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Summer 2008
Summer 2008 was a particularly busy one at Center Street Studio. Several new projects were completed including the three shown above. Please go to the HotPress section of the website for all information regarding these prints.
Contact Director James Stroud, jstroud@centerstreetstudio.com, for availability and prices.
Kelly Sherman
To Move (Ours. Mine.) is a print project by 2006 ICA Foster Prize winner Kelly Sherman. Comprised of a pair of photoetchings, the piece was printed from a copper plate that bears a list of belongings brought jointly into a relationship. The original list is altered to remove some of the entries, describing the ultimate failure of the relationship. The video here walks you through the actual development and printing of the copper plates. Please visit the HotPress section of the website to read more about the project. Call Director James Stroud for price information.
James Ovid Mustin III
0³
Fresh out of art school, master printer James Stroud invited this young graffiti artist into the studio to create a new tag for a fine art print. The result is 0³, a 3 x 4 foot copper plate drypoint drawn with an electric engraving tool. Each sheet of paper is first painted with color ‘fills’ using Montana spray paints. The copper plate containing the outline is then printed in black over the color to complete each image. This is an open edition print yielding a series of unique versions of the tag. There are currently 16 versions available.
James Ovid Mustin III
Graffiti artist James Ovid Mustin III creates a new tag for a series of hand-colored etchings at Center Street Studio. Call Director James Stroud for details.
Center Street Studio Archives
Natural Selection l Landscape Print Portfolio
In March 2008 The Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond will acquire the entire Center Street Studio Archives for the Harnett Print Study Center. The Museum and the Studio are producing a benefit portfolio of ten landscape prints by ten artists to raise funds for the acquisition. Proceeds will enable the Harnett Print Study Center to acquire the Archives as part of the museum’s permanent collection. Documenting the remarkable collaboration between master printer and artists has been the hallmark of Center Street since its beginnings in 1984 and providing a broad spectrum of contemporary printmaking, the prints and related materials in the Archives will be utilized as primary sources for research and exhibition at the University of Richmond.
Artists represented in the portfolio are: Nell Blaine, Bernard Chaet, Anne Harris, Carolyn Harris, Charles Ritchie, Tonia Softic’, James Stroud, Bill Thompson, John Walker and George Whitman.
For images and information about reserving a copy of the portfolio, please contact: James Stroud, Director, Center Street Studio jstroud@centerstreetstudio.com Richard Waller, Executive Director, University Museums rwaller@richmond.edu
Carrie Moyer
Rush and Roll l Double Shots
New York painter Carrie Moyer was invited to produce a series of monotypes at Center Street late summer 2006. Two series of images emerged using a combination of monotype, graphite drawing and woodcut. Those who know Moyer’s work will notice a migration toward straight up abstraction in these works on paper, a deliberate move away from the recognizable ‘pictures’ and landscape references of her earlier painting. A total of sixteen unique prints are available.
Please visit our old gallery section for the time being. Oldpress
