"3rd Impact International Printmaking Conference"
2003-08-18 until 2003-09-12
Iziko Museums at the Castle of Good
Cape Town, , ZA South Africa

An exhibition of graphic work Prints from the Artists' Press Archive will be shown by Iziko Museums at the Castle of Good Hope from 18 August to 12 September 2003. It forms part of the prestigious '3rd Impact International Printmaking Conference', hosted by UCT Michaelis School of Fine Art, in collaboration with Rhodes University. More than forty works will reveal the diversity of talent that has been engaged in the collaborative productions of these vibrant fine art prints.

Artists' Press founder, Mark Attwood, has worked in the printing field since 1981, initially an apprentice in The Broederstroom Press, his father's printshop, and later trained in handprinting at Lowick House Print Workshop in the United Kingdom. Mark became the first African to complete the Professional Printer Programme at the renowned Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and is at present the only Tamarind Master Printer in Africa. On returning home from the United States he decided in 1991 to set up a lithography studio in Johannesburg, the Artists' Press, to provide artists in southern Africa with a workshop, dedicated to the production of limited edition hand printed lithographs. The Artists' Press was the first professional collaborative print workshop set up in the region. Since its inception it has grown from strength to strength and today offers a variety of print media to artists as well as publishing lithographs and selling prints and artists' books. It is internationally recognised for its role in developing the culture of printmaking in Africa.

The Artists' Press has worked with many well known South African artists, emerging talent and artists from abroad. Published artists include Sam Nhlengethwa, Penny Siopis, Dumisani Mabaso, Kim Berman, Chris Diedericks, Flip Hattingh, Kendell Geers, Robert Hodgins, William Kentridge, David Koloane, Patrick Mautloa, Tommy Motswai, Dianne Victor, Nhlanhla Xaba, and in a different vein even former president Nelson Mandela.

This exhibition is a tribute through a series of artists' prints to the important influence of the Artists' Press on South African printmaking.

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