Reviving the Print

Printmaking, and in particular the linocut, saw a resurgence in Britain during the 1920s. It was an artform used by many artists to reflect the pace and energy of life in Britain in the interwar years. One influential force in this revival was the establishment of The Grosvenor School of Modern Art in 1925, by artist Iain Macnab. Drawing on a group of prints gifted to the Dunedin Public Art Gallery collection in 1953 by Sir Rex Nan Kivell, Reviving the Print explores the school’s methodology and its impacts through the works of its teachers and students. Artists include Sybil Andrews, Lill Tschudi, Cyril Power, William Greengrass, Eileen Mayo, and Julia Mavrogordato.

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I roko ko te mahi waihaka whakaahua, inarā te mātātuhi kahupeka, i te araka ake anō o tōhona momo i te kahuru tau 1920. He momo mahika toi i kaha whakamahia e te tokomaha o kā rikatoi ki te whakaata i te hohoro me te hiriri o te oraka i Piritānia i kā tau i waeka i kā pakaka nui e rua. Ko tētahi whakaaweka matua o tēnei araka ake ko te whakatūraka o te Kura o te Toi o Nāianei o Grosvenor i te tau 1925 i te rikatoi Iain Macnab. Ka tōia mai e te whakaaturaka nei, Reviving the Print, i tētahi huika whakaahua i kohaina mai e Sir Rex Nan Kivell ki te kohika toi o Te Whare Toi Tūmatawhānui o Ōtepoti i te tau 1953, ā, ka āta whāia te tikaka o taua kura me āhana pāka mai i kā mahika toi o ōhona kaiako, o ōhona tauira anō hoki. Ko kā rikatoi ko Sybil Andrews rātou ko Lill Tschudi, ko Cyril Power, ko William Greengrass, ko Eileen Mayo, tae atu rā ki Julia Mavrogordato.