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New Factories:
To find out more about Meghan, visit her artist's page here. To see images of Karen's work, including her fiber collages and installations, visit her website here. You can also find information about New Factories at the Coleman Burke Gallery's website, where the two artists exhibited new work during March - April, 2010. |
In the spring of 2010 we were pleased to welcome Meghan Brady back into the studio with her friend and collaborator, Karen Gelardi. Together, they form the collective New Factories. The two artists came to us to work on a collaborative print, having received a Good Idea Grant fromt the Maine Arts Commission. The project subsequently developed into two prints, one made by each artist. The resulting images are distinct, but are both formal explorations of geometric forms. Karen has created a black and white "fabric" of interwoven sugarlift aquatint lines, drawing triangular objects interspersed with moments of intense color. Meghan also began with the triangle as a basic form, but her print, unlike Karen's, uses overlayed sugarlift aquatint planes to allow interaction between colors printed from different plates. Both of these prints are nearing completion; Karen has signed a B.A.T., and Meghan is adjusting colors in a final round of proofing. |
Taking Flight:
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Walton Ford's Bangalore (2004) will be on view From June 4th to September 11th at the New Bedford Art Museum in New Bedford, MA. This exhibition showcases James Audubon's prints of North American Birds. Walton's work, both inspired by and critical of Audubon's birds, is presented in conversation with prints from the collection of the New Bedford Public Library. We are very excited to see our print alongside the originals, offering a counterpoint to the pastoral tranquility often associated with Audubon. For more information and gallery hours, click here. |
Nantes is currently being editioned, and will be available through Wingate Studio soon. For further information contact us. |
Nantes After many months of hard work, we are pleased to announce that we have arrived at a B.A.T. of Walton Ford's eleventh print at Wingate Studio. For the first time in his intaglio work, Walton has restricted his pallete to black and white, only introducing a second color plate to achieve the foxing, stains, and yellowing of the paper. This print is consistent with the majority of Walton's work, preserving the use of historical narrative in the tradition of James Audubon, and like Walton's other prints, the animals depicted are drawn to scale. Nantes is printed from two large copper plates, measuring 30 by 40 inches. |
Printer's Proof
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Wingate Studio exhibits at NMH From October 16th to November 23rd, 2009, Wingate Studio was invited to exhibit works from our collection at the Rhodes Art Center at the Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, MA. The show, Printer's Proof, highlighted the collaborative nature of our work here at Wingate Studio, focusing on the symbiotic interaction between artist and printer that defines our practice. The show offered a partial retrospective of Master Printer Peter Pettengill's work at Wingate Studio, represented by 27 works from 1983 to 2009. Printer's Proof included twelve artists: Ahmed Alsoudani, Gideon Bok, Louise Bourgeois, Meghan Brady, Ambreen Butt, Walton Ford, John Gibson, Sol LeWitt, Aaron Noble, Matt Phillips, Richard Ryan, and Neil Welliver. To learn more about the show, click here. |
John Thompson
Complete mages available soon. Contact us for more information. |
Starting in the summer of 2009, we began working with Waltham, MA based painter John Thompson on a series of etchings. Like his paintings and drawings, this print began with imagery inspired by water, ponds, and reflections. John worked primarily in sugarlift and spitbite to create colorful strata that can be read from several angles, the same way we often view bodies of water as we walk around them. As an artist interested in the construction of layers of interlocking and contrasting forms, John adapted easily to the intaglio process, in which it is necessary to embrace the interweaving of objects on separate plates. After several sessions of intense work with John, we arrived at four finished images which use a group of plates in varying colors and combinations. |
This print is now available! Contact us for more information. |
Guitar
(Tele), 2009 We are excited to announce the completion of the first of two etchings by painter Matt Phillips, begun in the summer of 2009. The second of his Guitar aquatints, nearing completion, is a subdued, black-and-white exploration of similar themes. Collage
plays an important role in Matt's work, both as a practicable technique
as well as a means of smelting conceptual infrastructure. Matt's
interest in music and the relationship between sight and sound come
together, as he visualizes the theoretical language of musical composition. Matt teaches painting at Hampshire College in Amherst, MA. |
Meghan Brady, Andy Ness, Matt
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Ultimately, working with three artists on a single, relatively small print in a totally foreign medium - Meghan, Andy and Matt have made etchings, but never woodcuts - presented a number of unique challenges, but made for a fun-filled week. We even developed some new tactics for relief printing on our French Tool etching press. We look forward to working with these emerging artists again soon. This print is available for purchase. Contact us! |
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