New Release:
Jacob Hashimoto | The Necessary Invention of the Mind
Jacob Hashimoto and Durham Press are pleased to announce the launch of a series of twelve new prints combining relief and silkscreen. Titled The Necessary Invention of the Mind, the new series continues to engage with the artist’s signature kite imagery, while at the same time using the specific possibilities of print to explore imaginative […]
New Release:
Emil Lukas | Double Event
Emil Lukas and Durham Press have completed their most recent collaboration: Double Event, a series of relief monotypes inspired by the artist’s abstract dot-structure paintings. The prints were produced in a range of colorways and sizes, from 10 by 12 inches to 32 by 48 inches, and are available both as individuals and as sets of […]
New Release:
Beatriz Milhazes | Dovetail & Flower Swing
In her two most recent collaborations with Durham Press, Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes unites relief, screenprint, and gold leaf in complex, harmonious compositions. Conceived by the artist in spring 2019 during a two-week stay at Durham’s studios and set to be completed this December as editions of forty, Dovetail and Flower Swingmeasure approximately three feet […]
New Release:
Chitra Ganesh | Sultana’s Dream
Durham Press is proud to release an ambitious new portfolio of 27 relief prints by Chitra Ganesh titled, Sultana’s Dream. Inspired by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s early twentieth-century story of the same title, the prints—all black linocuts on tan paper—both illustrate elements of the text and use its imagery and themes to explore urgent topics of the […]
New Release:
Roland Fischer | Night and Day
Roland Fischer, among the most prominent voices in German photography today, has completed a new portfolio with Durham Press. Titled Night and Day, the twelve works are the first woodblock prints the artist has created with the Press. Renowned for his large-format photographs of buildings in locales ranging from his adopted hometowns of Munich and […]
New Release:
Michael Heizer | Dragged Mass
Over the course of three days in 1971, Michael Heizer used two Caterpillar tractors to pull a thirty-ton granite block back and forth across the front lawn of the Detroit Institute of Arts. The stone tore into the well-maintained grass, submerging the monolithic object into a pit while also amassing an immense pile of dirt— and a good […]
New Release:
Jacob Hashimoto | Love’s Great Mystery, Ontological and Absolute
Jacob Hashimoto has produced four new woodblock relief projects with Durham Press: Love’s Great Mystery, Ontological and Absolute; The Hashimoto Index I; and the diptych The Blurred, Mystical Affirmation of the Universe and The Calamitous, yet Normal Circumstance of the Universe. Together with Lemmata, the portfolio of etchings that Hashimoto completed at Durham Press in 2015, […]
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Atomic Mystic Series 2017
Durham Press is pleased to present a new group of monoprints from Polly Apfelbaum’s Atomic Mystic series. Initially conceived a year prior, the new replenishment of 50 monoprints continues to explore Apfelbaum’s interest in color, spontaneity, and composition. The new works, made during a week-long visit in the fall of 2017, come in a variety […]
New Release:
Jacob Hashimoto | Universe Prints
Jacob Hashimoto has produced four new woodblock relief projects with Durham Press: Love’s Great Mystery, Ontological and Absolute; The Hashimoto Index I; and the diptych The Blurred, Mystical Affirmation of the Universe and The Calamitous, yet Normal Circumstance of the Universe. Together with Lemmata, the portfolio of etchings that Hashimoto completed at Durham Press in […]
New Release:
Jacob Hashimoto | The Hashimoto Index I
Jacob Hashimoto has produced four new woodblock relief projects with Durham Press: Love’s Great Mystery, Ontological and Absolute; The Hashimoto Index I; and the diptych The Blurred, Mystical Affirmation of the Universe and The Calamitous, yet Normal Circumstance of the Universe. Together with Lemmata, the portfolio of etchings that Hashimoto completed at Durham Press in […]
New Release:
Mickalene Thomas | Interiors
Mickalene Thomas has completed two new prints with Durham Press: Interior: Fireplace with Blackbird and Interior: Blue Couch and Green Owl. Based on collaged paintings the artists created in 2012 and 2014, respectively, the two new works combine a multitude of processes and elements, including screenprint, woodblock, wood veneer, etching, flocking, gold leaf, and digital […]
New Release:
James Nares | Road Paint Prints
Durham Press has collaborated with James Nares on a new series titled Road Paint Prints. The nine intaglio prints achieve a visual effect similar to his recent Road Paint series of paintings.
