -- Life)
David and Barbara Stahl Collection is wide-ranging and captivating Oct 18, 2009
rer s brilliant woodcut Harrowing of Hell, from his 1509 series Small Passion, technically startling in its delicacy and compelling in its narrative content, features Christ releasing inhabitants from limbo, including Adam, Eve, John the Baptist, and Moses ... ller, generally thought to be less acidic with his social commentary than his contemporaries, has a 1920 woodcut self-portrait here that is built from bold lines, except for the white circles that ring his eyes. (Boston Globe)
PBS' 'Craft in America' Oct 8, 2009
Tom Killion Woodcut Prints, tomkillion. com. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A tale of two collections Sep 18, 2009
One wall features black-and-white woodcuts by Lewis, including two views of a rainy day, one of New York and one of Japan, where the artist lived for a time ... A magnificent woodcut by Karen Kunc called Flowering Apparatus hangs in the hallway. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Blocks of Color: American Woodcuts from the 1890s to the Present Sep 7, 2009
Blocks of Color: American Woodcuts from the 1890s to the Present - Rutgers University, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum - absolutearts ... "Blocks of Color: American Woodcuts from the 1890s to the Present" 2009-09-01 until 2009-01-03 New Brunswick, NJ, USA United States of America ... This presentation of over 100 prints surveys the use of the woodcut medium in the United States. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Glossary of Antique and Vintage Pri... Aug 23, 2009
Glossary of Antique and Vintage Print Terms: What is a Lithograph, Copper Engraving, Woodcut or an Aquatint ... What is a Lithograph, Copper Engraving, Woodcut or an Aquatint ... The woodcut print is a print made by a block of wood that has had the illustration carved into it. (Suite101.com)
Turzak's woodcut book on Lincoln has been republished Aug 4, 2009
In commemoration of the bicentennial of Lincoln s birth, Dover Publications has reprinted Charles Turzak s 1933 book Abraham Lincoln: Biography In Woodcuts, retitled as An Abraham Lincoln Tribute: Featuring Woodcuts by Charles Turzak. Added to Turzak s images is a new preface by David A. Berona, and from Bob Blaisdell is an introduction, captions for the woodcuts, and an appendix with several of Lincoln s famous speeches, letters and quotations ... Turzak used the blocks to print pages for what... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
At last, a facelift for the little gallery that could Jul 17, 2009
Though Ervin donated many of the works in the present collection, his friend Alan Renshaw (who oversaw the implementation of Ervin's bequest) contributed many of the finest works, including Margaret Preston's woodcut of Mosman bridge. Some of the earliest works in the Ervin collection are by two unknown primitive-style artists who documented Cobham Hall, the grand manor house built by Solomon Wiseman on a bend of the Hawkesbury River. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Playing with toys - and gender Jun 24, 2009
Playing with toys - and gender - The Boston Globe. Local Search Site Search. (Boston Globe)
'Vida y Drama' works retain their feel of mass impact Jun 5, 2009
Lithography, linocuts, and woodcuts allowed artists to make posters and other reproducible images that could be slapped up on street corners or reproduced in magazines just as easily as be acquired by art collectors ... Rivera's most famous lithograph, "Zapata," is a highlight of the first section, which includes work made in the 1920s and '30s by Rivera's fellow muralist (and fierce rival), Orozco, as well as Rufino Tamayo, a Zapotec Indian with a flair for bold woodcut designs. (Boston Globe)
Art show for the blind opens in Portsmouth Apr 5, 2009
The University of New Hampshire, Museum of Art has provided a woodcut print by Herbert Ogden Waters called "The Little Sugar House." Waters was a N.H. artist-printmaker and teacher. The print will be accompanied by three wood blocks that were used to create it. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
The final seduction Apr 4, 2009
not just a book, but it could be a print or a woodcut and then they tell you stories, and send you to a guy down the street " More stories, more details, more immersion. He took himself, too, to concentration camps and sites; sometimes, he says, to places where barely any trace of the horrors of the past remained. It happened, he says, that this journey took place in summer, "so it was helpful to me to go to those places and see them in good weather". He carried his camera with him. As well as... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Art on display Apr 3, 2009
Opening reception for artist is tonight Katrina Hamilton's new woodcut exhibit is featured at the Phoenix Gallery, 66 W. Park St., Uptown Butte ... Hamilton creates woodcuts as an antidote to today's special demands. (Montana Standard, MT)
Return of the Yellow Peril Debuts at The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens This Spring Mar 13, 2009
His uniquely bicultural style integrates images from ukiyo-e woodcut prints with images from American popular culture. Its been described as pop art with a Japanese twist. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Will, is this thou? Mar 10, 2009
Until now, scholars have deemed the most authentic representations of Shakespeare to be a black-and-white woodcut engraving by the Flemish artist Martin Droeshout that appeared in the first folio edition of Shakespeare's works in 1623, and a marble bust displayed since the 1620s in a Stratford church. IT WASN'T SIR RALEIGH. (News & Observer)
Bargain holiday? Feb 13, 2009
Bartering was portrayed in an Olaus Magnus woodcut in 1555. As the global recession bites deeper, many are turning to bartering and the ancient art of haggling to ensure they get what they want at a price they can afford. (BBC News -- Business)
