May 2017
Dear Friends,
I dropped a tiny hint in my most recent newsletter that said 10 years in the gallery has “been a page-turner of a journey and I can't wait for the next chapter. ” Well, the time for the next chapter has come and I am very excited to share the news with you.
As you know, 23 Sandy is a two-pronged operation.
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BUILT: Book Art & Architecture On View Through May 27, 2017
23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present BUILT, an international juried exhibition of book and paper art examining the relationship between contemporary book art practices and architecture, engineering, landscape and construction as form, function and structure. Book artists took this opportunity to re-imagine the ways we as designers, of either books or buildings can inhabit and shape the world around us. Our disciplines have a natural synergy.
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Recently we told you about Mutterfarbe, a new artist book and installation project by Erin Mickelson and Brandi Katherine Herrara. Now we are thrilled to present a video of these very talented women talking about this multi-faceted work, its conception and their collaborative process.
Using Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s seminal work, Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colors, 1810) as a primary source, Herrera translated sections of the text from German to English during a residency at the Château de Monthelon (Burgundy, France) for the first time since Charles Eastlake’s 1840 edition.
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This month we debut our Curated Collection titled WOMEN RISE, featuring artist books at 23 Sandy Gallery that celebrate women and girls, or shed light on important women's issues. As we start this New Year, women's issues are first and foremost on a lot of minds.
This online collection of unique and limited-edition artist books is a special way to tell the stories of women, to celebrate our accomplishments, and to frame a dialog about many important topics.
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Call for Entries: BUILT On View at 23 Sandy Gallery: April 7 – May 27, 2017 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2017
23 Sandy Gallery is calling for submissions for BUILT: Book art as a context to explore architecture, design, the built world, the built book.
This international juried exhibition of book and paper art aims to examine the relationship between contemporary book art practices and architecture, engineering, landscape and construction as form, function and structure. Let's re-image the ways we as designers, of either books or buildings can inhabit and shape the world around us.
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23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to announce our POP-UP NOW II award winners. This exciting exhibition is on view in the gallery through December 17th, so stop by soon to see the show if you happen to be in Portland.
Pop-up and movable artist books are always crowd pleasers—if only on structural fun alone.
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Poetic and Visual Experiments with Goethe’s Zur Farbenlehre
Mutterfarbe is a work of experimental text + visual translations and poems by Brandi Katherine Herrera. Using Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s seminal work, Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colors, 1810) as a primary source. Working during a residency in Germany, Herrera translated sections of the text from German to English for the first time since Charles Eastlake’s 1840 edition.
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POP-UP NOW II On view through December 17, 2016
Please join us for an artists reception:Saturday, November 5, 2016, 4:00 - 6:00 p. m.
23 Sandy Gallery is pleased to present Pop-Up Now II, a juried exhibition of pop-up and movable artist books.
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Today marks the opening day of the Movable Book Society Conference in Boston. To celebrate, we thought it would be fun to announce the Pop-Up Now II featured artists. A big thank you to all of the artists who entered a superb selection of movable books.
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Call for Entries: BUILT On View at 23 Sandy Gallery: April 7 – May 27, 2017 Submission Deadline: January 7, 2017
23 Sandy Gallery is calling for submissions for BUILT: Book art as a context to explore architecture, design, the built world, the built book.
This international juried exhibition of book and paper art aims to examine the relationship between contemporary book art practices and architecture, engineering, landscape and construction as form, function and structure. Let's re-image the ways we as designers, of either books or buildings can inhabit and shape the world around us.
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Book artists, librarians and collectors: do you subscribe to Sarah Bodman's fantastic Book Arts Newsletter? If not, stop everything and 1. ) Download the September/October issue and 2. ) Email Sarah to subscribe to her email notification list so that you know when future issues are released.
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23Sandy Gallery will be open by appointment only during September as we prepare for our next show featuring the Dead Feminists. Regular hours resume October 7, 2016.
During the break, you can still shop our online gallery.
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