TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Sarah Moody Gallery of Art on The University of Alabama campus welcomes Global Matrix: An International Print Exhibition, which will open with a reception on Friday, Sept. 12 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibition will be on display from Sept. 12 - Oct. 12.

Global Matrix features fine art printmaking from around the world and is a contemporary review of printmaking that showcases a variety of techniques. Seventy-eight works from 67 artists who represent 19 different countries will be on display. Included are works by Richard Ash, Miguel Escobedo, Karen Kunc and Ellen Jean Price.

Global Matrix is a joint project and traveling exhibition of the Purdue University Galleries and the Wright State University Art Galleries in Dayton, Ohio.

Printmaking offers an ever-innovative approach to art making, although its origins date back to prehistory, when “ancient humans pressed pigmented hands on cave walls,” said Kathryn Reeves, professor of art at Purdue University, in her exhibition article “Spinning the Matrix.”

Reeves also commented on the international scope of the exhibit. “I imagined prints from around the world we would be privileged to see, prints once engaged in a private dance with the artist – lifted, rolled, smoothed, pressed tightly – now moved into a public sphere.”

The University community is represented in the exhibition by Sarah Marshall, assistant professor of printmaking in UA’s department of art. Marshall will conduct a gallery walk-through on Sept. 19 at 6 p.m. Members of the UA community are encouraged to attend.

Funding support for the Sarah Moody Gallery of Art comes from the College of Arts and Sciences at The University of Alabama. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. Sunday. For further information, contact the gallery at 205/348-1891.