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To celebrate the publication Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001, New York’s IFPDA (International Fine Print Dealers Association) Print Fair presents renowned American artist Donald Sultan in conversation Dr Warwick Heywood, Curator of International Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Australia.
This session is free for IFPDA Print Fair ticketholders, with single or multi-day passes now on sale. The National Gallery will also showcase Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001 and other print projects throughout the Print Fair, from Friday 10 April – Sunday 12 April.
Revisiting Sultan’s time at Tyler Graphics working alongside Kenneth E. Tyler between 1996 and 2000, this panel discussion will explore Sultan’s evolution as a printmaker and influence of that pioneering studio environment on his techniques and artistic direction.
Sultan and Heywood will also reflect on Tyler’s broader impact and trace how the National Gallery of Australia came to house the extensive archive and proofs from his studios – from his early collaborations at Gemini GEL in Los Angeles through to the later operations of Tyler Graphics.
Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001 documents the final projects of master printer Kenneth E. Tyler, a seminal figure in the 20th‑century American print renaissance. Tyler’s ambition and relentless pursuit of innovation drove him to push artists beyond familiar boundaries, developing new technologies and purpose‑built workshop facilities around the world.
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About the Speakers
Dr Warwick Heywood is Kenneth E. Tyler Curator of International Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery of Australia. His curatorial and research practice focuses on 20th- and 21st-century international printmaking and drawing. Previously, he served as Director of The Lock-Up Contemporary Art Space, Newcastle, and as Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at the Australian War Memorial, where he led acquisitions and research into European and American prints, posters, and drawings. In 2022, Dr Heywood completed a PhD examining contemporary art and the Anthropocene, further strengthening his capacity to situate both historical and contemporary print practices within globally interconnected ecological and cultural contexts.
Donald Sultan was born in 1951 in North Carolina and completed his artistic training at the Art Institute in Chicago before relocating to New York. In the years from 1996 to 2000, Sultan created a large body of work with Kenneth Tyler. These prints, like the artist’s paintings, range from lyrical compositions of rich color juxtaposed with deep pools of black, to precise botanical studies of insects and fruit. He is represented in the Kenneth Tyler Collection by over 150 prints.
About the IFPDA Print Fair
Established in 1991, the IFPDA Print Fair is the largest and longest-running art fair dedicated to the artistic medium of printmaking. The IFPDA Print Fair is held at Park Avenue Armory in the spring of each year, and features a wide array of dealers, publishers and galleries showcasing work across 500 years of printmaking.
Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001
Tyler Graphics: Catalogue Raisonné, 1986–2001 documents across three volumes the final works published by master printer Kenneth E Tyler, a seminal figure in the American print renaissance of the twentieth century. During his esteemed career, Tyler collaborated with titans of modern and postmodern American art, working by the mantra ‘great prints are made by great artists’. He was known for pushing artists to dream big, and for creating new technology and exhaustive facilities to enable their creative potential.
Volumes 1 and 2 feature 1040 entries from the 28 artists that worked at Tyler Graphics between 1986 and 2001. Each entry goes beyond a standard record to list in detail the colors, methods and presses used at each step of the printing process. This exhaustive approach gives artist, printers and researchers an unrivalled insight into the techniques used to create some of the most ambitious works in the history of American printmaking.
Volume 3 contains essays from distinguished American scholars and print curators from the National Gallery of Australia. These focus on Tyler’s journey as a printer, the distinctive qualities of the Tyler Graphics workshop at Mount Kisco, New York, and the output of selected artists of the period including Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist and Frank Stella. Together they tell the story of a workshop that was filled with experimentation, innovation and creative fervor.
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