"The Expanded Field of Print", PCANZ selected exhibition

Image credit: Joanna Fieldes, Deborah Crowe, Jennifer Halli

The Expanded Field of Print 

20 August - 14 September, 2024

Northart Gallery

Norman King Square, Ernie Mays Street,

Northcote Central, Auckland.

Opening event: 

Saturday 17th August, 

1 - 3pm

with a floor talk by the selector, Steve Lovett.

This is a selected exhibition by members of

PCANZ, Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand 

and is a wonderful opportunity to view contemporary printmaking 

by artists from all over Aotearoa.

Please note: 

Our SPONGE CITY collaborative print installation

(as mentioned in my earlier post)

ALSO opens on Sat 17th August, 2 - 4pm

I will endeavour to attend both openings 

but will definitely be at 

the Depot Artspace, Devonport 

to welcome visitors from 2 - 4pm.

Please join us at both events!

"The Expanded Field of Print consists of over 40 selected works by members from the Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand. The intent of the exhibition is to encourage printmakers to explore different ways of engaging with imagery, materials, processes and technologies. Works selected are contemporary and diverse ranging from floor based, wall mounted, and plinth to a variety of hanging installations.

The Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand is a national, non-profit organisation supporting and promoting printmaking across all regions of New Zealand. Members’ work encompasses the full spectrum of printmaking from traditional, contemporary through to the experimental."

I'm delighted to have had my artist book

Chorographia I

selected to be a part of this exhibition.

Update: I'm so delighted that
Chorographia I
SOLD to a collector
at the opening of
The Expanded Field of Print.

Description:
Wall hung cascade-style artist’s book
comprising multiple pages which are intended to be lifted
to reveal hidden layers and details.

Media:
Sumi-e paper, linocut, woodcut,
monoprint, collagraph, collage, stitching,
repurposed gilt frame moulding &
brass fittings.

Dimensions: L 775mm x W 198mm x D 35mm

"Chorographia I" Toni Hartill

My Chorographia series of works were created for my

solo exhibition WAYMARKERS, Nov-Dec, 2023.

You can view this series of works in an earlier post HERE.

Artist Statement:

Choros: place, Graphein: to write

The art of describing or mapping a region or district.

Topographic imagery and patterns as seen on and of the landscape, are layered in patchwork-like grids, evoking fields and weathered surfaces along the imagined route of my journey through rural Aotearoa, as I embarked on my Opunake artist residency.

Thanks for visiting!

PROOF: Two Decades of Printmaking by PCANZ

PROOF

TWO DECADES OF PRINTMAKING 

PRINT COUNCIL AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND

Published by Massey University Press

"A superb showcase of some of the best examples of contemporary fine art printmaking in Aotearoa New Zealand today. With 166 works by 151 artists, Proof covers a huge breadth of printmaking processes and display the incredible diversity of this artform, from the more traditional woodcuts and etchings to those pushing the boundaries of print. With a foreword by Susanna Shadbolt, Director of Aratoi, Masterton, brief essays on the history of PCANZ, including significant exhibitions, and a glossary of printmaking terms and techniques this book is a valuable resource for art students and teachers.

This first survey of fine art printmaking in Aotearoa to be published in nearly 50 years is a visual feast for designers, graphic artists, book binders, artists and art lovers."

Massey University Press

 

PCANZ members across the country have been camped out at their letter boxes over the past couple weeks, eagerly awaiting the delivery of their copy of this beautiful book. 

I expect the first thing they did, after admiring the beautiful tactile cloth cover with embossed copper foil lettering, the unusual and eye-catching binding, and the luscious marbled end-papers, was to flip through the pages to find their work.

And I doubt anyone was disappointed. 

There has been a constant stream of posts on social media showing the delight and pride of members as they show off the book and their published work.

Everyone who was a current member as of 2020 was invited to submit work to be included.

There is also a section of Honorary Members, artists who have been involved in PCANZ and made a major contribution to printmaking in Aotearoa and Life Members, acknowledging those who have made exceptional past and current contributions to Print Council. All Life members have the honour of two images of their work.

