Hope College issued the following announcement on Jan. 4.
The Kruizenga Art Museum at Hope College will feature two new print exhibitions, “Drawing with Light: Mezzotint Prints from the Rossof Collection” and “Salvador Dali: Memories of Surrealism” beginning later this semester.
The exhibitions will open for students, faculty and staff of the college on Tuesday, Jan. 19, and for the public on Thursday, Feb. 25. Admission is free.
“Drawing with Light: Mezzotint Prints from the Rossof Collection” offers a chronological survey of mezzotint printmaking from the 17th century to the present day. The term mezzotint literally means “half-tone” and refers to a printmaking technique that uses tones rather than lines to depict forms and define spaces. For centuries, artists in Europe and America used mezzotint techniques to mimic the subtle shading effects of paintings and drawings. In more recent decades, artists have explored the full expressive potential of mezzotints to create images that are moody, illusionistic and often surreal.
“Drawing with Light” was organized by the Kruizenga Art Museum and was made possible through the generosity of Arthur and Kristine Rossof of Douglas, who donated or lent the great majority of prints featured in the exhibition. The exhibition will run through June 26, 2021.
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Source: Hope College
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