EXHIBITION
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Chitra Ganesh [% For The Center For Popular Democracy’s Puerto Rico Rebuilding Fund], Angela Hennessy [% For Girls Inc.], Sanaz Mazinani [% Art & Abolition], Shireen Laine [% Planned Parenthood], Michele Pred [% For NARAL Pro-Choice California], and Nadja Verena Marcin [% For 350.org] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Shireen Laine [% Planned Parenthood], Michele Pred [% For NARAL Pro-Choice California], Nadja Verena Marcin [% For 350.org], and Michelle Hartney [% For Planned Parenthood] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Michelle Hartney [% For Planned Parenthood] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Michele Pred [% For NARAL Pro-Choice California] and Nadja Verena Marcin [% For 350.org] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Michele Pred [% For NARAL Pro-Choice California] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Michelle Hartney [% For Planned Parenthood] Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Community Action Station + Pop-Up Shop Items by Meirav Ong, Michele Pred, and The Diana Kane Boutique Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Community Action Station + Pop-Up Shop Items by Kelly Inouye, Piyali Banerjie, Lisette Morales, Meirav Ong, Katrina Majkut, Torz Dallison, Phoebe Rose Gittelson, Allie Pohl, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Michelle Hartney, and The Diana Kane Boutique Photo: John Janca
'Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era' Collect For Change™ Inauguration January 6 - February 16, 2018 state, San Francisco, CA Works by Ana Teresa Fernández [% For Girls Garage], Angela Hennessy [% For Girls Inc.], and Michele Pred [% For NARAL Pro-Choice California] Photo: John Janca
'Arrastre 7' 2013 Direct print to silver dibond 20.5 x 36 in / 52 x 91 cm Edition 2/5 + AP % For Girls Garage Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'Arrastre 5' 2013 Direct print to silver dibond 20 1/2 x 36 in / 52 x 91 cm Edition 3/5 + AP % For Girls Garage Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'Arrastre 6' 2013 Direct print to silver dibond 20.5 x 36 in / 52 x 91 cm Edition 3/5 + AP % For Girls Garage Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'Protest Fantasy' 2015 Mixed media on canvas 30 x 31 in / 76 x 79 cm % For The Center For Popular Democracy’s Puerto Rico Rebuilding Fund Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'She the Question, Amnesia's Golden Fishhook' 2012 Archival lightjet print 10 x 36 in / 25 x 91 cm Edition of 3 % For The Center For Popular Democracy’s Puerto Rico Rebuilding Fund Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'She the Question, the queen of mars' 2012 Archival lightjet print 13.5 x 17 in / 34 x 43 cm Edition of 3 % For The Center For Popular Democracy’s Puerto Rico Rebuilding Fund Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco
'The Weight of Words II: This Machine Shreds Narcissism; This Machine Shreds Bullying; This Machine Shreds Racism; This Machine Shreds Misogyny; This Machine Shreds Greed; This Machine Shreds Hate; This Machine Shreds Lies; This Machine Shreds Fascism' 2017 Paper Shredder, spray paint, marker, paint pen, and printed out quotes or Tweets of statements from Donald Trump 18 x 12 x 6 in / 45.72 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm Edition of 5 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words II' 2017 Paper Shredder, spray paint, marker, paint pen, and printed out quotes or Tweets of statements from Donald Trump 18 x 12 x 6 in / 45.72 x 30.48 x 15.24 cm Edition of 5 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words I' 2017 Vinyl, velcro, metal, shredded paper % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words I' 2017 Vinyl, velcro, metal, shredded paper % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words I:' 'Flat-chested' 'Rape' 'Hillary' 2017 Fabric, velcro, metal, shredded paper 5 x 9 x 2 in Edition of 15 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words I' 'Blood coming out of her' 2017 Fabric, velcro, metal, shredded paper 5 x 9 x 2 in Edition of 15 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words I:' 'Piece of Ass' and 'Pussy' 2017 Fabric, velcro, metal, shredded paper 5 x 9 x 2 in Edition of 15 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words' at the 2017 Women's March in Washington D.C. 2017 Fabric, velcro, metal, shredded paper 5 x 9 x 2 in Edition of 15 % For Planned Parenthood
'The Weight of Words' at the 2017 Women's March in Washington D.C. 2017 Fabric, velcro, metal, shredded paper 5 x 9 x 2 in Edition of 15 % For Planned Parenthood
'Black Lit' 2018 Crocheted synthetic and human hair, foam foundations, sponge rollers, chain, gold leaf and enamel paint over copper sheet, electrical lighting 22” DIA, variable height % For Girls Inc.
