Exhibition
Brand X Editions
Innovation in Screenprinting
Nine Silver Barbras, 1995, by Deborah Kass (Philadelphia Art Museum: Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023-192-56) © Deborah Kass/Artists Rights Society (ARS),New York
When
Through November 16
Where
Main Building, Morgan, Korman, and Field Galleries 150-155
About
Since 1979, Brand X Editions has pushed the boundaries of screenprinting and its expressive possibilities in their partnerships with emerging and established contemporary artists, from Helen Frankenthaler and Alex Katz to Rashid Johnson and Emily Mae Smith.
This exhibition celebrates the transformative gift of the Brand X archive of over 400 screenprints to the permanent collection of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Sharing 45 years of collaborative work between founder Robert Blanton (and his team of printers and chromists) and a constellation of artists, this show will address subjects relating to identity, language, design, landscape, and politics while exploring artistic process and innovative technique.
On View
Poetry (Toy in Blood), 2024, Emily Mae Smith, screenprint, printed in forty-seven colors, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2024, 105-2024-30(11)
Untitled (Seascape), 2023, Rashid Johnson, screenprint, printed in nine colors, with hand-applied navy acrylic mixture, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 105-2024-9
Half Full Half Empty, 2023, Joel Mesler, screenprint, printed in fourteen colors on aluminum panel, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-191-15
Doubling, Troy Michie, 2019, screenprint, printed in thirteen colors over inkjet print, with collage of Asian paper on Moab Entrada paper, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-192-32(6)
OY/YO, 2011, Deborah Kass, two screenprints, printed in three colors on paper board, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-192-55a,b.
Self Portrait, 2017, Chuck Close, screenprint in ninety-one colors, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-192-23(10),
Entanglement, 2022, Emmanuel Taku, screenprint, printed in twenty-three colors, with collage of cut inkjet prints, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-191-32
Homebodies – All American 1, 2022, Tschabalala Self, two collages of cut printed fabrics, pigment wash, handapplied colors, and screenprint, printed in two colors, Gift of Brand X Editions, New York, 2023, 2023-191-29a,b.
Curators
Louis Marchesano, Marion Boulton “Kippy” Stroud Deputy Director of Curatorial Affairs and Conservation
Laurel Garber, The Park Family Associate Curator of Prints and Drawings
Em Dombrovskaya, Suzanne Andrée Curatorial Fellow
Sponsors
This exhibition was made possible by the Lois G. & Julian A. Brodsky Installation & Exhibition Fund. All exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Museum are underwritten by the Annual Exhibition Fund. Generous support is provided by Andrea Baldeck, M.D.; Julia and David Fleischner; Amy A. Fox and Daniel H. Wheeler; Mrs. Henry F. Harris; Robert Hayes; Mark W. Strong and Dana Strong.