Cecilia Enberg

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NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008
Selected by Jane Hammond

MAY 1 - JUNE 7

Opening Reception: May 1, 6-8pm

International Print Center New York presents NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 in its gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824, in Chelsea. On view from May 1 until June 7, 2008, the show consists of forty-three works by forty-one emerging to established artists, selected from a pool of approximately 1,500 submissions. An opening reception will be held at IPCNY on May 1 from 6-8pm.

Jane Hammond, internationally acclaimed artist, made the selections for NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008.

NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 is the twenty-seventh presentation of IPCNY?s New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions highlighting contemporary prints made within the past year by artists at all stages of their careers. The exhibition represents a cross-section of some of the most exceptional printmaking today, continuing IPCNY?s commitment to provide an ongoing exhibition venue for contemporary prints and a major source of information about artists working in the medium.

Highlights of NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 include: Spring, seventeen samplers of digitized embroidery on linen by Elaine Reichek; Ed Ruscha?s Stick Up. . ., a three-color lithograph; Refuge, a five-plate etching with aquatint, sugarlift, and spit-bite by Julie Mehretu; an untitled work by Mel Kendrick of cast paper with pigment; and an archival pigment print and screenprint by Jim Hodges, Arena II (given a shaft of sunlight).

The complete artists? list for NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 is as follows: ADÁL, Romeo Alaeff, Rosaire Appel, Matthew Benedict, Laura Berman, Brad Brown, Lisa Bulawsky, Suzanne Caporael, Maria de la Providencia Casanovas, Teresa Cole, Damian Cote, Hope Dector, Lesley Dill, Tomory Dodge, Cecilia Enberg, Joe Fig, Frank Gehry, Torrie Groening, Denise Hawrysio, Arturo Herrera, Nathaniel Hester, Jim Hodges, Mel Kendrick, Mark Klett, Joyce Kozloff, Karen Kunc, Nichole Maury, Julie Mehretu, Jacques Moiroud, Jiha Moon, John O?Donnell, Paul Henry Ramirez, Elaine Reichek, Jenny Robinson, Ruth Root, Susan Rowland, Ed Ruscha, Patricia Spergel, Hester Stinnett, Randy Wray, and Melinda Yale.

A curatorial statement by Ms. Hammond accompanies the exhibition. She remarks that the works selected for NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 illustrate that ?artists are accessing and combining reproduced images in a reproductive medium to unique ends.

A variation of NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008, selected by Ms. Hammond, will be presented uptown at the New York School of Interior Design from June 17 ? July 24, 2008.

A panel discussion sponsored by IPCNY, NYSID, and the International Fine Print Dealers Association will take place the evening of the exhibition?s opening on June 17. The New York School of Interior Design is located at 170 East 70th St.

Taken together, the two presentations of NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 include the work of seventy-five artists from across the country, thirty-six of whom work independently. Other countries represented include Canada, England, and Sweden.

Publishers, presses, and galleries represented in New Prints 2008/Spring include: Alexander and Bonin, the Brodsky Center, Burnet Editions, CRG Editions, Diane Villani Editions, Dieu Donné, Flatbed Press, Gemini G.E.L., Lower East Side Printshop, Segura Publishing Company, Serie Project, SOLO Impression, Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Tandem Press, and VanDeb Editions.

With rare exceptions, prints included in IPCNY's New Prints shows are for sale. IPCNY refers potential purchasers directly to the artist, publisher or gallery supplying the print. IPCNY requires no commission on sales.

The New Prints Program is the core of IPCNY?s exhibition programming. New Prints 2000 launched the program in September 2000. To date, these twenty-seven exhibitions have included work from nearly 800 artists and 160 presses across the country and abroad.

International Print Center New York is a non-profit institution founded to promote the greater appreciation and understanding of the fine art print worldwide. Through innovative programming, it fosters a climate for the enjoyment, examination and serious study of artists' prints ? from the old master to the contemporary. IPCNY offers its members a program of workshop and gallery visits, and has established an informational website and Information Desk available to the public at the gallery. IPCNY depends upon public and private donations to support its programs.

The New Prints Program is funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. Generous funding is provided by The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Greenwall Foundation. A grant from the Robert Lehman Foundation supports IPCNY?s exhibitions programs.

Gallery hours are 11- 6 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday. For additional information, call (212) 989-5090 or visit IPCNY's website www.ipcny.org. NEW PRINTS: Spring 2008 will be posted and documented on the site together with prior exhibitions presented by IPCNY.

For further information regarding the exhibition please contact Kendra Sullivan.

Image: Joe Fig, Inka's Shoes, Sreenprint, Edition: 22, 22.75 x 23 inches, Printed by James Miller, Published by Lower East Side Print Shop.