Graphicstudio is an art studio and print workshop at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, established in 1968 by Donald Saff. [1] [2] [3]
The studio was closed from 1976 through 1981 for financial reasons. [4]
Graphicstudio with the Contemporary Art Museum and the Public Art Program form the Institute for Research in Art in the College of The Arts at the University of South Florida. [1] With the support of then president Cecil Mackey, Saff modeled Graphicstudio after the Pratt Graphics Center, Tamarind Press, and Gemini G.E.L. The studio produced its earliest work in 1969.[ citation needed ]
The National Gallery of Art houses the Graphicstudio archive. [4] [5]
Philip Pearlstein [3] was the first artist to participate at Graphicstudio.[ citation needed ] James Rosenquist [1] [6] [3] started with Graphicstudio in 1971. [7] Richard Anuszkiewicz, [8] Adja Yunkers, Robert Rauschenberg, [7] and Jim Dine were also involved with Graphicstudio in the 1970s. [3] Other artists associated with Graphicstudio over the years include Edward Ruscha, [9] Chuck Close, [10] Robert Mapplethorpe, Miriam Schapiro, Roy Lichtenstein, Nancy Graves, Allan McCollum, Christian Marclay, [1] Theo Wujcik, [2] and Vik Muniz.
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