SUNSET PARK — From Wednesday, June 16 through Saturday, Aug. 14, the Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 84th St., will present an exhibit called “Rock Paper Scissors,” with an opening reception on Wednesday, June 16 from 6 p.m. to 8:30

Applied to this exhibition, the title Rock Paper Scissors is a broad analogy for the full circle of shifting “power” elements within a work of art. In this interplay, with “rock” representing the physicality of art-object, “paper” representing power of communication, and “scissors” representing tools of process, all exist in symbiosis, but shift in weight relative to each work.

This exhibition concentrates on paintings, collages, and hand-pulled prints by 13 diverse and independent artists, loosely associated by a common project, and all displaying an essential common trait: the pursuit of excellence in their craft.

Central to this association is the Red Hook studio of master printer Sheila Goloborotko. An accomplished and internationally recognized artist in her own right, she is universally lauded for her ability to draw out the talents of artists working with her. The process of producing an edition of prints requires thinking in reverse, and thinking in sequence.

The artistry comes from accomplishing this mindful, logical approach, without sacrificing the spontaneity and vibrancy of the artwork. Making art in a world dominated by digitally captured, generated and/or manufactured images, the creation of traditionally produced prints have become part of each artist’s oeuvre.

Exhibiting artists are Ramona Candy, Mary Chang, Tami Gold, Kathleen Hayek, Pearl Rosen, G.G. Stankiewicz, Sheila Goloborotko, Agnes Murray, Ana Bianchi, Robert Golden, Audrey Frank Anastasi, Susan Fateh and Harold Wortsman.

Also on view will be the “Goloborotko’s Studio 20th Anniversary Edition” print portfolio. Each of the 40 portfolios published in the 20th Anniversary Edition consists of 13 numbered and signed 20-by-16-inch original prints. There are 16 portfolios available for purchase.

For fledgling collectors and connoisseurs alike, the exhibition will also have a series of affordable original prints.

An artists talk will be also held Wednesday evening, July 21, starting at 6:30 p.m. A panel discussion will be led by master printers Sheila Goloborotko and Agnes Murray on the subject of connoisseurship in printmaking and the history of creating the portfolio. Many of the other artists will speak about their experiences developing and producing a work for a collective project, and the relationship of the workshop to their independent studio practice.

Rock-paper-scissors is a hand game/method of selection, in which a hand gesture is simultaneously “thrown” by two or more people. According to Wikipedia, the 3 gestures are: Rock (represented by a clenched fist) which blunts or breaks scissors (that is, rock defeats scissors) Scissors (represented by the index and middle fingers extended and separated) which cut paper (scissors defeats paper) and Paper (represented by a horizontal open hand, with the fingers connected) which covers or captures rock (paper defeats rock).

For more information on the gallery, call (718) 833-9100. Tabla Rasa is located on 48th St between Second and Third avenues, Brooklyn.

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