Title

From the Archives: prints from the PCA Collection.

Venues

Print Council of Australia Gallery. (PCA Gallery). (17 March 2023 – 2023)

Date

(2023)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (VIC). Prints

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

57 years ago a group of émigré artists and curators gathered in the print department at the NGV to form a new association that would advance the art of printmaking in post-war Australia, bringing with them the radical sensibilities of modern art from Europe. The Print Council of Australia (PCA) was born (est. 1966), and over the past five decades has promoted, published and commissioned printmaker artists to support the development of this unique artform in Australia.

Today we celebrate the launch of the new PCA Gallery with this exhibition drawn from the PCA Print Archive. This gallery is dedicated to both traditional and experimental forms of printmaking and artists’ books, located right in the heart of Melbourne’s designated arts precinct. Supporting artists at a grassroots level, the PCA gallery is open for artists to exhibit their work and promote it to new audiences.

To celebrate the launch of this new space we have selected some treasures from our Print Archive, which has grown each year since 1967 through our program of commissioning artworks – the annual Print Commission. Some of the luminaries of Australian art are held in thecollection, and the exhibition includes works by Fred Williams, Barbara Hanrahan, John Olsen, Bruno Leti along with contemporary masters of the medium David Fairbairn, Rona Green, Locust Jones, GW Bot, Tony Ameneiro and many more, tracing the trajectory ofAustralian printmaking over 6 decades. [PCA publicity].