Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand
Peter Vangioni
ISBN: 978-1-877375-77-4
Hard cover book
SOLD OUT, digital edision available online on the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū website.
Revolutionised by the introduction of the linocut, early to mid twentieth-century printmaking is one of the most progressive and dynamic periods in Aotearoa New Zealand’s art history. This exquisitely illustrated book features ambitious and delightful etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts by some of the country’s finest artists.
Highlights include:
– Engaging introduction to the establishment of printmaking in Aotearoa by Peter Vangioni.
– Short biographical texts on each artist.
– Full-page colour illustrations of more than 100 artworks.
– Etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts drawn from collections around the country.
– Beautifully designed hardcover book with dust jacket and marker ribbon.
Author: Peter Vangioni
Pages: 184
Dimensions: 208 x 278mm
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Exhibition
Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era
28 May 2023
An exquisite selection of etchings, lithographs, wood-engravings and linocuts made during one of the most dynamic periods in Aotearoa’s art history.
Commentary
Cut It Out
Make no bones about it, Ink on Paper: Aotearoa New Zealand Printmakers of the Modern Era is an exhibition I have long wanted to curate. I acquired my first print direct from Ralph Hotere when I was an art history student here in Christchurch many years ago. Hotere was the artist that piqued my interest in printmaking, but it is the Aotearoa New Zealand printmakers of the 1910s through to the 1950s that I love the most. Ink on Paper focuses on a generation of artists that were at the forefront of the medium when, following the printmaking revival in Britain, printmaking in Aotearoa was increasingly becoming accepted as an art form rather than simply a method of reproduction.
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Exhibition
The Golden Age
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