Carved Line: Block Printmaking in New Mexico - Hardcover

Josie Lopez

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0890136211 ISBN 13: 9780890136218

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2016

Synopsis

The Carved Line is about printmaking and printmakers in New Mexico over a significant period of time. It features block prints, including new works, by New Mexico s best known printmakers and brings to the forefront little-known artists deserving wide recognition and a place in New Mexico s art historical canon. A block of wood or linoleum, a gouging tool, ink, and paper are all that is necessary to produce a block print. Yet, the versatile qualities of the medium have captured the imagination of artists throughout the twentieth century and today. Art historian Josie Lopez draws on exhaustive research around the state, and takes a thematic approach toward block printmaking in New Mexico. Lopez considers the importance of place, movement, and culture. Of particular note is the influence of artists from across the United States and abroad who brought to New Mexico new artistic approaches to printmaking, introducing new ideas about art and artistic movements. Undeniably, the beauty and tensions within New Mexico s unique cultural landscapes and sacred spaces also have had a profound impact on the artists, both local and newcomers to the state, and their works. This beautiful volume includes over one hundred beautifully reproduced prints by internationally known New Mexico artists including Gustave Baumann, Willard Clark, Howard Cook, Betty Hahn, T.C. Cannon, Fritz Scholder, Frederick O Hara, Adja Yunkers and previously unpublished works by other artists such as Tesuque Pueblo artist Juan Pino, Margaret Herrera Chavez, Tina Fuentes, Yoshiko Shimano, and Ruth Connely. The extraordinary block prints in this book shows the types of production, sociopolitical and cultural influences, and wide variety of subjects in New Mexico. The Carved Line accompanies a major exhibition at the Albuquerque Museum opening January 14, 2017.

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About the Author

Josie Lopez is an art historian and curator. She received her MA from the University of New Mexico and PhD in art history from the University of California, Berkeley.

Edition details

• Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0890136211
• ISBN 13: 9780890136218
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200