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Misch Kohn. American, 1925- 2002
"Misch Kohn’s activity as an artist of the printing press, somehow
carries with it a suggestion of inevitability, of destiny. ..The artist’s
achievement is so compelling and his involvement in the graphic
problem so direct and natural that one cannot imagine him as other
than the distinquished graphic artist that he is."
Carl Zigrosser
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Karen Kunc. American, born 1952
"A rising interest in the 1980s in the nature of personal or subjective
expression in the Postmodern era contributed to the reinvigoration
of the art of the woodcut, the oldest known print technique. With
a more than passing regard for the historical Expressionism of
the early twentieth century, artists such as Georg Baselitz in
Germany, Mimmo Paladino in Italy, and Louisa Chase in the U.S.
translated the gestures of emotion and spirit through the irregular
and forceful marks made by carving and gouging the woodblock.
An alternative direction in this medium was derived from the aesthetic
of the Japanese ukiyo-e, those blockprints dating from the seventeenth
century depicting images from daily life, legend, and theatre
that are characterized by elegant qualities of line, design, and
subtle aqueous color. ... Kunc's work has increasingly explored
the dualism of these two traditions - the power and poetry, the
dynamism and rest - by encouraging and then resolving their tensions."
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Armin Landeck. American, 1905-1984
"Gifted with a profound understanding of the great art
of the past and present, Landeck's work has the scope
and disciplined strength that characterizes the classics.
His drawing is firm, his design creative, and his technique
consonant with this theme, ...Whether he does a tenement
building, a still-life, or a roof-line vista, his work is organic
and replete with emotional content."
Albert Reese
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Mauricio Lasansky. Argentinean/American, born 1914
Lasansky's "... is a rich art, drawing from literature, politics,
theatre, the dance, reflecting an affinity for the Latin civilizations,
and a delight in the masks and costumes in which people have cloaked
their roles in life. Most of all, though, Mauricio Lasansky has
been instrumental in establishing the print in America as a viable,
independent art form, and creating prints of unmistakable individual
character that are, above all, eloquent visual statements."
Alan Fern
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Wanda Miller Matthews. American, 1930-2001
"During a career spanning over 50 years, Wanda Miller Matthews won
numerous prizes and awards and exhibited nationally and internationally.
Her landscapes and interiors emerge from memories of her childhood
in rural Illinois, time spent in the Umbrian countryside and her adult years
in Boulder, Colorado. Her artistic references include Chinese landscapes and
Japanese woodcuts. Matthews' restrained and subtle prints are often
dichotomies: quiet and powerful; personal and universal; fleeting and
timeless. Works that appear evanescent and fragile become bolder upon
closer inspection."
Cathy Wolf
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Michael Mazur. American, 1935-2009
Mazur has been making prints, paintings, and monotypes since his graduation from Yale. He is a prolific artist, always searching for the “new”. His visual oeuvre includes human situations and emotions, animals, landscape, and abstraction. He quotes Rabbi Hillel on his website, "They who do not grow, grow smaller."
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