Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today

I am a featured artist in the new book Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today that has just been released by PM Press.

Here is the description of the book from the PM Press website:

Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today is a major collection of contemporary politically and socially engaged printmaking. This full color book showcases print art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in political conversation. Based on an art exhibition which has traveled to a dozen cities in North America, Paper Politics features artwork by over 200 international artists; an eclectic collection of work by both activist and non-activist printmakers who have felt the need to respond to the monumental trends and events of our times.

Paper Politics presents a breathtaking tour of the many modalities of printing by hand: relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraph, collagraph, monotype, and photography. In addition to these techniques, included are more traditional media used to convey political thought, finely crafted stencils and silk-screens intended for wheat pasting in the street. Artists range from the well established (Sue Coe, Swoon, Carlos Cortez) to the up-and-coming (Favianna Rodriguez, Chris Stain, Nicole Schulman), from street artists (BORF, You Are Beautiful) to rock poster makers (EMEK, Bughouse).

Check it out! It is an excellent book on contemporary political printmaking with great essays addressing the history of political printmaking as well as challenges for the future of socially engaged printmaking and social activism.

Crossing Over

I have some work in the “Crossing Over” exhibition at the UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery. The exhibition features work by undergraduate and graduate students in UWM’s Peck School of the Arts Department of Visual Art who received scholarship and fellowship awards in 2009.

I included in the exhibition the piece “Remediation Composite #1″- a recent animated video collage looped on a monitor.

Here is the gallery information:

UWM Union Art Gallery
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
414.229.6310

Click here for the UW-Milwaukee Union Art Gallery blog.

Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri & Sat 12-5pm; Thu 12-7pm

Street Art San Francisco (book)

I just found out a piece I did in the Clarion Alley in San Francisco back in 2000 has been documented and included in a new book titled “Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo“.

The title is a little misleading because the book only deals with work in the Mission District rather than the whole of San Francisco, but it has great history on the murals of the Chicano movement that are found throughout the district as well as the famous mural alleys- Balmy and Clarion.

The book delves in to the history of the Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP), and also looks at the artists of what has come to be known as the “Mission School”- including artists like Barry McGee, Margaret Killgallen, Chris Johanson, and others. Beyond that there are photos by a whole slew of great artists like Swoon, the San Francisco Print Collective, Ester Hernandez, the Billboard Liberation Front, and Claude Moller. It is a very good mix of street art, graffiti, and mural painting both historic and up to date, and the book is well researched and documented with some very good essays.

Click here for a link to a review of the book on the Brooklyn Street Art site by Josh MacPhee.

Video Art at 10th Street Gallery

Video Art at 10th Street Gallery celebrating the diverse approaches to video art and experimental film production in the city of Milwaukee. The program was curated by Richard Mutz.

Featured Artists and Filmmakers:

Jesus Ali, Brandon Bauer, Laura Bennett, Maria Bolivar, Kate Brandt, Ted Brusubardis, Kelly Hendzel, Caroline Kastelic, Bill Miller, Dayna Moses, Richard Mutz, Annushka Peck, Brian Perkins, Joseph Reeves, & Marla Sanvick

Screening Information:
Date: Friday, October 2, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: 10th Street Gallery (entrance under the In Tandem Theatre awning)
Street: 628 N. 10th Street
City/Town: Milwaukee, WI

Justseeds Takes The Grand Prix

Justseeds has just been awarded the Grand Prix at the International Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia!

Jørgen Craig Lello & Tobias Arnell, Reverse View, 2009 (from the Biennial website)

Justseeds has been awarded the Grand Prix at the Biennial- the jurors have uploaded a video discussing some of the selection process and why they chose Justseeds for this prize. In the background behind one of the jurors you can see the display of the Voices From Outside portfolio project.

Untitled (Biennial Juror Video) from MGLC on Vimeo.

For more info check out these posts from the Justseeds blog:

Grand Prix at the International Biennial of Graphic Arts
(posted September 10th, 2009)
28th Biennial of Graphic Arts
(posted August 17th, 2009)

Here is information on the Biennial:

28th Biennial of Graphic Arts
September 4-October 24,

International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC)
Grad Tivoli, Pod turnom 3
1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
telephone: (+386) (0)1 241 38 00
fax: (+386) (0)1 241 38 21
e-mail: lili.sturm@mglc-lj.si

Click MGLC Info to download a PDF about the 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts.