SYDNEY PRINTS   PUBLIC PROGRAM

EILEEN MAYO Cat in cherry tree 1947
S.H. Ervin Gallery collection, bequest of Alan Renshaw.

Celebrating the creativity of the Sydney Printmakers group

an S.H. Ervin Gallery exhibition  

19 August – 24 September 2006

 

With the proliferation of artists producing prints in Australia, it is timely to look at the extraordinary contribution from the Sydney Printmakers group, as they celebrate 45 years as a society. Established in 1961 and maintained as a volunteer artist-run project, The Sydney Printmakers are a professional group of exhibiting artists who have shown their work regularly both in Australia and overseas. Throughout their history, the group have actively promoted printmaking as a vital part of cultural expression. A journey of traditional print making techniques and contemporary approaches are examined with screen prints, linocuts, woodcuts, etching plates and lithographs all featured.
Celebrate the creativity of the Sydney Printmakers group at S.H. Ervin Gallery.

 

PUBLIC PROGRAM Sundays at 3pm
S.H. Ervin Gallery presents a series of guest talks by curators, historians, technicians, poets & exhibiting artists. Talks are free with exhibition admission.

SUNDAY 27 AUGUST, 3pm                            
ANNE RYAN exhibition curator

Guest curator Anne Ryan (curator, Australian Prints, AGNSW) has assembled the exhibition Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers for the S.H. Ervin Gallery. Join Anne as she gives an overview of the exhibition while discussing key examples of printmaking techniques.

 

SUNDAY 03 SEPTEMBER, 3pm
ROSE VICKERS & ANNE STARLING 

Leading printmaker and teacher Rose Vickers remembers the early days of Sydney print workshops while discussing her own art practice. Anne Starling, a former UNSW COFA student of Vickers, is one of the youngest members of the Sydney Printmakers group. Anne talks about her engagement with industrial landscapes & her large woodblock relief work.

SUNDAY 10 SEPTEMBER, 3pm 
MICHAEL KEMPSON, HELEN MUELLER & REW HANKS
Three exhibiting artists explain their print techniques

Michael Kempson, is recognised throughout Australia as a master printmaker. Kempson, a Senior Lecturer in Printmaking at College of Fine Arts, instigated a custom printing program within his department at College, working with some of Sydney's leading artists.

Helen Mueller is a leading printmaker whose focus is etching & woodblock printing, in the western & eastern traditions, wood engraving and linocuts.  Her work explores the two and three-dimensional form. 

Rew Hanks' humour and his extraordinary skill with linocuts has produced a thought-provoking nudge at bioethics, the treatment of indigenous people and animals, and the lingering effects of colonisation.

 

SUNDAY 17 SEPTEMBER, 3pm
Award winning artist REW HANKS explains the technique of working with linocuts.

(re-scheduled artist talk)

On Sunday 17th September at 3pm, Rew Hanks will discuss his linocut, Don’t miss the boat – selective cloning 2003

that recently won the Purchase Prize Award at the 14th Seoul Print Biennale, Korea.

Hanks' humour and his extraordinary skill in printmaking, has produced a thought-provoking nudge at bioethics, the treatment of indigenous people and animals, and the lingering effects of colonisation. 

Rew Hanks is joined by

 The DiVERSE poets

with Impressions – a selection of special readings

 featuring

Margaret Bradstock  

Jill Jones  

Paula McKay

Carolyne Bruyn  

Robert Kennedy

Louise Wakeling

 

 DiVerse are one of Sydney’ leading poet groups who turn visual art into poetry.

 

(This session includes a giveaway booklet produced by DiVerse.)

 

SUNDAY 26 SEPTMBER, 3pm
AKKY VAN OGTROP, CRESSIDA CAMPBELL & PIA LARSEN
a look at etching, woodblocks and an overview on collecting prints.

Akky van Ogtrop, graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, The Netherlands, majoring in printmaking. After moving to Australia, she became Manager of Stadia Graphics Gallery in Sydney and in 1988, she established Akky van Ogtrop Fine Arts, specialising in works on paper. In 1989 she organised the first art fair in Sydney, the Sydney Art on Paper Fair, and still manages this biennial event.

Cressida Campbell works in the woodblock medium, following in the illustrious footsteps of artists such as Margaret Preston and Thea Proctor.  A fine draughtswoman and strong designer, her works show graphic elements reminiscent of Japanese prints. Cressida’s technique is painstaking: first resolving her designs then carving them in plywood, Campbell paints segments of the woodblock in layers of watercolour paint, making unique prints from each design.

Pia Larsen, is an emerging artist on the Sydney print scene and often works on large minimal etchings. Her exploration of gender themes presents a contemporary view to traditional printmaking themes.

 

S.H. Ervin Gallery Public Program, Sundays at 3pm*. Talks are Free with exhibition admission ($6/$4).
(*subject to guests availability).