OPENING FRIDAY
Elsi Vassdal Ellis: Intersections and Detours
February 3 - March 10, 2012
Elsi Vassdal Ellis holds a very distinguished record here at 23 Sandy Gallery: she has been selected for every national juried book arts show we have produced since we opened the gallery five years ago. She also won the Gallery Choice Award for our Pop-Up Now show. We are thrilled to honor her with a solo show of her powerful, thought-provoking work in the field of artist books. Her limited edition artist books and broadsides are powerful, important and provocative, frequently dealing with topics of war, genocide and women's rights.
Please join us for an artist talk with Elsi Vassdal Ellis, Saturday, February 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Click here to see a full online catalog of Elsi's work.
Also Showing: Dark River of Stars
A Book Launch and Exhibition Featuring Oregon's Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen
23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to celebrate the launch of Dark River of Stars a limited-edition artist book produced in collaboration by Oregon Poet Laureate, Paulann Petersen; printmaker, Barbara Mason; and bookbinder, Laurie Weiss. Poems collected in this volume were gifts the poet sent out individually each Valentine’s Day to friends and family over a period of nine years. The book’s title is taken from a line in one of the poems; it’s a metaphor for a signature, for the uniqueness of each human sensibility. The book and it's accompanying broadsides will be on display in the gallery February 3-March 10, 2012.
Please join us for a book launch, reception, and short reading on Saturday, February 11, beginning at 4 p.m.
Learn more about the book and the launch party here.
Check out the artist books we carry in our gallery inventory here.