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Making Your Mark

Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection

Making Your Mark brings together a rich array of works on paper, breaking down the various methods and materials used in modern artistic practice. Showcasing 50 superb prints and drawings, this exhibition samples the breadth and beauty of International Arts & Artists’ own Hechinger Collection, which has the unique theme of hand tools and hardware. Focusing on the creative process, the featured works represent a variety of media and disciplines at an artist’s disposal. Audiences will learn about the intricacies of these assorted techniques, and directly see how an artist makes a statement through the graphic arts. Making Your Mark’s celebration of the visual and conceptual aspects of drawing and printmaking educates and inspires in the best way, leaving viewers engaged, and rapt with curiosity.,/p>

Some of the most influential artists of the twentieth century are featured in the exhibition, including Berenice Abbott, Jim Dine, Richard Estes, Walker Evans, Howard Finster, Ke Francis, Jacob Lawrence, Hans Namuth, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Lucas Samaras, Aaron Siskind, and Wayne Thiebaud.

Making Your Mark begins by establishing drawing as its foundation, then moves through five distinct printing styles, then shifts to the contemporary method of screen printing. The final technique, photography — whose name unites the Greek words for light (photos) and drawing (graphé)—brings the exhibition full circle, returning the viewer to the inception of mark-making. Each section highlights the complexities of the unique artistic process, and a timeless affinity for the beauty of lines and the bewitching utility of tools as instruments of craft.


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Making Your Mark: Prints and Drawings from the Hechinger Collection is organized and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, DC.


Image credit: Jacob Lawrence, The Builders, 1974, Color screenprint on wove paper, Photograph by IA&A, © Jacob Lawrence/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York


  • Wrench by Judith Cowan
  • Cyclops by Ke Francis
  • The Builders by Jacob Lawrence
  • Everett’s Barn by Nancy McIntyre
  • Hot Water Heater by Clayton Pond
  • Saag ja Kirves by Kaisa Puustak
  • The Kiss by Edgar Soberón
  • Hammerhead III by Jeff Spaulding
  • Eerie Grotto? Okini (Eerie Grotto? Please) by William T. Wiley
  • Knife Ship Superimposed on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Claes Oldenburg
  • Collector's Chair III by Georgia Deal
  • Broken Saw by Oleg Kudryashov
  • Fatal Metal Mark #1 by Bayat “Beat” Keerl
  • Wrench by Judith Cowan

    Judith Cowan

    British, born 1954

    Wrench, 1984

    Color oil stick on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Judith Cowan

  • Cyclops by Ke Francis

    Ke Francis

    American, born 1945

    Cyclops, from the “Tornado” series, 1991

    Woodcut on pigmented handmade paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Ke Francis

  • The Builders by Jacob Lawrence

    Jacob Lawrence

    American, 1917-2000

    The Builders, 1974

    Color screenprint on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Jacob Lawrence / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

  • Everett’s Barn by Nancy McIntyre

    Nancy McIntyre

    American, born 1950

    Everett’s Barn, 1991

    Color screenprint on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Nancy McIntyre

  • Hot Water Heater by Clayton Pond

    Clayton Pond

    American, born 1941

    Hot Water Heater, 1981

    Color screenprint on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © layton Pond, 1973/Clayton Pond, Artist

  • Saag ja Kirves by Kaisa Puustak

    Kaisa Puustak

    Estonian, born 1945

    Saag ja Kirves (Saw and Axe), 1983

    Aquatint and drypoint on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Kaisa Puustak

  • The Kiss by Edgar Soberón

    Edgar Soberón

    Cuban-American, born 1962

    The Kiss, 1989

    Color pastel on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Edgar Soberón

  • Hammerhead III by Jeff Spaulding

    Jeff Spaulding

    American, born 1947

    Hammerhead III, 1983

    Graphite and charcoal on wove paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Jeff Spaulding and Curator’s Office

  • Eerie Grotto? Okini (Eerie Grotto? Please) by William T. Wiley

    William T. Wiley

    American, 1937-2021

    Eerie Grotto? Okini (Eerie Grotto? Please), 1982

    Color woodcut on handmade paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © William T. Wiley

  • Knife Ship Superimposed on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum by Claes Oldenburg

    Claes Oldenburg

    Swedish-American, born 1929

    Knife Ship Superimposed on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1986

    Silkscreen, 66/75

    © 1986 Claes Oldenburg

  • Collector's Chair III by Georgia Deal

    Georgia Deal

    American, born 1953

    Collector's Chair III, 1985

    Color linocut with collage on handmade paper

    Photograph by IA&A, © Georgia Deal

  • Broken Saw by Oleg Kudryashov

    Oleg Kudryashov

    Russian, born 1932

    Broken Saw, 1987

    Paper construction with drypoint and watercolor

    Photograph by IA&A, © Oleg Kudryashov/Sergei Reviakin

  • Fatal Metal Mark #1 by Bayat “Beat” Keerl

    Bayat “Beat” Keerl

    Swiss, born 1948

    Fatal Metal Mark #1, 1979

    Oil on photograph

    Photograph by IA&A, © Bayat Keerl, beatkeerl.com

Richard Hubbard
Published
January 10, 2022

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