HIP Impress at Franklin
February 27th, 2010
HIP and Impress Printmakers of Brisbane have gotten together again on a new project. The last was the “Reel Heros Safe Beaches” project to celebrate “2007 The Year of the Surf Life Saver” in conjunction with Printmakers of Western Australia (PAWA), Warringah Printmakers in Sydney and the Newcastle Print Workshop in NSW.
The new theme, “Pine Apples - from pineapples to the apple isle” has been taken up enthusiastically by 34 artists who have developed an amazing range of responses in virtually every print medium.
The exhibition is being held at the Church Studio Gallery in Franklin until 7 March after which it transfers to the Myrtle Street Studio, Brisbane.
It was opened by Milan Milojevic, renowned artist, Master Printmaker and Head of Printmaking at the University of Tasmania’s School of Art. Milan spoke about the history of the print as art and of it’s democratic nature which enables it to be widely distributed and so bring art to the masses. A leading researcher in the use of digital technology within the print artists practice, he nevertheless pointed out that it is just another tool that printmakers can use to create art. That its current status is no different to that of lithography in days past when it was scorned as “merely a graphic medium” but has since become accepted as mainstream primarily due to the work of artists such as Goya, Degas, Odilon Redon, Mucha, Picasso, etc ( for information on lithography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithography).
Artists and visitors alike were fascinated by Milan’s address
and then enjoyed a closer inspection and discussion of the work
while a being entertained by local musicians who played tunes from the times of the apple shed dances when Tasmania was known throughout the world as the Apple Isle
With this eclectic collection it is no wonder that sales were brisk
Most have been produced as limited editions so there should still be a full complement to make the trip to Brisbane
