Trompe l’oeil sculptures of water in unlikely forms. The artist explores the universally recognized and common element in the improbable form of a brick or ship or more in this surrealist exhibit. States the artist, “The boat isn’t IN the water. The boat IS the water.”
“See/Saw” highlights work from two recent alumni from the Sac State Photo Program: Amanda Cook and Cameron Getty. Both artists deconstruct and critique the ways we interact with photographic images. Cook’s work explores her relationship to photography, in particular, throughout … Continued
‘Foucault’s procedure connects his work with the Surrealist lineage of automatism, the chance-enamored strategies of Fluxus and oddities on the fringes of art such as Harold Cohen’s computer-generated drawings.’ -Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle Peter Foucault is a Sacramento based … Continued
Using collage as the conceptual and formal structure for her work, Erin Kaczkowski’s current paintings explore broad themes of loss, fragmentation, memory and obfuscation. As a visual artist rooted in a studio-based practice, her work is often an intuitive expression … Continued
Joanne Tepper Saffren Artist, Designer, Curator Joanne Tepper Saffren is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the layered terrain of memory, home, and resilience. Originally from Los Angeles and now based in Sacramento, her practice is deeply informed by personal … Continued
The last year and a half has been one long held breath; a time of caution, of waiting, of restraint, of restriction and withdrawal. It has brought new hardships and magnified existing ones, but it has also forced us to find new ways to connect. The works in this exhibition are a meditation on the times in which we find ourselves. They are a way of externalizing and processing the tension and fear with which we live, and also a celebration of new forms of connection and communication that have emerged as a result of our separation from each other. I offer my held breath to you; I offer to hold your breath for a moment so that you might find a better way to breathe.
Most of us remember using scissors to cut snowflakes from folded paper. Roma Devanbu’s cut paper work has its roots in the traditions of the homemade. The larger works in Devanbu’s current show, “Stone Doily”, take direct inspiration from her own great-grandmother’s quilts, painted china and tatted doilies. The exhibition also includes a number of smaller pieces depicting domestic furnishings and imaginary friends.
At first we fear change but once we learn to accept it, we can welcome and embrace it. Sometimes an evolution needs to be forced, causing a crack to form in the facade we create to protect ourselves, and see the light to start to break through. The light promoted the growth, it fed it, nurtured it, and cultivated it allowing expansion and continued development never imagined possible. “Anthem” is a visual representation of breaking through the illusion, allowing oneself to grow freely, and sharing the light with others. Anthropomorphizing these emotions as a freely formed amorphous structure it allowed for the cracks and imperfections to be embraced and enhanced. The light increases as the composition grows, and verges on dominating the entire canvas.
More info Second Saturday Reception June 12, 6pm Closing Reception June 26, 5:30–8pm View Gallery checklist Installation views Read Press Release Virtual Artist Talk Replay Dates June 4–27, 2021
More info Second Saturday Reception June 12, 6pm Closing Reception June 26, 5:30–8pm View Gallery checklist Installation views Read Press Release Virtual Artist Talk Replay Dates June 4–27, 2021