ELLEN BERKENBLIT
Cheetah, 2019. Lithograph. 30 x 42.5 in. Edition of 18
Cheetah, 2024. Lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 30 x 42.5 in. Unique print
Screamer, 2019. Lithograph. 30 x 42.5 in. Edition of 18
Leg, 2019. Lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 42.5 x 30 in. Unique print
Leg, 2019. Lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 42.5 x 30 in. Unique print
Leg, 2019. Lithograph. 42.5 x 30 in. Edition of 18
Clara, 2024. Lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 22.25 x 26.75 in. Unique print
Clara, 2019. Lithograph. 21.5 x 27 in. Edition of 20
Clara, 2024. Lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 21.5 x 26.75 in. Unique print
Clarion, 2019. Lithograph. 24 x 20 in. Edition of 20
Teen Tiger, 2019. Lithograph. Paper Size: 19 x 19 in. Image Size: 13 x 13 in. Edition of 18
Clarion, 2024. Lithograph with hand-coloring. 24 x 20 in. Unique print
Screamer, 2024. Color lithograph with hand-coloring and collage. 30 x 42.5 in. Unique print
Ellen Berkenblit started working on this series of prints at Jungle Press in 2019. Deriving inspiration from new paintings in progress in her studio she worked on 3 large stones to create what were to become “Cheetah”, “Screamer”, “Leg”, and two smaller stones to make “Clara” and “Clarion.”
The challenge was to create a visual equivalent to the process she uses in her studio, where she quilts together a “canvas” grid made from separate pieces of printed fabric. The patterns of the fabric vary from top to bottom and side to side. Berkenblit then paints with oil paint over this grid of patterns.
The challenge to making the fabrics in print form was to separate the individual colors and patterns, and re-print them as multi-color lithographs on paper. We were able to essentially print the colored patterns as a visual “quilt” on the paper. On top of that, Ellen printed the black drawing and then the white “chalk” drawing on top. The result brings out the spontaneity and complex structure of the artist’s work.
– Andrew Mockler
B. 1958, PATERSON, NJ.
Ellen Berkenblit graduated from the Cooper Union in 1980. She has received the Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Award in Art presented by the American Academy of Arts and Letters (2022) and the Guggenheim Fellowship (2014). She is represented by Anton Kern Gallery.
Berkenblit has had numerous solo exhibitions internationally including Anton Kern Gallery, New York NY; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; The Drawing Center, New York, NY; Susanne Vielmetter, Los Angeles, CA; Grise Bench, Los Angeles, CA; Rodophe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium; White Columns, New York, NY; Geleries Hubert Klocker, Vienna, Austria and more. She has also shown in group shows at Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Whitney Museum, New York, NY; The New Museum, New York, NY; Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY; New York Academy of Art, New York, NY; Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, Germany; Gana Art, Seoul, South Korea; Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY; Jeffrey Deitch, Low Angeles, CA; Peter Freeman, New York, NY; Eleni Koroneous Gallery, Athens, Greece; Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy; The Dot Project, London, UK; Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY; Derek Eller, New York, NY; David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY and many more.
