Jim Dine Prints
dal 13/5/2002 al 4/8/2002
Segnalato da
13/5/2002
Jim Dine Prints
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
1985-2000. The exhibition spans the last fifteen years of Dine's graphic oeuvre and comprises approximately 100 lithographs, intaglios, woodcuts and illustrated books. He entered the New York art world to great acclaim with his Happenings and mixed media assemblages in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Although commonly associated with the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Dine's work pertains more to his lifelong search for meaning and insight.
A major retrospective of recent prints
by one of the greatest artists of the
twentieth century and present day. Jim Dine Prints:
1985-2000 spans the last fifteen years
of Dine's graphic oeuvre and comprises
approximately 100 lithographs, intaglios,
woodcuts and illustrated books. The
catalogue raisonné documents Dine's complete print
production between 1985 and 2000.
Jim Dine entered the New York art world to great acclaim
with his Happenings and mixed media assemblages in the
late 1950s and early 1960s. Although commonly associated
with the Pop art movement of the 1960s, Dine's work
pertains more to his lifelong search for meaning and
insight. He has continued to work unceasingly for over four
decades producing an astounding body of paintings,
sculpture, prints, and photographs.
As an avid printmaker, Dine's virtuosity, penchant for
innovation, and ability to tap into the vagaries of the
human psyche has resulted in countless works of
indisputable power and beauty. During the last fifteen
years, Dine's imagery has evolved in extraordinary ways.
New iconic elements - the owl, raven, ape, cat, and
Pinocchio - supplement his signature repertory of hearts,
hands, skulls, tools, and robes. He continually turns to
familiar images such as the Venus de Milo, trees, and
flowers to evoke a variety of emotional responses. Each
one of these old and new motifs resonates with the artist's
life experiences, to such a degree that he has openly
declared them self-portraits. Now into the twenty first
century, Dine continues to dazzle with iconic and technical
innovations that build on and enhance his earlier efforts.
Jim Dine's work has received popular exposure in the Twin
Cities - in 1984, the Walker Art Center organized the
exhibition "Jim Dine: Five Themes," and five years later The
Minneapolis Institute of Arts hosted "Jim Dine Drawings:
1973-1987." In addition, numerous collectors of his work
reside in Minneapolis. Dine continues to collaborate with
printers from all over the world from Los Angeles, Chicago,
Vienna, Milan, Verona, Rome, and Copenhagen to New
York, London, Tampa, and Paris. Often his print projects
yield works that rival his paintings in scale, presenting a
logistical challenge to the mounting of a traditional print
exhibition.
The richly illustrated catalogue raisoneé provides a wealth
of information on 198 prints, 10 livres d'artiste, and four
portfolios. Essays by Elizabeth Carpenter and Joseph
Ruzicka give context to Dine's graphic work since 1985 and
offer new insights based on conversations with the artists
and his printers and collaborators. The hard cover book is
available in the Museum shop, price $65.00.