23 Sandy Gallery is Currently
Closed for Winter Break
In the meantime we have a special installation
viewable from outside our gallery windows:
The Labyrinth of Tantalus by Anna & Leo Daedalus
About the Installation
In a closed gallery, an unfinished book recedes into the distance, out of range of legibility. In the book, an unresolved mystery revolves around a closed bookshop. The Labyrinth of Tantalus, a minimal book-installation by Portland artists Anna & Leo Daedalus, will be on view throughout January from outside the closed 23 Sandy Gallery. A limited edition of the hand-bound book will be available from the Gallery.
Click here to see a slide show of this installation.
Closing Party
Friday, January 27, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
On last Friday, join us for a closing party for Anna & Leo Daedalus's installation for closed art gallery, The Labyrinth of Tantalus. The gallery is closed January for winter break, but the installation is meant to be seen from outside. Come celebrate the closing (indoors!) with hobnobbing, nibnibbling and beveragelinging.
Coming soon!
February 3 - March 10, 2012
Elsi Vassdal Ellis
You may remember Elsi Vassdal Ellis from our most recent book arts show, Uncommon Threads. Her two books in the show were smash hits and both titles sold out. Elsi holds a very distinguished record here at 23 Sandy: she has been juried into every single juried book arts show we have produced since we opened nearly five years ago. She even won the Gallery Choice Award for our Pop-Up Now show. We are thrilled to honor her with a solo show of her thought-provoking work.
Elsi Vassdal Ellis teaches design production and book arts at Western Washington University. She established EVE Press in 1983 she has produced over 95 editions and 120 unique books employing a variety of reproduction techniques and materials. Her work is permanently housed in many public collections including the National Museum of Women in the Arts, New York City Public Library, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Grabhorn Collection in the San Francisco Public Library, and Arts of the Book Collection in the Yale University Library.
Check out the artist books we carry in our gallery inventory here.