Spring exhibition highlights printmaking pioneers - Creative Loafing
Graphicstudio, the printmaking workshop at the University of South Florida (USF), has an international reputation among artists. As one of only three professional university-based print ateliers, it’s become a popular stopover in many influential artists’ creative journeys.
As Todd Smith, the former Executive Director of the Tampa Museum of Art, once put it, through Graphicstudio, USF introduced Tampa to “a veritable who’s who of contemporary art.”
This month, USF Contemporary Art Museum (USF CAM) introduces Tampa to one of Graphicstudio’s
most innovative printmakers in “OFFSET: Robert Rauschenberg at USF Graphicstudio,”
opening this Friday, Jan. 19.
Rauschenberg was one of the first artists Graphicstudio founder Donald J. Saff invited
to Graphicstudio in the early-1970s. And the rest is art history.
“Rauschenberg pushed the boundaries of traditional printmaking in collaboration with Don Saff and the master printers,” Graphicstudio Director Margaret Miller told Creative Loafing Tampa.
He printed on unconventional surfaces—paper bags, cardboard, and gauze—and combined
methods in ways that inspired a generation of artists.
Rauschenberg left a “tremendous legacy” at USF and beyond, Miller told CL.
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