COMFORT/(DIS)COMFORT September 12 – October 24, 2021
FEATURED ARTISTS NATHAN CATLIN
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ALEXANDRIA COUCH
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TOM HÜCK
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MARK RICE
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DASHA SHISHKIN
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ELIZABETH JEAN YOUNCE
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Center for Contemporary Printmaking Mathews Park 299 West Avenue Norwalk, CT 06850 203.899.7999 www.contemprints.org Cover artwork: Dasha Shishkin, man who loves dragons too much (equal opportunity), 2010 (detail), Intaglio monoprint Our mission is to support, preserve, and advance the art of original prints. The Center for Contemporary Printmaking is a nonprofit workshop and gallery recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3)
COMFORT/(DIS)COMFORT Over the course of the past year and a half populations across the globe have been made to take a new accounting of themselves and their relationship to others while moving through the day-to-day activities of life in ways never previously considered. Individuals suddenly find themselves choosing between remaining within the isolated space of their own homes or going out into the world and reassessing their own physicality in it and that of the people they encounter. A focus on outward presentation has come about, thoughts of personal precautions and newly developed judgement calls on others rock what had been unremarkable, mundane tasks. Split second calculations based on ever-evolving criteria shape new opinions of passersby, and we now measure occupant density within spaces we used to so casually inhabit. Our experience in the world is being reshaped daily by the level of comfort and discomfort we are now viscerally encountering at each step outside the door of our homes. This exhibition brings together work demonstrating these junctions of unease, the inward and outward expressions of emotional responses to this new relationship with people, how we see ourselves and others, and the convoluted attempts to rationalize that which is irrational or otherwise incomprehensible.
CURATED BY KIMBERLY HENRIKSON Executive Director For sales inquiries, contact us at 203-899-7999 or info@contemprints.org
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NATHAN CATLIN American, b. 1984 www.nathancatlin.com
Through the Reeds, 2021 Linocut Image: 36” x 24”; Paper: 37” x 25”
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Bathroom Haircuts, 2021 Linocut Image: 12” x 9”; Paper: 13” x 10”
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When We Were Young, 2020 Linocut Image: 18” x 12”; Paper: 19” x 13”
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Untitled (cellphone), 2020 Linocut Image: 18” x 12”; Paper: 19” x 13”
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Squeeze, 2021 Linocut Image: 12” x 12”; Paper: 13” x 13”
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Tea Time, 2020 Linocut Image: 24” x 18”; Paper: 25” x 19”
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ALEXANDRIA COUCH American, b. 1998 Instagram: @cosmocouch
The Roots Grow Deep We Must Grow Upward, 2020 Linocut Image: 12” x 9”; Paper: 14 ½” x 11”
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A Day and a Crown Unaccounted For, 2020 Monotype with acrylic, collage, ink, oil pastel, and spray paint Image: 20” x 15”; Paper: 24” x 18”
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Act Freely; My Hands Are Tied, 2020 Etching with crayon, oil pastel, acrylic, embroidery and collage Image: 12” x 9”; Paper: 14½” x 11”
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Untitled, 2020 Lithograph with acrylic, colored pencil and collage Image: 18” x 11”; Paper: 22½” x 15”
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The Marks of A Quarrel, 2020 Lithograph with collage, embroidery, and acrylic Paper: 24½” x 22½”
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An Unjust Duplication, 2020 Monotype with acrylic on quilted canvas Image: 26” x 16”
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TOM HÜCK American, b. 1971 www.evilprints.com
19 (Stereo) , 2020 Woodcut Image: 14” x 14”; Paper: 16 3/4” x 16 3/4”
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BAG-O-HEDZ from 3 Scenes From A Tiny Riot, 2016 Woodcut Image: 10” x 8”; Paper: 17” x 14”
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The Great Ball of Hate A Tiny Riot, 2019 Woodcut Image: 16” x 17”; Pap
e from 3 Scenes From
per: 20” x 21”
Rumble Thumping from 3 Scenes From A Tiny Riot, 2016 Woodcut Image: 10” x 8”; Paper: 17” x 14”
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Miss Rite, 2020 Woodcut Image: 36” x 10”; Paper: 38” x 12”
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MISS RITE , 2020 Detail 1
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MISS RITE , 2020 Detail 2
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Summer, 2019 Woodcut Image: 17” x 13 3/4”; Paper: 20” x 16”
