Op Art in Focus
Tate Liverpool is currently showing ‘Op Art in Focus’, a dazzling display from pioneering artists of the 1960s to today.Op art – short for optical art – emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. They combined lines, geometric shapes and eye popping colour to create artworks that fool the eye. Images could be subtle or disorientating, giving the illusion of movement. The display moves beyond the typical period of op art and includes works by more contemporary artists such as Angela Bulloch. Included is a rare installation of Jim Lambie’s Zobop which floods the entire gallery floor with psychedelic patterning.
Dates:
Until 16th June 2019
Location:
Tate Liverpool
Albert Dock
Liverpool Waterfront
Liverpool L3 4BB
United Kingdom
More Information:
tate.org.uk
Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986
‘Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die: Punk Graphics, 1976–1986’, is an exhibition currently taking place at Cranbrook Art Museum in Michigan. Exploring the unique visual language of the punk movement from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, it contains hundreds of memorable graphic flyers, posters, albums, promotions and zines.
Since its rebellious inception in the 1970s, punk has always exhibited very visual forms of expression, from the dress and hairstyles of its devotees and the on-stage theatrics of its musicians to the graphic design of its numerous forms of printed matter. As such, punk’s energy coalesced into a powerful subcultural phenomena that transcended music to affect other fields such as visual art and design.
Arranged thematically, the exhibition is the largest of its kind, and it explores various visual design strategies and techniques, such as appropriation, collage, parody and pastiche, as well as the influences of genres such as science fiction, horror and comics. It moves from the sobriety of a stripped down minimalism to the expansive colour palettes and expressive forms of new wave.
Examining punk through the lens of graphic design, created by both professional and amateur designers, the exhibition will also be punctuated with moments of fashion, contemporary visual art, archival images, videos and a participatory 'concert hall' where visitors can DJ their own vinyl playlist.
Dates:
Until 7th October 2018
Location:
Cranbrook Art Museum
39221 Woodward Avenue
P.O. Box 801
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48303-0801
USA
More Information:
cranbrookartmuseum.org
CP Giveaway: Free Enamel Pin Badge
We love popping in free treats into our parcels, so we are very excited to have taken delivery of these soft enamel Counter-Print pin badges. We have 100 to give away and will be putting them in with all orders over £20 as a little thank you!
There’s no need for a voucher code, just place an order over £20 and we’ll pop one in your parcel.
School's Out: A celebration of Art School Posters
'School's Out' is a collaborative exhibition project between Leigh Clarke + Tim Hutchinson Design. The first show is taking place at the Liddicoat & Goldhill Project Space gallery in Margate.
Free Riso Print with our New Book 'From Eastern Europe'
We are very pleased to launch the third book in our series focusing on geographic locations and their creative output.
Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv
Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv showcases a body of work spanning 60 years from the seminal New York design firm founded in 1957 by Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar.
LogoArchive#1
We are very pleased to be the exclusive stockist of ‘LogoArchive#1’ by Richard Baird. This zine is the first in a forthcoming series and focuses on animal logos.Purchase Here
Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs
The Museum of the City of New York is currently showing an exhibition exploring a formative phase in the career of one of the 20th century’s most renowned motion picture directors.Stanley Kubrick was just 17 when he sold his first photograph to the pictorial magazine ‘Look’ in 1945. In his photographs, many unpublished, Kubrick trained the camera on his native city, drawing inspiration from the nightclubs, street scenes and sporting events that made up his first assignments and capturing the pathos of ordinary life with a sophistication that belied his young age.
‘Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs’ features more than 120 photographs by Kubrick from the Museum’s ‘Look Magazine’ archive, an unparalleled collection that includes 129 photography assignments and more than 12,000 negatives from his five years as a staff photographer. For any fan of Kubrick's films, the exhibition explores a formative phase in the career of one of the 20th century’s most renowned motion picture directors.
Dates:
Until 28 October 2018
Location:
Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St.
New York
USA
More Information:
mcny.org
Beat Positive
A current exhibition is taking place at Getty Images Gallery called ‘Beat Positive’, which brings to life the dawn of hip hop culture in a series of vibrant photographs.
Protest! Resistance Posters
Globalisation, women’s rights, Trump: the poster has established itself as an effective medium for political struggle. 50 years after 1968, the onset of a worldwide rebellion, a new exhibition, titled 'Protest! Resistance Posters', at Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, presents around 300 international protest posters.The spectrum ranges from Käthe Kollwitz’s emotional appeal against war to the legendary messages of the Parisian Atelier Populaire and contemporary political manifestos. The designs, ‘dismantle rulers, denounce injustice, or lend utopia a face’. They are, ‘instances of visual memory, appeal to the necessity of resistance today and prove the topicality and universality of the depicted themes’.
Accompanied by protest songs, videos and images from virtual space, the exhibition showcases the work of socially engaged designers and illuminates various strategies of protest.
If you are unable to make it to Zürich, you can always pick up the accompanying book to the show ‘Protest. The Aesthetics of Resistance’ at Counter-Print (see below for link).
Dates:
Until 02 September 2018
Location:
Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Toni-Areal, Pfingstweidstrasse 96
8031 Zurich
More Information:
museum-gestaltung.ch
Print! Tearing It Up
Explore the history and impact of the British independent magazine scene today in ‘Print! Tearing It Up’. This exhibition charts the evolution of polemic and progressive print publications and celebrates the current diverse industry of innovative independent magazines.Beginning with ‘BLAST’, the Vorticist journal produced in June 1914, the exhibition traverses through the pacifist ‘Peace News’ of 1930s, the biting satire of ‘Private Eye’ (first published in the 1960s and still Britain’s best-selling current affairs magazine), the seminal feminist magazine founded in the 1970s ‘Spare Rib’, the cult-pop phenomenon of ‘The Face’ in the 1980s and 90s and the D.I.Y zines created by teenage feminist collectives into the new millennium.
Many of the magazines address the unspoken issues of the day, including diversity, gender, sexuality and media manipulation.
Burying the belief that print is dead, the number of niche magazines is booming in Britain with the likes of ‘gal-dem’ and ‘Mushpit’ launching in the past decade. ‘Print! Tearing It Up’ explores the contemporary market of magazines, looking at the latest line of publishing pioneers, examining demand for print in a digital era and envisaging the future of these independent titles.
As part of ‘Print! Tearing It Up’, Somerset House and Somerset House Studios residents OOMK, who produce a biannual publication focused on women, art and activism, will present ‘PROCESS!’ – a weekend festival on 21 and 22 July celebrating the making of independent media.
Dates:
08 Jun – 22 Aug 2018
Location:
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 1LA
More Information:
somersethouse.org.uk