The images are beautifully presented and the book is a treasure trove of the best of everyone's work. Such a sight to behold, and a valuable resource of the vast array of printmaking techniques, styles and presentations used today.

Flipping through the pages, for me, feels personal, like I'm flipping through a family album - family in that I personally know many of the artists in the book, or I know of them and their work, with thanks to PCANZ. It warms my heart to be a part of this whanau. 

And the greatest thanks for this book goes to the PCANZ publication team of

Kathy Boyle,

Di Harries 

and 

Heather Partel.

Their vision and many, many months of sheer hard work,

 took this from dream to reality, 

"akin to mounting the largest exhibition ever undertaken by PCANZ."

Thank you and congratulations!

Preview PROOF

Massey University Press

10 Questions with PCANZ about PROOF

Read an interview

The Maker's Story: The Future of Printmaking in NZ

 Book Launch

Wellington City Libraries are holding a free event 

'Proof' Book Launch + Artist Talk 

at Karori Library, 

Sat Nov 26th, 11am.

Please join the artists from PCANZ for this free event 

as we discuss printmaking, in celebration of the newly released book 

'Proof: Two decades of Printmaking'

Visit the Book Launch link above to view interviews with printmakers
Carrie Carey, Basia Smolnicki and Kirsty White.

Purchase NOW

at selected bookstores nationwide.

Find out more

about why PCANZ is such a special community to be a part of and what PCANZ has to offer

PCANZ: Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand

P is for ... PCANZ Collaborative Bestiary Book

 

"P is for Pupurangi", linocut by Toni Hartill

P is for...

Pupurangi!

"P is for Pupurangi", linocut by Toni Hartill

These are New Zealand's endangered northern giant land snails, 

the New Zealand kauri snail,

also known by it's scientific name 

Paryphanta spp.

of which there are two species:

Paryphanta Busbyi 

up to 79 mm shell diameter

&

Paryphanta watti

up to 62 cm shell diameter

To learn more about these beautiful critters visit the DOC website HERE.

(...and also known by friends as 

SNAILY!)

"P is for Pupurangi"

Edition of 30

Hand pulled linocut prints.

This edition of prints was created for the 

PCANZ collaborative bestiary book project.

Participating members across Aotearoa New Zealand were organised into 4 groups, including an international group who collaborated with printmakers in Wales.

I'm in the Auckland group, which also includes a couple of people 
from further afield to make up numbers.

The Rules

Everyone was assigned their letter randomly and we were invited to create a design of a real or imaginary creature or animal relating to our letter.

The letter had to be part of the design.

Printing could be edge to edge or with a border.

Perhaps not surprisingly I was pretty keen on including SNAILY in some form so I was searching which letters could also include him eg. Escargot, Gastrapod, Mollusc... There were a few options!

(If you've followed my work for a while, you'll know of my affinity to snails.)

Everyone has now completed their edition of 30 prints and they have been collated into complete alphabet sets, ready to be returned to participants while master copies have been returned to the organisers to be bound into books for the PCANZ archive and future exhibitions.

An Auckland workshop is planned shortly to share ways of either binding the prints into a book or creating a box to hold the prints.

At present I'm experimenting and researching possibilities and will report back on progress on the next stage of this collaborative project and to share ALL of the pages from the book.

Researching binding techniques

In the meantime, scroll down to view...

The Making of "P is for Pupurangi"

Thanks for visiting!

Stay tuned to see how we might bind the books 

PLUS 

to view ALL of the prints in the collection.

Find out about 

PCANZ

Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand

Thinking_Unfolding: PCANZ Artists Books at Ashburton Art Gallery - Part 2

 

Since writing my previous blog about the PCANZ Thinking_Unfolding artists' books exhibition at Ashburton Gallery, I have been sent a wonderful documentation of photographs of the exhibition in situ.

It's wonderful to see how the works are all displayed within the space and how they interact as a whole.

 

HUGE thanks to Rachel Schanzer for so kindly taking the pics, 

sharing them with me, and for allowing me to share them here. 

 

The selected artists were invited to submit a further wall work piece(s) to the traveling exhibition. I have not been able to fully attribute titles and names to all of these pieces as they are not all part of the initial catalogue. Please let me know of any corrections or gaps in information.

 

Hope you enjoy them!

Just CLICK on any image to view full screen and scroll.

 

Please view the full catalogue, with more photographs 

and all of the artists' statements, on the PCANZ website:

www.printcouncil.nz

Thinking_Unfolding at Ashburton Gallery

Thinking_Unfolding at Ashburton Gallery

Thinking_Unfolding at Ashburton Gallery

Thinking_Unfolding at Ashburton Gallery

Thinking_Unfolding at Ashburton Gallery

Creeping Diaspora by Diane Harries

Creeping Diaspora by Diane Harries

The Tale of the Snail by Diane Harries

The Tale of the Snail by Diane Harries

The Tale of the Snail by Diane Harries

(Wall work)

Back: Toni Mosley    Front: Beverly Trillo    Right: Heather Partel

Back: Traverse in the Flinders by Toni Mosley

 Bottom: Hands in Nature by Beverly Trillo

 Wall works by Toni Mosley

Wall works by Toni Mosley

Wall works by Toni Mosley

O_B-X-P-N-E by Heather Partel, Merit Award

Emergence by Julie Henderson & Pam Hastings

(Wall work)

Bee Box Book (Detail) by Esther Hansen, Merit Award

Bee Box Book by Esther Hansen

Bee Box Book by Esther Hansen

Wall work by Jodi-Ann Tautari & Esther Hansen

Wall work (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari & Esther Hansen

Wall work (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari & Esther Hansen

Wall work (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari & Esther Hansen

Wall work (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari & Esther Hansen

Forest Notes by Celia Walker & Toni Hartill

Forest Notes by Celia Walker & Toni Hartill

Forest Notes by Celia Walker & Toni Hartill

Wall work by Celia Walker

Wall work by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

Wall work by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

Wall work by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

Wall work by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

Wall work by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

A Printer's Annual by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

A Printer's Annual (Detail) by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

A Printer's Annual by Nicol Sanders-O'Shea

Shades of Venus by Julia Ellery

Shades of Venus by Julia Ellery

Shades of Venus by Julia Ellery

Front: Beal Scaoilte by Kate Buckley

Mohinui A424 by Jodi-Ann Tautari

Mohinui A424 (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari

Mohinui A424 (Detail) by Jodi-Ann Tautari

Land of the Mist by Julz Henderson, Merit Award

Land of the Mist, (wallwork) by Julz Henderson

Land of the Mist, (wallwork detail) by Julz Henderson

Panspermia by Lee Brogan

Panspermia by Lee Brogan

"Feral" by Gracen Salisbury, Premier Award

Hard to Please by Beth Charles

Vitamin Sea by Toni Hartill

 

Vitamin Sea by Toni Hartill

Vitamin Sea by Toni Hartill

Vitamin Sea by Toni Hartill

Vitamin Sea by Toni Hartill

Wall work by Toni Hartill

Trees - A Life Line by Julie Moonlight

(Wall work) by Julie Moonlight

(Wall work)

Hair Story by Jackie Knotts

Hair Story by Jackie Knotts

Hair Story by Jackie Knotts

You wouldn't Judge ME by my cover... by Catherine Goodwin

You wouldn't Judge ME by my cover... (Detail) by Catherine Goodwin

Mr Chen's Big Journey by Rosemary Mortimer

Mr Chen's Big Journey (Detail) by Rosemary Mortimer

Mr Chen's Big Journey (Detail) by Rosemary Mortimer

Wall work by Rosemary Mortimer

Wall work (Detail) by Rosemary Mortimer

After the Storm by Lisa Feyen, Kathy Boyle, Erice Fairbrother

After the Storm by Lisa Feyen, Kathy Boyle, Erice Fairbrother

Just my type by Terry Reddish

Wall work by Terry Reddish

This exhibiton at Ashburton Gallery is due to finish 21 Feb, 2021 

and will next travel to

Millenium Gallery, Blenheim: 27 March – 2 May 2021

 

Hastings City Art Gallery, Foyer Gallery: 22 May – 8 August 2021

Many thanks for visiting!