"Ethics Excess Extinction" at El Paso Museum of Art

Kiki Smith - Congregation, 2014
Jacquard tapestry, 116 x 76 in. Edition of 10
Opening January 26, 2018 at the El Paso Museum of Art and curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg of Art Works for Change, "Ethics Excess Extinction" features contemporary artists exploring the theme of endangered animal species:

The exhibition explores the reality of animal life: cruelty towards animals as seen through factory farming; the breeding of animals for their hides and fur; hunting animals for their potential medicinal powers; and an alternative vision of the world where all animals are respected and protected from suffering and commercial exploitation. The artists examine the many sides of the story: from the philosophical, where animals are regarded as emotional beings in which we recognize ourselves, to the economic, where animals are killed and sold to support the demands of luxury markets.

Kiki Smith - Earth, 2012
Jacquard tapestry, 116 x 75 in. Edition of 10
Participating artists include Kiki Smith, Chris Jordan, Esther Traugot, and Nick Brandt, who variously use poetry, humor, technology, and scale to explore the plight of endangered animals and our relationship to them. Artworks range from three tapestries by Smith (published by Magnolia Editions) to large-scale photographs to literal “white elephants” in the room created by Miami sculptor Billie Grace Lynn.

For more information on the exhibition, please visit Art Works for Change.

Kiki Smith - Sojourn, 2015
Jacquard tapestry, 116 x 76 in. Edition of 10

Exhibitions: Aziz + Cucher, Kiki Smith, Don & Era Farnsworth

Donald and Era Farnsworth - Shadow (Cinderella), 2017
pigmented inkjet on Hahnemuhle photo rag paper, 58 x 40 inches
Curator Randy Rosenberg's Art Works for Change will present "The True Stories Project" from May 1 through May 31, 2017 at the Patan Museum, a Unesco World Heritage site in Kathmandu, Nepal.

"The True Stories Project" began as a series of interactive workshops over a six-month period, as Art Works for Change, in collaboration with the Kathmandu-based Siddhartha Gallery, used the arts and storytelling activities to help empower victims of sex trafficking and those at risk for exploitation in Oakland, CA and Nepal.

The project has since grown into an exhibition that combines artwork produced in the project with artworks created by invited artists whose work resonates with the show's themes of exploitation and empowerment.

Participating artists include Donald & Era Farnsworth, Hung Liu, Lin Tianmiao, Parastou Forouhar, Thomas L. Kelly, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Grassroots Girls Book Club, Hit Man Gurung, Stacy Leigh, AWARE/OWARE Game for Female Empowerment, Natalie Naccache, Sheelasha Raibhandari, The Ugly Truth Campaign, Gabriela Morawetz, Girls Inc, Siddhartha Gallery, and others.

Aziz + Cucher with curator Mizuki Takahashi at MILL6 in Hong Kong
In other international news, Brooklyn-based artist duo Aziz + Cucher recently exhibited four tapestries created with Magnolia Editions in a show titled Line of Times at the MILL6 Foundation's Pop-Up Space at the Annex in Hong Kong, alongside works by Yin-Ju Chen and Morgan Wong.

Curator Mizuki Takahashi with work by Aziz + Cucher at MILL6 in Hong Kong
The works in Line of Times explore various perspectives on the concept of time in both the metaphysical and physical sense. MILL6 Senior Curator Mizuki Takahashi writes: "the multi-disciplinary artworks exhibited resonate with the fluidity of interpreting the subject, a universal yet subjective experience, with immeasurable impact on human existence, shared knowledge and evolutional civilization."

Aziz + Cucher tapestries at MILL6 in Hong Kong
For this exhibition – the artists' first in Hong Kong – Aziz + Cucher produced four large-scale Jacquard tapestries with Magnolia Editions, three of which were commissioned and will become part of MILL6's permanent collection.

Aziz + Cucher tapestries at MILL6 in Hong Kong

Aziz + Cucher tapestry at MILL6 in Hong Kong
Finally, Kiki Smith tapestries published by Magnolia Editions are currently on view at Robischon Gallery in Denver, CO from March 16th through May 6, 2017.

Tapestries by Kiki Smith at Robischon Gallery in Denver, CO
"Kiki Smith: Selections from the Jacquard Tapestry Series" includes four tapestry editions by Smith, installed so that they can be seen from the street and at night.

Tapestries by Kiki Smith at Robischon Gallery in Denver, CO

Tapestries by Kiki Smith at Robischon Gallery in Denver, CO

Tapestry by Kiki Smith at Robischon Gallery in Denver, CO
More art by Donald & Era Farnsworth from Magnolia Editions

More art by Aziz + Cucher from Magnolia Editions

More art by Kiki Smith from Magnolia Editions

Kiki Smith, Magnolia Editions at Peters Projects this weekend

Kiki Smith - Congregation, 2014
Jacquard tapestry with hand painting and gold leaf, 116 x 76 in. Edition of 10
"Kiki Smith: Woven Tales" opens this Friday, May 13th at Peters Projects in Santa Fe, NM. This spectacular exhibition features all of Smith's tapestries to date (nearly a dozen), hanging together in one room!

