NADA Miami 2022
ILY2
November 30 — December 3, 2022

IILY2 is thrilled to present new works by Vancouver, British Columbia-based artist Sol Hashemi at NADA Miami Beach, November 30 through December 3, 2022. The presentation will include sculpture, photography, and editioned objects by Hashemi. In his recent exhibition, After Petal Fall Spray, Hashemi’s photobook is a sculpture is a publication is a collaboration with the living organisms that are yeast, hops, barley, and a raft of foraged herbs to produce medicinal and psychotropic (mood-altering) beverages in custom shrink-sleeved beverage cans.

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Title: Untitled (Ask for a Reading, Ask for a Tasting)
Category: Photo Book
Artist: Sol Hashemi
Designer: Sol Hashemi
Publisher: ILY2
Printer: Summit Labels, Port Coquitlam
Year Published: 2022
Variable Edition: 75
Pages: 4pp
Binding: Vessel Packaging Co.
Cover: PakTech 202 Standard Can Carrier Quad Pack in White
Process: Digital
Dimensions: 12.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm
Weight: 1500 g

Cornelian-cherry Dogwood Ale (dry)
cornelian cherries, organic sugar, hops, yeast
4.5% abv

Red Alder Bark Ale (For Aches and Pains)
red alder bark, demerara sugar, panella sugar, organic sugar, hops, yeast
4.8% abv

Tree beer
douglas fir, western hemlock, and cedar leaf, malted barley, hops, yeast
7% abv

Selenite Pale Ale (SPA)
marjoram, selenite, malted barley, hops, yeast
4.6% abv

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Untitled (Bus Tray), 2022
archival pigment print
78.5 x 104 cm

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Untitled (Selenite in Mash Tun), 2022
archival pigment print
78.5 x 104 cm

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Untitled Brew Sculpture (Read Me), 2022
beverage fridge, shrink sleeve roll, Cornelian-Cherry Dogwood Ale in pink grow light can and red fruit can (cornelian-cherries, organic sugar, hops, yeast, 5% abv), Beer for Aches and Pains in purple jacket can and pants can (red alder bark, demerara sugar, panella sugar, organic sugar, hops, yeast, 4.8% abv) Tree Beer III in fig can (Douglas fir, western hemlock, and cedar leaf, malted barley, hops, yeast, 7% abv), Selenite Pale Ale (SPA) in magic wand can and storage bins can (marjoram, selenite, malted barley, hops, yeast, 4.6% abv)
dimensions variable

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Excerpt from Baker’s Dozen (Shrink Sleeve Roll), 2021
13 photographs printed in repeat sequence by Summit Labels on PETG shrink sleeves on an HP Indigo digital press

Untitled Brew Sculpture (Moonstone Tri-Clover Cap), 2022
Moonstone lapidary carving by the artist

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Untitled (Vertical Pallet), 2022
1167 shrink sleeved aluminum beverage cans, international export pallet, acrylic, banding, cling film. Binding by Vessel Packaging Co.

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