The creatures of the sea are the subject of Sea/World, an exhibition of woodcut prints by Lisa Studier, at the Manhattan Graphics Center.
Lisa Studier's first solo exhibition consists of an underwater world of fish and other sea creatures rendered in rich color layers and textures. The exhibition reflects research into the environmental issues affecting the world's oceans-the reduction woodcut prints are intended to celebrate the beauty and diversity of marine life in the face of increasing threats posed by overfishing, global climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction.
NEW YORK (PRWEB) September 7, 2005
The creatures of the sea are the subject of Sea/World, an exhibition of woodcut prints by Lisa Studier, at the Manhattan Graphics Center. The show will be Studier's first solo exhibition and will include approximately 40 prints completed in the last two years using the reduction woodcut technique.
Studier's environmental and political consciousness inform her artwork; the sea creature “portraits” are intended to celebrate the beauty and diversity of marine life in the face of increasing threats posed by overfishing, global climate change, pollution, and habitat destruction.
Studier states, “Most of us have a very limited connection with the sea, and it's hard to inspire sympathy or concern for creatures normally only seen on dinner plates. It strikes me as sad but telling that online image searches for many fish will result in more cooked (or hooked) photos than live ones. Our appetite for designer seafood and belief in dominion over nature leave little room for our fellow beings, except perhaps as Sea World attractions or thrashing at the end of a fishing pole. My prints are an attempt to convey a glimpse of the living creatures, in all their glory and mystery and banality; to see them not as an opportunity for 'sport' or a limitless resource there for the taking but as individuals-indeed, other nations-with whom we share our planet.”
With rich color layers and texture from the grain of the wood block, the prints have a depth and luminescence that will transform the gallery walls into an underwater world populated by lobsters, starfish, octopus, squid, and numerous species of fish. A percentage of all sales from the exhibition will be donated to an ocean conservancy organization.
Lisa Studier has a BA in History from Oberlin College. She has studied printmaking, drawing, and painting for over ten years in New York City, at the Cooper Union School of Continuing Education among other places. She has been in a number of group exhibitions, including Safe-T-Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2005; El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM, 2005; Indira Ghandi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi, 2004; and Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT, 2003.
Manhattan Graphics Center, 481 Washington Street, New York, NY 10013 is located west of SoHo and north of TriBeCa, between Spring and Canal Streets, and is easily accessible by subway on the 1 (Houston St. station), and the A, C, and E (Spring St. Station). Gallery hours: Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 10pm, Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 6pm.
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