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Gwen Smith Projects
PROJECTS
OTHERING THE SHIP
ORIGINAL
A MOTHER
LEAF OF LIFE
STRIPPED BARE
BEACH 91
L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ
PAWN TOLOGY
THE CHANCE WHALE
ORIGIN
ISLAND
THE AMBIGUITIES
BLACK RAGGEDY ANN
THE BLACK WOMAN PROJECT (Vol. 1)
(Vol. 2)
(Vol. 3)
IN PROGRESS (Vol. 4)
PHOTOGRAPHY
SABLE ALTERNATIVES
BECOMING SABLE
PAWN RESCUE
SISTER SLEDGE HAMMER
CACTUS & COMPASSION
FAR FROM VIETNAM
SPACONAPOLI
AFROPUNK 2024
AFROPUNK 2023
AFROPUNK 2022
AFROPUNK 2019
SUNRA 2024
SUNRA 2022
MOCHA ISLAND 2023
COSTA RICA 2023
VENICE 2023
STOPLAYIN 2022
LARU BEYA 2022
SOFLY & MALIBU 2022
FILMS
A Mother (+theater)
Warm Leatherette
Showing Bones / Skowhegan Film
beachness 444
AI Surf Reel
origin zine
The Black Woman Project (Vol.1)
The Black Woman Project (Vol.2)
The Black Woman Project (Vol. 3)
the message
SHOWS
The Rose, CPW, Kingston NY
Minionotics/ Weather Report, Chicago/ Blank Mag Books, NYC
Black Pawn @30f4
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude/ Guggenheim
Skowhegan
The Rose/ LUMBER ROOM PDX
Visual Volumes / Center for Book Arts
Residency on the Rock
Baxter Street, CCNY
I belong to this/ HUXLEY PARLOUR UK
Stream/ Jamaica, Vermont 2019
Of a Fire on the Moon
Greater New York 2000
BOOK STORE
NEWS
ABOUT
CONTACT
Gwen Smith Projects
PROJECTS
OTHERING THE SHIP
ORIGINAL
A MOTHER
LEAF OF LIFE
STRIPPED BARE
BEACH 91
L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ
PAWN TOLOGY
THE CHANCE WHALE
ORIGIN
ISLAND
THE AMBIGUITIES
BLACK RAGGEDY ANN
THE BLACK WOMAN PROJECT (Vol. 1)
(Vol. 2)
(Vol. 3)
IN PROGRESS (Vol. 4)
PHOTOGRAPHY
SABLE ALTERNATIVES
BECOMING SABLE
PAWN RESCUE
SISTER SLEDGE HAMMER
CACTUS & COMPASSION
FAR FROM VIETNAM
SPACONAPOLI
AFROPUNK 2024
AFROPUNK 2023
AFROPUNK 2022
AFROPUNK 2019
SUNRA 2024
SUNRA 2022
MOCHA ISLAND 2023
COSTA RICA 2023
VENICE 2023
STOPLAYIN 2022
LARU BEYA 2022
SOFLY & MALIBU 2022
FILMS
A Mother (+theater)
Warm Leatherette
Showing Bones / Skowhegan Film
beachness 444
AI Surf Reel
origin zine
The Black Woman Project (Vol.1)
The Black Woman Project (Vol.2)
The Black Woman Project (Vol. 3)
the message
SHOWS
The Rose, CPW, Kingston NY
Minionotics/ Weather Report, Chicago/ Blank Mag Books, NYC
Black Pawn @30f4
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude/ Guggenheim
Skowhegan
The Rose/ LUMBER ROOM PDX
Visual Volumes / Center for Book Arts
Residency on the Rock
Baxter Street, CCNY
I belong to this/ HUXLEY PARLOUR UK
Stream/ Jamaica, Vermont 2019
Of a Fire on the Moon
Greater New York 2000
BOOK STORE
NEWS
ABOUT
CONTACT
Folder: PROJECTS
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OTHERING THE SHIP
ORIGINAL
A MOTHER
LEAF OF LIFE
STRIPPED BARE
BEACH 91
L'AMOUR DÉSARMÉ
PAWN TOLOGY
THE CHANCE WHALE
ORIGIN
ISLAND
THE AMBIGUITIES
BLACK RAGGEDY ANN
THE BLACK WOMAN PROJECT (Vol. 1)
(Vol. 2)
(Vol. 3)
IN PROGRESS (Vol. 4)
Folder: PHOTOGRAPHY
Back
SABLE ALTERNATIVES
BECOMING SABLE
PAWN RESCUE
SISTER SLEDGE HAMMER
CACTUS & COMPASSION
FAR FROM VIETNAM
SPACONAPOLI
AFROPUNK 2024
AFROPUNK 2023
AFROPUNK 2022
AFROPUNK 2019
SUNRA 2024
SUNRA 2022
MOCHA ISLAND 2023
COSTA RICA 2023
VENICE 2023
STOPLAYIN 2022
LARU BEYA 2022
SOFLY & MALIBU 2022
Folder: FILMS
Back
A Mother (+theater)
Warm Leatherette
Showing Bones / Skowhegan Film
beachness 444
AI Surf Reel
origin zine
The Black Woman Project (Vol.1)
The Black Woman Project (Vol.2)
The Black Woman Project (Vol. 3)
the message
Folder: SHOWS
Back
The Rose, CPW, Kingston NY
Minionotics/ Weather Report, Chicago/ Blank Mag Books, NYC
Black Pawn @30f4
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude/ Guggenheim
Skowhegan
The Rose/ LUMBER ROOM PDX
Visual Volumes / Center for Book Arts
Residency on the Rock
Baxter Street, CCNY
I belong to this/ HUXLEY PARLOUR UK
Stream/ Jamaica, Vermont 2019
Of a Fire on the Moon
Greater New York 2000
BOOK STORE
NEWS
ABOUT
CONTACT
BOOK STORE Special Box Set Edition [SOLD OUT]
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Special Box Set Edition [SOLD OUT]

