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Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery is proud to present The FishWick Papers, an exhibition of works by 50 members of the studio East London Printmakers, inspired by the liveliness and colour of the Hackney Wick area and its printmaking heritage. Artists have researched how Hackney Wick presents itself at this moment, the history and future of the area, the many lives of people we have never known and will never know, their trades and stories, and they have also taken inspiration from Fish Island and H Forman and Son’s Smokehouse itself.

The exhibition presents an extensive range of highly imaginative approaches to most traditional and modern printmaking techniques in a broad spectrum of scales and formats. It includes work by Dolores de Sade (British Institution Award 2011, J K Burt Award 2010, Ede and Ravenscroft Award 2010), Wuon Gean Ho (Printmakers Council Price 2009 and Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Prize 2010), Fabio Coruzzi (BBC production 2011 “Show me the Monet” 2011) and Umberto Giovannini (Premio Guidarello 2009).
The exhibition was inspired by William Chamberlain (Forman's Smokehouse Gallery) and curated by Katja Rosenberg and Charmaine Watkiss (East London Printmakers).

East London Printmakers (ELP) is a group of artist printmakers based in Hackney, managing a spacious and modern printmaking studio providing an open access facility for a wide range of processes. ELP also runs workshops for anyone who wants to learn printmaking and organise regular exhibitions and events for members.

East London Printmakers 
Foreman's Smokehouse Gallery

Hackney Citizen, 31 August 2011     City AM, 1 September 2011    

Valeria Bateson Lynne Blackburn Janet Brooke Fabio Coruzzi Bunny de Sade Steve Edwards Ferha Farooqui Mike Fell Lydie Gallais Umberto Giovannini Else Godfrey Katy Goutefangea Carolyn Gowdy Dawes Gray Pamela Hare Wuon Gean Ho Jane Hodge Victoria Hurr Claire Hynds Amanda Esther Idowu Kim Kirby Victoria Kirk Tara McGovern Christina Mitrentse Martin Mossop Nesrin Mossop Liam O'Connor Will Parker Stephanie Pau Sumi Perera Venessa Pugh Aiste Ramunaite Jonas Ranson Peter Rapp Kitty Reford Daniela Rizzi Margret Roberts Jason Robinson Eleanor Rogers Katja Rosenberg Italia Rossi Ian Scaife Alke Schmidt Annelene Schulte Linda Simmonds Lizzy Stewart Judith Symons Dorothy Szulc Amanda Taylor Charmaine Watkiss Joshua Y'Barbo Sisetta Zappone Johanna Zhang