Artwork
Audience #5
Audience #5 is a print by Coruzzi. It dates from 2011 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
This print, *Audience #5* by Coruzzi, is one of 40 small works made for ELP’s annual Box set in 2011. Each piece helps fund artist workshops and shows.
ELP started in 1998 in Hackney, giving printmakers studio space and tools. The Box set promotes the group’s work and keeps a yearly record of its members.
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Overview
Audience #5 is a small print measuring 30 by 30 centimetres, produced in 2011 as part of the East London Printmakers (ELP) Box series. The work is one of forty prints issued that year, each created by a different member of the collective and compiled into a boxed edition of limited run.
Subject & Meaning
The image, titled Audience #5, reflects the artist’s engagement with themes of observation and participation, inviting viewers to consider their role within a collective visual experience. While the specific visual content is not described, the title suggests an exploration of the relationship between creator, work, and spectator.
Technique & Style
Created using printmaking methods typical of the ELP community, the piece likely employs techniques such as relief, intaglio, or screen printing, executed on paper at a modest scale. The collaborative nature of the Box series encourages a diversity of styles, positioning this work within a broader experimental print tradition.
History & Provenance
The print was produced under the auspices of East London Printmakers, an independent Hackney‑based collective founded in 1998. Each annual Box set serves as an archive of members’ output; proceeds from sales support workshops and professional development for the group’s artists, and selected copies are donated to public collections.
Context
ELP’s Box project functions both as a fundraising mechanism and a documentation of the collective’s evolving practice. Audience #5 belongs to the 2011 edition, situating it within a decade‑long series that records the shifting concerns and techniques of the Hackney printmaking community.
Artist & collection
Artist
Coruzzi’s prints read like zines you’d find in a college dorm fridge door: sharp, sticky, and impossible to ignore.
