December 1, 2025 – June 1, 2026
Sarah Smelser: Sandia
Manneken Press
Online Viewing:
https://www.artsy.net/show/manneken-press-sarah-smelser-sandia
Sandia is an ongoing series of monotypes begun in 2023. For Smelser, contemplation of the situational experience of being in a specific physical space is central, and to this end she seeks out impactful landscapes. Her daily ritual of walking becomes a method of attuning to the shifting qualities of light, smell, sound, and the subtle rhythms of a place; the unpacking of these sensory perceptions into visual form is the basis of her practice.
Though the works in the “Sandia” series were born of a particular place, they do not attempt to describe it. Instead, the visual and physical experience of place—its memories, impressions, and contrasts to familiarity—feeds Smelser’s abstract sensibility. Fifteen works from the series are shown in this collection.
