A GALLERY is set to showcase the work of some of Britain’s finest printmakers.
Zillah Bell Gallery, in Thirsk, will display creations by Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, Royal Academician Barbara Rae and 2014 Turner Prize nominee Ciara Phillips from Saturday (May 9) to June 30.
A selection of etchings and screenprints by Dame Blackadder - whose work can be seen at the Tate Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York - portraying studies of cats, irises and tulips, will be among the highlights of the display.
The show will also feature the work of Bruce McLean and Philip Reeves, alongside less well-known printmakers who have been selected in collaboration with the Glasgow Print Studio.
The gallery's owner, John Bell, said: "Printmaking is the most democratic medium in art.
"It makes collecting work by today's major artists affordable to the smaller budget.
"The gallery's reputation for showing excellent printmaking has been built on such exhibitions as our highlights of the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition and our annual hosting of the Society of Wood Engravers international Exhibition.
"The addition of the Scottish Printmakers Exhibition to our calendar is a further opportunity to show important printmaking in the North of England."
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