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1614 Latimer Street |
 Twisted Wish silkscreen, 23 1/2"x16" |
Juan
Logan
A Selection of Prints From The 90’s May 19 - July 12, 2000 |
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reception Friday, May 19, 2000 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Juan Logan’s works are formally ordered and seductively abstract. On a deeper level, Logan’s work reveals a sophisticated vocabulary incorporating archetypal, cultural symbols such as forms of churches, military insignia and hooded figures reminiscent of the Ku Klux Klan uniform. As an African American artist with roots in North Carolina, Logan has pieced together an intriguing family history that involves slavery and the intersection of cultures. The greater part of his extensive career has been spent investigating a broad range of symbolic imagery, expressed in minimalist fields of color, line texture, and iconographic ideograms. Logan is part of a long, continuous legacy of black artists who have roots in North Carolina, including Romare Bearden and Minnie Evans whose works reflect a diverse range of interpretations of African American life. While enrolled at Howard University in Washington, DC, Logan’s aesthetic development in printmaking was heavily influenced by James Lessene Welles. Often referred to as “dean of African American printmakers,” Wells produced an immense body of work based on religious and spiritual themes skillfully expressed in etching, woodblock, linocut, and lithography. In turn, Logan seeks to refine a symbolic language critical to interpreting the evolution, conflicts and spirituality of the human condition. According to the artist, “Faith is about those things not seen, not necessarily made evident but things that should be believed in…” Logan asks, “What are the virtues of the sane and civilized?” Logan’s work may be found in the collections of: Museum of African - American Art, Los Angeles, CA; National Gallery, Hrare, Zimbabwe; National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. Logan was awarded a solo exhibition in The Print Center’s 73rd Annual International Competition: Printmaking. See Matthew Lawrences exhibition , also currently at The Print Center See Cheryl Kolak Dudeks exhibition , also currently at The Print Center See The Print Centers last show>> |
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The Print Center Founded in 1915, The Print Center's mission is to support printmaking and photography as vital contemporary arts and to encourage the appreciation of the printed image in all its forms. The Print Center has featured the work of well known artists such as Pablo Picasso, Edvard Munch, Ansel Adams and Art Spiegelman. Today, The Print Center holds approximately 11 exhibitions annually, The Print Center Series continuing education program, residencies, mentoring opportunities for artists, and original artwork for sale in The Print Center Galley Store. Membership numbers over 2,000. Upcoming Events GOP: Girls on Politics: Posters by the Guerrilla Girls - read more The Print Center Salon: An opportunity for printmakers and photographers to participate in an open dialogue and informal critique with peers and with a different art professional each month. * Read more about The Print Center's new Curator of Prints and Photographs, Jaqueline Van Rhyn |