'Mourning Wreath' 2017 Synthetic and human hair, found hair, artist’s hair 6 in w x 8’9 in h / 15.24 cm w x 22.60 cm h % For Girls Inc.
'How to Undress in Front of Your Husband' (still) 2016 Video/Performance 13 min, 4K digital cinema Edition 1 of 8 % For 350.org
'How to Undress in Front of Your Husband' (still) 2016 Video/Performance 13 min, 4K digital cinema Edition 1 of 8 % For 350.org
'How to Undress in Front of Your Husband' (still) 2016 Video/Performance 13 min, 4K digital cinema Edition 1 of 8 % For 350.org
'Covergirls (magazine)' 2017 Four Magazines of 6-8 pages, inkjet prints, mixed media 11.5 x 8 .75 in / 29.21 x 22.225 cm Edition 1/5 + 1 AP (sold as series of 4) % For 350.org
POP-UP SHOP
NOTHING 2017 Zine 7 x 7 in / 17.78 x 17.78 cm
#FeministGold Long Sleeve Gray Tee
#FeministGold Black Tank
#FeministGold Gray Tee
#FeministGold Rose Tee
#FeministGold Gray Onesie
#FeministGold Rose Tee
#FeministGold White, Blue, Black Kids Tee
#FeministGold Gray + Rose Tee
#FeministGold Purple Onesie + Tee
#FeministGold Grey + Rose Tee
#FeministGold Gray Onesie
#FeministGold
#FeministGold Pale Gray Tee
#FeministGold Long Sleeve Gray Tee
#FeministGold Blue Kids Tee
#FeministGold Gray Tee
#FeministGold
#FeministGold Black Tee
#Dissident Tee
#Dissident Pins
RESIST SELF-CARE KITS 'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Sticker 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
RESIST SELF-CARE KITS (Black, White, Grey)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (Grey)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (Black)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (White)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (Black)
RESIST SELF-CARE KITS (Gray, White, Black)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (Black)
RESIST SELF-CARE KIT (Grey)
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Pin 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Pin 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Pin 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Sticker 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' LGBTQ Sticker 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Sticker 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
'MAKE AMERICA LOVE AGAIN' Sticker 2017 Nationwide protest art and act of love 4 x 4 in / 10.16 x 10.16 cm
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
IDEAL WOMAN Jewelry
'Three Graces: Dorothy, Sofia, and Rose' 2017 Archival digital print of painting 'Three Graces: Dorothy, Sofia, and Rose' on 100% Cotton Rag paper 17 x 21 in / 43.18 x 53.34 cm This is a closed edition of 15 prints only. Once this run is sold out, no more will be made. Proceeds will support the North Bay Fire Relief Fund and Irving Street Projects.
'Chain Gang' 2017 Archival digital print of painting 'Chain Gang' on 100% Cotton Rag paper 17 x 21 in / 43.18 x 53.34 cm This is a closed edition of 15 prints only. Once this run is sold out, no more will be made. Proceeds will support the Redwood Empire Food Bank and Irving Street Projects.
'DIY Counted Cross-Stitch Woman Card Kit'
'The Butterfly Lagoon' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2015 Cardboard on Skin
'The Cello' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2015 Paint and plastic on skin
'The Jungle: Source of Life' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2014 Body paint, moss and sculptures
'Physics Class' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2015 Paint, picture frame, and chalk on skin
'The Dinner Plate' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2014 Body paint, plastic, paper and herb on skin
'Pick My Brain' print from 'The Sacred Labyrinth' series 2015 Paint on skin
'Dreaming About My Body'
'Nope: The Women's March on Washington' 2017 Introduction by Aliza Edelman, PhD Softcover, 60 pages, perfect bound Copyright Torz Dallison
'Dreaming About My Body'
LIFESOURCE 107 2017 gunpowder watercolor on paper
control freak/ed I 2017 graphite, ink, gouache, and gunpowder on paper
LIFESOURCE 118 2017 gunpowder watercolor on paper
i luv ny 2017 Mixed media collage
Excerpts from sweetphee's SELF(ie) LOVE zine (zine_SELFIE_page7)
Excerpts from sweetphee's ECOTHERAPY zine
Excerpts from sweetphee's ECOTHERAPY zine
Excerpts from sweetphee's ECOTHERAPY zine
"Pleasure, always" a visual poem 2017
sweetphee with I LOVE YOU WHAT'S YOUR NAME
'Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, & Consent on Campus' 2017 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 332 pages
20th Anniversary Issue
'Fjords Womens Edition'
#fffp t-shirt
#fffp t-shirt
'Making Art During Fascism' Zine
'Profoundly Your$' 2006-2016 (on going project) 3rd series 6 x 4 in / 15.24 x 10.16 cm Edition of 2000
'Profoundly Your$' 2006-2016 (on going project) 3rd series 6 x 4 in / 15.24 x 10.16 cm Edition of 2000
TAKEOVER Art Zine is a publication initiated during the misogynist and xenophobic presidential campaign of Trump, TAKEOVER serves to rectify the ongoing lack of recognition for young female and gender non-binary artists in contemporary galleries, museums, and by art critics. The publication showcases outstanding contemporary artwork by female and genderqueer artists, and creates an opportunity to foster important conversations about what it means to be a female or non-binary artist.
