Alice Pauli and printmaking

Over the years, Alice Pauli personally supported and encouraged a number of artists in the design, printing and sale of their print work. This exhibition brings together around fifteen artists who e work graced the walls of Alice’s gallery for one show or another, including Sam Francis, Robert Motherwell, and David Hockney…Driven by her passion for contemporary art, Alice Pauli regularly mounted shows featuring artist’s prints after opening her gallery in 1961. These works were part of the fresh interest taken in the art of the multiple as the 1960s played out. Produced in Umited editions, signed and justified by the artists, and printed off either as part of a series or as a lone work of art, prints can be a way to awaken in a public still rather skittish about modern art the urge to collect what is being created now. The art of printmaking and engraving offers artists a broader impact for their output, and clients the possibility to acquire an original piece of art at a more modest price. For the gallerist in Lausanne, it was an opportunity to associate major names in contemporary art with her gallery.