Editions/Artists' Book Fair

Attended the opening of the Editions/Artists' Book Fair last night.  The name is somewhat misleading.  Although they do have books (or more often portfolios) of artist's works, the fair is more a showcase for contemporary prints.  In many cases, the print presses themselves are there representing their artists.  Many of these print centers like Tamarind Institute, Dieu Donne, and Cad Tompkins invite artists to come in and do special projects.  

Last night we had the opportunity to meet the artist, Christiane Baumgartner who produces large scale woodcut prints.  Christiane explained to us that she is working with video and transferring the image ultimately to a woodcut -- which she finds interesting because video is one of the most contemporary forms of media, whereas the woodcut is the orginal message of printing.  The sort of blurryness of the image and the reference to video remind us of the Suara Welitoff prints and videos we've posted about previously.

Vrrrooom! IFPDA Print Fair Opens

Stealing a quote from Cliff Ackley, "Vrrroom!". There was no doubt that the IFPDA members were trying to leverage the exhibition Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939currently at the Met and previously at the MFA Boston. At the IFPDA Print Fair which opened last night at the Park Avenue Armory, we spotted two entire booths dedicated exclusively to these British Modernest style prints, with several other booths also including a few prints by Cyril Power, Paul Nash, David Bombert, C.R.W. Nevinson and Sybil Andrews.

This was our first time at the opening night preview. It is definitely a much less crowded time to visit. There is a sliding scale of ticket prices, with the priciest tickets offering earliest access. But even at 7:30, the latest entry time, there was still plenty of opportunity to talk to dealers. Despite economic fears, we did see several red dots early in the evening.

Stay tuned for more posts as we return to the fair. See you tonight at the opening of the Editions/Artists' Book Fair!

Print Week in New York

Print week is coming up in New York.  You'll hear a lot about the two major fairs:  IFPDA which has it's opening party on Wednesday, October 29.  The Editions/Artists' Book fair opening is the following night.  I just read that on the same night, Art on Paper magazine is having a party to kick off their annual print issue -- which includes their choice for the top new print editions.  

Since it is near the EAB fair at the Tunnel, we should be able to knock them both off that night.

 

5TH ANNUAL NEW PRINTS REVIEW ISSUE RELEASE PARTY!

 

artonpaper magazine and the 
International Print Center New York
invite you to the unveiling of this year's 
New Prints Review issue

 

Be the first to see artonpaper's selection of the best editions of 2008 on Thursday, October 30th, from 8 to 10 pm

The party will be held at IPCNY
526 West 26th Street #824