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Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today

November 23, 2009

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Paper Politics: Socially Engaged Printmaking Today has just been released by PM Press! A brand new book which collects 200 political prints from 200 different international artists. Loosely based on the exhibition I’ve been touring around of the same name, this book is jam-packed full of image and text about the intersection of printmaking, politics, and social engagement.
I’m really proud of this one, it’s chock full of great writing and art. There are essays by Deborah Caplow (art historian and biographer of Leopoldo Mendez!) and Eric Triantafillou (co-founder of the San Francisco Print Collective), as well as additional writing by a dozen artists in the book about why and how they print, and what it means to them. And the prints are awesome, ranging from street artists like Swoon, Chris Stain, and Sixten, to veteran political artists like Sue Coe and Carlos Cortez. There are gig poster makers like Emek and Seri Pop, and graphic/comic artists like Nicole Schulman and Seth Tobocman. It’s all in here! Pick up a copy HERE, and check out some sample page spreads below.


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