ARTISTS
Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Now
09 Nov, 2008 - 08 Feb, 2009
The exhibition examines the woodcut medium within a variety of genres, from the fine art print, to street banners serving social activism, and the use of woodcuts for popular cults and devotional purposes. A cross-cultural survey, it explores the adoption of this readily available and relatively cheap print form in countries across the world. The exhibition ranges in breadth from the use of woodcuts in the West by modern masters such as Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, to anonymous or little known artists who service a demand for imagery in bazaars in India and Brazil or in monasteries in Tibet. Most of the artists represented allow the wood to "speak" so that the grain of the wood forms an intentional part in the design.
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The exhibition examines the woodcut medium within a variety of genres, from the fine art print, to street banners serving social activism, and the use of woodcuts for popular cults and devotional purposes. A cross-cultural survey, it explores the adoption of this readily available and relatively cheap print form in countries across the world. The exhibition ranges in breadth from the use of woodcuts in the West by modern masters such as Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch, to anonymous or little known artists who service a demand for imagery in bazaars in India and Brazil or in monasteries in Tibet. Most of the artists represented allow the wood to "speak" so that the grain of the wood forms an intentional part in the design.
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Contact details
Sunday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday - Friday
11:00 AM - 8:00 PM
Saturday
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
10899 Wilshire Boulevard Westwood - Los Angeles, CA, USA 90024
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