Summer Breeze is a group exhibition that presents various approaches to contemporary printmaking. The works brought together in this exhibition are a testament to the possibilities borne out of the central tenets of printmaking: reproduction, multiplication, and seriality.

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Polly Apfelbaum adopted a systematic approach to create the series Hudson River Vallery Nirvana (2016) with Durham Press. These woodblock prints use vertical lines and a square format as a starting point from which to explore the interaction of primary and secondary colours repeated in different arrangements. The variation among the series showcases the unexpected results that can arise from a clear and controlled process.

Fiona Banner established the imprint The Vanity Press in 1997 with her seminal book The Nam, and has since created prolific text-based works and prints. In NAM Page (2017), a folio from the book has been blown up to a monumental scale. It is part of a larger series featuring pages from the same publication that include the word ‘Wp’ on them: the onomatopoeic sound of vigorously rotating helicopter blades.

Anna Barriball regards the domestic environment as an extension of ourselves, including what is unseen, felt or perceived. Untitled (2008-11) is a work comprised of fabric leaves cut from curtains she discovered in a market, identical to those that hung in her 1970s childhood home. Here, memory is inexorably linked to the object, and is further complicated by its newfound context as a floor-based installation.

Massimo Bartolini’s practice embraces various materials and techniques, from sculpture and drawing to performance and photography. 145 Hours (2014) is reminiscent of the intertwining strings and fibers of the heart muscle, or the organic structure of a leaf. Anatomical in nature and dynamic in composition, this piece demonstrates a sense of control and order in the way that the fibers interweave................................

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