There will be an artist talk with Kiki Smith and Donald & Era Farnsworth at Peters Projects on Saturday, May 14th at 11 am.

Kiki Smith - Visitor, 2015
Jacquard tapestry, 116 x 76 in. Edition of 10
Also opening Friday at Peters Projects is a traveling adaptation of the "Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration" exhibition first presented at the Sonoma County Museum of Art earlier this year.

"Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration" is curated by Randy Rosenberg and includes work from the last three decades by artists such as Robert Arneson, David Best, Enrique Chagoya, Chuck Close, Bruce Conner, Lewis deSoto, Donald & Era Farnsworth, Guillermo Galindo, Mildred Howard, Robert Hudson, Deborah Oropallo, Mel Ramos, The St. Petersburg Travelers, and Richard Wagener.

Bruce Conner - ANGEL WALL, CANYON DE CHELLEY, 2003/1976
Archival pigmented inkjet on Rives BFK white, 17.75 x 23.5 in. Edition of 10
Peters Projects is located at 1011 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM. If you can't make it to the opening, check out the shows on the Peters Projects website!

More work by Kiki Smith from Magnolia Editions

Donald Farnsworth this Thurs. Jan 28 at the Art Museum of Sonoma County

Donald Farnsworth and Chuck Close at Close's New York studio, 2011.
Please join Magnolia director Donald Farnsworth this Thursday, January 28, 2016 at 6:30 pm for a special talk at the Art Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA on the occasion of the museum's "Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration" exhibition.

The Art Museum of Sonoma County is located at 505 B St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (click for directions). Please note that this museum is in Santa Rosa – not to be confused with the similarly named museum at 551 Broadway in Sonoma.

Donald Farnsworth and Rupert Garcia at Magnolia Editions with Garcia's 2010 print Obama From Douglass, on view now at the Art Museum of Sonoma County.
"The Magician Behind Magnolia Editions" will detail thirty years of collaboration and experimentation at Magnolia Editions and Farnsworth's work to introduce new techniques and technologies to some of the art world's biggest names.

Kiki Smith and Donald Farnsworth at Magnolia Editions, 2012.

The St. Petersburg Travelers (Donald & Era Farnsworth, Inez Storer & Andrew Romanoff) - Banquet at Gatchina, 2013
Acrylic and modeling paste on heavy linen. Image 47 x 71 inches; linen 56.6 x 82.5 inches. Edition of 3
(on view now at the Art Museum of Sonoma County)
Curated by Randy Rosenberg, "Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration" includes work from the last three decades by artists such as Robert Arneson, Squeak Carnwath, Don Ed Hardy, Enrique Chagoya, Chuck Close, Guy Diehl, Aziz + Cucher, Mildred Howard, William T. Wiley, Mary Hull Webster, Hung Liu, Richard Wagener, Doug Hall, Faisal Abdu'Allah, Kiki Smith, Donald and Era Farnsworth, Inez Storer and Andrew Romanoff, and more, representing a host of media ranging from etchings, collographs, and other more traditional printmaking technologies to Jacquard tapestries, UV-cured acrylic prints on handmade paper fabricated from clothing, and electronic mixed-media sculpture.

We hope you'll join us at the museum on Thursday evening!

Donald Farnsworth and Deborah Oropallo at Magnolia Editions, 2011.
Art Museum of Sonoma County website

Opening this Saturday, Dec 12 at the Art Museum of Sonoma County

Time-lapse video by Ezequiel Narcisi of the "Innovation and Collaboration" exhibition going up at the Art Museum of Sonoma County

"Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration," curated by Randy Rosenberg, opens at the Art Museum of Sonoma County in Santa Rosa, CA this Saturday, December 12, 2015 with a public reception from 6-8 pm.

The museum is located at 425 7th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (click for directions). Please note that this museum is in Santa Rosa – not to be confused with the similarly named museum at 551 Broadway in Sonoma.

"Magnolia Editions: Innovation and Collaboration" includes work from the last three decades by artists such as Robert Arneson, Squeak Carnwath, Don Ed Hardy, Enrique Chagoya, Chuck Close, Guy Diehl, Aziz + Cucher, Mildred Howard, William T. Wiley, Mary Hull Webster, Hung Liu, Richard Wagener, Doug Hall, Faisal Abdu'Allah, Kiki Smith, Donald and Era Farnsworth, Inez Storer and Andrew Romanoff, and more, representing a host of media ranging from etchings, collographs, and other more traditional printmaking technologies to Jacquard tapestries, UV-cured acrylic prints on handmade paper fabricated from clothing, and electronic mixed-media sculpture.

Time-lapse video by Ezequiel Narcisi of the "Innovation and Collaboration" exhibition going up at the Art Museum of Sonoma County

Stay tuned for exhibition-related programming in the coming months, including a talk with William T. Wiley and Mary Hull Webster, and a walk-through of Magnolia featuring presentations from Donald Farnsworth and Guy Diehl.

We hope you'll join us at the opening in Santa Rosa this Saturday!

Time-lapse video by Ezequiel Narcisi of the "Innovation and Collaboration" exhibition going up at the Art Museum of Sonoma County

Art Museum of Sonoma County website