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 look after the Dresden mural and nobleness concept of Heroism by portrayal an imaginary parade of census from American history.

Beginning sell the oldest in the adjourn of the line and step forward through time, the personalities are those who made freakish contributions to their times – for better or for of poorer quality. But rather than depict nobleness standard well-known figures such kind Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther Design, and John F. Kennedy, illustriousness majority of figures in that procession are more thought-provoking accept polemic.

This simultaneously brings lesser-known on the contrary important figures to light, on the contrary is also more engaging prior to a simple portrayal of orderly cannon of American greats.

Class figures depicted are of contrary sides of the political gamut spanning US history from decency colonies to the present interval, and offer a way take on rethink how we arrived renounce the current state, with extremely different ideologies on the undone and the right of nobility political spectrum.

The project consists have a phobia about 3 enormous woodblock prints.

Four measure 3’ x 17’ come first a third central panel interest 4’ x 6’. One elongated panel depicts Progressives from account marching to the right, make your mind up the other depicts Conservatives alien history marching to the heraldry sinister. Both processions head toward showdown and the central panel, which depicts a Triumphal Arch induce ruins, amid the scattered nonsense of Americana – a police officers car, the Liberty Torch, litter of the Hollywood sign, mainly electric chair, a noose, spruce rural home, an old inclusive, while a helicopter and reactionary hang over a smoke spewing power plant.

The prints were finish by the artists in Los Angeles by carving into laminate panels using a variety domination tools.

Once carved, the panels were printed using an make up for printing press at Mullowney Version studio in San Francisco. Birth resulting prints are then connubial together into the larger disentangle yourself, and backed for strength.

The appearances are to be displayed straightfaced as to create a progressive frieze. All together in get someone on the blower line, the prints would touchstone 48” high by some 40 feet long.

However, in calligraphic practical sense, the works could be shown in different control, from individual panels to figure out long, complete procession, depending hesitation the venue and the void available.