Polly Apfelbaum in Los Angeles at Michael Benevento

Durham Press would like to congratulate Polly Apfelbaum on her upcoming exhibition titled Double Nickels on the Dime at Michael Benevento. The show opens on September 23rd,  at 7556 Sunset Blvd in Los Angeles, and closes on October, 29th. The opening reception is on Friday, September 23rd from 6-8pm. The solo exhibition features Polly’s Feelies and her floor installations. Roberta Smith wrote the following about Polly’s floor pieces and her Feelies:  “Ms. Apfelbaum has as usual commandeered the floor but is also trying a new tack. Working in a manner reminiscent of the colored-glass technique of milles fleurs, she has fashioned small, smooth, brightly patterned panels she calls Feelies from contrasting shades of polymer and plasticine clay. There is a cuteness factor here, but it is quickly overruled by the blazing colors, assorted stripes, dots, checks, swirls and grids and abstract intelligence evident in the 200-plus examples.” (New York Times, July 16, 2010).

Polly has been making prints with Durham Press since 2002. In 2010 Polly created a new size, 32 x 68 inches, that she calls “Alley”- images of Wave Alley Black, Love Alley and Love Alley Black are below. Please contact Durham Press for availability and pricing. Click on Polly’s artist page to view other available prints.

Polly Apfelbaum, Wave Alley Black, 2010, Woodblock, 32 x 68 inches, edition of 12

Polly Apfelbaum, Love Alley, 2011, Woodblock, 32 x 68 inches, edition of 25

Polly Apfelbaum, Love Alley Black, 2010, Woodblock, 32 x 68 inches, edition of 12

Michael Kondel at Rockland Center for the Arts

Michael Kondel, one of the fabulous Durham Press printers, is having an exhibition of his work at the Rockland Center for the Arts in West Nyack, NY. The show is comprised of 9 silkscreen prints and 7 sculptures.  The 9 silkscreens are hand colored enlargements of the 7 sculptures. The work explores American identity and references of pop culture and Americana. Michael’s work is influenced by magazines such as Life and National Geographic.  The exhibition opened on Sunday, September 11th and runs through Sunday, October 2nd, 2011. Congrats to Michael!

More Than Everything- Mickalene Thomas at Lehmann Maupin

Durham Press would like to congratulate Mickalene Thomas on her second solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin. The exhibition, More Than Everything, opens on Thursday, September 15th and closes on Saturday, October 29th. The exhibition has already been named one of The 100 Best Fall Art Shows by Modern Painters magazine.  More Than Everything presents a selection of works on paper that reveal her artistic process. Mickalene draws on many sources for her influences and often starts her paintings with collages and photographs. For a more in-depth look at Mickalene’s process, click here to see a video, interview and studio tour. Landscape Majesticwas created in 2011, and is a complicated woodblock, silkscreen and digital print that was collaged together. The print is available for sale through Durham Press.

Landscape Majestic, 2011, woodblock, silkscreen and digital print, 52 x 68 5/8 inches, edition of 30

Beatriz Milhazes at Galerie Max Hetzler

Beatriz Milhazes will be exhibiting new work at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin. The solo exhibition runs from September 10th through November 5th and is comprised of recent collages and four large scale paintings and a mobile. The four large scale paintings and mobile were featured at the Fondation Beyeler earlier this year. This exhibition will travel to the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon in 2012. A catalogue accompanies the show.

Beatriz has been working with Durham Press since the spring of 1996, during that time over 25 challenging and complicated prints have been created. Please contact Durham Press for images and information about available prints. Fishbowl (as seen below) was created by Beatriz and printed by Durham Press as a benefit print for the Beyeler Foundation, the print is available  for purchase from the Beyeler’s website. Durham Press would like to congratulate Beatriz on her current exhibition with Galerie Max Hetzler. Please stay tuned to our blog for upcoming exhibitions and news about Beatriz Milhazes and her future projects.

Jamaica, 2007, woodblock and screenprint, 70 x 70 inches, edition 30

Bibi, 2003, multi-colored screenprint, 22 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches, edition of 43

Serpentina, 2003, multi-colored screenprint, 52 x 52 inches, edition of 40

O Pato, 1996-98, multi-colored screenprint, 40 x 60 inches, edition 20

Fishbowl, 2011, multi-color screenprint, 36 x 36 cm, edition of 50

Roland Fischer exhibition at Von Lintel Gallery and Galerie Maior

Roland Fischer will be exhibiting his new large-scale photographs of building facades at Von Lintel Gallery from September 6th through October 8th, 2011. An opening recpetion will be held on Thursday, September 8th from 6-8pm. Roland also has an exhibition at Galeria Maior in Mallorca which runs until October 2011. Roland has created 3 porfolios of Façades on Paper with Durham Press. The first series was started in 2001. Façades on Paper are portfolios of 8 photographic screenprints. The prints are sold as sets and individually. Roland also created a beautiful photogravure with Durham Press called San Bartolomé. Durham Press will be working with Roland on a new project in the fall of 2011. Stay tuned to our blog for more updates!

