Exhibition: Edition Two
3 - 13 March 2021 | White Rhino Artspace, Sydney
Edition Two marked More Than Reproduction’s two-year anniversary as an operating print collective and emerging community of empowered women artists. It is no coincidence that the exhibition overlaped with International Women's Day, due to its affiliated intent to recognise and celebrate women and gender diverse artists. This exhibition focused in particular on those who are invested in printmaking – a process both physically and technically demanding, and seeks to showcase the diversity of contemporary printmaking practice and take occupancy of a medium that has traditionally been male-dominated. Although each artwork is disparate to one another, Edition Two as a whole navigated the breadth and depth of printmaking, surveying the diversity of contemporary art practice - both materially and conceptually - and celebrated the ways that women are currently making in our current context.
Edition Two was fittingly situated in White Rhino Artspace, a gallery space established by a group of women to provide a platform to support creative females and emerging artists. The exhibition is a celebration of the vast and diverse talents of eighteen emerging Sydney-based artists, who have been involved with More Than Reproduction to varying capacities over the past two years. These artists represent an expanse of ages, skill-sets, locations, education, and careers; although many would be considered in the early-career phase.
Featuring Eleanor Amiradaki, Lucy Bell, Zoe Bilston, Bea Buckland-Willis, Sarah Catania, Harriett Clark, Elizabeth Creixell, Isabella Feek, JAH (aka Judith Harvey), Elizabeth Lewis, Bella Mowczko, Rebecca O’Shea, Bethany Smith, Georgia Steele, Joanna Williams, and Georgia Williamson.
Photography by Jennifer Brady.
Events
Meet the Curators & Opening Drinks | Wednesday 3 March 2021
International Women’s Day Drinks | Monday 8 March 2021
Finissage Event: Workshop Day | Saturday 13 March 2021
Friends, family and visitors to the gallery were invited to join the artists of Edition Two and the More Than Reproduction team in some printmaking demonstrations to celebrate the close of the exhibition.
Visitors were able to play with the processes of monoprinting, under the instruction of Jennifer Brady. Techniques included painting with brushes, experimenting with rollers, and attempting to write backwards.
A relief printing session was set up, but unfortunately the hot weather made the ink dry too quickly to to print successfully. However, prints of the prepared block will be editioned and available for sale through our Instagram soon!
Images courtesy of More Than Reproduction.
