New Ground: Jacob Samuel and Contemporary Etching

An exhibition catalogue that features the work of master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel (American, b. 1951), and highlights his collaborations with contemporary artists Including Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, Wangechi Mutu, Barry McGee, and Christopher Wool. Over the course of four decades, master printer and publisher Jacob Samuel (American, b. 1951) collaborated with some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st century¿including painters, sculptors, performance artists, and musicians¿to make etchings that reflected their overall artistic practices. Through a traditional but maximally flexible approach, he was driven to prove that etching could be a successful contemporary medium. The breadth, variety, and creativity in the works he published is evidence of his success in bringing the tradition of old master printmaking to contemporary artistic practices. Published in conjunction with an exhibition that draws from his entire catalogue of more than 60 projects, New Ground presents select works by a diverse range of artists, including Mona Hatoum, Rebecca Horn, Jannis Kounellis, Wangechi Mutu, Barry McGee, and Christopher Wool. The richly illustrated catalogue features an essay by curator Esther Adler, interviews with thirteen of the artists Samuel has worked with, and a highly researched checklist detailing every project published by Jacob Samuel.