Donna Schumacher 01/02/2013 Sol Grotto, © Ronald Rael and Virginia San Fratello “The canopy of a tree, say a poplar, like a round house, removed the site of vulnerability—the obvious entrance and back with no protections. Privacy can creep about in the leaves and below them, hang here as lungs on the outside.”—Hazel White, “Peril […]
Friday, September 7, 2012 HELEN O LEARY Shapes of disappointment, Paris 2010, Egg oil on wood What are you working on in your studio right now? I’m just back from three months of being on the road; my gut response to the studio upon landing was one of bushwhacking, pairing down and getting rid of […]
Jamie Vasta ARTIST, OAKLAND // SEPTEMBER 2012 “ It’s been important to me to work with a material where I have to make up the rules and find my own way.” With glitter and glue and not much else, Jamie makes big paintings that depict dark and dramatic narratives. She says working with glitter is, […]
A recurring topic of conversation during our visits with artists, no matter what medium they work in, is the material aspect of art making. The hands-on confrontation and negotiation of the inherent qualities and variables of any given material—whether it’s clay, paint, fabric, paper, or wood—is at the crux of their work. Over time and […]
January 31, 2012 By Bobby Bray Visiting Artist: Gail Wight As human beings going about our daily lives on this flying random rock, it can be worth while to take a couple hours out of the routine to listen in on the thoughts of a fellow stack of atoms that has decided to professionally question […]
Art to Watch: September Gallery Guide “Gale Antokal – Some Drawings” and “Some Painting, Sculpture and Drawings” at Patricia Sweetow Gallery In one room hang remarkably sad, quiet sketches by Gale Antokal – hazy silhouettes and fading figures, whispered onto canvases through impossibly delicate chalk work. Compare this iciness to the gallery’s other room, a […]
RBPMW Fellows: Jarrod Beck, Andrea Cote & Fred Hayes August 25 – September 8, 2011 Opening: Thursday, August 25th 2011, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Blackburn 20|20 RBPMW is pleased to announce the opening of RBPMW Fellows: Jarrod Beck, Andrea Cote & Fred Hayes. This is the last of three exhibitions presenting the work of […]
May 24, 2011 By Anita Mohan Embodying Experience: A Conversation with Artist Gail Wight Tucked away in an almost bucolic spot on the Stanford University campus, conceptual artist Gail Wight’s well-lit studio bears witness to her love affair with art and science. A large bookshelf and reading nook showcases her wide-ranging reading interests — from […]
Please click here to read the article Let’s start at the very beginning, at the inception of the idea. Can you describe the moment when you first decided to propose an exhibition of contemporary artists using clay and ceramics, and also say a little about what prompted you to make the proposal? Alexander Tovborg (AT) For quite a […]
Monday, April 18, 2011 by Leah Garchik The arts: — “Manhole 452,” Jeanne Finley and John Muse’s exhibition at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery until mid-May, combines a series of charcoal and graphite drawings of Geary Street manhole covers with their 12-minute film about the possibility that those covers will blow up. (Most fascinating footage was […]