Women artists were a highlight at the opening night of the International Fine Prints and Drawings Association (IFPDA) Print Fair, on view this weekend at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. It’s a fair where Renaissance masterpieces hang alongside works fresh off the printing press, and age-old techniques meet methods that push the limits of what a print can be with dimensional and one-of-a-kind works. This variety helps appeal to a wide range of collectors—who are also understandably drawn to the relative affordability of prints, making prints and multiples a rapidly growing sector of the art market.
A highlight was Santa Barraza, a Chicana artist whose work often draws inspiration from her mestiza ancestry. Her powerful retelling of a Mexican myth casts the woman as the warrior, carrying her dead love’s body across a volcanic landscape.
