In 1950s, Helen Frankenthaler received public attention with her abstract paintings using a technique called "Staining." This technique involves soaking thin paint pigment into raw canvas. Her works played an important role in the transitional period from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field Painting. Her rich color, pictorial space and creativity was internationally acclaimed as the best achievement in abstract painting.
Since Frankenthaler first produced prints at ULAE in 1961, she also directed her passion and energy into printmaking, using various workshops such as Tyler Graphics and Gamer Turis, where she produced many great works. Though she used every possible print technique, her woodcut prints, which she started making in 1973, are considered the most important of all of her print works. Her bold revolutionary technique, which broadened the limits of the printing technique, triggered a revival of woodcut prints.
This exhibition was curated by the Naples Art Museum in Florida and Judith Goldman, America's top print critic. This is the first retrospective woodcut print exhibition of Frankenthaler and has toured across the United States and CCGA in Japan.