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| We're excited to announce that we have invited the artist Ambreen Butt to create a portfolio of six etchings to be published by Wingate Studio. Ambreen is a painter, born in Lahore Pakistan and curretly living in the United States. Her work, rooted in traditional Persian and Indian miniature painting, addresses issues of contemporary culture through the lense of an Islamic woman living in the western world. Injecting her own image as heroine she creates oblique narratives that are both autobiographical and universal. Her work addresses universal themes of war, violence and oppression as well as more private concerns of identity, desire and awakening. In this new series of prints Ambreen continues to use the heroic woman figure while incorporating images from online world news sites and unlikely decorative forms to create a multilayered and complex vision of traditional and contemporary cultures colliding. Ambreen Butt is represented by the Bernard Toale Gallery in Boston and at Anna Kustera in new York. Her work is included in major private and museum collections around the United States.
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The first three images in this series of six are near completion and should be available by early April. Work is ongoing for the final three images of the series. Image size is 13 x 18 inches. Contact us at wingates@worldpath.net for more information |
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We've also been busy putting the finishing touches on Gideon Bok's new color print. Over the last year and a half Gideon has made several visits to re-work and add new plates to the image that was editioned as Wingate Studio with Aldo's Press (Threnody to R.L.Burnside). The new print has grown to six plates.Gideon has overlayed a second view of the print shop from a different side, and has added color. The image reproduced here is the latest state of the print and is very close to completion. Gideon has been working as an artist in residence at University of Southern Maine in Gorham this winter, where he has been using their art gallery as his painting studio. Visitors are welcome to stop at the gallery and see his paintings as they progress in a kind of live exhibition of evolving work . There will be a closing reception for this exhibit on Thursday, April 3rd, from 5-7 pm.For more info visit the USM Gallery web site.
Wingate Studio with Aldo's Press (No Sleep 'Til Hinsdale)
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In the last few months, our friend Richard Ryan has been in the studio to approve the final proofs of his new print Garlic Scapes. Although primarily a painter, Richard is also a masterful printmaker whom we have had the pleasure to work with on several projects. This aquatint with sugarlift and spit bite showcases his command of the medium while faithfully representing his unique, painterly style. Garlic Scapes is printed from a 26 x 37 inch plate, measuring 35 x 45 inches overall.
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