MIXIT AT REGIS COLLEGE

DRAMA OF SCALE

MARCH – APRIL 2006

(Text from Regis College Carney Gallery website)

Among the most exciting and powerful works produced by the artists of Mixit Studio are pieces of an impressive scale—wall-size artworks involving multiple runs and re-positioning of plates to make prints larger than the normal limits of the printing press. At the other end of the scale, a number of artists are making prints that measure barely one square inch. These invite an intimate, close look. Drama of Scale presents a selection of prints from the extreme ends of the size scale, challenging the viewer to consider how the subject of the prints and their physical presence relate. The show will demonstrate how aestheticdecisions about size stretch the limits of printmaking and successfully