No Plan at All: Prints from BORCH Editions

Founded in 1979 by master printer Niels Borch Jensen, BORCH Editions has established prominence in the field through its forward-thinking direction. Borch Jensen saw an opportunity to bring to Europe an exploratory approach to printmaking that stemmed from the medium’s postwar revival in the United States, with the inception of collaborative studios such as Universal Limited Art Editions in 1957, Crown Point Press in 1962, and Gemini G.E.L. in 1966.

In addition to its space in Copenhagen, BORCH Editions presented bold, large-scale projects at its gallery in Berlin from 1999 through 2023, which further expanded its global audience. Borch Jensen was introduced to Tacita Dean (b. 1965) at the turn of the millennium, and together they went on to produce monumental, multipart prints like Quarantania (2018), which stretches twenty-five feet and is based on a found nineteenth-century photograph.

Reconstructions (2007) by Huma Bhabha (b. 1962) likewise employs the photogravure technique, but pairs these prints with woodcuts made at Derriere L’Etoile Studios in New York, underscoring the collaborative nature of print publishing.

BORCH Editions has partnered in recent years with local and regional artists in Scandinavia, such as Mamma Andersson (b. 1962), Andreas Eriksson (b. 1975), and Frida Orupabo (b. 1986) to produce a diverse array of prints that employ a wide variety of etching techniques, alongside photogravure, woodcut, and monoprinting.

Across the exhibited works, No Plan at All emphasises the sustained collaborations between the BORCH Editions and its artists that enable both printer and artist to learn from one another.