Joan Hall

The New Living Reef #5

2020

Joan Hall is known for her innovative approaches to material and process. Also an avid sailor, Hall works tirelessly to promote marine advocacy through her art. The Pandemic Reef series is a body of work created during 2020-2021 using handmade paper using overbeaten abaca, hemp and flax. The pandemic has not only affected millions of people around the world but it’s now...

Handmade paper, collagraph printing, hand cut construction. An avid sailor, Joan Hall works tirelessly to promote marine advocacy through her art. From her home and studio in Jamestown, Rhode Island, Hall sees the effects of climate change firsthand. Non-native, invasive algae species and plastic pollution found in the waters of Narragansett Bay feature prominently in her large-scale mixed media installations. Hall focuses on the use of handmade paper to shape the undulating wave-like forms of her sculptural pieces. Works like "The New Normal...

Joan Hall's work focuses on the use of handmade paper to create works that show the non-native, invasive algae species and plastic pollution found in the ocean today...

Collage on paper. Signed in pencil lower left margin: "W. P. Barton"; dated in pencil lower right margin: "2011"; titled in pencil verso upper left: "That Summer at Paul's". W. Perr...

Complete title: Origin of Desire: Positive Energies Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techn...

Complete title: Autorretrato Dentro del Origen del Deseo (The Origin of Desire - Self-Potrait Inside of the Desire's Origin) Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored i...

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day #2 is a unique medium size contemporary modern sculpture painting relief by US artist Amy Genser. The relief is made from hundreds meticulously hand rolled m...

"This Monkey Pod VSE (Variable Stencil Edition) is a collaboration produced with my good friend and former co-worker Ernesto Reyna Each piece is a stencil painting with letterpress lantern images glued in position to add an additional dimension to the art. The price difference between the two variable editions is because of the greater technical and labor-intensive demands of the red and gold version. A portion of the proceeds from these stencil pieces will go to the NRDC to support their efforts to improve environmental regulations and policies. I originally made the Monkey Pod image based on a tree on the grounds of The Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, where I completed a residency back in 2005. I was presented with a unique conundrum: Hawaii doesn't have outdoor advertising, which my street art was designed to compete with and make people question. After visiting Hawaii, I realized that the primary form of propaganda was not advertising but the cliches of Hawaii itself: Coke machines...