New Prints 2009/Summer -
Portraits: In Pursuit of Likeness
June 16 – July 31, 2009
Opening Reception: June 18, 6-8pm
International Print Center New York presents New Prints 2009/Summer – Portraits: In Pursuit of Likeness in its gallery at 526 West 26th Street, Room 824, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea. On view from June 16 – July 31, the show consists of forty-seven pieces by thirty-six emerging to established artists, selected from a pool of nearly 1,200 submissions. A reception will be held at IPCNY on June 18, from 6-8 pm.
The Selections Committee for New Print 2009/Summer - Portraits included Monroe Denton, Critic; Valerie Hammond, Artist; Kate McCrickard, Director, David Krut Projects; Evan Mirapaul, Collector; Donna Moran, Chair of Fine Arts (Graduate Department), Pratt Institute; and Sue Scott, Sue Scott Gallery.
New Prints 2009/Summer - Portraits is the thirty-second presentation of IPCNY’s New Prints Program, a series of juried exhibitions organized by IPCNY four times each year, featuring prints made within the past twelve months by artists at all stages of their careers. The exhibition represents a cross-section of some of the most exceptional printmaking today while continuing IPCNY’s commitment to provide an ongoing exhibition venue for contemporary prints and a major source of information about artists working in the medium.