Press
Peta Kaplan has been exhibiting and been written about since the mid-2000s, under her own name and, for some years, as Peta Kaplan-Sandzer. The material below is reproduced from the original printed documents. Most of it is not available online.
Catalogue essay by Jonathan Goodman
The exhibition catalogue for The Stray Dogs of Nicaragua carries an essay by the New York art critic Jonathan Goodman.
“Kaplan-Sandzer is a highly skilled painter who counters her subjects’ distress with the beauty of expressive drips, shadows of black and blue, and poses that emphasize the vulnerability of their circumstances.”
“Kaplan-Sandzer’s fine artistry and moral force are both present in the work, which tells us as much about the painter as it does the issues that concern her.”
Jonathan Goodman, from his catalogue essay for The Stray Dogs of Nicaragua. As printed in the catalogue: “Jonathan Goodman is an editor and writer based in New York. He writes for several publications, including Art in America, Art on Paper, Sculpture, and Art Asia Pacific.”
Goodman discusses several paintings by name, among them Teddy, which is part of the collection sold here.
Catalogue cover: Black Stray Dog on Red, 52 x 58 inches, oil and charcoal on canvas, 2007.
Opening of the essay, with White Dog on Green, 52 x 58 inches, oil and charcoal on canvas, 2006.
Closing page of the essay, with Teddy.
Newspaper coverage
Discover! (Storm Lake, Iowa), 8 August 2009. “Artist paints for emotional response: Her current series focuses on stray dogs seen in Nicaragua,” by Emily Sweet Landegent, staff writer. On the exhibition The Stray Dogs of Nicaragua by Peta Kaplan-Sandzer at The Witter Gallery, 609 Cayuga St., Storm Lake, Iowa.
Lake County News-Sun, 5 October 2006. “Images of Nicaragua: Highland Park residents start art project for Central American students,” by Ryan Pagelow, photograph by Andre J. Jackson. On the Images of Nicaragua exhibition at Gallery 57, Highwood, Illinois, and the art project it funded for students in Granada.
La Luz, Vol. 5 No. 22, 4–10 October 2006. “Highland Park family starts art project for Nicaraguan students,” by Ryan Pagelow. The same reporter’s story, carried in Spanish.
Pioneer Press, 12 May 2005. “No vacancy: Artists co-op fills void,” by Robert Loerzel, Diversions Editor. Peta Kaplan’s Sketchbook of Peru #1 illustrates the piece, at Gallery 60035, Highland Park, Illinois.
Also online
- Stray Dogs of Nicaragua by Peta Kaplan, ISBN 978-1494734039, on Amazon
- Global Snapshots, 11 April 2013 — “Inspired in Granada: Peta Kaplan and The Dogs of Nicaragua”
- Houzz Magazine, 14 May 2013 — the Granada house and CO2 Bambu, by Louise Lakier
- Inhabitat, 3 July 2012 — CO2 Bambu’s bamboo housing programme in Rosita
- Chicago Sun-Times, 4 August 2021 — Airbnb selects Ben and Peta for Live Anywhere
- Airbnb Newsroom, 3 August 2021 — twelve participants chosen from more than 314,000 applicants
- @petakaplanpainter on Instagram
Questions about any of this, or about the collection: bsb.crisa@gmail.com