Discover the brilliance of Helen Frankenthaler, one of the most influential American abstract expressionist artists of her time, at STPI’s annual special exhibition, Helen Frankenthaler: Prints 1977–2004, from June 29 to August 25, 2024. Featuring close to 40 of her prints from the National Collection of Singapore and the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, as well as spotlighting her exceptional woodcuts, this exhibition will be the largest display of her works in Singapore yet. To top it off, the show will also explore her influential partnership with master printer Kenneth Tyler.
There’s lots to see, but if there’s one that’s not to be missed, it would be the show’s highlight piece: Gateway. The work is one of her most ambitious projects to date that pushes the boundaries of printmaking and scale. Together with Tyler, the duo spent over seven years from 1982 to 1988 to create the work. Gateway was born from the utilisation of print techniques such as etching, relief, aquatint, and spit bite aquatint with hand-stencilled margins on three panels.
Find out more about the show here.