About the Exhibition
The projects on view at Moore College of Art & Design
as part of The Graphic Unconscious highlight artists
who employ printmaking in patterning and ornamentation of
their work, drawing upon the college’s 160-year-long
tradition of focus on the fine and applied arts of textile
design, graphic design, interior architecture and fashion.
The artists—Gunilla Klingberg, Virgil Marti, Paul Morrison,
Betsabeé Romero, and Regina Silveira—have created
new works or re-imagined existing pieces that reflect the
renewed interest in the creative potential of printmaking
strategies traditionally used for patterning, wallpaper, and
fabrics when applied to contemporary artistic practice.
The environmentally scaled projects wrap walls, cover floors,
and obscure windows, transforming the gallery spaces: Gunilla
Klingberg’s patterned vinyl spans the windows across
the college entrance; Betsabeé Romero’s imprinted
tire tracks and carved tires line the walls of Graham Gallery;
Regina Silveira’s bold patterns swarm across the floors
and climb the walls of the Goldie Paley Gallery; Virgil Marti’s
reflective wallpaper illuminates the Window on Race Street
by day and night; and Paul Morrison’s 40-foot-long boldly
graphic outdoor mural extends the exhibition into the immediate
community.
The
Graphic Unconscious is the core exhibition of
Philagrafika 2010 Works by 35 artists from 18
countries are displayed across five venues: Moore College
of Art & Design; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(PAFA); Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Print Center; and
Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University; with
significant installations by different artists on view at
each site. The Graphic Unconscious explores the ubiquitous
presence of printed matter in our visual culture and how concepts
like accessibility, democratization, dissemination and transience
inform diverse contemporary art practices while expanding
the realm of printmaking itself. Exposing the print component
in sculptural, environmental, performance, pictorial and video
works, and highlighting their relevance to contemporary art,
is the goal of The Graphic Unconscious.
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