Spring exhibition highlights printmaking pioneers - Creative Loafing
Graphicstudio, the printmaking workshop at the 哔咔漫画 (USF), has an international reputation among artists. As one of only three professional university-based print ateliers, it鈥檚 become a popular stopover in many influential artists鈥� creative journeys.
As Todd Smith, the former Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, once put it, through Graphicstudio, USF introduced Tampa to 鈥渁 veritable who鈥檚 who of contemporary art.鈥�
This month, USF Contemporary Art Museum (USF CAM) introduces Tampa to one of Graphicstudio鈥檚
most innovative printmakers in 鈥淥FFSET: Robert Rauschenberg at USF Graphicstudio,鈥�
opening this Friday, Jan. 19.
Rauschenberg was one of the first artists Graphicstudio founder Donald J. Saff invited
to Graphicstudio in the early-1970s. And the rest is art history.
鈥淩auschenberg pushed the boundaries of traditional printmaking in collaboration with Don Saff and the master printers,鈥� Graphicstudio Director Margaret Miller told Creative Loafing Tampa.
He printed on unconventional surfaces鈥攑aper bags, cardboard, and gauze鈥攁nd combined
methods in ways that inspired a generation of artists.
Rauschenberg left a 鈥渢remendous legacy鈥� at USF and beyond, Miller told CL.
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