International printmaking exchange returns on Saturday

An international printmaking exchange – which will focus on contemporary works – will be held at the Macau Museum of Art and inaugurated on Saturday at 5 p.m.
The 2nd Macau Printmaking Triennial was planned by experienced local printmaker Wong Cheng Pou. Organizers said that this edition, the first to accept global submissions, received more than 560 works from across 22 countries for consideration.
Of the submissions, a total of 122 selected works will be displayed in thematic exhibitions such as the “Masters Exhibition” and the “Specially Selected Entries” exhibition.
The selected works cover a wide range of techniques and plates, such as traditional woodcuts, silkscreen and copper etching. Modern prints that use digital printing and waterless lithography will also be featured, demonstrating the diversity of contemporary printmaking.
Participating artists include local printmaker Cheong Cheng Wa, whose copper etching “Macau People” was awarded first prize.
“Gray Snow” by Chinese printmaker Wang Li Xing won second prize, and “After Rain” by Chinese-American artist Qing Yu Jian received third prize.
Several exhibition spaces will display the 122 selected works, including the “Chinese Printmaking New Scene” at the Tap Seac Gallery, the “European and American Poetic Printmaking” at the Rui Cunha Foundation, “A Look at Asia” at the Art for All Society Macau, as well as the “Hong Kong x Macao x Taiwan” at the Macau Design Centre.
The exhibitions will run until Feb. 24, 2016.