Prints From the Underground (after Dostoevsky)
Engravings, Silkscreens, and Woodcuts
by Allan Greenier

In the Meeting Room of the
Mitchell Branch New Haven Free Public Library
37 Harrison Street, WESTVILLE, CT 06515

Curated by Johnes Ruta

Meet the Artist Reception: Hallowe'en Thursday, October 31, 2024, 4:00 - 6:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE:
A raffle will be held during the reception on Halloween night.
The winner will win the print of their choice.

PLEASE see Brian Slattery's Article in the New Haven Indepenent:
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/article/mitchell_library_oct_2024
 
 
Allan Greenier - AFTER THE STORM
Corian engraving, 3.25" x 5.5"
 
  Allan Greenier has been a printmaker since 2010. To put "bread on the table" he enjoyed two careers:
20 years as a pre-press employee in printing companies, and 30 years as a software developer. Both
careers inform his printmaking practice.

As a younger man Allan wrote, drew and published "underground" comix. He continues to publish
zines and prints as The Useful Knowledge Press. He enjoys all printmaking techniques - wood
engraving, woodcuts, etchings, silkscreens, lithographs and monotypes. He likes to combine
these techniques.

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  Video camera: Ernst W. and Johnes Ruta



Allan Greenier -- KARLOFF -- woodcut, 30" x 24"

 

Artist Statement

When we impress ink onto paper we are taking part in an ancient form of communication.
I still get excited at the "reveal" of a print, when we peel paper off the plate and see
our creation for the first time.

In 2010 the New Britain Museum of American Art held a show M. C. Escher's art.
I had always loved his work, I never realized they were all prints. The masterpieces in that show
inspired me to become a printmaker. I visited the exhibit 5 times. During one of those visits,
I thought: "I need to think of a subject that can be expressed in black and white."
Then I looked down at my Converse sneakers!



Allan Greenier -- Thank You Maurits -- woodcut, 8" x 10"

 
 

 
Allan Greenier -- Ildy -- woodcut, 6.5" x 9"

 
 
 
Allan Greenier -- UNTITLED ORANGE MAN -- digital print, 9.5" x 9.25"
 
 
 

Allan Greenier -- SUGAR SHACK -- Silkscreen, 10" x 7.75"
   
 
Exhibition on view: October 1 - November 30, 2024

Curator: Johnes Ruta, AzothGallery.com 203-668-6933 azothgallery@comcast.net

Library Branch Manager: Marian Huggins mhuggins@nhfpl.org