Full Description
From Cassatt to Kollwitz and Kruger to Kusama, the art of printmaking has been a catalyst for revolution in women's artistic expression. The fascinating lives of diverse and historic women artists, and their use of a range of printmaking techniques from engraving to digital art, are revisited and reframed.
The book also explores the importance of printing in women's activism via artworks, pamphlets, posters and zines.
Includes over 20 interviews with contemporary women printmakers, providing unique insights into their practices, themes and personal motivation.
Nana Shiomi, Veta Gorner, Loraine Monk, Kiki Smith, Mila Furstova, SEE RED Women's Workshop, Tanekeya Word of Black Women In Print (BWoP), Julie Buffalohead, Rebecca Vincent, Gail Brodholt, Anne-Marie Petri, Anne Starling, Anita Klein, LaToya M. Hobbs, Olesya Dzhurayeva, Jane Daniell, Richenda Court, Ellen Heck, Amarjeet K Nandhra, Diana de Brito, Fiona Watson.
Contents
Author bio
Introduction
1 - Pioneers of Print
INTERVIEW: Nana Shiomi
INTERVIEW: Veta Gorner
INTERVIEW: Loraine Monk
2 - The Art of Printmaking
INTERVIEW: Kiki Smith
INTERVIEW: Mila Furstova
3 - Printmaking & Protest
INTERVIEW: See Red Women's Workshop
INTERVIEW: Tanekeya Word
INTERVIEW: Julie Buffalohead
4 - Focus on Nature
INTERVIEW: Rebecca Vincent
5 - Printmaking & The City
INTERVIEW: Gail Brodholt
INTERVIEW: Annemarie Petri
INTERVIEW: Anne Starling
6 - Printmaking & Home
INTERVIEW: Anita Klein
NTERVIEW: LaToya M Hobbs
INTERVIEW: Olesya Dzhurayeva
7 - The Illustrators
INTERVIEW: Jane Daniell
INTERVIEW: Richenda Court
8. Unique Ideas
INTERVIEW: Ellen Heck
INTERVIEW: Amarjeet K Nandhra
INTERVIEW: Leslie Nichols
9. Future Printmaking
INTERVIEW: Diana de Brito
INTERVIEW: Fiona Watson
GLOSSARY
Reference & Bibliography
