THE WORK / SELECTED WORKS & ART HISTORY

The work.
Still speaking.

SCULPTURE / PAINTING / ASSEMBLAGE / FILM

From the scale of a found object to the scale of a landscape. A journey through the work and the archive that tells its story.

01 / EARLY EXHIBITIONS & RECYCLISM

Finding a language.

The archive records Roland’s first solo show in 1959 and preserves the announcement for his 1991 Recyclism exhibition in Reno. These documents connect the young artist to the sculptural language he continued to develop.

Recyclism exhibition announcementSierra Arts Foundation · March 12, 1991

ArchangelRecycled materials · Described as 11 feet high in the 1991 announcement

Explore eleven named sculptures from the original Recyclism gallery.

The Recyclism collection

02 / 1992 COMMISSION

History in
the material.

Comstock Bank of Nevada commissioned three sculptures for its Caughlin Ranch location in Reno. Roland used recycled mining equipment from the Comstock Lode, giving the region’s industrial past a new visual presence.

Comstock Bank sculpturesRecycled mining equipment · Commission reported February 1992

Comstock Bank sculptureAn individual view from Roland’s archive

03 / MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE

The Feathered
Serpent.

A monumental steel sculpture with a theatrical presence. A 2016 archive feature records its return to Eliphante in Cornville, Arizona, where Roland envisioned it as the center of a film project inspired by the legend of Quetzalcoatl.

The scale changed.
The curiosity never did.

View the 2016 cover

04 / LATER WORK & PROCESS

Inside the making.

Photographs from Roland’s later years show Caduceus taking shape and the collaboration behind an expanding sculptural environment. His Scorpio 21 Film Productions archive also brings together performance and costume imagery.

Caduceus, in colorWork in progress · Published October 2019

Astarte & CaduceusAlna working on Astarte; Roland working on Caduceus

Building the sculptural environmentFrom the original art gallery

Performance imageryScorpio 21 Film Productions archive

SCORPIO 21 FILM PRODUCTIONS

When sculpture
becomes a world.

Roland’s plans for The Feathered Serpent extended into film, dance, and costume. The original site credited costume concepts to Alna Laurel and celebrated the friends and collaborators helping to bring the project into being.

These images preserve the project as documented in his archive.

Explore film & fiction

FROM THE ROLAND MARCH ARCHIVE

After dark.

Astarte and The Feathered Serpent, seen by night. These family photographs offer another view of the sculptural environment. Roland’s studio journal documents Alna Laurel working on Astarte alongside his Caduceus.

Astarte & The Feathered SerpentAt night · From the Roland March archive

FROM THE ARCHIVE

The work, in print.

Original clippings preserved on Roland’s website. Select an image to read it in full.

Bank commissions MarchTahoe Sunday Tribune · February 9, 1992

Recyclism display set to openArchival coverage of the Reno exhibition

The Feathered Serpent comes home to EliphanteArchival newspaper feature

From the original archive

Biography adapted from Roland’s own recollections and the historical material he preserved. Personal encounters are presented as he remembered them. Artwork titles follow his gallery; dates refer to documented events or photographs unless stated otherwise.

The work.Still speaking.