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Posted by Gavin Lucas, 20 February 2009, 14:24 Permalink Comments (5)
London-based screenprinting club, Print Club London is hosting another show of screenprints following the success of last years Blisters On My Fingers exhibition. Like last year, there will be 35 exhibiting artists (last year's artists included Jon Burgerman, Steve Wilson, Richard Hogg, Serge Seidlitz, Jody Barton, Andrew Rae and Si Scott), 35 editioned and signed prints by each, selling for £35 a piece. Only this year, Print Club is offering the chance for all and sundry to be in the show which will take place in July at MC Motors in Dalston, London...
Some of the exhibits at last year's Blisters On My Fingers Show
Illustrators and artists can submit designs for a chance to be one of the selected 35 exhibitors at this year's Secret Blisters show. Simply send a low res version of your B2 (500 x 700mm) screenprint design to postershow@printclublondon.com no later than
2 April.
Another difference at this year's show will be the secret element: Each exhibited print won't be signed by the artist – to encourage people to buy the posters they like, rather than buying simply for the sake of who the artist is. This aspect of the exhibition may be, we suspect, driven by the fact that prints by street artists Eine and Pure Evil sold out instantly at last years show, possibly bought by people thinking the value of them might "do a Banksy"...
Another shot of last year's show in the wonderful MC Motors venue which is, handily, practically next door to Print Club's Dalston studio
For more details about Print Club London and the forthcoming Secret Blisters show, visit printclublondon.com
5 Comments
This sounds fantastic, I'm forwarding details of this to my artistic friends! I like the anonymous sales element too, although I would like to be able to have the option of having them signed after purchase.. Not sure how you'd work out the logistics of that though!
2009-02-24 11:07:49
This sounds great. I agree - the anonymous aspect is a wonderful idea. It will allow the work to stand on it's own merit, meaning people will be buying something because they like it, not because they think they can make a few quid off it or because the artist is flavour of the month.
It's a much more honest set-up than the designer-as-rock-star mentality.
It will be interesting to see if this causes things to sell quicker or slower than last year, as people have to make the descision to fork out based on their own taste and judgement, rather than relying on a known name to give the work it's perceived value.
more like this please :o)
2009-02-25 14:14:03
Hi, its Fred from Print Club, We agree with Helen's post and we are going to get all the artists to sign all 35 prints. we are going to have 'Censored' Stickers to hide the signatures, so it will only be revealed if you buy the print. and thank you for your comments
2009-02-25 15:28:07
Great touch...another yearly AA(Artists Anonymous) meeting. Hello, my name is ............., and this is my piece.
Love it.
2009-03-11 19:36:51
Not sure how well the concept will work with most of the artists on show, considering how established
most of their styles already are... 35 quid for a screenprint is a much better 'concept' methinks.
2009-06-08 12:17:03
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