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.
Elsi Vassdal Ellis
Women Dream
Limited Edition Artist Book
2011
Intersections and Detours
An Exhibition of Artist Books by Elsi Vassdal Ellis
February 3 - March 10, 2012
Opening Reception: First Friday, February 3, 2012, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Artist Talk: February 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Paulann Petersen
Dark River of Stars
Limited Edition Artist Book
2012
Photo:
Stephen Funk
Dark River of Stars
Launching Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen's New Artist Book
February 3 - March 10, 2012
Opening Reception: First Friday, February 3, 2012, 5:00-8:00 p.m.
Book Launch, Reception and Short Reading, Saturday, February 11, 4:00 p.m.
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.
Learn more about the book, the exhibition and the launch party here.