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Atomic Mystic Series
In the summer of 2016 Polly Apfelbaum produced 40 monoprints with Durham Press during a week-long visit. Titled Atomic Mystic series, the prints were made in three sizes with distinct identifiers—Atomic Mystic Particles (13 5/8 inches squared), Atomic Mystic Portraits (25 7/8 x 17 inches), and Atomic Mystic Puzzles (25 inches squared).
New Release:
Michael Heizer | Hard Edge Etchings
Michael Heizer has completed a new group of intaglio prints with Durham Press titled Hard Edge Etchings. The portfolio consists of four prints, each measuring 22 x 19 ¼ inches. The Hard Edge Etchings were made from custom-cut, shaped copper plates with unique silhouettes, relating to his works on nonstandard canvases: Hard Edge Paintings and his recent Wet Paintings, all of which were shown recently in a solo show at Gagosian, Beverly Hills.
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Hudson River Valley Nirvana
Durham Press has completed a new series of prints with Polly Apfelbaum: Hudson River Valley Nirvana. Initially conceived in 2012, these six woodblock prints use vertical lines and a square format as a starting point from which to explore the interaction of primary and secondary colors. Apfelbaum adopted a systematic approach to discover the possible […]
NEW RELEASE:
Beatriz Milhazes | Mother’s Day & Purple Dahlia
Durham Press is pleased to present two ambitious new works by Beatriz Milhazes, Purple Dahlia and Mother’s Day. Both harness woodblock and screenprinting to create strong linear compositions that are a vibrant hybrid of tropical ornamentation and modernist abstraction. Among Milhazes’s largest prints with Durham Press, Purple Dahlia measures 60 1/4 x 78 3/4 inches. While the title references a flower, […]
New Release:
Jacob Hashimoto | Lemmata
Durham Press is pleased to announce a new portfolio with artist Jacob Hashimoto titled Lemmata, a series of five hard ground etchings with aquatint. The prints, which are available as a set or individually, each measure 27 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches and are published in an edition of 25. Each of Hashimoto’s Lemma (or […]
New Release:
Hurvin Anderson | Mirror:
Don’t Look Back
Durham Press is pleased to announce the completion of a new portfolio of prints by British artist Hurvin Anderson. Titled Mirror: Don’t Look Back and comprised of ten works measuring 35 7/8 x 28 1/2 inches, the portfolio combines intaglio and relief collograph, screenprint, and gold and silver leaf. It is published in an edition of […]
New Release:
James Nares | CATEGORY V
James Nares and Durham Press have collaborated on a suite of screenprints: Category V. Comprised of five prints measuring 37 by 19 1/4 inches each, Category V is published in an edition of 45. The prints are also available individually. With Category V, Nares continues to develop his celebrated brushstroke imagery. Each print depicts a […]
New Release:
James Nares | Before the Rain + Early Days
Durham Press is proud to announce the release of two new editions by James Nares entitled, Before the Rain and Early Days. Each print measures 46 7/8 x 34 3/4 inches and is an edition of 48. Nares’ inspiration stems from movement and gesture. Using his own crafted brushes, Nares’ work is often composed of […]
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Emperor Twist & Empress Shout
Durham Press is pleased to present a new series of woodblock prints by Polly Apfelbaum. Inspired, in part, by her time spend abroad as a recipient of the 2012-13 Rome Prize, these profound works reference the artistic and craft traditions of Italy and offer fresh perspectives on many themes that Apfelbaum has explored throughout her […]
New Release:
Michael Heizer | Post Historic Screenprint No. 2
Durham Press proudly presents two new editions from Michael Heizer, each 46 inches square on Arches Aquarelle 356 gram Cold Press paper. Post Historic Screenprint No. 1 and Post Historic Screenprint No. 2, which combine 22 and 33 individual screens, respectively, are available in editions of 40. Initially conceived during a session at Durham Press in 2000, Post Historic Screenprints No. […]
New Release:
Chitra Ganesh | Architects of the Future
Durham Press is proud to present Chitra Ganesh’s portfolio of prints, Architects of the Future. The portfolio consists of four woodblock and screenprints in an edition of 25. The prints measure 25 3/4 inches in height and range from 18 to 44 inches in width, and they combine between 15 and 40 impressions each. In her drawing, […]
