Jolie Stahl
In 1985, Jolie Stahl and Andrea Callard initiated the print studio that became the Avocet Portfolio. Stahl participated again the following summer before directing her activism and art practice towards anthropological photography. Her photos appear in "Black Pilgrimage to Islam" by Robert Dannin and other publications.
Stahl was active in COLAB. Many of her paintings from the 1980's feature women in the New York art world and they can be seen on her website. Depictions of female force, seen together, they are an important part of the history of women in the New York art world. In addition to painting, Stahl has developed a large body of work in ceramics. She is represented by Jessica Hagen in Newport, RI. Further, Stahl curates periodic exhibitions for the Hudson Guild and other venues. Visit https://www.joliestahl.com/ and https://www.jessicahagen.com/jolie-stahl-then-now to learn more.
She started the Jolie Stahl Emergency Fund at International Medical Corps. In 2008, she created the Ddorafoundation.org.
Roland Barthes
1986
screen print
edition: 30
image: 11/2"h X 8 1/2"w
2 colors on Rives BFK
Olive Winter
1985
screen print
edition: 30
image: 37.5"h X 25"w
4 colors on green Moriki paper
In the mid 1980's, Jolie Stahl visited many old cemeteries and collected rubbings from early American grave stones. She used the images and names in her screen printing, producing a group of textiles in addition to work on paper. Olive Winter features a portrait of the beautiful Bebe Smith. The man looking over her shoulder is the Austrian expressionist artist Egon Schiele.
Jolie's print Roland Barthes has two layers of white ink. One is a photograph of buildings. Overlaid is a short text in French.