These international exhibitions have given artists all over the world the opportunity to get to know the deep tradition of printmaking, and their catalogues have reflected new trends and innovations in printmaking. The Print Biennales, which have spread throughout the world, have showcased technological developments in printing, and have also led to new developments, such as the integration of advanced photomechanical processes into etching, lithography, silkscreening and even woodcuts. Canadian artists, relatively unfettered by tradition and marketing strategies, quickly adopted new techniques and concepts. They became known for their printmaking, combining traditional printing methods with photomechanical and digital technologies, resulting in an unexpected kind of art that defies convention and does not fit into any frame of classification. This exhibition features over eighty prints by eighteen award-winning Canadian artists aged 33-84. Ranging in format from small photogravures to large digital prints, the works explore a wide range of themes, including our relationship to the natural and man-made environment, ancestry, loss and grief, language and perception, social confusion, popular fiction, science fiction, advertising, philosophy and metaphysics. The exhibition will run until 8 March at the VAA exhibition halls "Titanikas" (Maironio str. 3, Vilnius).
"Turning Point: new expressions of Canadian print art" Sesje