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Prints | Oct 29, 2007

Michael Murphy’s giclée prints are bold iconic images of departure lounges, rooftop helipads and architecture with more than a hint of modern prefab about it. But as quick as one may be jump to an impression of Jetsons nostalgia, a closer look reveals that the images are intentionally ambiguous, pointing more towards desolation and loneliness. Don’t be fooled by the shiny brightness of it all, these are unpeopled landscapes. Germ-free doesn’t always equal good health.

Artist: Michael Murphy
+ supersonic.designinblue.com

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"Every Town Can Be Full Of Interest If You Train Yourself to Find It"
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Prints | Sep 12, 2007

Adam Bridgland looks at the holiday in his recent works and the screen prints here are no exception. Bridgland likes to play with the idea that the holiday is a fantasy that rarely lives up to the pre-trip projections and predictions. These prints capture highlights and possibly the very best moments of the holidays they represent, but perhaps we’d be better off relaxing at home rather than inspecting roadside tourist attractions. Although we probably don’t have nearly as many rubber rings at home.

Artist: Adam Bridgland
+ adambridgland.co.uk

"Girl On Picnic"
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Prints | Jul 16, 2007

Tim Mara’s screenprints from the mid-1970s could easily be mistaken for present day offerings. Mara printed multiple colours over black and white collages, resulting in glorious spreads of pattern, often taking up to 3 months for the completion of a single print. Domestic scenes crowded with furniture, wallcoverings and emotions bring to mind the interiors of the old masters, bringing the distant past to mingle with a more recent one in works that do not look for a second out of place today.

Artist: Tim Mara
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"Pastrami on Rye"
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Prints | May 8, 2007

Red Grooms' prints and sculptures are exuberant renditions of the ordinary, with a touch of whimsy to show just how lively life can and should be. Grooms’ work relies heavily on the personages that are to be found within any scene, to give each one the chance to be a narrative. His eateries are packed with hungry patrons enjoying their food, and the Paris panorama is injected with a little je ne sais quoi by way of the accordionist playing strains of Piaf.

Artist: Red Grooms
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"Vintage Grapes"
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Prints | Apr 6, 2007

Acrylic paintings and vintage wallpaper make a good mix for Dallas Shaw whose pop prints range from bolder colour block graphics to finer line drawings. Much influenced by music and fashion, Shaw’s prints will find their way into celebrity swag bags this year at the Cannes Film Festival. And, in contrast to the glamour, this artist also makes a point of supporting various charities through the sales of her prints.

Artist: Dallas Shaw
+ dallasshaw.com

"Three boys: see, hear, speak"
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Prints | Jan 17, 2007

If you had to pick just one theme explored by Toronto-based artist Daryl Vocat, it would have to be the Boy Scout. Vocat incorporates vintage illustrations of scouts from old manuals into his extremely contemporary screen prints, empowering the boys in uniform to behave badly, or perhaps more true to themselves. Vocat’s recent installation, The Secret of the Midnight Shadow, is a life-sized pop-up book that takes over the gallery to reveal notions that lurk in the night. The dark of the woods gives rise to the abandonment of convention, making way for the invitation into the imagination.

Artist: Daryl Vocat
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"Louis Vuitton Green"
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Prints | Aug 28, 2006

Shoes, handbag, suitcase - what more does anyone need to embark on a life of jet-setting? Unfortunately, Steve Miller’s X-Ray Fashion pigment prints reveal that the bags are empty and someone is going to need a crash course on proper packing. Although Miller uses hospital-issue x-ray machines, airport security is less likely to allow those thorns as carry-on. In any case, long-stemmed roses do not travel well.

Artist: Steve Miller
+ laumont.com

"Feast"
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Prints | Feb 10, 2006

Printmaker and illustrator Ryan Price specializes in drypoint printmaking. These days a grouping of serious childlike humans who are often about to indulge in the consumption of body parts replaces prints of a circus theme. The pictures are decidedly odd, yet incredibly intriguing. Price’s characters are well-dressed and well-mannered, looking for all the world as though they are waiting for everyone to be served before tucking in. These parlour pictures are somehow so polite that they appear to be modest about their macabre nature.

Artist: Ryan Price
+ ingramgallery.com

"Grey Ribbon"
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Prints | Dec 14, 2005

Prints of dark-haired beauties figure prominently in the oeuvre of pop artist Alex Katz. Either moody and fashionable, and on their way out, or simply enjoying themselves on a day at the beach, Katz’s heroines of the day-to-day are the most striking subjects of his many years of paintings, silkscreens, etchings and woodblocks. Style has always been a crucial element of Katz’s work and indeed his subjects project an innate sense of knowing just what to wear and how to appear comfortable and natural while doing so.

Artist: Alex Katz
+ alexkatz.com

"Gaze Quartet "
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Prints | Dec 11, 2005

Susannah Bielak is a printmaker in Minnesota whose Aerial Gaze series takes the viewer to look down on the subjects of the prints from above. This perspective allows the viewer to watch the subjects without their knowledge, while at the same time, allowing them to form and re-form as patterns rather than individuals. The bird’s eye view of an urban area is especially interesting as a sort of city choreography reveals itself on sidewalks and at bus stops. The movement of the life forms creates overlaps, the more shadowy figures in Bielak’s work. Maybe some of those street level coffeeshops should move upstairs …

Artist: Susannah Bielak
+ susannahbielak.com

"Three Angels"
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Prints | Dec 10, 2005

Wilson Shieh is a Hong Kong painter who specializes in Chinese brush painting, or gongbi. Although Shieh is using a technique that peaked in the year 800, he combines a sense of humour and a touch of surrealism within the traditional art form, intent on using the past to present contemporary themes. Shown here are three of Shieh’s most recent etchings, some of which touch on the topic of fecundity or the life cycle, an idea recurrent in his work.

Artist: Wilson Shieh
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