Chanell Stone
LOT 17
In the Overgrowth, 2019
Archival pigment print
36 x 26.5 in.
Edition 1 of 5, 2AP
Courtesy of the artist.
Suggested retail value: $12,000
Starting bid: $9,000
About the Artwork
Through self-portraiture, collage, and poetry, Chanell Stone investigates the Black body’s intersectional states of being and connection to the natural world. Her practice negotiates potentialities for reconciliation and reprieve by upending historical and ancestral memories within the American landscape. In an interview with NPR, Stone noted, “Early landscape photography perpetuates a cultural amnesia. There is another kind of forgetting and erasure happening now with gentrification in these Black communities where I am making pictures. That is why I put myself in these places and photos. It is important to see a Black body in this space before gentrification erases the history and aesthetics of these neighborhoods.” She continued, “I want Black people to understand our connections to nature, both urban and rural. I want to destroy the notion that it isn’t for us.” Stone has exhibited in galleries across the United States and internationally. Her solo exhibition Natura Negra appeared at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, and she was a shortlisted finalist for the 2020 San Francisco Artadia Award. More recently, Stone has been featured in publications including Aperture, The New York Times, NPR, The California Sunday Magazine, W Magazine, and Vogue. Stone’s work is a part of several public and private collections, including the Center for Photography at Woodstock and KADIST San Francisco & Paris.
HOW TO BID:
Bidding is available from
May 19-June 6.
1) Text 'READY TO BID' or call 628-279-6010.
OR
2) Visit the Headlands Auction Exhibition to see the artwork and bid via pencil & paper.