PRINT RUN is an exhibition of selected editions produced in collaboration with printers Jillian Ross, Mlungisi Khongisa and Niall Bingham at the David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) and exhibited at David Krut Publishing: Fine Art and Books, Cape Town, during 2008. 13 December – 14 February 2008 @ David Krut Publishing: Fine Art & Books, [...]

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Bruce Backhouse Colbert Mashile Diane Victor Phil Sanders Frieder Danielis Pat Mautloa Maja Maljevic & Ryan Arenson Lungi, Jill and Niall Trasi Henen William Kentridge & Jill Wilma Cruise at the opening of Split: NY.LON.JHB

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Bruce Backhouse’s exhibition Mirror opened Saturday 15th November, 2008 at David Krut Projects. Below are some photographs of the event. Looking at The Chairman’s Portrait. Backhouse’s projection: images from his sketchbooks.

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David Krut Projects is pleased to host an exhibition of watercolour monotypes – created in the David Krut Print Workshop (DKW) with longtime DKW collaborator and esteemed artist, Bruce Backhouse. The show, titled MIRROR, runs from Saturday, November 15, into the new year. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Backhouse is well known for his watercolour paintings. In these, as well as in several earlier works created at DKW, his figures and settings have tended towards the satirical. This satire is carried through to his latest works but in these it has been applied in a self-reflexive manner, through the motif of mirrors that [...]

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In our last post of Printmaking Techniques, we explored Diane Victor’s use of softground to achieve etched textures. This week we focus on the purists approach to the softground mark, which has as its aim the creation of pencil-like lines on the plate, as illustrated in the recent works of Bruce Backhouse. Softground etching is [...]

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Bruce Backhouse is currently working on a new series of prints at DKW. The process is still in its early stages. Here are some pictures of Bruce at work. He is experimenting with a printing technique called soft ground, where a piece of soft paper is fixed on top of the copper plate, on which [...]

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What has been interesting in the last period at DKW is the range of techniques used by artists working there. From monotype, to etching, pochoir, lino and wood engraving, each artist had the chance to experiment with their technique(s) of choice. The resultant work is a testament to the diverse nature and collaborative environment of the workshop.

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Wilma Cruise etching project, Jill Ross printing, April 2008 Wilma Cruise etching project, Wilma Cruise drawing with monotype crayons, April 2008 David Koloane creating monotype, April 2008 David Koloane painting onto bed, April 2008 Bruce Backhouse painting onto bed, April 2008

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Saturday 17 March 2007 Opens 12:30 Exhibition concludes 21 April Bruce Backhouse, The Great Cambdeboo Ballroom, 2006, Etching, Edition of 10, Paper size: 51 x 78 cm Bruce Backhouse began his art career many years ago at Rhodes University where he studied Fine Art for two years before deciding that the world of advertising suited [...]

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