Print Art Now

Edition VFO 1948 – 2023

David Khalat

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Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
01 December 2023

Prints & printmaking

Print Art Now marks Edition VFO's 75th anniversary. It brings together three exhibitions in Switzerland, at the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, the Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona, and the Kunsthaus Grenchen, all curated on the occasion of the jubilee. They respectively explore the topics of collecting prints today, the technical and artistic challenges of printmaking, and the emancipation of print as a medium within the traditional hierarchy of visual art. The featured artworks demonstrate how print is constantly evolving as an artistic technique and has become equal to painting, photography, sculpture, or video. The beautiful volume also offers an up-to-date survey of printmaking in Switzerland and highlights its relevance in contemporary art practice, marking Edition VFO's 75th anniversary. It brings together three exhibitions in Switzerland, at the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, the Museo Civico Villa dei Cedri in Bellinzona, and the Kunsthaus Grenchen, all curated on the occasion of the jubilee. They respectively explore the topics of collecting prints today, the technical and artistic challenges of printmaking, and the emancipation of print as a medium within the traditional hierarchy of visual art. The featured artworks demonstrate how print is constantly evolving as an artistic technique and has become equal to painting, photography, sculpture, or video. The beautiful volume also offers an up-to-date survey of printmaking in Switzerland and highlights its relevance in contemporary art practice.

Text in English, German French, and Italian.

AUTHOR: David Khalat is a curator and cultural sociologist serving as director of Edition VFO, Verein für Originalgraphik in Zurich since 2018.

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An up-to-date survey of contemporary printmaking in Switzerland .

Explores the topics of collecting prints today, technical and artistic challenges of printmaking, and the emancipation of print as a genre withing the traditional hierarchy of visual art .

Includes an essay on printmaking as a collaborative art practice and its political component .

Edition VFO, founded in 1948, is Switzerland's most significant publisher of original print editions

84 colour illustrations

Edited by: David Khalat
Imprint: Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Country of Publication: Switzerland
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 200mm,
Weight: 808g
ISBN: 9783039421497
ISBN 10: 3039421492
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

David Khalat is a curator and cultural sociologist serving as director of Edition VFO, Verein für Originalgraphik in Zurich since 2018.