Art for Change
Amanda Marchand and Leah Sobsey: Point Reyes: Northern Curly-Leaved Monardella & Ice Plant, a limited edition
We are pleased to present a new work commissioned by the Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA).
Using plant-based photographic processes, the artists created this luminous work with pigment derived from blooms of the invasive ice plant, widely seen in Point Reyes dune ecosystems, combined with delicate imagery of the native northern curly-leaved monardella. The monardella is a rare annual herb that supports native bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, and is increasingly threatened by the spread of the ice plant, which crowds out native dune vegetation and alters habitat conditions. By bringing these two species together, the work reflects the delicate balance of the coastal ecosystem and PRNSA’s ongoing commitment to habitat restoration and stewardship. Available in a limited edition of 6.
A portion of proceeds from each print supports PRNSA’s important wildlife and habitat conservation work.
Steuart Pittman: Plinth, a limited edition of serigraphs
For the final release from the gallery’s 25th Anniversary fundraising project, we are pleased to offer Plinth, a special limited edition of serigraphs by Steuart Pittman. While the silkscreen medium was a natural choice for the rich, saturated color and sharp edges, this new print also combines his longstanding interest in geometric abstraction with a compositional approach that takes its cues from Josef Albers’ unique color theory classes from the 60s. Featuring one of Pittman’s favorite color palettes of cadmium blue and orange, titanium buff, and ultramarine blue, Plinth masterfully illustrates that color can be subjective and also crucial to the experience of viewing. Continually aspiring towards a sense of harmony in his work, the integration of the recognizable color palette and idiosyncratic forms feels simultaneously balanced and random.
Continuing our support of reproductive freedoms and equitable access to health care, 50% of sale proceeds from the release of this series will be donated to reproductive rights organizations like Sister Song and Planned Parenthood.
Amanda Marchand: The World is Astonishing With You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds, Ferns and Wildflowers, an edition of folios
For the 7th release from the gallery’s 25th Anniversary fundraising project, we are pleased to offer a special set of three hand cut lumen collages by Amanda Marchand from her series “The World is Astonishing with You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds, Ferns and Wildflowers.” Housed in an iridescent black folio, each of the collages is signed by the artist, and references an endangered species of bird (“Vesper Sparrow”), fern (“Golden Leather”) and wildflower (“Scarlet Ammania”). Also inside each folio is a piece of unfixed lumen paper that will continue to change color as it is exposed to light, so that over time, a unique print is created from the folio itself. Available in a limited edition of 12.
Marchand has been working with the dynamic camera-less lumen process over the last few years, approaching each exposure as a meditation, with colors shifting to reveal the latent colors in various black and white photo papers. Well known for her artist books as well as her photo-based art, Marchand uses her practice to draw attention to “the fragility of nature, the fragility of the planet, and the fragility of our human species. Everything is temporal, and because of that, so astonishing.”
Continuing our support of reproductive freedoms and equitable access to health care, 50% of sale proceeds from the release of this print series will be donated to reproductive rights organizations like Sister Song and Planned Parenthood. Released August 2022.
Samantha Fields: Scope, a limited edition print
For the 5th release from the gallery’s 25th Anniversary fundraising project, we are pleased to offer Scope, by Samantha Fields: a limited edition print featuring an image specially selected from the artist’s rarely seen photography archive. Depicting a glowing palm tree haloed by rings of sunlight, and reflected through the echoing lens of a scope, this work reveals the transformative properties of light as seen through ephemeral occurrences. As in her larger practice, Fields immerses the viewer in landscapes that embrace both fact and fiction, recreating the energy and emotions of fleeting moments. Continuing our support of reproductive freedoms and equitable access to health care, 50% of sale proceeds from the release of this print series will be donated to reproductive rights organizations like Sister Song and Planned Parenthood. Released June 2022.
Diana Guerrero-Maciá: The Beautiful Girls, a series of limited edition prints
For the 4th release from the gallery’s 25th Anniversary fundraising project, we are pleased to offer The Beautiful Girls, by Diana Guerrero-Maciá, a series of prints that features enigmatic “portraits” in which the shifting absence or presence of an actual face or bodily form offers a nod to the changing state of current body politics. While Guerrero-Maciá is well known for her deliberate choices in materials and imagery that allow for a critical engagement with larger societal issues around race, gender, and identity, she also addresses barriers in the art world with a hybrid approach that embraces collage, painting and traditional textile practices. 50% of sale proceeds from the release of the prints will be donated. Released April 2022.
Ken Fandell: Rock, Paper, Scissors, a collection of NFTs
In conjunction with his solo exhibition, Black and Blue, Ken Fandell will be releasing a collection of NFTs, his first forays into this new medium. Rock, Paper, Scissors are stop-motion animations of seemingly ordinary objects that show a continually shifting perspective on how things appear and how they really are. 100% of the sale proceeds will be donated. Released February, 2022.
Amy Kaufman: Constellation tiles, a series of unique drawings
We are excited to kick off our anniversary celebrations and launch our fundraising project with Amy Kaufman, an artist who has been with the gallery from its founding. With a nod to our 25 years, she has created a special series of 25 unique ink and conté drawings. Each work features a two panel background of varying shades of blue, which is overlaid with webs of meandering lines to suggest abstracted space and movement, a hallmark of her practice. 50% of the sale proceeds will be donated. Released January 2022.
Meditation Artifacts, a watercolor series by Danielle Lawrence.
50% of the sale proceeds from this series will be donated to the following organizations that work for change and justice in our communities: No Kid Hungry, Black Mamas Matter, Save Lyon Martin, Navajo & Hopi COVID-19 Relief Fund. Released 2020.
Night Garden, a photo by Amanda Marchand.
Limited edition photograph from Amanda Marchand’s Night Garden series to benefit the DOvE Project, working to create an early detection test for ovarian cancer. Released 2018.