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Below are some pics of a new book I am currently working on. The contents are digital prints of the CMYK project I completed last summer, and the format will copy the original IRON MAN comic format. The final book will be the same size as the original 6-7/8"x10-1/2". This maquette is half the size... Continue Reading →
Recent work of mine will be on display in an exhibition titled “New Prints/New Narratives” at the International Print Center New York. The show will run from June 13, 2013 - August 9, 2013. The opening will be on June 13, from 6-8 pm, with Members' and Artists' Talks from 5-6 pm. Click the link... Continue Reading →
WVU Adv. Printmaking students participated in a multi-school print exchange titled "Wall 2 Wall". My students, along with students from Carnegie Mellon University, West Liberty University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, exchanged 4"x6" prints that were collected and shown at each school. Thank you to former student, and current CMU and IUP employee Matt Forrest... Continue Reading →
This semester I was given the College of Creative Arts "Excellence in Research" award. The award was given for my research over the past three years, and is given to one faculty member in the college annually. I am very fortunate to be given this award, as ALL of our faculty does great work. Thank... Continue Reading →
I got my copy of "Sunday Morning Comics", the WORK project created by Tate Foley. It looks great, and I am so excited have top billing. Tate did a fantastic job putting together a really stellar group of artists. Thanks Tate, and everyone involved.
http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2013/04/15/wvu-printmakers-participate-in-portfolio-exchange-with-students-in-dubai Attached is a link for an article written about the "Trajectories" portfolio exchange for the WVU news feed and featured on the WVU.edu homepage.
This last Friday, a handful of printmaking students and I went to Pittsburgh to visit the Warhol Museum, Tugboat Printshop, and Artists Image Resource. It was a great (and long) day filled with some really amazing art and a lot of fun! It all started at the Warhol Museum and the exhibition "Regarding Warhol: Sixty... Continue Reading →
This year 14 of our MFA students and our two undergraduate interns will be showing their work in an exhibition titled "CONFLUENCE" at Artists Image Resource. This will be a really dynamic show that will feature the some of the best of what the WVU School of Art and Design Graduate Program has to offer.... Continue Reading →
This semester, WVU Advanced Printmaking students participated in an international portfolio exchange with printmaking students from Zayed University in Dubai. Professor of Art Joshua Watts and I created the foundation for this portfolio at the 2012 SGC International conference in New Orleans. Almost exactly one year later, we couldn't be happier with the results. (Joshua's... Continue Reading →
On Friday we worked for most of the afternoon on a new CMYK silkscreen. The image we printed is seen below. We had some technical difficulties in the beginning, but once we got going in the right direction, everything went smooth. Thanks again to the crew at OSU for doing a great job. Getting ready...... Continue Reading →
Joseph Lupo 