LA Weekly: Art Pick: B.A.T. III: Women Artists in Conversation with El Nopal Press
September 6, 2019
Shana Nys Dambrot
“B.A.T.” is one of those bits of art-studio lingo that print-makers use to communicate; it stands for “bon a tirer” which translates as “good to pull,” meaning that a print has been proofed and the satisfied artist is ready to go forward with producing its edition. In CSULB’s new exhibition B.A.T. State III: Women Artists In Conversation with El Nopal Press, curators Anita Bunn and Francesco X. Siqueiros survey the innovative prints (lithographs, reliefs and monoprints) produced by 37 women across 30 years of Siqueiros’ legendary DTLA print studio, El Nopal Press.
Artists include Bunn herself, plus Lisa Adams, Judith F. Baca, Judie Bamber, Marietta Bernstorff, Susan Bolles, Mariana Botey, Carolyn Castaño, Yreina D. Cervántez, Emily Cheng, Chelsea Dean, Sandra de la Loza, Pia Elizondo, Yanieb Fabre, Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Elsa Flores, Diane Gamboa, Silvia Gruner, Sherin Guirguis, Shirley Jaffe, Annie Lapin, Laurie Lipton, Dominique Liquois, Mara Lonner, Rocío Maldonado, Rebecca Morales, Ruby Osorio, Renée Petropoulos, Daniela Rossell, Analia Saban, Susan Silton, Linda Stark, Marika Echachis Swan, Laureana Toledo, Alison Walker, Marion Wesson, and Liat Yossifor
Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach; opening reception: Sun., Sept. 8, 4-6 p.m.; exhibition: though Nov. 14; free.(562) 985-4111), csulb.edu.