Art exhibit returns to campus
 By
Julie Glaser
Staff Writer
One of Purdue’s most popular art shows, "60
Square Inches," will return to campus Nov. 26 for its 13th biennial
exhibition.
The exhibit will be on display in the Robert L.
Ringel Gallery in the Purdue Memorial Union from Nov. 26 to Jan. 27,
but will be closed from Dec. 17 through Jan. 6 for break.
The show, which has been held at Purdue for more
than 25 years, features contemporary American printmaking. The name
refers to the size of the pieces. According to Craig Martin, the director
of Purdue galleries, limiting the pieces to such a small size allows
for the gallery to exhibit a larger number of them. "The size makes
them really intimate, almost like little cards," said Martin.
There will be a total of 103 artists and 104 prints
from all over the country. Artists submitted original pieces that were
judged by juror Adrian Tio, a professor of art who serves as the School
of Art chair at Northern Illinois University.
"It is a collection of work from all over
the country and the artists have lots of individual purposes and themes
that are represented through their work," said Martin. They are
very personal and each one has a different flavor."
Kathryn Reeves, a professor of visual and performing
arts at Purdue, said, "It is the best of what is being done in
printmaking from all over the country; it’s very exciting."
According to Reeves, printmaking is probably the
broadest field in art. All of the different mediums of printmaking from
throughout history are still used today from carving wood, stone, and
metal and silk screening, to today’s technological methods of printmaking.
Printmaking spans from prehistoric times when cave men used their hands
to make prints on cave walls to today where artists are using laser
jet printers to create prints.
Reeves will lecture at noon Nov. 28 in the gallery.
She will be speaking about some of the prints in the show and she will
lead a theoretical discussion of how many small prints work in our country.
"I will talk about the relationship between small prints and the
viewer’s body," said Reeves. "The discussion will be based
on an essay I wrote that was published for an international print exhibition
in the U.K."
"'60 Square Inches' is one of the most popular
shows that the gallery has and if only for that reason, people should
come see what it is about," said Reeves.
Some of the prints will be available for purchase,
and because of the size of them, being so small, many are affordable.
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