A Woman’s Place is in the Workshop, is currently on exhibit at GEMINI G.E.L. at JONI MOISANT WEYL. In a business run for nearly 58 years by men, today Gemini is managed by four women. The senior manager and Master Printer of the lithography studio is a woman, Jill Lerner, and two of her three assistants are women. And today, all six projects currently underway at Gemini are with women.
At the dawn of the 21st century, Gemini’s invitations to women artists truly expanded, and since 2005, nine women have made editions with Gemini. Some, like Tacita Dean, Julie Mehretu and Analia Saban, have been the dominant presence in the studios, creating numerous projects resulting in over 110 editions. Elizabeth Murray worked at Gemini each year until her untimely death in 2007, and Ann Hamilton has continued to create prints and multiple sculptures out of an extraordinary range of materials and processes.
Chris Santa Maria, Director of Gemini at Joni Moisant Weyl walked us through this exhibit, including a fascinating introduction to two prints by Toba Khedoori, one of which is a chine colle and the largest etching with a single plate ever made at Gemini.