Essential Events // MoMA's Much Anticipated "Print/Out"

"Black Combs" by Ellen Gallagher (2004-05)

On February 19th, MoMA will open Print/Out, a much anticipated exhibition that "examines the evolution of artistic practices related to the print medium, from the resurgence of ancient printmaking techniques—often used alongside digital technologies—to the worldwide proliferation of self-published artists’ books and ephemera."

To celebrate the exhibition, the museum is hosting a slew of free events, including two talks on collaborative printmaking, one between Marina Abramović and Jacob Samuel and another between Ellen Gallagher and Two Palms Press. There are workshops in bookbinding and making your own artist's book. There's also Printin' an entire other exhibit running concurrently with Print/Out.

Printin’ takes as its starting point DeLuxe (2005), a tour de force portfolio of 60 works by Ellen Gallagher (American, b. 1965) that challenged traditional ideas of what a print could be. This technically complex work employs a veritable riot of mediums, unorthodox tools, and elements, from slicks of greasy pomade to plastic ice cubes.

If you want to dig a little deeper, you can enroll in one of MoMA's new courses like "Experimental Printmaking" or "Power, Progress, and Printed Money: Modern Printmaking in the Workshop and Commercial Art World."

See the entire schedule of events and check out the exhbition, which runs February 19 - May 14, 2012.

-- Perrin Drumm