Links
Sandow Birk is represented by:
Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Los Angeles
www.koplindelrio.com
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco
www.cclarkgallery.com
PPOW Gallery, New York
www.ppowgallery.com
Frequent Collaborator:
Elyse Pignolet
web.mac.com/epignolet
Books - Publications:
“In Smog and Thunder – The Great War of the Californias”
“Incarcerated: Visions of California in the 21st Century”
“Dante’s Inferno”
“Dante’s Purgatorio”
“Dante’s Paradiso”
Film projects:
“Dante’s Inferno”
Feature film adaptation of the classic poem, done with paper puppets.
Premiered at Slamdance Film Festival 2007. Winner of numerous awards
at film festivals across the United States and Europe.
Directed by Sean Meredith
Produced by Paul Zaloom and Sandow Birk
Art Directed by Elyse Pignolet
“In Smog and Thunder: The Great War of the Californias”
45 min. mockumentary about a war between San Francisco and Los Angeles
Featured in film festivals across the United States and beyond.
Available from Smart Art Press
www.smartartpress.com/collections/film-video-cd
Print projects:
Trillium Press, San Francisco
www.trilliumpress.com
HuiPress, Maui, HW
www.huipress.com
Past Exhibitions:
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
www.mcasd.org/exhibitions/index.asp
San Jose Museum of Art
www.sjmusart.org/
Grand Central Art Center
www.grandcentralartcenter.com
South Texas Institute for the Arts
www.stia.org
"In Smog and Thunder: Historical Works from the Great War of the Californias" Published by Last Gasp and the Laguna Art Museum. Comes with a CD of the audio tour from the museum exhibition.
"In Smog and Thunder" DVD 48 min. "mockumentary" film on the Great War of the Californias.
"Incarcerated: Visions of California in the 21st Century" Catalog from the exhibition featuring images of the entire painting series along with essays by Meg Linton, Darius Spieth, and others.
"Dante's Inferno" The classic poem adapted into American slang with Marcus Sanders
"Dante's Purgatorio" Part 2 of the "Divine Comedy" trilogy
"Dante's Paradiso" The final, and best, of the project.
"Dante's Inferno" DVD Feature length film adaptation of Dante's poem, set in contemporary urban America, all done with paper puppets.
"The Depravities of War" Book on the print project and works of Jacques Callot, with the entire series and extensive critical essays.