Join us in the Main Gallery for an artist talk with Martin Mazorra on his current solo exhibition, bROADSIDE ATTRACTION.

About the Exhibition:
Brooklyn based Martin Mazorra is the founder of Cannonball Press and longtime advocate of straightforward printmaking and affordable art. His exhibit bROADSIDE ATTRACTION is an atlas of woodcut and woodtype printed signage on fabric banners. These are large-format hanging banners, letterpress printed in bold black ink on an antique press. They echo the stark economy and generic signage that one might find on any highway or roadside, and are chock-full of directives, both pithy and humorous. The text publicizes invented locations peppered with psychological and self-effacing satire that entices the mind to distraction, or drift, as it does when driving — while still managing to somehow keep eyes on the road.

Martin's work is not a remote, precious, technology-based product. It favors bold, informal messaging that is made by hand and detected quickly. These images, even seen in passing, can dwell in the mind, encouraging and shaping both internal and external narratives.

About the Artist:
Martin Mazorra is a Brooklyn based artist originally from West Virginia. He works in woodcut and letterpress, from small books, prints on paper, large prints on fabric, to site specific print-based installations. He is the founder of Cannonball Press, formed in New York in 1999.

His work is in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Taubman Museum in Virginia, the Block Museum in Illinois, the Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Indiana, the Yale Beinecke Library, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is represented by Planthouse Gallery in New York City and Signal Return in Detroit.