AMANDA LECHNER : Fresco

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco Vital Spaces Santa Fe, NM

Phase Chance Exhibition
2021
Vital Spaces Santa Fe, NM

Phase Change

Throughout June and July 2021 Amanda Lechner has been working on a new body of experimental buon fresco (paintings made by brushing liquid pigment into wet lime plaster) in a studio on the Santa Fe mid-town-campus though Vital Spaces. Over this span Lechner is hosting several visiting artists from New Mexico and across the U.S. The resulting fresco works on recycled styrofoam, tile, fabric and stone are part of an evolving exhibition installed in the studio/exhibition space. Phase Change doubles as a solo show of Lechner’s work and as a group/collaborative exhibition. This project is a catalyst for creative connection after a year of collective isolation. It is also an experiment in creating educational space as site for conversation and collaboration.

The title Phase Change refers to the term used to describe transitions between states of matter. The chemical reaction that merges the pigment and lime into a crystalline surface is an example of a phase change. Phase change can also be the transition between harmony and discord and is a narrative concept utilized in speculative fiction. This project was conceived before the pandemic and in the intervening year the word phase has been common parlance in relation to the virus, closure, drug trials and re-opening. The idea of the phase change seems especially relevant in this moment as we together face, yet another, uncertain future.

Special Guests:
Beverly Acha
Chris Ulivo
E.E. Ikeler
Ash Ferlito
Meaghan Dee
Alyse Ronayne
Corey Antis
Lisa J. Maione
Andrew Thompson
Molly Evans
Jen P. Harris
Kate Barnett
Mollie Hosmer-Dillard
Dustin Dennis
Deb Jones

Vital Spaces Midtown Annex 1600 Saint Michael’s Drive - SW Annex, Midtown Campus Santa Fe, NM 87505

Open Studio/Gallery hours
Friday and Saturday 1-5pm July 16th - 31st 1-5pm or by appointment
email: phasechange2021@gmail.com
Reception: Friday July 30th 4-6pm

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco buon Fresco on masonry wall

Anaglyph Chiroptera (stoveworks)
2021
buon Fresco on masonry wall
48x60"

Permanent installation at Stove Works in Chattanooga, TN

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco buon fresco on foam panel

Tower
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
38x50"

Graces
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
38x50"

WAYS_OF_BEING
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
20x24"

triumph
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
26x24"

untitled (box o' rocks)
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
11x14"

biometric
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
16x20"

fates (distaff spindle, orb weaver and roadrunner)
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
7x9"

private collection

Precambrian - oldest rocks
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
8x10"

private collection

Chromatophors
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
8x18"

private collection

Carrier Bag Theory
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
20x22"

Panic / Patience
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
16x20"

Every Age on Fire Right Now
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
16x20"

top of the known world
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
12x16"

feather or knife
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
20x24"

Cyclopes
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
11x14"

untitled (ferns)
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
8x10"

Oculudentavis
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
16x20"

Protozoa
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
8x10"

see in the dark
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
24x28"

Beyond Beyond
2018
Fresco
60"x 115"

large scale Fresco made in Fresco Barn at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine

the formula (thanks Sean)
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
12x14"

private collection

Gorgon and the magnetic field / magnetic reveral
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
12x18"

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco buon fresco on aggregate

buon fresco on aggregate
3x3"

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco synthetic ultramarine blue and iron oxide pigment, buon fresco on ceramic tile

Tonight's fire
2021
synthetic ultramarine blue and iron oxide pigment, buon fresco on ceramic tile
8x8"

untitled
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
9x12"

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco buon fresco on burlap

No Answer at al
2020
buon fresco on burlap
5x6"

Anaglyph Chiroptera
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
16x16"

Halfway
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
12x16"

AMANDA LECHNER Fresco buon fresco on rock and cement

(bone)
2021
buon fresco on rock and cement
2.5x4"

Ribs ( Eve and Arthropleura)
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
6x8"

Writing’s on the wall / Animalia,Arthropoda,Myriapoda,Chilopoda (Centipede!)
2021
buon fresco on foam panel
9x12"

LO (Low Observable) Technology
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
12x18"

Moonage Daydream
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
24x24"

Jean Luc
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
18x12"

Cataclysmic Solar Event
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
12x14"

snail void
2020
buon fresco on burlap
7x7"

Pathenogenesis
2020
buon fresco on burlap
7x7"

Keeping Secrets
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
14x18"

We are witnessing mass extinction (Land Snails)
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
24x30"

Sitting in discomfort
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
18x12"

Ordovicians
2020
buon fresco on foam panel
20x24"

Oculo Metrico
2018
Fresco on Burlap
4x5"

Mounted on primed panel

Talisman
2018
Fresco on Burlap
6x6"

Mounted on primed panel
Private Collection

I Hear You, But...
2018
Fresco on Burlap
5x8"

Mounted on primed panel

2018
fresco on burlap
6x8"

Mounted on primed panel

Listening
2018
Fresco on Burlap
5x5"

Mounted on primed panel

miasma
2018
fresco on burlap
5x8"

Mounted on primed panel

rocks/clouds/particles
2018
fresco on burlap
4x8"

Mounted on primed panel

Murex
2018
fresco on burlap
7x8"

Mounted on primed panel
Private Collection

EXTRA SPECIAL
2018
fresco on burlap
6x8"

Mounted on primed panel

Bones
2018
fresco on burlap
7x9"

Mounted on primed panel

Primordial
2018
fresco on burlap
10x10"

Mounted on primed panel