January 6, 2012

Silent Watch: Contemporary prints from Findland

Curated by Juliette Kennedy, Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse and Päivi Talasmaa

'Silent Watch' is comprised of works made with etching, drypoint, silkscreen, woodcut and digital techniques, as well as several artists' books and a three-dimensional piece. The exhibition includes prints by the widely exhibited veteran Finnish printmaker, Outi Heiskanen, a multi-panel silkscreen work on plywood by Päivikki Kallio, two artist's books with silk fold-out pages by Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, a dramatic wall-sized installation of layered woodblocks printed on Japanese paper by Annu Vertanen, and a lead table with movable printed components that the viewer rearranges, by Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund of the artists' collective IC-98.

The Artists' List is as follows: Outi Heiskanen, IC-98 (Visa Suonpää and Patrik Söderlund), Eeva-Liisa Isomaa, Päivikki Kallio, Juho Karjalainen, Maria Kausalainen, Markus Lampinen, Emma Lappalainen, Pauli Parkkinen, and Annu Vertanen.

This exhibition was organized by International Print Center New York (www.ipcny.org) and is supported by FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, the Consulate General of Finland, and The American-Scandinavian Foundation.

Further support has been provided by David Campbell/McGregor President's Fund and Marc Schwartz/Alan E. Schwartz IRA.

The James Pearson Duffy Department of Art and Art History is a division of Wayne State's College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts, educating the next generation of visual artists, designers and art historians. Wayne State University, located in the heart of Detroit's midtown cultural center, is a premier urban research university offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students.

For more information, contact Tom Pyrzewski at tpyrzewski@wayne.edu or 313-993-7813

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