Two exhibitions — The One-Off Print: Monotypes from the UWM Art Collection and What Is A Print? — are now on display in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery in Mitchell Hall, Room 170, through May 14. The gallery is open Monday-Thursday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (closed during spring break).
The One-Off Print: Monotypes from the UWM Art Collection: The monotype is a hybrid printmaking process in which ink is transferred from a flat matrix or printing plate onto a sheet of paper. It’s a print form without a permanent matrix: It can only be printed once. The One-Off Print, curated by Art History MA student Emma Erickson, features monotypes from the UWM Art Collection produced by postwar American artists, a time when experimental printmaking was on the rise. The exhibition highlights the versatility of the monotype, a medium that bridges the disciplines of painting, drawing and printmaking.
What Is A Print?: Prints – images made through a process of transferring ink from one surface to another – have for two millennia been rich sources of expressive exploration and crucial to the global circulation of images. Until the late 20th century, most people experienced visual art primarily through prints. This exhibit surveys some of the major print processes represented in the UWM Art Collection, including printmakers like Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya and Pablo Picasso. By illuminating the complex technical details of printmaking, the exhibition will enable viewers to consider the creative, technical, financial and social contexts that have shaped its history.
To make an appointment to visit, please contact the gallery at mathisartgallery@uwm.edu.
