Source: Martha Scott, 785-532-7718, marthas@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Caitlin Muret, 785-532-7718, cmuret@k-state.edu
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
K-STATE BEACH 1xbet online games login OF ART'S 2009 GIFT PRINT ARTIST MIKE LYON TO DISCUSS HIS WORK IN APRIL 16 PRESENTATION
MANHATTAN -- Mike Lyon, the 2009 gift print artist at Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach 1xbet online games login , will have an exhibition and present at talk at the 1xbet online games login .
"Figuring it Out: Mike Lyon, 2009 Friends of the Beach 1xbet online games login of Art Gift Print Artist" will be on display at the 1xbet online games login from April 14 to July 19. The exhibition will feature work by Lyon and part of his collection of Ukiyo-e prints. He also will give a talk about his work and the artistic process at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at the 1xbet online games login . The talk is free and the public is invited.
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Lyon, from Kansas City, Mo., is an avid collector of Ukiyo-e art, which has inspired the print he is creating for the Beach 1xbet online games login . He described it as a rendering of a paper doll that one may dress up with paper clothes. During the artistic process, Lyon uses a computer and industrial equipment with more traditional painting, drawing and printmaking methods.
For the Beach 1xbet online games login 's gift print, Lyon said he will print flat areas of color, then use a ballpoint pen to crosshatch a coarse sort of chiaroscuro drawing.
"There's precedent for this sort of image in Japanese printmaking and the printing is to be Japanese technique woodcut, so image and part of the process echo to old Japan," Lyon said. "Then the drawing is to be done by machine, following instructions I've written and generated to produce the layers of hatches."
Gift print artists, who must have a connection to Kansas or the region, are chosen annually by Bill North, senior curator at the 1xbet online games login .
Lyon's exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the Beach 1xbet online games login of Art business partners.
For more information, contact Martha Scott at the Beach 1xbet online games login of Art at 785-532-7718 or drop by the 1xbet online games login on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor parking is available next to the building. Normal 1xbet online games login hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The 1xbet online games login is closed Mondays.
