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Adams and Ollman presents new works by West Coast artists Ellen Lesperance, Dino Matt and Marlon Mullen with booth display by designer Jason Rens.

Lesperance (b. 1971, lives and works in Portland, OR) is best known for her paintings that are inspired by hand-knit sweaters worn by women involved in protests, sit-ins, demonstrations and civil disobedience. Since 2007, she has been researching garments used as Creative Direct Action, and has been specifically involved in archiving knit examples of these garments from the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp in Berkshire, England (1981-1999). Adams …