Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century

October 21, 2022 – April 9, 2023

Updated Oct 19, 2022

The Detroit Institute of Arts presents Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century, an exhibition that celebrates the range and ingenuity of artwork by contemporary printmakers, featuring more than 60 prints, posters and artists’ books by local, national and international artists, such as Hernan Bas, Susan Goethel Campbell, Enrique Chagoya, Marc Dion, Nicole Eisenman, Walton Ford, Chitra Ganesh, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, Michael Menchaca, Ryan Standfest, Katia Santibañez, James Siena, Dyani White Hawk, Ai Weiwei and more. This exhibition features works using the latest digital tools, techniques used in the fifteenth century, and a combination of these methods, and highlights many works recently acquired by the DIA.

Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Crowd, 2018, soft-ground etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.23.

The Detroit Institute of Arts presents Printmaking in the Twenty-First Century, an exhibition that celebrates the range and ingenuity of artwork by contemporary printmakers, featuring more than 60 prints, posters and artists’ books by local, national and international artists, such as Hernan Bas, Susan Goethel Campbell, Enrique Chagoya, Marc Dion, Nicole Eisenman, Walton Ford, Chitra Ganesh, Rashid Johnson, Julie Mehretu, Michael Menchaca, Ryan Standfest, Katia Santibañez, James Siena, Dyani White Hawk, Ai Weiwei and more. This exhibition features works using the latest digital tools, techniques used in the fifteenth century, and a combination of these methods, and highlights many works recently acquired by the DIA.

Susan Goethel Campbell, Aerial #3, 2010. Monotype printed in brown-black ink with hand punching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cohn, Mrs. Linda A. Wells and Mr. Richard D. Wells, et al., 2010.105.

Susan Goethel Campbell, Aerial #3, 2010. Monotype printed in brown-black ink with hand punching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum purchase, with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Cohn, Mrs. Linda A. Wells and Mr. Richard D. Wells, et al., 2010.105.

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Chitra Ganesh, The Condition of Womanhood, 2019, from the portfolio of twenty-seven linocuts, Sultana’s Dream, 2019. Linocut on tan wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, funds from Lee & Tina Hills Graphic Arts, 2019.46.1.

Chitra Ganesh, The Condition of Womanhood, 2019, from the portfolio of twenty-seven linocuts, Sultana’s Dream, 2019. Linocut on tan wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, funds from Lee & Tina Hills Graphic Arts, 2019.46.1.

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Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Crowd, 2018, soft-ground etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.23.

Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Crowd, 2018, soft-ground etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.23.

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Michael Menchaca, Castizo no. 2, 2019, from the suite of sixteen screen prints, La Raza Cósmica 20XX, 2019. Screen Print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of PDP Photographic Fund in honor of Lindsey Buhl, 2021.249.2.

Michael Menchaca, Castizo no. 2, 2019, from the suite of sixteen screen prints, La Raza Cósmica 20XX, 2019. Screen Print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, Friends of PDP Photographic Fund in honor of Lindsey Buhl, 2021.249.2.

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Julie Mehretu, Auguries, 2010. Etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2011.83.

Julie Mehretu, Auguries, 2010. Etching. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2011.83.

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Robert Pruitt, Negra Es Bella, 2014. Two-color lithograph. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.13. Copyright © Courtesy of the artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Robert Pruitt, Negra Es Bella, 2014. Two-color lithograph. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 2020.13. Copyright © Courtesy of the artist and Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Seattle, Washington

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Dyani White Hawk, Wówahokuŋkiya | Lead, from the set of four, Takes Care of Them, 2019. Screenprint with applied gold foil in fourteen colors. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, with funds from the Robert L. and Joan M. Roberts Trust, 2020.92.1

Dyani White Hawk, Wówahokuŋkiya | Lead, from the set of four, Takes Care of Them, 2019. Screenprint with applied gold foil in fourteen colors. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, with funds from the Robert L. and Joan M. Roberts Trust, 2020.92.1

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Walton Ford, Dying Words, 2005. Aquatint etching with hard ground, spit bite, dry point, scraping and burnishing on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts. Museum Purchase, PDP General Fund with funds from John and Mary Biello, 2022.26.

Walton Ford, Dying Words, 2005. Aquatint etching with hard ground, spit bite, dry point, scraping and burnishing on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts. Museum Purchase, PDP General Fund with funds from John and Mary Biello, 2022.26.

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Judy McReynolds Bowman, Mom on Seneca, 2021. Pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Norm and Susan Stewart and Judy McReynolds Bowman, 2021.250

Judy McReynolds Bowman, Mom on Seneca, 2021. Pigment print. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Norm and Susan Stewart and Judy McReynolds Bowman, 2021.250

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