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Some of the best printmaking in the United States will be spotlighted at Loyola Marymount University in Westchester when the Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 11th National Exhibition opens Tuesday at the university’s Laband Art Gallery.

Among the prints in the show are “On the Outskirts of Karczew,” a moody study of a wolf stalking a graveyard that was inspired by the Holocaust, and “Lost Horizon,” a work about environmental destruction in which a bird-angel brings flowers to a ruined city.

The society invited printmakers across the country to submit works, and Venice artist Laddie John Dill, the show’s juror, selected 75 works by 33 artists for exhibit.

Gallery Director Gordon L. Fuglie said figurative and representational works dominate the show, although there are several experimental pieces, including a mixture of woodcut and photo etching in the same image. In the exhibit catalogue, Dill said he looked for works reflecting “strong draftsman skills and ability to handle the graphic media” as well as “work that ventured into experimental territory.” The society is an organization of Los Angeles printmakers who promote and preserve the art form.

The Laband gallery is in the Fritz B. Burns Fine Arts Center at the university, Loyola Boulevard at West 80th Street. Gallery hours are 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The free exhibit runs through Dec. 15.