 HAND PULLED
August 21-September 29
Alexandria,
VA--Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory Art Center will host Hand-pulled:
The Contemporary Print, an exhibition of work by artists from across
the United States and abroad. The exhibition will run from August
21 through September 29. A reception is scheduled for Thursday,
September 12 from 6-9 PM. The juror for Hand-pulled is Joann Moser,
Senior Curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Dr. Moser will present a lecture on the night of the reception.
The exhibition, reception, and lecture are free of charge and open
to the public.
From a total
of nearly 500 submissions, Hand-pulled: The Contemporary Print includes
work by 29 American and international artists. At a time when many
artists are making digital images, this exhibition underscores the
large community of printmakers working in traditional methods such
as woodcut, copper plate engraving, lithography and monotypes. The
primary criterion for submissions was that the images be transferred
from their original surface (or matrix) to another surface by hand
(or "hand-pulled").
Several of the
printmakers represented are well-known, including Massachusetts
artist Kurt Wisnecki and Virginia wood engraver Rosemary Feit Covey.
Hand-pulled includes prints created both regionally and from as
far away as Pakistan and Australia.
Hand-pulled also marks the inaugural presentation of the Clay Huffman
Award. Huffman, a silkscreen artist who had a studio in the Torpedo
Factory for many years, passed away in January 2001. To commemorate
his contribution to regional print making (his brightly colored
prints of nostalgic places were widely collected in the Metro D.C.
area), his estate has established an award to recognize outstanding
printmakers. The monetary award will be granted annually, and this
year's recipient will be announced at the September 12 reception.
Target Gallery
is located on the ground floor of the Torpedo Factory Art Center
in Old Town, Alexandria, VA. Gallery hours are Wednesday through
Sunday, noon to 5 PM. Target Gallery exhibitions, including Hand-pulled,
are sponsored in part by the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art
Center, a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization.
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