INK Miami 2006 Showcase for Contemporary Works on Paper
December 7-10, 2006
Open 10 8 pm Thursday to Saturday
Sunday 10 3 pm
Admission: free
Location: Suites of Dorchester at 19th Street and Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
Sponsored by the IFPDA
INK Miami will debut on Thursday, December 7th with a Breakfast Preview starting at 10:00 am. at the Suites of Dorchester Hotel with entrances on 19th Street, Collins Avenue and James Street, just steps away from the Miami Beach Convention Center.
Conceived and organized by the IFPDAs Contemporary Committee, INK Miami 2006 is a focused event showcasing contemporary works on paper during Art Basel Miami Beach. The shows fifteen exhibitors are print publishers and dealers who have been selected from the prestigious IFPDA membership for their ability to offer the best contemporary works on paper by internationally renowned artists and they reflect the vitality of the contemporary membership of the IFPDA.
New editions at the Fair include works by Peter Doig, Ed Ruscha, John Baldessari, Hung Liu, Jorge Pardo, Chuck Close, Kent Henricksen, Polly Apfelbaum, Kota Ezawa, and Yvonne Jacquette. Among the expected highlights: Isca Greenfield-Sanders The Swimming Pool Etchings, a set of four new color aquatint etchings from Paulson Press. Arion Press will exhibit an exquisite artist book featuring poems by Bill Berkson and 25 intaglios by Alex Katz. Landfall Press will present an all-new lithograph by artworld luminary Peter Doig. Ghada Amer collaborating with Reza Farkhondeh has created a beautiful new lithograph with woven threads on display at Solo Impression. Durham Press will launch an extraordinary series of large-scale prints by Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. Floridas own Graphicstudio will show a new photogravure self-portrait by Chuck Close. An intricate new wall construction by Richard Tuttle will be on view at Crown Point Press. Tandem Press will bring complex, bold new works by Suzanne Caporael. Mixografia® will showcase a selection of their innovative prints including new works by Swiss artist, Peter Wüthrich. Sharks Ink. will premiere several new projects including Enrique Chagoyas colorful lithograph The Pastoral or Arcadian State-Illegal Aliens Guide to America, which offers disquieting insight on the contemporary American West.
Exhibitors at the Fair include several of the IFPDAs leading contemporary dealers who will present rare and exceptional 20th century masterworks in addition to works from many young new contemporary artists. On offer at Marlborough Graphics: Wayne Thiebauds iconic etching Gumball Machine, 1970 a classic example of Thiebauds career-long engagement with printmaking. Among a diverse range of contemporary works, Diane Villani Editions will show a collection of exquisite woodcuts made in the 1930s by the Mexican artist David Alfaro Siqueiros. One of Elizabeth Peyton’s first prints, a 1998 lithograph entitled Bosie will be featured at Jim Kempner Fine Art. Charles M. Young Fine Prints and Drawings will exhibit a rare untitled Jackson Pollock drawing while William Shearburn Gallery will juxtapose a Cy Twombly screenprint from 1969 with works from contemporary artists Tom Friedman, Dana Schutz, and Yun-Fei Ji.
Additional featured artists include:
Donald Baechler, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Louise Bourgeois, Suzanne Caporael, Squeak Carnwath, Bruce Conner, Lesley Dill, Jim Dine, Kota Ezawa, Tony Fitzpatrick, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Lucian Freud, Red Grooms, Salomon Huerta, Jasper Johns, Alex Katz, Ellsworth Kelly, William Kentridge, Sol LeWitt, Hung Liu, Andrew Millner, Robert Motherwell, Vik Muniz, Philip Pearlstein, Jackson Pollock, Martin Puryear, Robert Rauschenberg, Gerhard Richter, Ed Ruscha, Fred Sandback, Sean Scully, Shahzia Sikander, Tom Slaughter, Kiki Smith, Donald Sultan, William T. Wiley, and many more.
INK Miami 2006 exhibitors:
Arion Press, San Francisco, CA
Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA
Durham Press, Durham, PA
Graphicstudio/University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
Landfall Press, Inc., Santa Fe, NM
Marlborough Graphics, New York, NY
Mixografia®, Los Angeles, CA
Paulson Press, Berkeley, CA
Sharks Ink. , Lyons, CO
William Shearburn Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Solo Impression, Inc., New York, NY
Tandem Press, Madison, WI
Diane Villani Editions, New York, NY
Charles M. Young Fine Prints & Drawings, Portland, CT
For more information, contact:
International Fine Print Dealers Association
15 Gramercy Park South, Suite 7A
New York, NY 10003
info@ifpda.org
Tel: 212.674.6095
