Gallery E

Mia Tavonatti -Whales glass mosaic 48x35

A MANIFEST FOR THE MOON

The Lunar Codex uses digital and analog technology to preserve art, books, music, and more, enclosed in time capsules and launched to the Moon. It is a message-in-a-bottle to the future.

Curatorial Notes

Gallery E showcases a selection of works from "The Nova Collection", representing only a small fraction of the total works archived by the Lunar Codex.

The artists in the Codex range far and wide across the globe, from India to the U.S., from Australia to South Africa, from Australia to the Philippines.

All bring to their work a sense of immediacy and emotion in the figurative language of the world around us, whether through an expressionist lens or distilled through the idiom of realism.

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Works are located as to their respective lunar time capsules as follows:

IM1 - Intuitive Machines Nova-C Mission 1 to Vallis Schrasöteri (The Nova Collection)

PM1 - Astrobotic Peregrine Mission 1 to Lacus Mortis (The Peregrine Collection)

GM1 - Astrobotic Griffin Mission 1 to the Lunar South Pole (The Polaris Collection)

WHOLEHEARTED

Hari Lualhati (2015) - IM1

- Oil on canvas

- 24” x 24”

- Private collection

WHALES

Mia Tavonatti (2005) - IM1

- Glass mosaic
- 48" x 35"

- Private collection

CHARLOTTE, NIGHT LIGHT

Lisa Maria Reese (2021) - IM1

- Chromogenic print

- Part of the Charlotte series

- Private collection

REMINISCENCE

Oceana Rain Stuart (2016) - IM1

- Bronze sculpture on granite base

- 9" x 6" x 6"

- Part of the Fragments Collection

- Private collection

ROSARY

Maryam Gohar (2019) - IM1

- Acrylic and watercolor on paper
- 10.6" x 7.6"

- The Windrift Collection

TRISTAN AND ISOLDE

Gromyko Semper (2016) - IM1, PM1

- Ink, distemper, and acrylic on canvas
- 60” x 36”
- The Argo Collection

LOVE ENCOMPASSES

Ramon Orlina (2014) - IM1

- Carved lavender crystal
- 8.5” x 9” x 3.5”
- The Argo Collection

MADONNA AND CHILD

Benjamin Cabrera (2015) - IM1

- Acrylic on paper
- 9" x 12"
- The Argo Collection

CONCATENATIONS

Rosario Bitanga (1985) - IM1

- Oil on canvas

- 26" x 32”

- The Windrift Collection

FLYING DAKINI

Agnes Arellano (2014) - IM1

- Life-sized sculptural installation in plaster and crushed marble

- Private collection

MENACING LOVE

Marcel Antonio (2015) - IM1

- Acrylic on canvas
- 60" x 60"

Riel Hilario -TheStarsAwakenACertainReve

THE STARS AWAKEN A CERTAIN REVERENCE

Riel Jaramillo Hilario (2015) - IM1

- Carved and engraved polychrome
- 36" x 63.4" x 3.5"

Hazel Bartram-Birchenough -sm -Lifeforms

LIFE FORMS WITH GLORIOUS FEELINGS

Hazel Bartram-Birchenough (2021) - IM1

- Digital painting
- Print or tapestry up to 25' x 34’
- Selected for exhibition at the My Virtual Blaffer exhibition, an exhibit held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, hosted by the Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Sheryl Luxenberg -To Everything There Is

TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON

Sheryl Luxenberg (25 April 2019 - 25 October 2020) - IM1

- Acrylic and charcoal on linen canvas

- Three panels, each 72"x 36"
- Inspired by the IBEX Collection
- From Pain to Paint. Canadian hyperreal painter Sheryl Luxenburg paints the project of her lifetime to raise awareness against sexual abuse

GRAVITY

Rebecca Léveillé (2021) - IM1

- Oil on canvas

- 36" x 48"