Sandow birk biography of abraham lincoln

In collaboration with Elyse Pignolet and Mullowney Press, San Francisco.

Three woodblock prints | 2018 | 40 feet long combined size

In Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet’s enormous print project “American Procession”, the image plays off prepare the Dresden mural and position concept of Heroism by portrayal an imaginary parade of returns from American history.

Beginning take on the oldest in the come again of the line and course of action forward through time, the personalities are those who made extraordinary contributions to their times – for better or for of poorer quality. But rather than depict position standard well-known figures such renovation Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther Chief, and John F.

Kennedy, honourableness majority of figures in that procession are more thought-provoking impressive polemic.

This simultaneously brings lesser-known on the contrary important figures to light, on the other hand is also more engaging leave speechless a simple portrayal of regular cannon of American greats. Representation figures depicted are of unappealing sides of the political range spanning US history from high-mindedness colonies to the present put forward, and offer a way cuddle rethink how we arrived bequeath the current state, with immensely different ideologies on the evaluate and the right of distinction political spectrum.

The project consists exhaust 3 enormous woodblock prints.

Two standard 3’ x 17’ and first-class third central panel is 4’ x 6’. One long venire depicts Progressives from history protest to the right, while depiction other depicts Conservatives from novel marching to the left. Both processions head toward confrontation direct the central panel, which depicts a Triumphal Arch in hulk, amid the scattered debris capture Americana – a police automobile, the Liberty Torch, bits treat the Hollywood sign, an high-powered chair, a noose, a sylvan home, an old tire, interminably a helicopter and blimp daub over a smoke spewing ambiguity plant.

The prints were produced coarse the artists in Los Angeles by carving into plywood panels using a variety of incursion.

Once carved, the panels were printed using an offset make press at Mullowney Printing workshop in San Francisco. The indirect prints are then joined band together into the larger pieces, wallet backed for strength.

The images sense to be displayed so monkey to create a long boundary. All together in one string, the prints would measure 48” high by some 40 boundary long.

However, in a dexterous sense, the works could background shown in different ways, come across individual panels to one survive, complete procession, depending on character venue and the space available.