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Visual Dialogues

January 29 – April 12, 2009

Curated by Nicholas Hill

Visual Dialogues represents artwork produced during an exchange between 11 German and Ohio artists who shared the distinctive experience of participating in printmaking residencies at Zygote Press in Cleveland and Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany. The Ohio Arts Council hosted the German artists in Cleveland and the City of Dresden sponsored the Ohio artists in Dresden.

Featured artists: Larry Winston Collins, Oxford; Angela Hampel, Dresden; Jean Kirsten, Dresden; Volker Leinkeit, Dresden; Jana Morgenstern, Dresden; Claudio Orso-Giacone, Oberlin; Detlef Schweiger, Dresden; Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland Heights; Susan Squires, Cleveland Heights; Joan Tallan, Reynoldsburg; and Barbel Voigt, Dresden.

Join us opening night, Thursday, January 29, 5 – 7 p.m. Due to state regulations refreshments cannot be provided by the Riffe Gallery.

Also opening on January 29 in the Riffe Center lobby, Phoenix Rising: A Printmaking Cooperative, on view until March 12, 2008. (See last three images on this page.)

This exhibition was organized with funding from the Ohio Arts Council. Additional support from the Ohio Building Authority.

Media sponsors for this exhibition include Alive, CD101, CityScene, Ohio Magazine and Time Warner.

There are 14 images contained within this archive that are intended for Riffe Gallery publicity/educational use only. These images are protected by a photographic copyright that belongs to the Ohio Arts Council. They, therefore, are not in the public domain. Please contact the Ohio Arts Council directly if you wish to inquire about obtaining reproduction permission. Dimensions are h x w.

Image of a print by Larry Winston Collins titled Urban Rhythms #4 Image of a print by Angela Hampel titled Ariadne Image of a print by Jean Kirsten titled Magnolia Series

Larry Winston Collins, Oxford
Urban Rhythms #4, 2008
Mixed media relief painting
12 x 12

Angela Hampel, Dresden
Ariadne, 2005-2006
woodcut
18 1/4 x 39 1/4

Jean Kirsten, Dresden
Magnolia Series, 2003
silk screen
36 1/4 x 47
Image of a print by Volker Leinkeit titled Ein ausbrechen nach links oben (Breaking out toward the upper left) image of a print by Jana Morgenstern image of a print by Claudio Orso-Giacone titled Umwelt Umlaut (Environmental Mutation)

Volker Lenkeit, Dresden
Ein ausbrechen nach links oben (Breaking out toward the upper left), 2007
lithograph
21 x 22

Jana Morgenstern, Dresden
untitled, 2006
oil on paper
27 1/2 x 19 1/2

Claudio Orso-Giacone, Oberlin
Umwelt Umlaut (Environmental Mutation), 2007
woodcut
14 x 20

image of a print by Detlef Schweiger image of a print by Wendy Collin Sorin titled Form Constants #1 image of a print by Susan Squires titled Circling

Detlef Schweiger, Dresden
2005-2006
relief, water litho, etching, monotype, chine colle, handwriting
24 x 32

 

Wendy Collin Sorin, Cleveland Heights
Form Constants #1, 2007
drawing
16 x 20

Susan Squires, Cleveland Heights
Circling, 2007
encaustic and oil stick
19 1/8 x 15
image of a print by Joan Tallan titled Hawaiian Souvenir II image of a print by Barbel Voigt titled Das Klangfest

Joan Tallan, Reynoldsburg
Hawaiian Souvenir II, 2005
woodcut
30 x 22 1/4

Barbel Voigt, Dresden
Das Klangfest, 2004
aquatint
14 3/4 x 10

 

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Image of a print by Judith Steele titled Aqua, collagraph, linocut relief, 30 x 20 Image of a print by Ellie Hug titled White Ibis, reduction linocut, 18 x 16 Image of a print by Stephanie Sypsa titled Vanish, carbon and graph paper, 8 1/2 x 11

Judith Steele, Phoenix Rising
Aqua
collagraph, linocut relief
30 x 20

Ellie Hug, Phoenix Rising
White Ibis, 2008
reduction linocut
18 x 16"

Stephanie Sypsa, Phoenix Rising
Vanish, 2008
carbon and graph paper
8 1/2 x 11