The Medium Resistance exhibition, probably one of the largest Indepent projects associated with Philagrafika, just opened in the Ice Box space of the Crane Arts building. Co-Curated by Richard Hricko, Philip Glahn and Nick Kripal. The three Tyler faculty have each drawn from their own expertise and interests to put together a show that draws from a gamut of talent, ranging from art start to local favorite. The curators describe the show as:
Medium Resistance examines contemporary works of craft and print that resist old-fashioned divisions of high art and artisanship, reassessing the mediums’ expressive, communicative, and material possibilities. Ceramic multiples and posters, digital images and books, to name just a few examples, straddle the lines between art, craft, and mass production, exploring each format’s potential for participation and dissemination, aesthetic, social, and technical labor.
This is very compelling show; in truth I’ve gone to see it three times and there is enough thought provoking work in the show to keep even my addled attention span engaged. Some of the work fits awkwardly into the cavernous Icebox space but for the most part the bulk of the show occupies the space better than anything in recent memory.
To see artist by artist shots follow the jump.
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The relationship of art and craft has long been a familiar minefield for printmakers. Where one ends and the other begins is a difficult line to draw and print’s exact place in the mix is highly suspect. Curatorial team of Richard Hricko, Philip Glahn, & Nick Kripal are investigating this murky area with the exhibition Medium Resistance: Revolutionary Tendencies in Print and Craft. Through a great line-up of artists (including a number of Printeresting favorites), they’ll question “the old-fashioned divisions of high art and artisanship.” Here’s a bit from the curatorial statement… Recent discourse tends to force print and craft works into not-so-recent, even outright conservative categories: as fine art, they must be autonomous, original, and auratic; as artisanship, they must rely on tactility, skill, and apprenticeship. In both instances, crafts and printmaking are defined in defensive opposition to the forces and effects of mass culture, reproducing an old-fashioned binary in which art and artisanship provide a substitute sphere of “authentic” creative experience rather than a critical engagement with cultural production at large. The show opens in March at the Ice Box at Crane Arts and will be on view for both the SGC conference in later March and the NSECA conference in early April. Printeresting will definitely have some pics of the show when the time comes but until then, you can check out the Medium Resistance website for a preview of what should be a strong exhibition. |
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