Prints Talk: The legacy and influence of ULAE Studio

Please join us for a talk about the legendary print studio with ULAE Co-owner/Director Larissa Goldston and Curator & Head of Modern and Contemporary Prints and Drawings Shelley Langdale, held on the occasion of ‘Catherine Goodman. Island,’ an exhibition of monotype prints made by artist Catherine Goodman in collaboration with Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) on Long Island.

Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), founded in 1957 by Tatyana Grosman in West Islip, New York, is a celebrated fine printmaking workshop and publisher. Initially collaborating with artists such as Larry Rivers, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg, ULAE played a key role in revitalizing printmaking in the U.S. during the late 1950s and 1960s. In 1969, Bill Goldston joined the studio to carry on Grosman’s vision, working with younger artists and master printers across mediums such as lithography, intaglio, woodcut, and digital printing. Today, Larissa Goldston, Bill’s daughter and Tatyana’s goddaughter, continues the tradition. For over 67 years, ULAE has excelled in artistic collaboration and innovation in contemporary publishing.

This event is free; however, reservations are required.

About Larissa Goldston

Larissa Goldston is the Director and a co-owner of Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE). Goldston, whose father Bill has been overseeing ULAE since the early 70s, grew up spending time at the studio with artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg and James Rosenquist. She received a BA from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum until returning to ULAE in 1993. From 2005 to 2014 she ran a gallery in New York City which represented ULAE along with mid-career and emerging artists. For the last 25 years, she has lectured throughout the U.S. about contemporary printmaking and the vital role ULAE has played in its history. In addition, she periodically organizes a series for young collectors entitled "Conversations on Prints," featuring gallery directors, collectors and curators speaking about collecting art and the accessibility of prints. Goldston previously served as the Treasurer and Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) as well as an advisor to the Board of the QSPA Americas.

About Shelley Langdale

Shelley R. Langdale, Curator and Head of Modern and Contemporary Prints and Drawings,

has held curatorial positions in works on paper collections at the Harvard University Art Museums, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, before joining the National Gallery of Art in her current position in 2019. Over the years she has curated numerous exhibitions and published on topics that range from the 15th-century engravings of Antonio Pollaiuolo to the video installations and works on paper of contemporary artists Oscar Muñoz and Tabaimo. In 2010 she was part of the curatorial team for the international contemporary art festival, Philagrafika held throughout the city of Philadelphia. She was the President of the Print Council of America, from 2017-2021; serves as an advisor to The Print Center and recently joined the board of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives in Philadelphia. She also serves on the acquisition and advisory committees of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Maine. Her recent exhibition of prints and drawings, Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and its Legacy, drawn from the collection of the National Gallery of Art was named one of the best exhibitions of 2024 by The Wall Street Journal. She is currently working on several exhibition projects: one focusing on the rise in hand papermaking and works of art in which paper is the primary medium in the past 75 years; a collaboratively curated show featuring American 20th-21st century prints, drawings and photographs from the National Gallery that is part of the Gallery’s programming for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence; and a focus show on Edvard Munch & Henrik Ibsen; among other endeavors.

About Catherine Goodman

For more than four decades, Catherine Goodman CBE has developed a unique visual language that communicates a powerful visionary response to her lived experience and memory. Goodman’s intensely expressive painting process uses strongly pigmented oil paint, brushwork, oil sticks, drips and washes to create atmospheric and immersive paintings which explore both figuration and abstraction.

Central to Goodman’s artistic process is the act of drawing directly from life, her intimate knowledge of the old master painters and drawing from film, where she immerses herself in the legends of the modern cinema age. In Goodman’s words, “drawing can bring about a sense of unity and create a portal into other realms of consciousness”. This daily practice roots her mark-making in observation and informs and enriches her paintings.

Catherine Goodman’s role as an educator is integral to her artistic identity. Since graduating from art school, Goodman has been organising drawing classes for the homeless and other community groups, demonstrating a longstanding commitment to social justice in art education. In 2000, this led her to co-establish the Royal Drawing School with HM King Charles III, to address the increasing absence of drawing in art education and to give wider access to disadvantaged students.

Image: Catherine Goodman at ULAE Studio, November 2024. Photo by Jin Young Kim.

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