Exhibition catalog for "Illustrated Fine Printing: Whittington & Matrix in America"

Identifier:AAR.EC.0166

Copyright dates:2008

Description:Catalog for "Illustrated Fine Printing: Whittington & Matrix in America," an exhibition on view at the Center for Book Arts September 16-December 6, 2008. Organized by Barbara Henry. CBA has two copies.

This exhibition will focus on the Whittington Press and its influential annual, Matrix, which provides an important platform for typographical dialog on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Ten American artists who have contributed articles and illustrations to Matrix will be featured, as well as English and European artists who have written and illustrated books for the Whittington Press.

Miriam Macgregor, Hellmuth Weissenborn, Howard Phipps, John Craig and Judith Verity have worked closely with the Press, producing wood engravings, pochoir, and linocut illustrations for finely printed editions. John Randle and his wife Rose, proprietors of The Whittington Press, have created an environment where author, artist and printer, punchcutter and typecaster can work separately and together to explore their skills, nurturing each other through the vehicle of Matrix's varied pages.

American artists include Lowell Bodger, Carolee Campbell, Sandy Connors, Robin Heyeck, Jerry Kelly, Stan Nelson, Theo Rehak, Abigail Rorer and Gaylord Schanilec working in media that run the gamut of the book arts from calligraphy to creating type, from wood engraving to paper marbling and binding.

Featured artists: Lowell Bodger, Carolee Campbell, Dan Carr, Dan Carr & Julia Ferrari, Sandy Connors, John Craig, Leslie Gerry, Vance Gerry & Miriam MacGregor, Barbara Henry, Robin Heyeck, Jerry Kelly, Miriam MacGregor, Monotype Corporation, Gwenda Morgan, Stan Nelson, John O'Connor, Howard Phipps, John Randle, Theo Rehak, Abigail Rorer, Gaylord Schanilec, Various Artists, Judith Verity, Hellmuth Weissenborn.