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Carmen Ambrozevich 1 Launching our programme of exhibitions and events to celebrate 40 years at Edinburgh Printmakers, this fascinating exhibition of prints is accompanied by a short film, photographs and archive materials offering a rare opportunity to see what was happening in the studio from 1967 to 1987. This exhibition will feature groundbreaking prints by key artists using the studio in the early years and also include works published by Edinburgh Printmakers with well-known Scottish artists such as John Bellany, Peter Howson and William Johnstone. Edinburgh Printmakers was founded in 1967 as a non-profit distributing company and was the very first open-access print studio in Scotland and amongst the first in the UK. For 40 years we have provided equipment and expertise to support artists and are recognised as an international leader in and pioneer of innovative contemporary printmaking practices. “By helping to promote original prints and their makers, Edinburgh Printmakers has come to be recognised as a true creative force in the arts in Scotland, as significant in its time as many of the great print studios in Europe.”
20 January to 03 March 2007 This vibrant exhibition by award winning Scottish artist Jenny Martin, brings together a series of works drawn from images gathered on her travels. Primarily based on trips to Pompeii and India, images from ancient civilisations hang alongside those of bustling market stalls, to form a body of work that aims to explore the different ways in which people leave signs of human activity. Faded frescoes of gardens and goddesses left on the walls of houses hidden for centuries contrast with the seemingly chaotic yet carefully ordered exuberance of Indian local markets. In all of the images in the show, there is a sense that someone has left their mark recently or in the distant past. In creating screenprints of these traces, the artist celebrates the creativity and care that has gone into them. |
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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 |
