Michael Craig Martin, Deconstructing Piero (turquoise blue), 2004, screenprint (one of a pair), published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London

Edinburgh Printmakers

Lineage: Prints by Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport and Julian Opie

4 August – 3 September 2011

Edinburgh Printmakers is hosting a premiere exhibition of new and recent editions by three celebrated British artists, all of whom are pushing the boundaries of printmaking in their practice. All prints in this exhibition explore the use of the line, whether drawn, dripped, cut out or printed and have been published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London.

Documenting the everyday object for many years, Michael Craig-Martin’s prints range from traditional screenprints to digital inkjets and often explore the relationship between text and image. He is renowned for his teaching at Goldsmith’s during the late 70s and 80s, where his students included the YBA generation of artists such as Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, as well as Julian Opie and Ian Davenport.

Craig-Martin aims to create a ‘style-less’ representation of an object – to make it as simple as possible and yet still remain recognisable. In a similar way, Julian Opie has created his own unique style by making contemporary versions of the traditional genres of the portrait, landscape and still life. His images are familiar in their graphic, black outlines and stylisation of the, often faceless, figures. Ian Davenport’s large-scale poured paintings on aluminium are well known. This exhibition includes a selection of screenprints and etchings which go some way towards replicating his process of painting and reflect his interest in colour and hue. His Etched Puddle monoprints in particular are masterpieces of printmaking, representing lines of dripping ink running down a page, pooling at the bottom.

23 Union Street, EH1 3LR

0131 557 2479

www.edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk

Tues–Sat, 10am–6pm

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