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B.A.T. State III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press
B.A.T. State III is a group exhibition co-curated by Anita Bunn and Francesco X. Siqueiros. In printmaking, the French phrase Bon 脿 Tirer (good to go) refers to the final trial proof that an artist approves before the master printer begins production. The artist gives this approval by initialing the proof with 鈥淏.A.T.鈥� and signing it. In B.A.T. State III, prints by 37 women artists are featured, produced over a span of 30 years at Siqueiros鈥檚 El Nopal Press in downtown Los Angeles.
Drawn to El Nopal Press by Siqueiros鈥檚 technical expertise and collaborative spirit, artists are encouraged to experiment. The results can be seen the vibrant mix of lithographs, relief prints, and monoprints on view at the Kleefeld Contemporary.
This presentation is a third, expanded iteration of B.A.T. Bunn, who had collaborated with Siqueiros to produce an edition of lithographs for a 2011 exhibition, was intrigued by the number of women artists with whom he had worked. In 2013, she proposed the first B.A.T., which she curated at Offramp Gallery in 2013. This show received much acclaim and was heralded as a 鈥渇eminist tour de force鈥� by Artillery magazine.
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B.A.T. State III is a group exhibition co-curated by Anita Bunn and Francesco X. Siqueiros. In printmaking, the French phrase Bon 脿 Tirer (good to go) refers to the final trial proof that an artist approves before the master printer begins production. The artist gives this approval by initialing the proof with 鈥淏.A.T.鈥� and signing it. In B.A.T. State III, prints by 37 women artists are featured, produced over a span of 30 years at Siqueiros鈥檚 El Nopal Press in downtown Los Angeles.
Drawn to El Nopal Press by Siqueiros鈥檚 technical expertise and collaborative spirit, artists are encouraged to experiment. The results can be seen the vibrant mix of lithographs, relief prints, and monoprints on view at the Kleefeld Contemporary.
This presentation is a third, expanded iteration of B.A.T. Bunn, who had collaborated with Siqueiros to produce an edition of lithographs for a 2011 exhibition, was intrigued by the number of women artists with whom he had worked. In 2013, she proposed the first B.A.T., which she curated at Offramp Gallery in 2013. This show received much acclaim and was heralded as a 鈥渇eminist tour de force鈥� by Artillery magazine.
Artists on show
- Alison Walker
- Analia Saban
- Annie Lapin
- Carolyn Castaño
- Chelsea Dean
- Daniela Rossell
- Diane Gamboa
- Dominique Liquois
- Elsa Flores
- Emily Cheng
- Judie Bamber
- Judy Baca
- Laureana Toledo
- Laurie Lipton
- Liat Yossifor
- Linda Stark
- Lisa Boykin Adams
- Mara Lonner
- Mariana Botey
- Marietta Bernstorff
- Marika Echachis Swan
- Marion Wesson
- Pía Elizondo
- Rebecca Morales
- Renée Petropoulos
- Rocío Maldonado
- Ruby Osorio
- Sandra de la Loza
- Sherin Guirguis
- Shirley Jaffe
- Silvia Gruner
- Susan Bolles
- Susan Silton
- Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
- Yanieb Fabre
- Yreina Cervantez
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鈥淏.A.T.鈥� is one of those bits of art-studio lingo that print-makers use to communicate; it stands for 鈥渂on a tirer鈥� which translates as 鈥済ood to pull,鈥� meaning that a print has been proofed and the satisfied artist is ready to go forward with producing its edition.
鈥淏.A.T.鈥� is a bit of printmaking studio lingo; it stands for 鈥淏on 脿 Tirer鈥� which translates as 鈥済ood to pull鈥� 鈥� in the vernacular meaning 鈥済ood to go鈥� 鈥� indicating that a print has been proofed and the satisfied artist is ready to go forward with producing its edition.
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