Lyon, based in the Midwest, is a pioneering figure in the growing field of post-digital printmaking and graphics. In addition to Hamanaka’s and Vollmer’s Union February visit, Mike Lyon is scheduled to come to campus March 1 to give a lecture during Common Hour and talk with printmaking students. “It conveys the wide-ranging historical sensibilities of the prints and the notion that these works are as much about process as they are about image.” Lullo indicated that the reference to impressions in the exhibit’s title can be understood in two ways. “Azechi’s work functions as a beautiful transition between past and present.” “We have work from three important historical periods – Edo, Azechi’s time (mid-20th century), and the present,” said Wimer. The majority of the prints are by contemporary American and Japanese artists who employ traditional techniques. In addition, two works by the modern Japanese printmaker Umetarō Azechi are on loan from Washington, D.C., collector James McNaughton. The earliest works in “Mokuhanga: Impressions Past and Present” date to the latter half of the Edo period and are part of the Union College Permanent Collection. In “The Floating World: Edo Prints and Printmaking,” students are exploring the history of Japanese prints during the Edo period (1603-1868) and will produce a portfolio of woodblock prints based on ukiyo-e, or "floating-world pictures.” Ukiyo-e, original to Buddhism, refers to the ephemeral nature of the experienced world. The mokuhanga exhibition complements a course that Wimer and Lullo are teaching together this term. The reception also will feature printmaking demonstrations and a performance by members of Zakuro-Daiko, a student taiko drumming ensemble led by Jennifer Matsue, director of the Wold Musics and Cultures Program. Wimer curated the exhibit with Sheri Lullo, assistant professor of art history. “We are excited to have these great artists visiting campus to work and talk with our students and faculty,” said Sandy Wimer, printmaker and senior lecturer in visual arts. The event is free and open to the public. Twelve are accomplished contemporary artists whose original prints show the flexibility and expressive possibilities of this ancient medium.Īn opening reception with gallery talks by two of the artists – Takuji Hamanaka, a Brooklyn-based Japanese master printer, and April Vollmer, mokuhanga artist and author of the textbook, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop – is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. The show features 17 artists with a total of 30 works. These inks provide a wide range of vivid colors, glazes and transparency, as opposed to western woodcut, which often employs oil-based inks. It involves hand-printing images from carved blocks of wood, using water-based inks. Mokuhanga, the traditional printmaking technique of Japan, was perfected during the 18th and 19th centuries. 3-March 13 in the Crowell and West Galleries in the Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts. A press is not required.“Mokuhanga: Impressions Past and Present,” an exhibit of Japanese woodblock prints created by three generations of artists, runs Jan. It is very different from Western style woodcut that uses oil-based inks. Essential to this process are appropriate materials, including imported Japanese plywood (shina), waterbased pigments, washi and special brushes to apply the colour. Many printing variations are achievable with slight adjustments of water, use or not of rice paste, and local applications of pigment. Printing using a baren on Japanese washi papers with gouache pigments give mokuhanga it's pronounced characteristics: the colours are absorbed into the paper as a graphic stain thanks to the long fibres characteristice of washi. A waterbased printmaking method, mokuhanga involves planning a graphic image, transferring the outlines to one or more woodblocks, carving and printing it.Īn effective registration method using carved notches in the wood called "kento", ensures that the separated colours fall exactly where you want them. Today this technique is being explored by many contemporary printmakers. An example of an early Japanese print is shown Right. This traditional Japanese printing method emerged in the 17th century. Mokuhanga means 'woodblock print' in Japanese.
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