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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today has just been released by PM Press! A brand new book which collects 200 political prints from 200 different international artists. Loosely based on the exhibition I've been touring around of the same name, this book is jam-packed full of image and text about the intersection of printmaking, politics, an […]
Temporary Services and Half Letter Press have created a website for the project Art Work: A National Conversation About Art, Labor, and Economics. The site contains a PDF to download. Check it out here: http://www.artandwork.us/ Art Work is a newspaper and accompanying website that consists of writings and images from artists, activists, writers, critics, an […]
Some Walls a curatorial and writing art project A. Bill Miller: Samples from the Gridworks Collection Project Archives November 15, 2009 – January 10, 2010 Press Release | Images | Essay | Resume PRESS RELEASE A. Bill Miller is currently an Associate Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and an Instructor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and D […]
A. Bill Miller: Samples from the Gridworks Collection Project Archives November 15, 2009 – January 10, 2010 A. Bill Miller is currently an Associate Lecturer at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and an Instructor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. He lives and works in East Troy, Wisconsin. He is noted for his Gridworks Project, which compri […]