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Peter
Lynch See prints >> Pricelist >> An exciting opportunity to see a new suite of 6 limited edition screenprints by Peter Lynch, commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers. These will be shown alongside Peter’s minimalist colour field paintings. The use of bold colour, combined with subtle markmaking, demonstrate the artist’s ability to handle a range of materials and media in a commanding and authoritative way. Notions of flatness; the picture plane; the material of paper; gesture/finger mark being able to break the painted/printed surface and of reproduction all were considered in producing this series of prints...What I have created are prints that differentiate themselves from the paintings on canvas, developing their own unique position and ultimately pushing practice into richer territories... Gesture is an essential part of the work. The finger marks assault the canvas, corroding what is initially the monochrome, but the paint at times tries to repel the onslaught, sometimes in isolated incidents, other times a total counter attack, but the scars are always left, the gesture can never truly be erased... Peter Lynch 2001 Peter Lynch was born in Burnley in 1971 and studied at Glasgow School of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. He has since been an artist in residence at Glasgow School of Art and has exhibited widely nationally and internationally. He is represented by the Andrew Mummery Gallery and lives and works in London.
Jill
Bennett See prints >> Pricelist >> Cycladic Pigeon Houses, the title of this exhibition, is a series of lithographic prints, mainly developed over the last few years using the sculptural shapes and decorative designs of traditional Cycladic pigeon houses, to capture the colours and atmosphere of their landscape. The Greek island of Tinos, one of the group of Cycladic islands, is dotted with literally hundreds of ancient and crumbling pigeon houses. Once highly cultivated in walled terraces, the red ochre soil forms a richly coloured background to these intricately decorated structures. Following the same basic two storey rectangular shape each dovecot is unique in its decorative detail, reflecting the individuality and artistic sensibilities of the owner. Small triangular openings for the birds to enter and exit, lined with slabs of marble or stone, lend themselves to being arranged in groups to form traditional Greek motifs of sun wheels, cypress trees and lozenges. The finials on the roof may have been landmarks for the doves to recognise home. Occasionally still dazzlingly white and sculptural in the brilliant sunlight, the majority of the pigeon houses are unused, some have been stabilised but many are crumbling back into the earth. Also included are images of unusual traditional structures from other areas of Greece. Jill Bennett is a member of Edinburgh Printmakers and lives and works in Edinburgh.
Alan
Davie See prints >> Pricelist >> Edinburgh Printmakers is delighted to display, for the first time, a new suite of limited edition, single plate, copper etchings by Alan Davie, commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers in 2003. Born in Scotland in 1920, Davie studied at the Edinburgh College of Art from 1937 to 1940. While in the army in WW2, he concentrated on his other artistic talent, as a jazz saxophonist. He also plays several other instruments. After the war he travelled extensively in Europe and in Venice and was introduced to the work of American abstract impressionists (Pollock and Rothko) this influenced him for the next three decades. Since the 70s his work has shown a preoccupation with Zen and oriental mysticism and the use of bold images suggestive of myth and magic.
Events Exhibition Previews:
29 May 2004 at 2.00pm Launch of new Edinburgh Printmakers Website: The new version of our website will be unveiled at the opening of the exhibitions and will be available for view in gallery 1 * If you are interested
in attending the above, please call us to book a place. Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery is one of Scotland's foremost gallery spaces devoted to contemporary fine art original prints - most of which are made in our studio. Some of the most established artists working in Scotland use our studio alongside recent graduates, professional artists and many printmakers from all over the world, who come to use the facilities on offer. We have four print browsers - over 500 prints - visitors can view an amazing range of the best contemporary prints available in Scotland. We have highly knowledgeable gallery staff on hand to help and answer any queries about the artists, their working syles and subject matter.
Exhibition Programme To complement the work on show by the resident artists we have a rolling programme of exhibitions representing the whole spectrum of contemporary graphic art. Previous exhibitions have ranged from the graphic works of artists such as Marc Chagall , David Hockney, Matisse and Picasso to contemporary American prints by such artists as - Andy Warhol and Jim Dine - to the wealth of talent that exists in Scotland itself. The Gallery and Studio are very centrally situated being only a few minutes walk from both the railway station, central bus station and the main shopping and cafe areas. Our Gallery hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10am - 6pm
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