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Winter, 2019 Woodcut Image: 17” x 13 ¾”; Paper: 20” x 16”
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MARK RICE American, b. 1980 www.goatmother.wordpress.com
One of the Art Buildings, 2019 Linocut Image: 36” x 24”; Paper: 40” x 28”
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One of the Art Buildings, 2019 Detail 1
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One of the Art Buildings, 2019 Detail 2
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One of the Literature Buildings, 2019 Linocut Image: 36” x 24”; Paper: 40” x 28”
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One of the Literature Buildings, 2019 Detail 1
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One of the Literature Buildings, 2019 Detail 2
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One of the Music Buildings, 2018 Linocut Image: 36” x 24”; Paper: 40” x 28”
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One of the Music Buildings, 2018 Detail 1
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One of the Music Buildings, 2018 Detail 2
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Going Under, 2017 Linocut Image: 7” x 16”; Paper: 22” x 15”
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Moore, 2018 Linocut Image: 18” x 24”; Paper: 22½” x 28½”
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DASHA SHISHKIN Russian, b. 1977 www.dashashishkin.com
1 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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2 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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3 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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4 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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5 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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6 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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7 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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8 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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9 - From the ‘9 Pickles’ Series, 2019 Lithograph Paper: 16” x 12”
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man who loves dragons too much (equal opportunity), 2010 Etching and aquatint Image: 16 ¼” x 24”
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Hideous Potato, missed terribly, with likes and no hate, 2006 Offset lithograph with hand-coloring Frame: 44” x 65”
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mouth is the heart of the face, 2017 Etching and drypoint with colored pencil Image: 15 ¾” x 19 ¾”
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poop table- from the “400 series”, 2004 Etching and aquatint Image: 17 ½” x 24”
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same thing, 2004 Etching and aquatint Image: 8 ¾” x 11¾”
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things can change, 2005 Etching Image: 5 ¾” x 8”
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ELIZABETH JEAN YOUNCE American, b. 1993 www.elizabethjeanyounce.com
Nature the Gentlest Mother, 2017 2-Color lithograph Paper: 20” x 16”
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A great Hope fell, You heard no noise, The Ruin was within, Oh cunning wreck that told no tale, And let no Witness in, 2018 5 panels 5-Color lithograph and screenprint Image: 27½” x 37” each; 3’ x 11’ together
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A great Hope fell, 2018 5-Color/5-Run (2 Lithography & 3 Serigraphy) Image: 27½” x 37”
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You heard no noise, 2018 5-Color/5-Run (2 Lithography & 3 Serigraphy) Image: 27½” x 37”
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The Ruin was within, 2018 5-Color/5-Run (2 Lithography & 3 Serigraphy) Image: 27½” x 37”
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Oh cunning wreck that told no tale, 2018 5-Color/5-Run (2 Lithography & 3 Serigraphy) Image: 27½” x 37”
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And let no Witness in, 2018 5-Color/5-Run (2 Lithography & 3 Serigraphy) Image: 27½” x 37”
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The Body Grows Outside, 2017 2-Color lithograph Paper: 20” x 16”
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To fight aloud is very brave, 2017 Stone & positive plate lithograph Paper: 18” x 14”; Frame: 24” x 19½”
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America, the Destructive, 2019 Stone & positive plate lithograph Paper: 16” x 14”
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To be alive is power, 2017 Stone & positive plate lithograph Paper: 18” x 14”; Frame: 24” x 19½”
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