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Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking

April 6-August 11, 2019
Curated by Susan J. Goldman
Presented by the Printmaking Legacy Project®

Sangmi Yoo, Stereotyped Ordinary

Sangmi Yoo, Stereotyped Ordinary, 2017. Hand-cut pigment inkjet prints, 60 x 44 x 72 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Steve A. Prince, Communal Resurrection: Song for Aya (detail)

Steve A. Prince, Communal Resurrection: Song for Aya (detail), 2017. Woodcut, 4 x 40 ft. Courtesy of the Artist.

Installation view with screen-printed vultures and wall decoration

Dennis McNett, Vulture Medicine, 2019. Multi-media installation, sculpture, and prints on fabric, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the Artist.

Richard Peterson, Drag Queens series

Richard Peterson, Drag Queens series, 2018. iPad drawing. Courtesy of the Artist.

Tom Hück, Electric Baloneyland

Tom Hück, Electric Baloneyland.

Get on Board the Star Spangled Shit-Show, 2017. Chiaroscuro woodcut, 86 x 28 in.
Fish Hookin’ – Here comes Mister Fishy, 2017. Chiaroscuro woodcut, 86 x 52 in.     
Assasi-Nation Station, 2017. Chiaroscuro woodcut, 86 x 28 in. All courtesy of the artist.

April Flanders, Filter

April Flanders, Filter, 2019. Monotype, 6 x 27 x 3 ft. Monotype, relief, and laser cut. Courtesy of the Artist.

Carrie Lingscheit, Anointed

Carrie Lingscheit, Anointed, 2014. Intaglio (etching, aquatint, spit bite), 8 x 12 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Beauvais Lyons, Splendorium

Beauvais Lyons, Splendorium, c. 1911. Six-color lithograph, 22 x 30 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Michael Menchaca, MEGAFAUNA I

Michael Menchaca, MEGAFAUNA I, 2012. Screenprint (Diptych), 19 x 50 in. Courtesy of the Artist.

Nicole Pietrantoni, Implications

Nicole Pietrantoni, Implications, 2019. Inkjet on Japanese paper, bound into 30 accordion books, text written by Devon Wootten, 9 x 33 ft. Courtesy of the Artist.

Printmaking Legacy Project

Presented by the Printmaking Legacy Project®

Printmaking Legacy Project’s® first national print exhibition, Forward Press: 21st Century Printmaking features ten innovative print artists from across the country who employ the finest examples of hand printed and digital techniques. They explore themes of culture, identity, religion, environment, memory, and art history. Some work in traditional forms, like lithography, intaglio, relief, and screen printing, while others explore these methods as the basis for large-scale sculpture, collage, and integrating technology into printmaking. These ten artists are changing the way American printmaking is seen and understood.

Featuring Artists

April Flanders, Tom Hück, Carrie Lingscheit, Beauvais Lyons, Dennis McNett, Michael Menchaca, Richard Peterson, Nicole Pietrantoni, Steve Prince, and Sangmi Yoo.