"The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from the Teaberry Press" and "Walt Kuhn: An Imaginary History of the West" on view at the Kennedy Museum
of Art
Contact: Clair Carpenter at the Kennedy Museum of Art, 740-593-0955
Editors Please Note: At the end of this release are web addresses for images from the Teaberry Press exhibition.
ATHENS, Ohio (December 8, 2000) -- The Kennedy Museum of Art, Ohio University, announces the opening of two exhibitions. "The Intimate Collaboration: Prints from the Teaberry Press", organized by the Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and toured through Smith Kramer, Fine Art Services, will be on display December 17 through February 4. "Walt Kuhn: An Imaginary History of the West", organized by the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, will be on display December 17 through January 28.
Walt Kuhn, born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1877, first traveled west in 1899 on an overland trip by day coach to San Francisco. His interest in the "wild and wooly West" culminated in this important series of abstract figure paintings. These paintings, completed between 1918 and 1920, highlight the vanished romance of the West. It was Kuhn's intent that this group of pictures should remain intact and never be separated. Today Kuhn is recognized as a significant figure in modern art.
The Teaberry Collection is a survey of prints produced at the Teaberry Press, a unique printmaking workshop. The Teaberry Press has maintained the quality of its editions over the past nineteen years by specializing in one medium- the intaglio printmaking process. Intaglio, which comes from the Italian word meaning a "cut", is the process of transferring an image from "cuts" in a metal plate onto paper. Contemporary artists come to the Teaberry Press to work with master printer and owner Timothy Berry in a unique collaborative process. The intimate setting and studio atmosphere produces high quality prints that reflect the unique individuality of each artist. The images range from the large abstract prints of William Wiley to the more contemplative figurative art of Philip Pearlstein. This selected overview of recent American graphic art produced at the Teaberry Press presents an amazing variety of stylistic trends and methods by some of the most prominent artists in America.
The Ohio Arts Council provided partial funding for this exhibit to encourage economic growth, educational excellence and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
Also on view is the Education Gallery, featuring selections from the Southwest Native American Collection, and the exhibit "Woven Vessels: Chauncey Elementary Fifth Grade," both of which are supported in part by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation.
The Kennedy Museum of Art is located in Lin Hall, The Ridges. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 12-5 p.m.; Thursday from 12-8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from 1-5 p.m. Admission and parking are free to the public.
The Bobcat Express, which is available free of charge for students and staff, stops at The Ridges every half-hour, daily through 5 p.m.. The shuttle also stops at Peden Stadium, The Ping Center, the Oasis, Grosvenor Hall, Baker Center, and the Convocation Center.
Editors, here are links to downloadable images from the Teaberry Press exhibition.
