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New Works by John Grade, 2009

JOHN GRADE

Channel - an exhibition by internationally-recognized environmental sculptor John Grade, opens December 1, 2011 at Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA. The latest work was inspired by drainage architecture and timbers salvaged from the historic Northwest schooner Wawona, a lumber carrier and fishing vessel based in the Puget Sound from 1897 to 1947. Wawona, one of the largest three-masted ships of its kind built in North America, sailed routinely from Washington State to California.

This new body of work relates directly to Grade's upcoming monumental sculpture installation for the Museum of History & Industry's new museum at the Armory Building in Lake Union Park, Seattle, opening late fall of 2012.

Grade, who has become renown for his exploration of the natural process of decomposition, turns the tables in this recent series, sculpting with materials that have already seen the effects of time. In addition to numerous accolades, international awards, grants, reviews and national museum recognition, Grade was most recently awarded the 2011 Arlene Schnitzer Prize and Contemporary Northwest Art Award at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.

• Recent exhibitions: Circuit, September 2010; New Works, May 2009; Cleave, May/June 2007; Underset: Small Drawings & Sculpture, November/December 2004

Channel

Exhibition Dates: December 2- 24, 2011

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  Blackwall Hitch, 2011
  Wood and resin.
  18 x 20 x 16 inches.
  SOLD
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  Blackwall Hitch (back view)
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  Chute, 2011
  Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
  35 x 25 x 12 inches.
  SOLD
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  Chute (side views)
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  Choke, 2011
  Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
  35 x 25 x 12 inches.
  SOLD
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  Choke (side view and detail)
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  Channel, 2011
  Wood (salvaged from the historic schooner Wawona, built in 1897).
  40h x 51w x 28d inches.
  SOLD
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  Channel (side view and detail)

Additional Drawings & Prints

• For pricing and availability, please contact our department.

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  Channel, 2009
  Lithograph with hand color. Ed. 5.
  10 x 8 inches.
  
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  Breathe, 2009
  Lithograph with handcolor. AP (Ed. 8).
  9-1/2 x 7 inches.
  SOLD
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  Ground, 2009
  Charcoal on paper.
  11 x 13 inches.
  
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  Spines, 2009
  Graphite on paper.
  4-1/2 x 7 inches.
  SOLD
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  Causeway, 2005
  Charcoal on paper.
  59 x 85 inches.
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Additional Sculpture

• For pricing and availability, please contact our department.

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  Circuit (preserved), 2010
  Glazed ceramic bonded with gypsum polymer to corn-based resin embedded with marine netting.
  114 x 44 x 36 inches.
  
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  Circuit (preserved), 2010
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  Collector, 2007
  Wood.
  8 x 72 x 78 inches.
  SOLD
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  Skin (The Elephant Bed), 2009
  Cast resin, silica, cloth.
  36 x 30 x 30 inches.
  SOLD
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  Rift, 2003
  Resin and wood.
  28 x 11 x 7 inches.
  SOLD
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  Core 2002
  Wood/paper, rubber, resin.
  19 x 21 x 18 inches.
  

Installations

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  Seeps of Winter, 2008
  Cast paper pulp, glassine, fumed silica.
  10 x 50 x 30 feet.
  
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  Meridian, 2008
  Cast polyurethane rubber, rigid submersible foam, cables and filament.
  12 x 16 x 16 feet.
  
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  Meridian (details)
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  Meridian (detail, bird’s eye view)
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  Fold, 2008
  Wood and resin.
  8 x 8 x 5 feet.
  
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  Fold (detail)
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  Fold (alternate view)
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  Cleave (installation view), 2006
  Cast resin grafted with goat hair and clay, video projections.
  11 x 16 x 45 feet.
  
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  Cleave (detail)
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  Ring, 2006
  Resin cast in clay, multiple channels of light.
  Dimensions variable.
  
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  Ring (detail)

Photographs

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Photographs are available in multiple sizes, both individually or as suites:
36 x 24 inches, editions of 3
24 x 16 inches, editions of 5
16-1/2 x 11 inches, editions of 8

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  Preserve (canyon), 2009
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 5.
  24 x 16 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Preserve (frozen), 2009
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 5.
  24 x 16 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Preserve (fold), 2009
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 8.
  11 x 16-1/2 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Preserve (brow), 2009
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 8.
  11 x 16-1/2 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 5.
  24 x 16 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector: Willapa Bay, Washington, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector: Submerged, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector: Removed from the Bay, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector: Escalante Plateau, Utah, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Collector: Canyon, Southern Utah, 2006-2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Host (Burn), 2007
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Fold: Great Basin Desert, Nevada, 2008
  C-print mounted to Dibond. Ed. 3.
  24 x 36 inches (additional sizes available).
  
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  Host (Aspen), 2007
  C-prints mounted to Dibond. Ed. 5.
  Triptych, 24 x 16 inches each (additional sizes available).
  

Publications

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John Grade: Disintegration, Sculpture through Landscape
Hardcover exhibition catalog. 80 pages. 62 color illus.
Published by Bellevue Arts Museum. 9 x 13 inches.
$40 + tax.

John Grade: Seeps of Winter
Softcover exhibition catalog. 9 pages. 10 color illus.
Published by Suyama Space, Seattle, WA. 9 x 9 inches.
$7 + tax.

John Grade: Sculpture and Drawings
Softcover exhibition catalog. 64 pages. 47 color and 10 black & white illus.
Published by Boise Art Museum. 11 x 8-1/2 inches.
$20 + tax.