THE MECHANICAL HAND - 25 years of Printmaking at Paupers Press

(Closed BH 7 May and 4 & 5 June)

The importance of the print in British art couldn’t be better illustrated than it is today when some of the most significant contemporary painters and sculptors, are also the most exciting printmakers.

The Mechanical Hand, celebrates 25 years of artists’ projects at Paupers Press and includes works by Damien Hirst, Paula Rego, Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Tony Bevan, Grayson Perry, Glenn Brown, Mat Collishaw, Chris Ofili, Stephen Chambers, Hughie O'Donoghue, Sue Webster & Tim Noble, Keith Coventry, Jenny Saville, Jock McFadyen, Eileen Cooper, Christopher Le Brun, Andrejz Jackowski, Catherine Yass, Charles Avery and Bob & Roberta Smith. 

The exhibition demonstrates the breadth and diversity of the artists’ involvement with the printed multiple through the work of Paupers Press.

The accompanying book ‘The Mechanical Hand’, by Blackdog Publishing, includes many of the studio’s publications and commissioned projects, as well as essays by Martin Herbert on Jake & Dinos Chapman and Stephen Chambers, with contributions from Glenn Brown, Paula Rego, Grayson Perry, Catherine Yass, Cornelia Parker and Christopher Le Brun.

Image above: © Tracey Emin, Laying with the Olive Trees 2011, Lithograph, 550 x 725mm

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Please click here to read the recent feature in the Spring Issue of the RA Magazine.

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Monday - Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday:            12 noon - 6 pm
Closed Sundays and Bank Holidays

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