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May 27, 2016 | Artists, Collection & Exhibitions

Lasting Impressions: The Monotype Medium from Edgar Degas to Elizabeth Peyton

Posted by Heidi Hirschl, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Drawings and Prints

A selection of monotypes from the Museum’s collection currently on view highlights the unique qualities of this printmaking process and reflects an enduring interest in the monotype medium within the context of an extended investigation into one artist’s experimentation with the technique: the exhibition Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty. To create a monotype, an artist draws with ink or paint on a metal plate, which is then sandwiched with a damp sheet of paper and run through a printing press.

Degas in Process: Why Monotype?

Posted by Sarah Kennedy, Associate Educator, Public and Studio Programs Alethea Rockwell, Assistant Educator for Exhibition, Gallery, and Artist Programs

All photos by Manuel Martagon. © 2016 The Museum of Modern Art, New York

For the past five weeks, we have organized a series of weekly monotype printmaking workshops, Degas in Process: Make a Monotype, in conjunction with the exhibition Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, on view on MoMA’s sixth floor through July 24. Taking Degas’s innovative use of the monotype as a starting point, these workshops are led by teaching artists—Justin Sanz, Sophy Naess, Neil Berger, Kerry Downey, and Bruce Waldman—each of whom brings a unique creative approach to their session and offers a glimpse into the sustained relevance of the monotype technique in contemporary artistic practice.

A Strange New (and Old) Typeface: Creating a Custom Font for Degas

Posted by Vanessa Lam, Senior Graphic Designer, Department of Advertising and Graphic Design

Title wall of Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty at The Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Vanessa Lam

Looking at the exhibition Edgar Degas: A Strange New Beauty, one can immediately sense how strikingly modern the artworks feel, even after 120 years. Organized by senior curator Jodi Hauptman and curatorial assistant Heidi Hirschl, the show features the artist’s experimental and radical works that have rarely been attached to the widely conceived notion of “Degas” (two words: pink tutus).