OVERGROWTH
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UPPER MARKET GALLERY is pleased to present OVERGROWTH, an exhibition of works on paper by Sarah Chess and works in metal by Natalie Klapper. The two San Francisco-based artists collaborated over an 8-month period, exchanging studio visits and ideas, resulting in a dialogue about humankind’s tendency to mimic the natural world, and how repetition can elevate the humblest materials through luxurious labor.
Chess’ graphite drawings are intensive labors of time and attention, minuscule patterns building layers of transparency until they suddenly transform. Klapper began collecting the discarded metal scraps from the industrial process of machining, intuitively forming them into sculptures and paintings. In their own ways, their affinity for iteration led them from man-made grids and industrial mesh to repeating, organically evolving patterns. This conversation between the artists highlights that ultimate form, the naturally occurring lattices of nature — spider webs, moss, and ultimately the molecular structures and restrictive order that sneakily underlies the visible chaos of the natural world. The drawings, paintings, and sculptures are an extension of that impulse in nature, to recreate, to reproduce, to mimic, to fill the space, to fill the time.
There’s an inherent duality in a show with two artists, but their conversation maps out dualities within their practices as well: soft and hard, excess and humility, fragile and durable. Overgrowth began as a meditation on nature overtaking the excessive manufactures of humankind, and became a reminder that we aren’t separate from nature, just a part of it.
Opening Reception: March 21, 6-9pm
Open Hours: Saturdays & Sundays through April 20 - please inquire
Castro Art Walk: Friday, April 4 from 5-8pm
Floral Workshop: Sunday, April 6th from 2-4pm - BUY TICKETS HERE
Photos by Aditi Shah
NATALIE KLAPPER
Flower Field Diptych
35 x 25 inches each
$6000
NATALIE KLAPPER
Flower Field 2
Metal swarf (aluminum, stainless steel, steel, titanium), white bronze, silicon bronze, silver nitrate, solder (silver, tin, copper), tinned copper wire, copper tape, paper, found materials, wood, resin, galvanized steel corner bead, steel fasteners, aluminum french cleat
35 x 25 inches
$3200
NATALIE KLAPPER
Flower Field 1
Metal swarf (aluminum, stainless steel, steel, titanium), white bronze, silicon bronze, silver nitrate, solder (silver, tin, copper), tinned copper wire, copper tape, paper, found materials, wood, resin, galvanized steel corner bead, steel fasteners, aluminum french cleat
35 x 25 inches
$3800
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Painting 1
Metal swarf (aluminum, titanium), solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, paper, canvas board, resin, galvanized steel corner bead, steel fasteners, aluminum french cleat
28 x 22 inches
$2200
Metal Painting 1, Detail
SARAH CHESS
Web
Silverpoint on panel
12 x 8 inches
NFS
Circle, Detail
SARAH CHESS
Circle
Graphite, grease crayon, & photo lithography on Rives BFK
22 x 22 inches
NFS
SARAH CHESS
Open Crevices / Topography
Graphite, grease crayon, & photo lithography on Yupo
40 x 26 inches each
$4800 for diptych
SARAH CHESS
Open Crevices
Graphite, grease crayon, & photo lithography on Yupo
40 x 26 inches
$2500
SARAH CHESS
Topography
Graphite & photo lithography on Yupo
40 x 26 inches
$2500
NATALIE KLAPPER
16 Small Metal Paintings
Each is approx 7 x 5 inches
3 for $975
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 1
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), metal mesh, copper tape, paper, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7.5 x 5.5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 2
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
8.5 x 5 inches
$350`
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 3
Galvanized steel flashing, aluminum swarf, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7 x 5 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 4
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, copper wire, paper
8.5 x 5 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 5
Galvanized steel flashing, titanium swarf, solder (silver, tin, copper), metal mesh, copper tape, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7 x 5 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 6
Galvanized steel flashing, aluminum swarf, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
8 x 6 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 7
Galvanized steel flashing, titanium swarf, solder (silver, tin, copper tape, paper, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
9 x 5.5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 8
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, paper, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7.5 x 5.5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 9
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, copper wire, paper
8 x 7 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 10
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, paper, titanium swarf, aluminum swarf, aluminum french cleat
7.5 x 5.5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 11
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), metal mesh, copper tape, paper, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7.5 x 5.5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 12
Galvanized steel flashing, aluminum swarf, solder (silver, tin, copper, copper tape, paper, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
8.5 x 6.5 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 13
Galvanized steel flashing, aluminum swarf, titanium swarf, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
7 x 5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 14
Galvanized steel flashing, aluminum swarf, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, paper, resin, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
8 x 6 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 15
Galvanized steel flashing, solder (silver, tin, copper), copper tape, paper, adhesive, aluminum french cleat
8.5 x 5 inches
$350
NATALIE KLAPPER
Small Metal Painting - 16
Galvanized steel flashing, titanium swarf, solder (silver, tin, copper, copper tape, paper, aluminum french cleat
7.5 x 5.5 inches
$350
SARAH CHESS
Dappled Edges
Graphite & photo lithography on Rives BFK
22 x 22 inches
NFS
Dappled Edges , Detail
SARAH CHESS
Eruption
Graphite & photo lithography on Rives BFK
22 x 22 inches
NFS
Eruption, Detail
SARAH CHESS
Starry Panel
Graphite on panel
8 x 8 inches
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Flower & Leaf Necklace
Sterling Silver
$1600
SARAH CHESS
Starburst
Graphite on Rives BFK
30 x 22 inches
$2200
SARAH CHESS
Circular Panel
Silverpoint on panel
18 x 18 inches
$2700
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh Series
Silicon Bronze, White Bronze
Each is approx 7.5 x 5 inches
Set of 9 for $5400
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 2 - 2
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 3 - 2
$750
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 1 - 1
$500
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 3 - 1
$500
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 1 - 2
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 2 - 3
$750
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 3 - 3
SOLD
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 2 - 1
$500
NATALIE KLAPPER
Metal Mesh 1 - 3
$750
SARAH CHESS
Spiraling; Layering; Crossing; Coalescing
Graphite on Yupo
7 x 5 inches each
$275 each
SARAH CHESS
Spiraling
Graphite on Yupo
7 x 5 inches
SOLD
SARAH CHESS
Layering
Graphite on Yupo
7 x 5 inches
SOLD
SARAH CHESS
Crossing
Graphite on Yupo
7 x 5 inches
SOLD
SARAH CHESS
Coalescing
Graphite on Yupo
7 x 5 inches
$275
NATALIE KLAPPER
Door Jewelry: Leafy Corner 1
Silicon bronze, silver nitrate, steel fasteners
$550
NATALIE KLAPPER
Rings
Sterling Silver
$280 - $360 each
Rings, Detail