Printmaking and its facets - Malgorzata Chomicz and Manfred Egger

In September, Galerie Nothburga in Innsbruck is presenting “Printmaking – and its facets.” The exhibition features works by Malgorzata Chomicz (Poland/Italy) and Manfred Egger. It also showcases some unexpected facets of the genre.

Malgorzata Chomicz presents examples of her internationally acclaimed linocuts and etchings, mostly in black and white, occasionally with a small splash of color. With technical brilliance, she creates nature scenes, mostly tree stumps, burnt pieces of wood, plants, landscape scenes, or even just light phenomena, using her own incredibly fine and detailed technique. Polish printmaking at its best!
Born and raised in Poland, she now works at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn as a professor of printmaking. She has had over 70 solo exhibitions (in Krakow, Vilnius, Rome, Nuremberg, Assisi, Perugia, Trento, Zagreb, Zadar, Split, Toulouse, Lugano, etc.) and participated in over 500 (!) group exhibitions and graphic art competitions worldwide. She has won countless prizes and awards. (including the Olsztyn Art Biennial, Premio Assoluto Perugia, Diego Donati Biennial, Premio Acqui, Premio Celommi, Bienal de Grabada Josep de Ribera, Guangzhou Int. Biennial, Biennial of Small Graphics Tetovo, Grand Prix Rene Carcan, etc.). In addition, she is a regular guest at important printmaking events, symposia, and exhibitions around the world.

Manfred Egger, an artist from Hall who can also look back on a successful international career, is showing recent works in his specific woodblock printing technique.

Multifaceted forms oscillate between abstraction and realistic representations based on natural structures. In his multi-layered approach, he repeatedly succeeds in dissolving the boundaries between the individual layers, confusing the viewer's perspective. Depending on their focus, viewers perceive forms differently in their spatial relationship to one another. Foreground and background blur, the superficial merges with the profound. What do we really see? Where does our perception deceive us? What is illusion and what is real? By developing his formal ideas into series (of unique prints) composed of the same plates and printing templates, Manfred Egger makes us aware of the relativity of perception and existence. Every thing has many sides. Whatever we recognize can also be perceived from a different perspective. Nothing is one-dimensional and can be recognized or understood at a glance. Manfred Egger's works thus gain additional depth by reflecting on the themes of being and appearance, facade and truth. In times of fake news and deep fakes, this is unfortunately highly relevant!