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James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure
New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print
April 19 - July 27, 2019
April 19 - July 27, 2019
Gallery Talks with James Siena and the Curator: Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Gallery Talks with James Siena and the Curator: Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 18, 6:00 - 7:30pm
PHILADELPHIA, PA - (April 1, 2019) The Print Center is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new prints by New York-based artist James Siena and a related thematic exhibition of typewriter prints by Lenka Clayton, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Gustave Morin, Elena del Rivero and Allyson Strafella. These exhibitions were curated by Ksenia Nouril, PhD, The Print Center's Jensen Bryan Curator.
James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure features ten prints produced in 2018 by the artist, who is well-known for his brightly colored paintings of boldly rendered, labyrinthine forms. In these new works, Siena continues his exploration of the potential of modulation and repetition of biomorphic forms, as well as his engagement with typewritten and letterpress text as image. Siena made the works during artist-residencies at Flying Horse Editions at the University of Central Florida, Orlando; Dolphin Press & Print at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore; and the MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program at The University of the Arts (UArts), Philadelphia. Working alongside students, Siena experimented with a variety of materials and printmaking processes. The exhibition includes examples of plates and matrices, customized handmade papers and numerous proofs and states to accompany the final prints, bringing the intricate work of the printshop into the galleries. The new prints are complemented by a selection of Siena's earlier works, including typewriter prints and drawings from his "Wanderers" series.
The Print Center is honored to exhibit new prints by James Siena, published in conjunction with printmaking programs at universities from and beyond Philadelphia. The works' connection to pedagogy is very important to this exhibition, which includes displays of the various materials, from the matrices to the papers, produced and used by James at each printshop. The result is a diverse picture of the organically collaborative nature of the printmaking process.
- Ksenia Nouril
[The prints made at Flying Horse Editions] are also somehow about the physical representation of sound, in which circuits resonate from one to the other, and iterative waves cross the image . . . . This project is deeply fruitful for my practice in which printmaking holds an equal place with painting or drawing, and methods generate new approaches to developing a body of work that doesn't privilege one mode over another.
- James Siena
Image: James Siena, Parentheses, Tesselating, 2018, lithograph, 8 ¼" x 10", Edition of 20.
Courtesy of the Artist and The University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program
The Print Center is honored to exhibit new prints by James Siena, published in conjunction with printmaking programs at universities from and beyond Philadelphia. The works' connection to pedagogy is very important to this exhibition, which includes displays of the various materials, from the matrices to the papers, produced and used by James at each printshop. The result is a diverse picture of the organically collaborative nature of the printmaking process.
- Ksenia Nouril
[The prints made at Flying Horse Editions] are also somehow about the physical representation of sound, in which circuits resonate from one to the other, and iterative waves cross the image . . . . This project is deeply fruitful for my practice in which printmaking holds an equal place with painting or drawing, and methods generate new approaches to developing a body of work that doesn't privilege one mode over another.
- James Siena
Image: James Siena, Parentheses, Tesselating, 2018, lithograph, 8 ¼" x 10", Edition of 20.
Courtesy of the Artist and The University of the Arts, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking Program
New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print features work by artists who use the typewriter as a matrix for forming text into image. (In printmaking, the matrix is the tool, for example copper plate, woodblock, lithography stone, that when inked, transfers an image.) Typically referred to as typewriter "art" or typewriter "drawings," this exhibition posits that artworks created with a typewriter should be recognized as prints, in light of the mechanism and process of their production. The artists Lenka Clayton, Dom Sylvester Houédard, Gustave Morin, Elena del Rivero and Allyson Strafella manipulate both the paper and the machine in order to produce works that range from abstraction to figuration.
I use the typewriter against itself. It was built to draft first chapters of novels and resignation letters; I use it to draw my son's eyelashes and knitted socks . . . . I really enjoy that this process allows me to focus on those very simple forms and moments that are, perhaps, usually overlooked.
- Lenka Clayton
I began writing with a typewriter, a tool that could keep up with my thoughts. However, I employed no rules of the written language: no capitalization, no punctuation, no paragraphs. The writing slowly transformed - the words left the page and what remained has become my language.
- Allyson Strafella
Early examples of typewriter prints date to the late 1800s, when the typewriter became commercially produced and publicly accessible. Typewriter prints flourished in avant-garde sound experiments at the turn of the 20th century as well as in global movements in concrete poetry, mail art and conceptual art after World War II. In the United States at mid-century, the typewriter was a staple of daily life, used in offices and homes alike. Artists today are turning to the typewriter as a tool and an inspiration.
Jumping off James Siena's longstanding interest in the typewriter, the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print looks at historical and contemporary prints produced by the typewriter-what now, in the face of computers, smart phones and 3-D printers, might seem like an antiquated technology. In conducting research for this exhibition, I was surprised by the range of prints that could be rendered using a manual typewriter-what is a very simple but powerful machine for the creative process.
- Ksenia Nouril
Images: (top) Lenka Clayton, Early Annie Albers 07/04/2017 from the series "Typewriter Drawings", 2017, Typewriter paper and ink, rendered with a portable 1957 Smith-Corona Skyriter typewriter, 11" x 8 ½". Courtesy of the Artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco; Allyson Strafella, blue piece, 2015, Typed marks on pigmented abaca paper, 7" x 5". Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Joe
I use the typewriter against itself. It was built to draft first chapters of novels and resignation letters; I use it to draw my son's eyelashes and knitted socks . . . . I really enjoy that this process allows me to focus on those very simple forms and moments that are, perhaps, usually overlooked.