$250.00
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This special edition comes in a gold-foil embossed slipcase and a limited edition print of Mari Evans on cotton rag Canson paper.

Gwen Smith’s The Black Women Project (Vol. 1 & 2) is a collection of her painted portraits of renowned Black Women. Smith uses selfies to reference each time she entered her studio over a period of 2.5 years, creating a rhythm by merging her identity as a Black Woman with her subjects. Some of the women Smith chooses to paint are artists, scientists, educators, politicians, writers, poets and performers. All are respected by Smith and provide the impetus for her ongoing self exploration.

• Slipcased, special edition set
• 8” x 10” print of Mari Evans
• 8” x 10” / 240 pages (each Vol.)
• Section sewn hardcover
• Hotfoil stamping gold
• b/w offset printing

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This special edition comes in a gold-foil embossed slipcase and a limited edition print of Mari Evans on cotton rag Canson paper.

Gwen Smith’s The Black Women Project (Vol. 1 & 2) is a collection of her painted portraits of renowned Black Women. Smith uses selfies to reference each time she entered her studio over a period of 2.5 years, creating a rhythm by merging her identity as a Black Woman with her subjects. Some of the women Smith chooses to paint are artists, scientists, educators, politicians, writers, poets and performers. All are respected by Smith and provide the impetus for her ongoing self exploration.

• Slipcased, special edition set
• 8” x 10” print of Mari Evans
• 8” x 10” / 240 pages (each Vol.)
• Section sewn hardcover
• Hotfoil stamping gold
• b/w offset printing

This special edition comes in a gold-foil embossed slipcase and a limited edition print of Mari Evans on cotton rag Canson paper.

Gwen Smith’s The Black Women Project (Vol. 1 & 2) is a collection of her painted portraits of renowned Black Women. Smith uses selfies to reference each time she entered her studio over a period of 2.5 years, creating a rhythm by merging her identity as a Black Woman with her subjects. Some of the women Smith chooses to paint are artists, scientists, educators, politicians, writers, poets and performers. All are respected by Smith and provide the impetus for her ongoing self exploration.

• Slipcased, special edition set
• 8” x 10” print of Mari Evans
• 8” x 10” / 240 pages (each Vol.)
• Section sewn hardcover
• Hotfoil stamping gold
• b/w offset printing

 Gwen Smith, soul proprietor

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