TAKEOVER Art Zine is a publication initiated during the misogynist and xenophobic presidential campaign of Trump, TAKEOVER serves to rectify the ongoing lack of recognition for young female and gender non-binary artists in contemporary galleries, museums, and by art critics. The publication showcases outstanding contemporary artwork by female and genderqueer artists, and creates an opportunity to foster important conversations about what it means to be a female or non-binary artist.
TAKEOVER Art Zine is a publication initiated during the misogynist and xenophobic presidential campaign of Trump, TAKEOVER serves to rectify the ongoing lack of recognition for young female and gender non-binary artists in contemporary galleries, museums, and by art critics. The publication showcases outstanding contemporary artwork by female and genderqueer artists, and creates an opportunity to foster important conversations about what it means to be a female or non-binary artist.
Inaugural Collect For Change™ Exhibition, Featuring
Ana Teresa Fernández for Girls Garage, Chitra Ganesh for The Center for Popular Democracy's Puerto Rico Rebuilding Fund, Michelle Hartney for Planned Parenthood, Angela Hennessy for Girls Inc., Nadja Verena Marcin for 350.org, Sanaz Mazinani for Art & Abolition, and Michele Pred for NARAL Pro-Choice California
Accompanied by a Community Action Station + Pop-Up Shop Including Sadie Barnette, Deborah Castillo, Serena Cole, Kelly Inouye, Shireen Liane, Katrina Majkut, Lisette Morales, Piyali Banerjie’s The Sacred Labyrinth, a curatorial selection by Aimee
Rubensteen [Rojas + Rubensteen Projects] of works by Phoebe Rose Gittelson, Meirav Ong, and Monica Uszerowicz, Diana Kane's Feminist Gold clothing line, The Nouveau Classical
Project’s #fffp tees, Allie Pohl's Ideal Woman jewelry, and publications from Torz Dallison + Aliza Edelman, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Beth Pickens, Fjords, BITCH Magazine, and Ms. Magazine, among others
Curated by
Amy Kisch + Danielle Smith + Kimberly Verde + Heather Zises
state, San Francisco, CA
Saturday, January 6 – Friday, February 16, 2018
AKArt and state are pleased to present Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era, to mark the inauguration of Collect For Change™—an initiative which collaborates with artists across disciplines, offering artwork with a portion of sales benefitting a charity personally selected by each artist. A group exhibition that is a feminist response to the one-year anniversary of the current administration, the show highlights “objects” and works by female artists “objecting” to a dominant paradigm through innovative media in the feminist realm. Featured artists Ana Teresa Fernández, Chitra Ganesh, Michelle Hartney, Angela Hennessy, Nadja Verena Marcin, Sanaz Mazinani, and Michele Pred, will donate a portion of all artwork sales to Art & Abolition, NARAL Pro-Choice California, Planned Parenthood, Girls Inc., and 350.org. Opening Saturday, January 6, 2018 with a reception from 5-8pm, and on view through February 16, programming (which will continue to be announced throughout the show’s duration)—comprised of collaborations with arts entities that have histories of advocating for equitable representation, such as Gallery Wendi Norris and Pacific Felt Factory—will include a series of performances and events designed to cultivate discourse, hope, and action within communities that continue to struggle with the current political and social landscape.
Curated by Amy Kisch, Founder + CEO of AKArt and Collect For Change™; Danielle Smith and Kimberly Verde, Founders of state and principals of FRAMEWORK; and Heather Zises, Founder of (READ)art and Editor of 50 Contemporary Women Artists (forthcoming in 2018), the show will be accompanied by a Community Action Station highlighting benefitting organizations, as well as others doing work on the feminist front. The show also will feature a Pop-Up Shop of zines and editions by a roster of artists including Sadie Barnette, Kelly Inouye, and Piyali Banejie’s The Sacred Labyrinth, as well as a curatorial selection by Aimee Rubensteen (of Rojas Rubensteen Projects) of works by Phoebe Rose Gittelson, Meirav Ong, and Monica Uszerowicz. A ‘boutique’ selling Diana Kane's Feminist Gold clothing line, Nouveau Classical Project’s #fffp tees, and Allie Pohl's Ideal Woman jewelry also will be on site.
