Admission is free. Parking permits are available from the Block Gallery for events held during weekday afternoons. This exhibition brings together more than 100 works which attest to the close relationship between artists, printers and publishers during a transitional and important 30-year period in the history of printmaking. The exhibition contains works by major figures in the history of 20th century art and printmaking as well as some noted lesser known artists. The works are drawn from private collections and museums around the country and demonstrate the widely divergent stylistic approaches, ranging from Pop Art whose representatives include Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jasper Johns, to Minimalist and Conceptual works created by artists such as Sol LeWitt and Neo-expressionist images carried out by Richard Bosman, Louisa Chase and Joan Snyder.
Works represented in the exhibition are from major and smaller workshops.
The exhibition originated by the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery will travel to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tex. Thursday, Nov. 9. Northwestern University professor and artist Ed Paschke will compare painting and printmaking as methods of picture making. He will discuss his thought processes and related strategies that influence his own choice of media during this 45-minute session. Bring your lunch.