Facades on Paper III, 2007/2008, 35 x 25 inches, edition of 100

Installation of seclected images from Facades on Paper in the Durham Press gallery

San Bartolomé, 2007, 30 x 22 1/2 inches, edition of 30

Roland working on Facades on Paper III in 2007 at Durham Press

Polly Apfelbaum – New Love Alley Edition and Haunted House Exhibtion in Amden, Switzerland

Durham Press is excited to announce that we are editioning a new print with Polly Apfelbaum. The production on Love Alley has started at the end of last week. Love Alley will be an edition of 35, the print contains 160 woodblocks and 35 colors. Click here to watch video of Love Alley being printed. Please contact us for pricing and availability.

Polly Apfelbaum, Love Alley, 2011, 32x68 inches, edition of 35

Love Alley studio shot

Love Alley etching press

Polly Apfelbaum will be having a solo exhibition in Amden, Switzerland from May 21- July 17. The exhibition is titled Haunted House is curated by Roman Kurzmeyer and features a new poster book atlas created by Apfelbaum. The poster book contains 350 images and explores the ideas of memories, fears and abstraction. To read more about the exhibition- click here to read Polly’s interview with Artforum.

Roland Fischer at Walter Storms Galerie

Villa Savoye, 2010, C-Print, 119 2/3 x 56 2/3 inches

Roland Fischer will be exhibiting at Walter Storms Galerie from May 4th through June 4, 2011. The exhibition features a series of new work based on architecture. Roland has worked with Durham Press since 2001. He will be returning in 2011 for a new set of Facades on Paper. Roland has worked with Durham Press since 2001. He will be returning in 2011 for a new set of Facades on Paper. Facades on Paper I-III are currently available as sets and individually.

Facades on Paper, 2007/2008, portfolio of 8 photographic screenprints, 35 x 25 inches

Emil Lukas at Sperone Westwater

Durham Press would like to congratulate Emil Lukas on his exhibition at Sperone Westwater, located at 257 Bowery, NY. The exhibition, Larva, Bubble, and Thread, runs from Feburary 25th until March 26th. The title is derived from some of the materials that Lukas uses to create his mixed media paintings. Emil has worked on several projects with Durham Press which include screenprinting and etchings. His work focuses on texture, surface, process and material which result in a range of outcomes- most notably combining sculpture and painting.

The Lukas Family at the opening

 

 

 

Lukas- Bubble painting installation image Sperone Westwater

 

Emil Lukas, Alignments 1, 2007, Monoprint Diptych, Etching and Screenprint

 

 

Emil Lukas, Turning Circles into Squares, 2002, multi-colored screenprint

Emil Lukas, Drip Link, 2002, multi-colored screenprint

Beatriz Milhazes at the Beyeler Foundation

Summer Love © Sergio Araújo, RJ, Courtesy of the artist; courtesy of James Cohan Gallery, Max Hextler Gallery, Stephen Friedman Gallery and Galeria Fortes Vilaça

Autumn Love, 2010, Acryl auf Leinwand, 300x350 cm, Foto: © Sergio Araújo, RJ

Beatriz Milhazes opened her exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation in Switzerland this past Friday, which runs through the end of April. The exhibition features four glorious, large-scale paintings, several collages and a new mobile. The paintings, which were created specifically for the exhibition, were themed after the Brazilian seasons – Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring. This is a new direction for Milhazes, who usually does not plan her paintings in advance. The paintings employ her signature technique of layering motifs that have been painted first on plastic foil and then pressed/printed onto the canvas. The collages are made from a combination of candy wrappers and brightly colored papers, arranged with incredible detail. The mobile was developed from her work on her sister’s stage sets (Marcia Milhazes) using the decorative materials used in Carnival floats.

The Gold Rose series of prints and the two small prints, Piquenique and Balon Bleu, were our most recent prints created with Milhazes. Printmaking continues to be a large part of Beatriz’s interests and a process she finds very enlightening and engaging.  The Milhazes exhibition at the Beyeler Foundation runs from January 29th until April 29th, 2011.

 

Salt- from Gold Rose Series- 2010- Durham Press

Hurvin Anderson at Michael Werner Gallery in New York

Maracas Series- Study, 2010, oil on canvas, Hurvin Anderson at Michael Werner Gallery

Construction View Study, 2010, oil on canvas, Hurvin Anderson at Michael Werner Gallery

Hurvin Anderson new exhibition “Subtitles” opens at Michael Werner Gallery in New York this Thursday night, January 27th, and runs through March 12th. The show features sixteen beautiful new paintings and a catalog, which will be available for purchase at the gallery. For more information about “Subtitles” please read the press release. Anderson has completed two projects at Durham Press- the first, Barbershop Print,  is a woodblock print derived from Peter’s Series, which is a group of paintings that exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The second project, Mrs. S. Keita, is a series of 8 silkscreen prints that were released this fall. Both projects are currently available for sale through Durham Press and we are excited to have Anderson returning next week start to work on something new! Please look for new work later this year.

Barbershop Print

 

Mrs. S. Keita

Scenes from the Open House

Durham Press had a great open house last weekend. We had a wonderful day of prints, beautiful fall weather and great friends. Thanks to all of our Durham Press friends and family for making the day so special! Here are some snapshots from the event.