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Baren Digest               Monday, 13 April 1998       Volume 03 : Number 126

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From: April Vollmer & John Yamaguchi <jy6@columbia.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:43:48 -0400
Subject: [Baren 617] My Two Cents 

I've been getting a LOT of e-mail on Ray's show! Hard to keep up! (Maybe we
could keep them shorter by not quoting so much?) I'm glad to participate in
any shows; the Universities and museums are the most interesting to me.
Just figure out a standard for easy framing...something that will be easy
to put together, I personally prefer black or wood to gold, but whatever.
It did occur to me that while plain plexi looks fine, it is harder to hang
level than a frame with a wire, which just needs one hook.

I also agree with James that people are too lazy to follow up finding
prices. I say give them a price so they have an idea, then they can call
the artist if they're interested.

I'm busy getting ready for a solo show in Soho in May...all hanga! Lots to
do. Finishing some prints, framing, mailing...writing a press release. My
next posting will be a copy of the press release. Hope any of you in New
York will come to the show...

Happy Spring Festivities!

April Vollmer
http://www.ulster.net/~vollmerf/april/

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From: April Vollmer & John Yamaguchi <jy6@columbia.edu>
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:44:44 -0400
Subject: [Baren 618] Press Release 

A.I.R. Gallery
40 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10013

"Japanese Lessons"
Hanga Woodcuts by April Vollmer
May 12 to 30, 1998

New color woodcuts by April Vollmer will be on exhibit at A.I.R. Gallery
May 12 to 30. Images of nature-plants, flowers, fish-are printed in
luminous colors using the traditional Japanese woodcut technique. This work
examines the relationship between nature and the individual, and the
similarities in shape between plant, animal and landscape.

Inspired by the bird and flower prints of Hiroshige and Utamaro, with their
intense sensitivity to nature, the artist began studying hanga in 1994.
This is the waterbase woodcut technique used by the ukiyo-e masters of the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Hanga translates as print, moku hanga
specifies a print from wood. The sophisticated color ukiyo-e print
technology was developed from Chinese models and evolved into a complex
system where a publisher coordinated the work of artist, cutter and
printer. Various artists have adapted hanga for individual use, but the
technique remains rooted in the use of traditional natural materials: wood,
hand-made cutting and printing tools, and washi, the resilient hand-made
Japanese kozo fiber paper.

Since receiving her M.F.A. at Hunter College, the artist has exhibited at
the Islip Art Museum, Goddard Riverside Art Center, Dieu Donn=E9 Papermill
and other galleries around the country. In addition, she has curated
exhibitions concerning environmental issues at Henry Street Settlement
Abrons Art Center, Minor Injury Gallery, the Bronx River Art Center and
other nonprofit spaces in New York City. She has maintained a special
interest in printmaking, and is a member of the Lower East Side Printshop.
Last year at Ceres, she organized an exhibition of women artists who use
printmaking as a primary means of expression.

The gallery is located on the second floor of 40 Wooster Street, between
Broome and Grand Streets. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00 to
6:00. The opening reception will be on Tuesday evening, May 12 from 6:00 to
8:00.

For further information, please contact Alissa Schoenfeld, Director, A.I.R
Gallery, at 212-966-0799. April Vollmer can be contacted at 212-677-5691.
Photos available on request.

April Vollmer

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From: David Bull <davebull@asahi-net.email.ne.jp>
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 20:27:42 +0900
Subject: [Baren 619] 'New' member ... 

Here we go again ... with another old/new member ...

This time it's Phil Bivins showing us some of his stuff!

He sent me _two_ entries for the Encyclopedia; you can find one in the
'Letters from the Studio' section, and one in the 'Newbie's Journal'. 
They are both accompanied by print images.

Thanks Phil, and I'd like to see more of that 3-D effect you used on the
Chinese Lion ...

Dave

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