New Release:
Emil Lukas | Bubble-up
Durham Press is pleased to announce Bubble-up, a new portfolio of prints by Emil Lukas. The portfolio consists of two etchings and seven screenprints, each measuring 22 3/4 by 17 inches. The nine prints are presented in a portfolio box and are published in an edition of 35. In Bubble-up, Lukas both recreates and re-imagines […]
New Release:
Beatriz Milhazes | Water Dreaming + Snake Dreaming
Durham Press is pleased to announce two new prints by Brazilian painter Beatriz Milhazes – Water Dreaming and Snake Dreaming, 2013. The prints were proofed over a two week stay this summer and will be made in an edition of forty, and released by the end of the year. Each print measures 37 x 46 […]
New Edition:
James Nares | Step Up
Durham Press is pleased to announce the completion of STEP UP, the latest edition print by James Nares. STEP UP measures 58 x 46 inches and is printed with over ten different screens and inks. STEP UP is printed on Saunders Waterford paper and is an edition of 44. Nares’s work focuses on movement, rhythm […]
New Release:
Mickalene Thomas | SLEEP:
DEUX FEMMES NOIRES
Durham Press is pleased to announce the completion of Mickalene Thomas’s Sleep: Deux Femmes Noires. The new edition is a large-scale mixed media collage, comprised of woodblock, silkscreen and photographic elements. It measures 38 ½ by 80 ½ inches and is made in an edition of 25. Sleep: Deux Femmes Noires is based on a […]
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Love Alley
Durham Press is pleased to announce the release of Love Alley 4 and Love Alley Black 4 by Polly Apfelbaum. Love Alley 4 is comprised of 236 blocks and 44 colors. The prints are on display at the Armory Show - today through the 10th.
New Release:
James Nares | In Three Words
We are just finishing up production on James Nares’ newest prints at Durham Press, In Three Words, a triptych comprised of brushstrokes printed in three different shades of rich red. Below are some images of the prints being made. Please call us if you are interested in more information!
In the Studio:
Emil Lukas new portfolio Bubble-up
Emil Lukas was here this month making monoprints, which we have just released. The prints are called Larva, Bubble and Thread, and are sold as groupings or as individual prints. Lukas creates the “Larva” imagery using actual live larvae, which he manipulates to create patterns. These patterns are then transferred on to silkscreens, which are […]
New Release:
Roland Fischer | Facades on Paper IV
Durham Press is pleased to announce Facades on Paper IV a series of eight new prints by Roland Fischer. In his fourth and final series of Facades on Paper, Roland Fischer explores the points, lines and vectors of orientation in modern day buildings throughout the world. By magnifying the elements of the building’s design and profile, Fischer is able to […]
New Release:
Polly Apfelbaum | Potpourri Series
Durham Press is pleased to release 4 new prints by Polly Apfelbaum. The prints encompass Polly’s 4 printing languages- Flowers= Love, Circles= Dogwoods, Wave= ZigZags, Rainbow= Stripes. The 4 prints are an edition of 25. The dimensions are 32 x 32 1/2 inches. Please contact us for information about pricing and availability.
New Release:
James Nares | You Don’t Say
Durham Press is pleased to announce a new series of prints by James Nares. You Don’t Say is currently in production and should be completed in late January. The prints will be signed so that they can be installed horizontally or vertically. This is the 8th project, since 2002, that James has worked on with Durham Press. […]
Hurvin Anderson at Durham Press
Hurvin Anderson was working in the Durham Press studios and to sign his print Welcome Series: Black and White – a beautiful woodblock and screenprint with wallpaper relief printing – and he also began working on a colorful variation of the same image, entitled Welcome Series: Margaritas. Hurvin has now created 4 projects at Durham Press. […]
Roland Fischer in the Durham Press Studios
Roland Fischer was at Durham Press in late September working on a new set of Facades on Paper. The fourth and final series will be titled Facades on Paper IV. The beautiful set includes images from Germany, Australia and China.
