01 Jul Exhibition of abstract prints at Eames from Thursday 3 July

Hayter’s seminal New Ways in Gravure was first published in 1949 when abstraction was emerging as the major preoccupation of avant-garde artists in the US, Europe and the UK. Hayter founded the hugely influential printmaking studio Atelier 17 and argued that printmaking was the ideal medium for exploring abstraction.  Other prominent print artists included Joan Miró, Barbara Hepworth, John Hoyland, Victor Passmore, Patrick Heron and Howard Hodgkin. Our Serious Play exhibition illustrates the variety of techniques they used, exploring the possibilities alongside master printmakers such as Nigel Oxley, Stanley Jones, Kip Gresham and Robert Dutrou. It is fascinating to see how different techniques gave artists opportunities to produce sophisticated work. The show includes over 30 works from the late 1950s to the present day.

Eames Fine Art Gallery is at 54 Bermondsey Street SE1 3UD. More here http://www.eamesfineart.com