Printed Matter

By Megan N. Liberty

MAR 2020 | ArTonic

Printed Matter has something of a legendary origin story, equal parts oral history, hearsay, and gossip, passed down through the decades in letters, postcards, photographs, and artist accounts. The exact series of events remains a bit murky—nearly all the early participants claim status as an originator.

Collaboration in Printmaking: An Influence on Creative Thinking

By Bill Goldston

DEC 19-JAN 20 | Editor's Message

I have often wondered how artists feel about working in printmaking. Does it influence their creative thinking in their primary medium? Do they enjoy working with another person to make their images? Are they excited about the act of printmaking or is it just another source of their livelihood? I have asked several to express their opinions and hope you find their responses informative.

Vicky Colombet: Paintings from 2007 – 2018

By Jonathan Goodman

DEC 18-JAN 19 | ArtSeen

Vicky Colombet’s exhibition, Paintings from 2007 – 2018, is serving as a prelude to a major exhibition that will take place at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris in March 2020, for which Colombet will develop a visual dialogue with the great artist. Colombet, a painter of achieved subtlety, is offering a series of pure landscapes—a departure from her earlier work, which suggested stony outcrops and other mountainous depictions.

Sheer Presence: Monumental Paintings by Robert Motherwell

By Robert C. Morgan

MAY 2019 | ArtSeen

In Sheer Presence, an extant selection of eight large-scale paintings (some borrowed from The Dedalus Foundation, established by the artist in 1981) Motherwell’s impassioned quest for beauty is revealed.