Ritual and Relief: Woodlock Prints and Works On Paper Exhibit

Members of the Washington Printmakers Gallery are proud to present: Ritual and Relief. Woodblock prints and works by Amy Guadagnoli. The opening reception is April 9 from 3 – 5 pm.

From the opening set of intimately scaled drawings to sweeping, totemic woodblock prints, Guadagnoli invites us to embrace color, form, and texture as a means to mental and emotional survival and transformation during unprecedented times of anxiety and loss.

Guadagnoli’s art explores how ambiguous forms coupled with detailed textures and jewel-colored surfaces spark multiple narratives that weave together the mundane and the mythical. After the past two and a half years, the artist acknowledges that what was familiar is forever lost and through each piece she asks the more pressing question, “Where is the vitality and joy in the unfamiliar?”