Perspectives on Contemporary Printmaking

'This will be a significant and important contribution to the field and practice of printmaking and print media. The volume will be vital in MFA professional practice classes, and on theory and art historical courses.' Mary Hood, Artist 'Dr Ruth Pelzer-Montadas publication is an excellent compilation of selected text spanning 3 decades. This topographical discourse points to essential aspects concerning the critical discussions and the debates on contemporary print and printmaking and the tectonic shift of it.' Jan Pettersson, Professor, Head of Print & Drawing, Department for Art & Craft, Oslo National Academy of the Arts, Norway 'Combining the methodology of a practicing printmaker with the perception of a theorist, Pelzer-Montada assembles key texts on printmaking and print cultures into a comprehensive anthology of writings that reveals the depth and range of thinking and debate on this subject. A long overdue critical framing of print art, this book fulfills the need for a re-evaluation of the importance and ubiquity of print, mapping out its potential in a post-print society. [.] These writings establish a genealogy of print grounded in society's desire to maintain, record and disseminate its reflective thinking processes - that have ultimately shaped and evolved our need to communicate.' Andrew Folan, Head of Print, National College of Art and Design, Dublin 'Perspectives on contemporary printmaking is a brilliant book! A manual like this has been longed for both in the academic world and in the studios and printshops; most thoughtful theoretical analysis of printmaking art, assembled into a single anthology. It is informative, well-organized, and knowledgeable. I particularly enjoyed the carefully formulated division into four separate parts, accompanied with Ruth Pelzer-Montadas insightful introductions. It's already a classic, the only of its kind. Highly and cordially recommended!' Annu Vertanen, artist, professor in printmaking, University of Arts, Helsinki 'Perspectives on contemporary printmaking, edited by Ruth Pelzer-Montada, is an excellent, lively collection of 32 essays focusing on the status, ontology and philosophy of print in the contemporary arena [.] Themed around four sections, the essays tend to the academic, theoretical and metaphorical, though humour and poetry are present too. A recurring theme, the validity of print in general, and in particular, right now - indeed the irony of print being called a slow process when modern technology can be intensely time consuming - is balanced against a deep insight into the function of print biennials and print portfolios, community print workshops and the curatorial sphere. The varying voices are all engaging, some challenging, some beautifully articulated, provoking rumination and providing ammunition for making print the centre of our conversation.' Wuon-Gean Ho, Printmaking Today (Winter 2018) -- .