ANDY
WARHOL
The
Americans
JUN 5 – AUG 5, 2003
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PRESS RELEASE
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Recent
Screenprints
Project Room: Andy Warhol, The Americans
June 5, 2003 – August 2, 2003
Maya Stendhal Gallery’s inaugural exhibition, Recent Screenprints:
Baechler, Bogin, Halley, Schnabel examines the relationship between
aesthetics and technology in the context of the history of printmaking.
This exciting exhibition not only situates the fine art print in
a larger, historical context, but also brings to the fore the richness
and creativity of the printmaking process. The Project Room features
a special series of paintings, drawings, and prints depicting both
real and mythical Americans by Andy Warhol, the champion of the
contemporary screen print as an artistic medium. The exhibition
consists of approximately 50 artworks, which challenge and redefine
printmaking in terms of medium and method.
Initially, the nature of the print as a serially produced image
was its most powerful characteristic. As a conveyor of visual information
in the form of “exactly repeatable pictorial statements,”
the printed image is credited with advances in the sciences as well
as the humanities. Prints were often collected more for their information
than for their artistry. An artist could disseminate and promote
his work by creating prints himself or by commissioning prints that
reproduced his work from a professional printmaker.
In the hands of an artist like Julian Schnabel, the print becomes
a unique object, close to a painting or a drawing. The self-conscious
notion of the original print has become increasingly predominant
in the 20th century, culminating in the production of signed, limited
editions. Original prints are paradoxically precious yet potentially
replicable. Artists throughout the last century, including Marcel
Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and Peter Halley, have sought to subvert this
preciousness for political as well as aesthetic reasons.
Recent Screenprints illuminates the roles of artists, master printers,
and publishers. The continual reinvention of the print bears witness
to the tendency toward individual and collaborative participation
in the development of new methods and the revival of old techniques.
All screen prints in the exhibition were produced by Andy Warhol’s
master printer, Alexander Heinrici.
For additional information, or to receive a press kit, please contact
Maya Stendhal Gallery.
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New York, NY 10011
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