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With precision: Remarque hosts International Juried Print Exhibition in Nob Hill through Jan. 27
Twenty-five states are represented, as well as five countries.
The team behind the 11th Annual International Juried Print Exhibition wanted to showcase diversity in all techniques of printmaking.
The annual event is on view through Jan. 27, at Remarque Print Shop in Nob Hill.
鈥淲e put out a call for entries earlier this year and went through submissions,鈥� says Jessica Krichels, one of the co-owners. 鈥淥ur goal is to bring different types of art, specifically printmaking, to Albuquerque.鈥�
The call for entries amassed 520 pieces of art before being whittled down to 43.
鈥淲e go through rounds of jurying,鈥� she says. 鈥淲hat we鈥檙e trying to do is look for a variety of techniques. Non-printmakers don鈥檛 know many of the different techniques that there are. We go through lithography to woodcut. It all has to be handmade. Digital can be part of the process but the output has to be handmade.鈥�
Remarque was established in 1996 as one of the world鈥檚 first completely non-toxic print workshops.
The award-winning print institution was first operated in Albuquerque鈥檚 rural South Valley and moved to its current 4,000 square foot location in historic Nob Hill in March 2000.
Remarque was formerly called New Grounds Print Workshop until 2016, when the original founder Regina Held sold the workshop to four local printmakers: Krichels, Lincoln Draper, Mary Sundstrom and Jessica Weybright.
With six Takach etching presses and the facilities to create etching, photogravure, monotype and relief prints, Remarque offers the most diverse printmaking opportunities in the Albuquerque area.
Krichels says the selections this year contain a wealth of black and white works, with a mix of iconic American city scenes from Andrea Kornbluth, Jacob Crook and Peter Baczek, the mysterious nature scenes of Andrew Polk and Robyn Moore, and excursions into the surreal by Snezhina Biserova of Bulgaria and Jaco Putker of the Netherlands.
Monika de Vries鈥� exquisite etching of a castor bean plant, Nancy Dodd鈥檚 鈥淐arlo鈥檚 Onion,鈥� and Andrew Au and Jennifer Purdum鈥檚 currency inspired 鈥淭yranny for You鈥� bring us into a realm of mesmerizing detail, she says.
鈥淢eanwhile, in sharp contrast to the quiet black and white pieces, we have Brian Lathan鈥檚 dreamlike, super-saturated silkscreen print, 鈥楢nd I Said to Myself鈥� and Brett Anderson鈥檚 鈥楢thena鈥檚 Curse.鈥� 鈥�
With precision: Remarque hosts International Juried Print Exhibition in Nob Hill through Jan. 27
Krichels says with the range and depth of artwork in the show, visitors should take note of their similarities and differences, and what makes them flow together 鈥� some have very different subject matters but similar color palates.
鈥淥thers have commonalities in line work,鈥� she says. 鈥淪ome seem to have nothing in common, but still go together because of the feeling they invoke. It鈥檚 a nice reminder that art is and always has been a way of bringing people together, and even though we have hundreds of different cultures and languages around the world, we all share a common vocabulary in visual art.鈥�
