Association of Pinoyprintmakers
TIRADA
19 May to 15 July 2018
Buwagang Juan Luna (CCP Main Gallery)
Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery)
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)
Opening reception: 19 May, Saturday, 4pm
This exhibition marks the fiftieth year of the organization of
printmakers in the Philippines. Founded in 1968, the Printmakers Association of
the Philippines paved the path for the acceptance of the art of the fine print
in the country and the modes by which it becomes material: technique,
technology, repertoire, subject, artistic vision, public reception, and
critical evaluation.
The medium of print has constantly shifted in Philippine art history
from the contexts of cartography to catechism, from commentary to modern and
contemporary art. In every way it turned, the print was responsive to the
demands of artistic expression and the urgencies of its social and cultural
milieu. This is why this exhibition is not only confined to the work of the
members of the organization, but opens itself up to all practitioners who are
committed to the discipline and risk of the print.
“Tirada” is a term among printmakers that signifies a strike: to pull
off or pull out a piece of work in a series of multiples. It also means effort
and labor, a decisive action. It is a fitting term for this commemoration as
the organization, which has recently morphed into the Association of
Pinoyprintmakers, looks back at its history and its pioneers; revisits its
archives and the lineages of practice; and reflects on the issues that confront
the practice of printmaking.
In this vein, this exhibition is built around a range of concerns: the
aesthetic integrity and intelligence of the work of the print and the status of
the printmaker as an artist; the validity of appropriation within the artistic
system of the print; the capacity of the print to respond to socio-political
reality; the self-consciousness of the print as a medium; the place of the
print in art history; and the processes by which the print plays out in the
ecology of the popular.
Tirada honors the achievements of printmakers of varied persuasions and
charts a course for the future of the art.
-Patrick Flores
Association of Pinoyprintmakers
TIRADA
19 May to 15 July 2018
Buwagang Juan Luna (CCP Main Gallery)
Pasilyo Guillermo Tolentino (3F Hallway Gallery)
Pasilyo Vicente Manansala (2F Hallway Gallery)
Opening reception: 19 May, Saturday, 4pm
This exhibition marks the fiftieth year of the organization of
printmakers in the Philippines. Founded in 1968, the Printmakers Association of
the Philippines paved the path for the acceptance of the art of the fine print
in the country and the modes by which it becomes material: technique,
technology, repertoire, subject, artistic vision, public reception, and
critical evaluation.
The medium of print has constantly shifted in Philippine art history
from the contexts of cartography to catechism, from commentary to modern and
contemporary art. In every way it turned, the print was responsive to the
demands of artistic expression and the urgencies of its social and cultural
milieu. This is why this exhibition is not only confined to the work of the
members of the organization, but opens itself up to all practitioners who are
committed to the discipline and risk of the print.
“Tirada” is a term among printmakers that signifies a strike: to pull
off or pull out a piece of work in a series of multiples. It also means effort
and labor, a decisive action. It is a fitting term for this commemoration as
the organization, which has recently morphed into the Association of
Pinoyprintmakers, looks back at its history and its pioneers; revisits its
archives and the lineages of practice; and reflects on the issues that confront
the practice of printmaking.
In this vein, this exhibition is built around a range of concerns: the
aesthetic integrity and intelligence of the work of the print and the status of
the printmaker as an artist; the validity of appropriation within the artistic
system of the print; the capacity of the print to respond to socio-political
reality; the self-consciousness of the print as a medium; the place of the
print in art history; and the processes by which the print plays out in the
ecology of the popular.
Tirada honors the achievements of printmakers of varied persuasions and
charts a course for the future of the art.
-Patrick Flores
Confession - "Daing , Bulong, Dasal" rubbercut with chine' colle on sewn canvas, 2015 #rubbercut #chinecolle #artphilippines#pinoyprintmakers #TIRADA#culturalcenterofthephilip
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