- Lenka Clayton
I began writing with a typewriter, a tool that could keep up with my thoughts. However, I employed no rules of the written language: no capitalization, no punctuation, no paragraphs. The writing slowly transformed - the words left the page and what remained has become my language.
- Allyson Strafella
Early examples of typewriter prints date to the late 1800s, when the typewriter became commercially produced and publicly accessible. Typewriter prints flourished in avant-garde sound experiments at the turn of the 20th century as well as in global movements in concrete poetry, mail art and conceptual art after World War II. In the United States at mid-century, the typewriter was a staple of daily life, used in offices and homes alike. Artists today are turning to the typewriter as a tool and an inspiration.
Jumping off James Siena's longstanding interest in the typewriter, the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print looks at historical and contemporary prints produced by the typewriter-what now, in the face of computers, smart phones and 3-D printers, might seem like an antiquated technology. In conducting research for this exhibition, I was surprised by the range of prints that could be rendered using a manual typewriter-what is a very simple but powerful machine for the creative process.
- Ksenia Nouril
Images: (top) Lenka Clayton, Early Annie Albers 07/04/2017 from the series "Typewriter Drawings", 2017, Typewriter paper and ink, rendered with a portable 1957 Smith-Corona Skyriter typewriter, 11" x 8 ½". Courtesy of the Artist and Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco; Allyson Strafella, blue piece, 2015, Typed marks on pigmented abaca paper, 7" x 5". Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Joe
Programs
James Siena: Guided Gallery Talk
Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm
Exhibiting artist James Siena will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure before the opening reception for the show.
James Siena: Guided Gallery Talk
Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm
Exhibiting artist James Siena will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure before the opening reception for the show.
Create Your Own Typewriter Print
Ongoing during the exhibition
The Print Center will host a "Public Typewriter" as part of Philly Typewriter's "Philadelphia Public Typewriter Program". Philly Typewriter is a retail typewriter store located in Philadelphia that also repairs typewriters and hosts classes and events. A temporary loan of a manual typewriter prepared for use by typewriter restoration classes at Philly Typewriter will allow visitors to the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print to make their own typewriter prints.
(phillytypewriter.com)
The Printer's Perspective: Gail Deery and Alex Kirillov on James Siena
Wednesday, April 24, 6:00pm
Gail Deery, Professor of Printmaking, Papermaking and Book Arts and Co-Director of Dolphin Press & Print at MICA, and Alex Kirillov, Senior Lecturer, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking and Studio Art at The University of the Arts, both worked with Siena when he printed at their respective institutions. Deery and Kirillov will give a tour of the exhibition James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure from the printer's perspective, walking through the various processes used by Siena and their students during his artist-residencies in 2018.
Curator's Talk
Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm
Jensen Bryan Curator Ksenia Nouril will give a talk on the history of typewriter prints, highlighting key moments and artists that were influential to her thinking around the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print.
About The Print Center
For more than a century, The Print Center has encouraged the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs. The Print Center has an international voice and a strong sense of local purpose. Free and open to the public, it presents changing exhibitions which highlight established and emerging, local, national and international contemporary artists. It mounts one of the oldest art competitions in the country, now in its 94th year and the Gallery Store offers the largest selection of contemporary prints and photographs available for sale in Philadelphia, as well as being available online.
Ongoing during the exhibition
The Print Center will host a "Public Typewriter" as part of Philly Typewriter's "Philadelphia Public Typewriter Program". Philly Typewriter is a retail typewriter store located in Philadelphia that also repairs typewriters and hosts classes and events. A temporary loan of a manual typewriter prepared for use by typewriter restoration classes at Philly Typewriter will allow visitors to the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print to make their own typewriter prints.
(phillytypewriter.com)
The Printer's Perspective: Gail Deery and Alex Kirillov on James Siena
Wednesday, April 24, 6:00pm
Gail Deery, Professor of Printmaking, Papermaking and Book Arts and Co-Director of Dolphin Press & Print at MICA, and Alex Kirillov, Senior Lecturer, MFA Book Arts + Printmaking and Studio Art at The University of the Arts, both worked with Siena when he printed at their respective institutions. Deery and Kirillov will give a tour of the exhibition James Siena: Resonance Under Pressure from the printer's perspective, walking through the various processes used by Siena and their students during his artist-residencies in 2018.
Curator's Talk
Thursday, May 2, 6:00pm
Jensen Bryan Curator Ksenia Nouril will give a talk on the history of typewriter prints, highlighting key moments and artists that were influential to her thinking around the exhibition New Typographics: Typewriter Art as Print.
About The Print Center
For more than a century, The Print Center has encouraged the growth and understanding of photography and printmaking as vital contemporary arts through exhibitions, publications and educational programs. The Print Center has an international voice and a strong sense of local purpose. Free and open to the public, it presents changing exhibitions which highlight established and emerging, local, national and international contemporary artists. It mounts one of the oldest art competitions in the country, now in its 94th year and the Gallery Store offers the largest selection of contemporary prints and photographs available for sale in Philadelphia, as well as being available online.
General Information
The Print Center
1614 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
p: 215.735.6090
info@printcenter.org
www.printcenter.org
facebook.com/printcenterphilly
@ThePrintCenter #ThePrintCenter
The Print Center Exhibitions and Programs are free and open to the public.
Hours: 11:00am - 6:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday
The Print Center
1614 Latimer Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
p: 215.735.6090
info@printcenter.org
www.printcenter.org
facebook.com/printcenterphilly
@ThePrintCenter #ThePrintCenter
The Print Center Exhibitions and Programs are free and open to the public.
Hours: 11:00am - 6:00pm, Tuesday through Saturday
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