119 Gallery Lowell, MA
Prints are motionless. Prints can move. Prints depicting water hold the viewer rapt, caught between the stillness of the surface and motion which extends beneath and beyond the paper. Each of the printmakers in Currents celebrates water in different manners. From the early 20th century color woodblock prints of acclaimed Canadian printmaker Walter J. Phillips, (*grandfather of gallery founder Walter Wright), to the multi-layered and experimental prints of the contemporary artists, each print captures in time the fluidity of the ink and of the subject.
Deborah Cornell works in traditional and digital prints, installation, and virtual reality. She has exhibited internationally in France, Australia, Finland, UK, and Iceland. Her artwork is in the M.F.A. and collections in the U.S. and abroad. She is Chair of Printmaking of the School of Visual Arts at Boston University and an Associate Professor of Art. Previously she was the Director of the Experimental Etching Studio, Visiting Artist at Radcliffe College, and Director of the Boston University Visual Arts Institute at Tanglewood.
Steven R. Holloway is a artist and mapmaker who makes limited edition maps and prints that have won numerous awards. A former professor, he has taught cartography, visual language, geography, thematic cartography and the "art of observation." Holloway founded toMake™ Press in 1998 where he produces original maps and limited edition prints, "performance maps," original artist books, and paintings.
Catherine Kernan has been an exhibiting artist for over 25 years. She has been an art instructor for just as long, having held many faculty positions at colleges, art institutes and museums. She has taught numerous workshops throughout the eastern U.S., as well as other regions and countries.Walter J. Phillips is famous for his woodcuts and watercolors that spanned the first half of the twentieth century. He was a resident artist at the Banff Center, (the Banff School of Fine Arts), where the Walter Phillips Gallery is named after him. In February 1997 Canada Post issued" 'York Boat on Lake Winnipeg,' 1930, Walter J. Phillips' in the Masterpieces of Canadian art series. "York Boat on Lake Winnipeg," as well as four additional color woodblocks of water, and the first day of issue stamp will be on view in the exhibit.
Lowell Celebrates Printmaking
September 14 - November 3, 2013
www.thebrush.org/printshows.html
119 Gallery * All Arts Gallery * American Textile History Museum
Ayer Lofts Gallery * Brush Gallery & Artists' Studios
Lowell Telecommunications Gallery * Whistler House Museum of Art
Zeitgeist Gallery