On View:
Roland Fischer @ Von Lintel Gallery and Galerie Maior
Roland Fischer will be exhibiting his new large-scale photographs of building facades at Von Lintel Gallery from September 6th through October 8th, 2011. An opening recpetion will be held on Thursday, September 8th from 6-8pm. Roland also has an exhibition at Galeria Maior in Mallorca which runs until October 2011. Roland has created 3 porfolios of […]
Polly’s in the studio
Polly Apfelbaum was very busy in the Durham Press studio last week. Polly has been working on a new series of Rainbow prints- this set of 4 prints uses the same 32 colors and 130 wooden sticks. The process of making the prints is shown in the snapshots below. Polly starts by selecting a color palate, […]
Mickalene Thomas – New Edition
Durham Press is pleased to announce the completion of Landscape Majestic by Mickalene Thomas. The wonderful landscape is comprised of woodblock, silkscreen and digital photo collage. The print references the long tradition of landscape paintings from the Hudson River school to David Hockney and Pop Art. For more information and pricing, please contact us at Durham […]
Hurvin Anderson’s Barbershop Print
Hurvin Anderson has returned to Durham Press to complete the Barbershop Print. This beautiful multi-tonal woodblock print relates to Peter’s Series, which was recently exhibited in Studio Museum Harlem. Born in 1965 in Birmingham, United Kingdom to parents of Jamaican descent, Anderson’s work focuses on the history and meaning of social spaces. Anderson received an MA from […]
Beatriz Milhazes at Durham Press
Durham Press is pleased to announce the completion of Gold Rose, a series of four new print editions by celebrated Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. Created and proofed in the fall of 2009, and competed last month, the four editions – Salt, Cinnamon, Red Pepper, and Sugar – include Milhazes’s first diptych and triptych, and combine woodblock, woodcut and silkscreen techniques. The […]
New Release:
Beatriz Milhazes | Gold Rose Series
In September of 2009, Beatriz Milhazes returned to Durham Press to take on another enormous project, a series of seven prints that came to be called the Gold Rose Series. During her four-week stay she worked with a team of five and was also filmed for a documentary that is being made about her by […]
Polly Apfelbaum Dogwood Series – Visuals
Polly arrived at Durham Press this summer with a great Marimekko dress- one that inspired the new work “The Dogwood Series”. As for the hat, it was on loan from ‘silly hat day’ at the local elementary school.
Hurvin Anderson – New Artist at Durham Press
Durham Press recently began working with painter Hurvin Anderson. Hurvin has been working on several prints, using both silkscreen and woodcut processes, and we were pleased to launch the first of these beautiful new works at the IFPDA Print Fair in New York City. The print is yet untitled, it is a woodblock and woodcut […]
Ray Charles White @ Durham Press
Ray Charles White was out at the Press all last week working on proofs for three of his new editions. In the photo below, you can see one of his new photogravure prints being revealed. The print will be included in a series of three, titled Gravure Bubble Studies, and will be on display in […]
Alison Elizabeth Taylor In the Studio
This week we had both Alison Elizabeth Taylor and Emil Lukas out working in the studios. Alison is a recent graduate of the Columbia University School of the Arts, and this is her first time collaborating with Durham Press. In this new project, she is revisiting some of the imagery used in her wood veneer […]
Roland Fischer
The week after Polly finished up at the Press, Roland Fischer (and his assistant Matthias) flew in to continue working on Roland’s third portfolio of Facades on Paper. The Facades are “portraits” (as Roland calls them) of architectural exteriors, and, through the screenprinting process, the formal, geometric quality of Roland’s photographs is elevated, resulting in […]
Polly Apfelbaum’s monoprints in production
This month has been a busy one for Durham Press, as we have had four different artists out here working in the studios in the last four weeks. With both the IFPDA Print Fair in New York City and the INK Miami Print Fair right around the corner, we are working hard to get all […]
A Year in Photos – The Making of Beatriz Milhazes’s Prints
In May 2006 Beatriz Milhazes arrived at Durham Press to make three new prints. Five weeks later she left after making three remarkable proofs… one year later the prints were completed and signed in July 2007. Here are some photos from an extraordinary year.
