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Posted by RL Tillman on October 31st, 2008 |
Posted by Jason Urban on October 31st, 2008 | Print Mafia (not to be confused with Print Liberation from Amze’s post) have been making silkscreened gigposters in Kentucky since 1997. Print Mafia are masters of the hand-screened poster. With a retro sensibility that incorporates old horror imagery, they have tons of prints that work for a Halloween post at Printeresting. Here’s a monoprint made from random shop test pulls…
About their process (from an article by Alicia Carmichael)…
We make our posters the old-fashioned way. We design without the use of computers, well, sometimes we get our typefaces there and (we) hand-pull each color of our silk-screened editions, the Web site said. Our tools are X-Acto knives, copy machines and our archive of found images and illustrations, Old School Cut and Paste.
I really appreciate that sentiment. For as much appropriation as they do, I think it’s the hand manipulation that gives Print Mafia their own distinctive style.
Posted by RL Tillman on October 31st, 2008 | 
Hallowe’en printmaking photo by Flickr user timnoonan
Posted by RL Tillman on October 30th, 2008 | This is an appealing image gallery from Chicago artist Mat Daly. When screenprinting posters (and his own editions), Daly uses his test prints and cleanup passes to gradually build layered monoprints.
Posted by RL Tillman on October 30th, 2008 | 
More information here.
Posted by Jason Urban on October 28th, 2008 | 
If someone had told me at the beginning of last week that I’d be doing three consecutive, breakfast-related posts, I wouldn’t have believed it. But I guess stranger things have happend. So here’s my third and (I think) best breakfast post…
Cerealart has been on the scene for quite a few years now producing high-quality artist multiples. Whether or not the name rings a bell, you’re probably familiar with some of their projects- maybe the Marcel Dzama action figures or the Allan McCollum “Thanks” bars. Cerealart has been a pioneer in terms of rethinking the relationship of art and commerce… taking artists whose work would normally be priced beyond the average person’s means and finding ways to create interesting (and often affordable) objects that exist in a limited edition.
Located in Philadelphia’s Old City, their gallery/office on Third Street is really worth a visit. The staff is extremely friendly and willing to take a break from business to share info about their artists and projects. The space is mixed use which adds to the overall experience. Rather than a cold, white-walled gallery, evidence of working and planning mingles freely with the finished products.
There are no shortage of noteworthy pieces to spotlight at Cerealart but since Taylor McKimens’ plant sculptures were in the front window, they get the nod. Each sculpture consists of handcut inkjet prints that are assembled with wire, wood, and glue. McKimens’ striking visual style and the strange relationship of two and three dimensions is reminiscent of Red Grooms. My first encounter with McKimens was in the book Hidden Track: How Visual Culture is Going Places but I’ve been seeing his name regularly since then. Looking at these wierd and engaging plant sculpture/multiples, it’s no surprise why.
Oh. And in case you’re wondering about the name “cerealart,” here’s a quick explanation from thier site…
We wanted to find a name that symbolized art multiples and ran across the term ‘serial art’in a Warhol catalog. It sounded a little sinister, like a serial killer so to lighten it up my son Max threw the homonym at us. Also, the cerealart.com domain was available which is so important to business today.
Posted by Jason Urban on October 27th, 2008 | 
Only 500 boxes made?!? Available for just thirty-nine bucks a box?!? And they contain real cereal?!?
Posted by Jason Urban on October 22nd, 2008 | You may have already noticed this print trend in your very own refrigerator… life equals advertisement. In the never-ending quest to break through to potential consumers, technological advancements in printing are made.
Introducing Eggfusion.
Eggfusion is “leveraging the power of a product that reaches millions of people daily to increase confidence, promote freshness, and strengthen relationships.” The website is really worth a visit… it’s candor is eye-opening! I had no idea there was such a strong case for advertising on eggs- you’ll wonder why you hadn’t thought of “on-egg messaging” yourself!
And in case you were wondering, the etching process DOES NOT increase crack potential…
Hmmm… I’ll have to talk to our crew in the Printeresting Marketing Department. I think we’ve finally found a strategy to reach the elusive greasy spoon demographic.
Posted by amze on October 22nd, 2008 | 
Print Week, also known as “Artonpaperweek”, begins on October 23rd and marks the start of a multitude of events revolving around the multiple. Event include:
Talks organized by Art on Paper magazine, including conversations with artists such as Leslie Dill, Richard Tuttle, James Siena, Jill Magid, the publishers of Thing Quarterly (a very cool, experimental periodical) and Wallpaper LAB.
IFPDA Print Fair 2008, the International Fine Print Dealers Association holds their top-shelf art fair again this year at the Park Avenue Armory, open from Thursday, October 30th through Sunday, November 2nd, with an admission fee of $15 advanced, $20 at the door and $10 student with ID. This is a great show to see work of historic importance and the latest hot-off-the-presses stuff from the big publishing houses like Pace and Crown Point.
Editions/Artists’ Books Fair is the recent upstart on the scene (founded in ‘98). It runs from Oct 31 through November 2nd and is located in Chelsea at ‘The Tunnel’, 269 11th ave. Between 27 & 28th. This fair will fill a city block with work by print presses and publishers, artists’ books of all stripe and other related ephemera. And with an admission price of free this is the bargain of the two print fairs.
The NY ART BOOK FAIR is organized by Printed Matter (an amazing artists’ book resource that deserves it’s own post) and runs from October 24 through Sunday October 26th and is located at the Phillips de Pury & Company at 450 West 15th St. at 10th avenue. The exhibitors of this fair run the gamut of smart contemporary artists’ book producers and makers.
There are a whole lot print shows are up around town, here are the ones at larger venues.
And while Peter Nesbett, Shelly Bancroft and Sarah Andress of Art on Paper didn’t found or organize many of these fairs and events, they do deserve a good deal of credit for re-packaging them as one series of great print related events.
For my part, I’ll be heading to the Editions/Artists’ Book Fair and will give a full report. If anyone out there in the ether is heading to one of the other fairs or events and would like to contribute to a posting on these events please contact me.
Posted by amze on October 22nd, 2008 | An unnamed source alerted me to these images that have showed up on Gawker.com and seem to be in some cases quoting from the Obamagraphics of this election season. To see the full post click here.
In regards to this image a commentator wrote, “I’ll never understand why polar bears always vote against their own best interests.”
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