Featured in the exhibition are photographic works from Ana Teresa Fernández’ Arrastre series, taken during a performance in which the artist stages and subverts a traditional ‘rite of passage’ of a boy entering manhood through mastery of a horse at Tulum’s cenote sinkholes—where Mayans sacrificed virgin women; Mixed media work from Chitra Ganesh’s Protest Fantasy series which depict portraits of women who struggle with protest everyday; An interactive performance piece and installation, The Weight of Words II, by Michelle Hartney which addresses the president’s use of divisive, hate-filled language; A site-specific installation and large-scale sculptural works by Angela Hennessy that explore racialized identity, visibility, and materiality; How To Undress in Front of Your Husband, a video by Nadja Verena Marcin, which turns a 1960s how-to video on disrobing, into a punctive performance that delightfully combats the male gaze; A photographic tapestry by Sanaz Mazinani, May you make your dreams longer than the night: 1968-2018, which responds to the Women’s March protests; and multiple objects and installations by Michele Pred such as Wage Gaps, which features vintage purses with neon feminist slogans from her Pred-a-Porter series, and Riot Shields which sport feminist slogans painted in pink nail polish on police shields. The shields were first was carried on Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., and most recently during Art Basel Miami Beach at the artist’s Parade Against the Patriarchy.
A ‘sister’ parade will be held as part of Object Action: The “F” Word in a Post-Truth Era on Sunday, January 21 at 12pm from state to Pacific Felt Factory arts complex—where a satellite exhibition exploring feminist perspectives will be held. Both the Miami and San Francisco performances seek to reflect and amplify the notions of shared and collective experience within the feminist movement, by bringing together the unique voices and expressions of artists advocating reflection, justice, and change. Join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram using hashtags #ObjectAction #ForChange #ForFeminism
Programming
Saturday, January 6, 5-8pm: Opening Reception
Thursday, January 11, 3pm: FOG Design + Art Panel Discussion Women Rising - Building Representation and Marketability for Female Artists, moderated by Jori Finkel, arts journalist for The New York Times and The Art Newspaper, with panelists Anne Ellegood, Senior Curator at the Hammer Museum; Wendi Norris, owner and founder of Gallery Wendi Norris; and Lucía Sanromán, Director of Visual Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
[location: FOG Design + Art Fair at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94123]
Thursday, January 11, 6-9pm: Live performance + Opening Reception for Gallery Wendi Norris’ MARíA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS: If I Were a Poet
[location: Presidio National Park, 649 Old Mason Street, San Francisco, CA]
Saturday + Sunday, January 13 + 14, 11am-4pm: MOMosa Champagne Cocktail ‘Shred-In’ with Michelle Hartney’s The Weight of Words During UNTITLED Art Fair Weekend
Sunday, January 21, 12-4pm: Collect For Change Inauguration March On the Mission [MOM] from state to Pacific Felt Factory’s satellite exhibition, with performances + live music
Thursday, February 8, 5:30-8pm: Closing Reception + Panel Discussion on the Role of the Arts in Activism and its History in San Francisco [panel starts at 6pm]
Location
state
1295 Alabama Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Hours
Tuesday - Friday, 11am-4pm
Saturday, 12-5pm
or viewing by appointment: info [at] statespacesf.com
Media Contacts
Danielle Smith + Kimberly Verde
[state and FRAMEWORK]
Amy Kisch
[AKArt and Collect For Change]
info [at] CollectForChange.org
EXHIBITION + EVENT INFORMATION
+ LONGFORM PRESS RELEASE [PDF]
+ OPENING RECEPTION: JANUARY 6, 2018
+ MARCH ON THE MISSION [M.O.M.]: JANUARY 21, 2018
+ ART + ACTIVISM PANEL WITH ANGELA HENNESSY,
MICHELE PRED, PIYALI BANERJIE: FEBRUARY 8, 2018
+ OPENING RECEPTION: JANUARY 6, 2018
+ MARCH ON THE MISSION [M.O.M.]: JANUARY 21, 2018
+ EXHIBITION INSTALLATION IMAGES
PRESS
+ MS. MAGAZINE: A Glimpse Inside the Feminist Art Show Objecting to Trump
+ THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
+ 7 x 7: The Art Lover's To-Do This January
+ THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
+ 'OBJECT ACTION' FACEBOOK EVENT PAGE