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Studio Prints: Celebrating the Balakjian Collection
A major exhibition, featuring artworks acquired for Walsall鈥檚 Permanent Collection through the Cultural Gifts Scheme, administered by Arts Council England.
The works come from the archive of London based Studio Prints, which was established by the artist Dorothea Wight (1944-2013) in 1968. Wight, alongside her husband, Marc Balakjian (1938-2017), produced prints for world-renowned British artists for over 40 years.
As well as being master printmakers who worked alongside other artists, Dorothea and Marc were also extremely accomplished artists in themselves, particularly noted for their mastery of the difficult mezzotint technique.
The Gallery has had a close relationship with the Balakjian family since 2013, when they worked with Marc to celebrate the legacy of his late wife, whose work was already part of Walsall鈥檚 Permanent Collection.
Marc also had a particularly close relationship with Lucian Freud and supported him in the development of his etchings, helping to produce some of his most well-known and best regarded of Freud鈥檚 prints. Balakjian also contributed an essay to Freud鈥檚 print catalogue raisonn茅, listing all known print works by the artist, published in 2022. As well as Freud, prints by Auerbach, Balakjian, Conroy, Kossoff, Paul and Wight are included in this exhibition.
Alongside this major exhibition, we present a selection of prints from the Gallery鈥檚 Collections, including works by Christiane Baumgartner, Glenn Brown, Tracey Emin, Ken Kiff, Karen McLean and Chris Ofili.
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A major exhibition, featuring artworks acquired for Walsall鈥檚 Permanent Collection through the Cultural Gifts Scheme, administered by Arts Council England.
The works come from the archive of London based Studio Prints, which was established by the artist Dorothea Wight (1944-2013) in 1968. Wight, alongside her husband, Marc Balakjian (1938-2017), produced prints for world-renowned British artists for over 40 years.
As well as being master printmakers who worked alongside other artists, Dorothea and Marc were also extremely accomplished artists in themselves, particularly noted for their mastery of the difficult mezzotint technique.
The Gallery has had a close relationship with the Balakjian family since 2013, when they worked with Marc to celebrate the legacy of his late wife, whose work was already part of Walsall鈥檚 Permanent Collection.
Marc also had a particularly close relationship with Lucian Freud and supported him in the development of his etchings, helping to produce some of his most well-known and best regarded of Freud鈥檚 prints. Balakjian also contributed an essay to Freud鈥檚 print catalogue raisonn茅, listing all known print works by the artist, published in 2022. As well as Freud, prints by Auerbach, Balakjian, Conroy, Kossoff, Paul and Wight are included in this exhibition.
Alongside this major exhibition, we present a selection of prints from the Gallery鈥檚 Collections, including works by Christiane Baumgartner, Glenn Brown, Tracey Emin, Ken Kiff, Karen McLean and Chris Ofili.
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