The Exit and the Outlet: a Narrative Print Series by Mark Rice
March 4 - April 23, 2021
This narrative print series describes a world in which the Internet has become sentient and wants to leave the planet. After rejecting its creators, the Internet gives all of humanity exactly one year to remove its entire digital archive of history and culture from its servers, reimagining (or returning) this information to a physical form. Computer files and digital archives must be returned to the analog form of books, paintings, prints, LP records, etc. The linocut prints in this ongoing series range in size from intimate to monumental, with subjects drawn from science-fiction and the history of printmaking. These intricately-carved relief prints display the narrative in graphic black and white, each image carved and printed by hand, without a press. In the extreme circumstance of this story, humanity is posed some important questions about the power of historical narrative as well as the process of making, saving, and remembering meaningful objects.
Artist Biography and additional info at the bottom of the page.
Artist Biography and additional info at the bottom of the page.
Waiting for a Connection
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Clicking
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Down Towers
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Office Chaos
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
The Gates of Hell
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Research
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
On the Road
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
The Field
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Dunes
Mark Rice
Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper
Mark Rice
Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper
Following
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
The Boat
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Going Under
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Meeting the Main Frame
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Moore
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
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Spinneretta
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Aqueducts
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
One of the Many Music Buildings
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
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One of the Many Literature Buildings
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
One of the Many Art Buildings
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
In Cars
Mark Rice Hand-printed linocut on mulberry paper |
Mark Rice
Mark Rice was born and raised in Indiana. He attended Indiana University, graduating with a BFA in printmaking and received his MFA in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design. Rice has attended many residencies, and taught printmaking, drawing, and art history courses at many colleges around the United States.
Mark now lives in Philadelphia. Since moving there in 2013, he has taught printmaking at the Center for Creative Works, a workshop for artists with developmental disabilities. He also taught a variety of printmaking courses at Tyler School of Art and is currently a teaching artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fabric Workshop.
Rice exhibits his work both locally and nationally. One of Rice’s recent linocut prints was collected by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a portfolio of three large linocut prints were just added to the Print and Picture Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Three years ago, he and his partner opened a print shop and art gallery called Pressure Club, where they publish prints and curate exhibitions of local and regional artists. Mark also writes music and performs in multiple musical groups.
Website: https://goatmother.wordpress.com/
Instagram: @goatmotherindustrial
Mark now lives in Philadelphia. Since moving there in 2013, he has taught printmaking at the Center for Creative Works, a workshop for artists with developmental disabilities. He also taught a variety of printmaking courses at Tyler School of Art and is currently a teaching artist-in-residence at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Fabric Workshop.
Rice exhibits his work both locally and nationally. One of Rice’s recent linocut prints was collected by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a portfolio of three large linocut prints were just added to the Print and Picture Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia. Three years ago, he and his partner opened a print shop and art gallery called Pressure Club, where they publish prints and curate exhibitions of local and regional artists. Mark also writes music and performs in multiple musical groups.
Website: https://goatmother.wordpress.com/
Instagram: @goatmotherindustrial