Please Join Us For a
Tour of
Ay-Ō’s Happy Rainbow Hell
With Exhibition Curator Kit Brooks
National Museum of Asian Art
Friday, September 1, 11:00 am
Please join us for a tour of Ay-Ō’s Happy Rainbow Hell with exhibition curator Kit Brooks, Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art, at the National Museum of Asian Art (Smithsonian).
Japanese Fluxus artist Ay-Ō (b. 1931) has gained an international reputation as the “Rainbow Artist” for his distinctive artworks of graduated rainbow hues. With over 80 of his silkscreen prints in the collection, the National Museum of Asian Art is presenting the first solo museum exhibition of Ay-Ō’s work in the United States. Working together with his master printers to push the medium to its limits, his silkscreen prints use an average of 24 colors but can include as many as 192, and take over a year to produce. More information about the artist and exhibition is available here.
Registration will be limited to 20 people and is members-only. You may register up to two people.
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Please Join Us For a
Tour of
Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts
With Katy Rothkopf, Director
Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies
and Behind-the-Scenes visit to the
Matisse Study Center
Baltimore Museum of Art
Thursday, September 14, 1:30 pm
Please join us for a September 14, 1:30 pm tour of Wild Forms: Fauve Woodcuts with Katy Rothkopf, the Anne and Ben Cone Memorial Director of the Ruth R. Marder Center for Matisse Studies at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
Featuring examples by Henri Matisse, André Derain, Maurice de Vlaminck, among others, this show examines more than a dozen woodcut prints created by those associated with the influential Fauve movement in the early years of the 20th century. Following the tour, Katy will invite the group into the Matisse Study Center, where she will show highlights of the Matisse works on paper collection at the BMA and discuss the Cone sisters of Baltimore. Additional information about the exhibition is available here.
While at the BMA, attendees may want to visit the exhibition of works by DC-based artist Martha Jackson Jarvis and the Matsumi Kanemitsu exhibition, which contains many works on paper.
Registration will be limited to 20 people and is members-only. You may register up to two people. Please note that attendees will be responsible for making their own transportation arrangements to and from the BMA and that attendees will be required to wear masks.
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Member News
Julia Bloom’s work will be included in the exhibition Repetition at Ruby Projects, Fairfax, VA. The gallery is located in a private home. Those wishing to visit the exhibition or attend the September 2 opening should contact Travis Childers via email.
Kate Lowman’s exhibition at the Washington Printmakers Gallery Sails Away will take place September 1 – 24. The opening reception is September 9, 2:00 – 4:00pm.
A work by linn meyers was recently acquired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). linn currently has work on view in a group show at the Amore Pacific Museum of Art in Seoul, S. Korea, and will be having a show at the Unosunove Gallery in Rome, Italy.
Elzbieta Sikorska’s Broken Land drawings are included in the Loam exhibition at the Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington until August 27. Her work is also included in the Carte Blanche summer exhibition at the Adah Rose Gallery. In November, she will participate in an exhibition and auction on behalf of the McLean Project for the Arts and participate in the exhibition Moving Beyond Beauty, which will open at the McLean Project of the Arts on December 7 and run until February 17, 2024.
Julie Wolfe will be participating in the upcoming Laconica Biennial in Lithuania. The Biennial is dedicated to senses of vision and smell. Julie will be showing an installation of 100 pages stained with chlorophyll that will fill the room with the scent of plant life.
Gary Zuercher will be exhibiting photographs from his book The Glow of Paris at Paris City Hall (Hotel de Ville), October 16 – November 30.
Gallery Member News
Adah Rose Gallery, Carte Blanche Summer Show, until August 25. Opening Sept 15 will be a solo show of work by Maremi Andreozzi with an opening reception on Sunday Sept 17, 11-2 pm.
Gallery Neptune & Brown,Jowita Wyszomirska Limitless Are Leaves. Opening reception September 9, 5:00 – 7:00 pm. The exhibition runs through October 14.
Hemphill, Jacob Kainen, September 16 – October 28 and Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, November 11 – December 22.
Morton Fine Art, Salon Style: Summer Small Works, until September 2. The exhibition includes works by WPC member Rosemary Feit Covey.
Pyramid Atlantic, SANA(A) works by Jessica Sabogal and Shanna Strauss. August 25 – September 24. Opening reception August 25.
Washington Printmakers Gallery is offering a variety of workshops and classes throughout the coming months, including a bookmaking workshop with WPC member Rosemary Cooley September 20 – 21. Please contact the WPG directly for more information about their classes and workshops.
Also of Interest
Georgetown University Galleries: Kara Walker: Back of Hand will be on view in the de la Cruz Art Gallery and Kara Walker: Prince McVeigh and the Turner Blasphemies will be on view in the Spagnuolo Art Gallery, September 21 – December 3. Opening reception September 21 6:00 – 8:00 pm.
American University Art Museum at the Katzen Arts Center: Cushner, featuring the works of Steven Cusher, including many works on paper. September 9 – December 10.
The Art on Paper fair will take place at New York’s Javits Center, September 7 – 10.
The IFPDA print fair will be at New York’s Javits Center October 6 – 9.
Save the Dates
September 29, 11:00 am – A curators’ tour of the Georgetown University Library exhibition Scientific Illustration: Sampling Across the Collections. This exhibition contains work by WPC member Julie Wolfe. More information is available here.
October 27, 11am – Rescheduled tour with Alana Quinn of works on paper in the collection of the National Association of Sciences.