The Contemporary Print
Image: Emmett Merrill, Love Comes Back, Lithograph
Curated by Mark Pascale
Exhibition Dates: January 19th – February 17th 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, January 19th 7-10pm
ICOSA collective is pleased to present The Contemporary Print in collaboration with Print Austin.
Selected Artists:
Ron Abram, Curtis Bartone, Samantha Buchanan, Anissa Cavazos, Kyle Chaput, Christopher Daniggelis, Belinda Del Pesco, Justin Diggle, L J Douglas, Matthew Egan, Jenie Gao, Anita Giraldo, Jose Gonzalez, Daryl Howard, Marcus Howell, Joseph Lupo, Nathan Meltz, Samantha Mendoza, Emmett Merrill, Kristina Paabus, Adrian Rodriguez, Cody Scrivner, Merrill Shatzman, Egor Shokoladov, Barbara Lane Tharas, Mark Walley, Cathy Weiss, Abigail West, and Sihan Zhu.
About the juror: Mark Pascale is a lithographer and curator with an in-depth knowledge of contemporary and historical techniques of printmaking. He has been active in the Chicago art world for over forty years as a curator, researcher, and teacher. Currently, he is Janet and Craig Duchossois Curator in the Department of Prints and Drawings at The Art Institute of Chicago, and concurrently Senior Lecturer in Print Media, at School of the Art Institute. He has an impressive record of exhibitions and publications, most recently for the exhibition catalogues Lygia Pape: Tecelares, Joseph E. Yoakum: What I Saw, Hairy Who? 1966–1969, Charles White, Along the Lines: Selected Drawings by Saul Steinberg, Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions, Contemporary Drawings from the Irving Stenn Jr. Collection, and Jasper Johns: Gray. In addition, Pascale remains active as a lecturer and presenter, with venues including The Museum of Modern Art, Cranbrook Academy, Chazen Museum, University of Wisconsin-Madison; IMPACT IV International Printmaking Conference, Berlin and Poznan, Poland (Session Chair); and the Mid America Print Council Conference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (panelist). Currently, he is working on exhibitions, including a retrospective of the work of Christina Ramberg (2024), as well as a focus on four Chicago artists, Evelyn Statsinger, Ted Halkin, Barbara Rossi, and Christina Ramberg.