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HUGH MERRILL b. Maryland 1949; resides in St. Louis, Missouri
Hugh Merrill received his undergraduate degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art and a Master of Fine Art Yale University. He became part of the faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute in 1976 and is a tenured professor there.
Merrill is noted as a printmaker for his series of sequential etchings. He has produced prints based on historical/social themes such as the 'Raoul Wallenberg Suite," "The Rosa Luxemburg Suite" and the suite "Do Unto." Merrill started an ongoing sequential series of etchings titled "Infinite Image/Facts of Fictions" in 1995. This series is meant to continue for decades, documenting his images and ideas over a lifetime.
The artist's interest in collaboration with a non-arts audience has lead to his working with young people, mostly from the inner city, to create collaborative/communal art works. Merrill developed and implemented a series of community art/printmaking projects with inner city youth, special needs children and rural communities to create artworks that memorialize the everyday experiences of living.
Among Merrill's many awards are four Mellon Grants. His work has been collected by the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Minneapolis Art Institute, Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; San Antonio Art Institute and Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska among many others.
The following prints comprise Merrill's "Boy's Archive," series:
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Black Language, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
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Circus Dream Again, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
Circus Dream Again was included in On/Off Over the Edge, a traveling exhibition organized by the American Print Alliance. The prints, works on paper and artists' books selected for the exhibition explored the concept of the edge in all of its a possibilities. The exhibition toured from 2001 through 2003 and was seen in art museums and university galleries from Florida to Washington.
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Cotton Shooter, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
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Headman Jobbing, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
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Italian Pony, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
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Reload, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
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Who Be Boo, 1998
Vitreograph on Rives BFK White, Edition of 20
image size 17¼ x 22½; paper size 22½ x 26¾ $750*
* Prices are subject to change without notice.
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