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\n\n Though its visibility has often been overs hadowed by painting\, performance and installation art\, contemporary prin tmaking has been the focus of many artists working in the late 20th and 21 st centuries. Debuting on October 19\, Dine\, Hockney and Summers: Cont emporary Prints from the Paul and Teresa Kanev Collection aims to give greater attention to achievements in this medium. The exhibition\, drawn from the collection of Dr. Paul and Mrs. Teresa Kanev\, comprises approxim ately 20 impressive etchings\, lithographs\, woodblocks and cardboard reli efs by Jim Dine (b. 1935)\, David Hockney (b. 1937)\, and Carol Summers (b . 1925).
\n\n Highlights include some of Dine’s famous hearts and robes\, three examples from Hockney’s The Weather Series\, and Summ ers’ colorful woodblock landscapes. Often producing works monumental in sc ale\, these artists have helped revolutionize printmaking as an artistic p ractice. Dine has become one of today’s most prolific\, inventive and dedi cated printmakers\, with work in permanent collections worldwide. Hockney\ , called “Pop art’s enfant terrible” by British art critic Jonathan Jones\ , possesses a mastery of color that
\n\n dominates his style regar dless of the many mediums in which he works. Summers has reworked the anci ent technique of woodblock printing\, allowing for printing on a previousl y unprecedented scale and championing what is now known as the “Carol Summ ers technique.”
\n\n\nPhone: 8602290257\n\n56 Lexington st\n56 Lexingto n st\nNew Britain\, CT\n06052\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121119 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130120 LOCATION:New Britain Museum of American Art PRIORITY: SUMMARY:Dine\, Hockney and Summers: Contemporary Prints from the Paul and T eresa Kanev Collection URL:http://www.nbmaa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR