2020 Orbitals is a book that explores sequences of abstracted motion and considers circular orbits and their choreography. The image sequences can be animated through the mind’s eye or by using a GIF app on a smart device.
Distributed by the artist
Softcover. Staple binding. Eight pages. Edition of 100
Motion can manifest in meditative beauty or cataclysmic change. Velocities is a Risograph book inspired by the widening circles on the surface of a pond and undulations below ground during an earthquake.
Distributed by the artist.
Softcover. Staple binding. Eight pages. Edition of 100
Rotationals is a Risograph book inspired by the vanes of a windmill. Each page presents an image sequence that can be animated through the mind's eye or by using a GIF app on a smart device.
Distributed by the artist
Softcover. Staple binding. Eight pages. First edition of 100. Second edition of 200
Artwork by Sarah Klein and David Kwan, from the POLAR series (Yellow, Blue and Pink). for pianist Anthony Coleman and drummer Brian Chase debut album, Arcades.
Ideal Engagements is a Risograph portfolio featuring the work of 15 members of the California Society of Printmakers who all work primarily in traditional printmaking methods.
Published for Klein’s solo exhibition Lost Holidays at Telematic gallery in San Francisco. Lost Holidays celebrate life’s flowering in the face of its passing away. Klein’s images are full of rich colors and playful patterning. Yet, they are ultimately reductive: a sustained meditation on time and change, which are emphasized through a juxtaposition of still and moving images.
Printed Matter/St Marks put out an open call for mail art submissions with the prompt We Live In Real Time. As a medium, mail art felt especially relevant at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic—sending art through the postal system allows for a new type of physical connection between people, places, and ideas. Klein submitted I See You Celestial, a card and envelope collage.
Color gradients as they might appear from dawn to dusk. Each page is screenprinted over layers of previous ink drawings, written observations and other images. The artifacts recede as the gradation of colors turn to a darker hue. Created for the Sketchbook Project.
On view at the Brooklyn Art Library, call #348.3-6