BLACKBURN 20|20
5TH FLOOR | WED - SUN 12 - 7PM
Right place, Right time: The Rest is History
Black and white photograph of a gathering in 1973 after a reception for a Robert Blackburn exhibition at the Jamaica Center for the Arts. Image from the Estate of Robert Blackburn.
Becoming a master printer and collector with Bob Blackburn
Works from the K.Caraccio Collection
Curated by Marianna Olinger and Morghan Williams
August 11 - September 12th, 2021
Opening reception: Wednesday, August 11th, 4-7PM | Limited Capacity | For an appointment, please email rbpmw@efanyc.org
Between 1972 and 1976, Kathy Caraccio –a New Yorker born and raised in the Bronx, fresh out of art school– joined the newly incorporated Printmaking Workshop as an assistant and aspiring master printer. In what she describes as her “graduate school”, Kathy recounts her years at the PMW Inc. and her collaboration with Bob Blackburn as a defining moment in her career. Not only did she become a master printer with the abundant collaborative opportunities in the studio, the cultural and artistic exchanges between artists, but the witnessing of Bob as a collector led Kathy to begin an archive of printer's proofs and trades. Kathy and Bob remained friends until the end of his life. Today, Kathy’s collection surpasses five thousand pieces and includes 90 works collected during the four years she worked with Blackburn at the PMW Inc.
The show sheds a light on the incredibly diverse and international community and its richly varied graphic output, which the PMW Inc. is known for, and also highlights how stories, motives, and techniques travel when artists share a space.
Artists include: Robert Blackburn, Kathy Caraccio, Bill Caldwell, Ellen Zeifer, Otto Neals, Doris Seidler, Bernard Childs, R.H. Park, Mary Anne Rose, Betty Blayton-Taylor, Monique Binswanger, Gary Schfer, Ben L. Wigfall, Gladys Pancoe, Mavis Pusey, Camille Billops, Saint Clair Cemin, Mary Ann Unger, Cherie Moses, Virgina Jaramillo, Sharon Howell, and Emma Amos.
