The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection

Event Details

Time: September 10, 2014 from 5pm to 7pm
Location: University Museum of Contemporary Art
Street: Fine Arts Center
City/Town: UMass Amherst
Website or Map: http://www.umass.edu/umca
Phone: 413 545 1176
Event Type: exhibition, opening, reception
Organized By: UMCA
Latest Activity: Aug 28, 2014

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Event Description

A donation of 46 contemporary American prints was given to the UMCA collection by Richard Gerrig in memory of his sister Risa Gerrig, a UMass alumna (BA, 1981).

These prints represent all manner of special processes and innovative techniques in printmaking, such as use of linen and cotton pulp, paint, and photo-luminescent inks; black and white, and colored lithography; creative integration of collage and cut paper; incorporation of photographic images into digital prints; screen printing; and many others. Artists include Kiki Smith, Richard Artschwager, Polly Apfelbaum, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, and John Wesley, as well as numerous emerging artists.