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24 Oct 2021

Dad Life
Tavarus Blackmon
New Paintings

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“Being a Dad is hard work. I want to show all that work. Mostly the violent and tender moments because those are the ones that remain with me. As a father my role is both complicated and beautiful and I use the cowl and tartan as a method to express this American Father. I never grew up in the ‘hood but I have seen people wear them. The antagonist wears a cowl because I want to connect the religiosity to the violence in a sincere way. The violence of the Father can be explicit, oblique or complicit. And the tartan connects the Father to both European roots of the Scottish Klan and those of the Middle East, Asia and North Africa, where the Check originated.”

23 Sep 2021

Richard Gilles – HOUSE II

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What does a house symbolize and what symbolizes a house.

When asked to draw a house a child will most often draw a rectangle with an isosceles triangle on top. After adding a door and a window or two you have the standard drawing of a house. This rudimentary shape has become a universal symbol of a house. With computers this symbol has become simplified even more to become an icon. The “home” icon is used to return the user to the start, to back the user out of complexity and return the user to a place of relative safety.

24 Aug 2021

Eliza Gregory – [Placeholder]

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A lot of amazing people are working on the theme of humans’ relationships to the places they live—the planet as a whole, and the micro-ecosystems of each home, thinking about how we relate to our neighborhoods and local environments. My work on this topic has begun with an investigation of the work of others, from looking over my colleague and co-teacher Doug Dertinger’s shoulder at his decades-long research into visualizing landscape, to reading the new book by Suzanne Simard about her research into forest intelligence, to speaking with my friends and neighbors about the plants they nurture and the creatures they observe on their farms and in their gardens. This exhibition is an invitation to you to enter this research alongside me, and it’s a question to you as well—what else should I look at? What else should I think about? How do you think about and engage with land, with your physical home? I’ll be in the gallery to hear your answers, paper and pens will be provided, or you can send me a message at info@elizagregory.com

16 Jun 2021

Indices of Being – Curator, Tavarus Blackmon

Aleksandra Avramova, Zeina Baltagi, Elizabeth Cord, Michelle Lee, and Julia Rigby

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Today is a place of uncertainty but there is hope, struggle and resistance. In the face of challenges large and small, institutional and interpersonal, it is with will and courage we find ways to live our best lives and uplift others on this shared journey with empathy and compassion.

Indices of Being asks the question: in a time of patriarchal injustice, in a time of global warming and debate on climate change; native battles for water and land, atrocities in immigration policy; in a time of voter suppression, #Me Too, Black Lives Matter, Queer suppression and anti-Trans legislation, and, with gender biases in some of our finest Museums and gathering spaces of culture and intellect, what does it mean to be, in this most critical and vital moment from a woman’s perspective?

4 Jun 2021

Ben Hunt – Operating Under the Influence

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Axis Gallery presents “Operating Under the Influence”, an exhibition of sculpture and photographic works by Benjamin Hunt.

7 Apr 2021

Omar Thor Arason – Quantum Collapse

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Axis Gallery is excited to present new paintings from Sacramento artist, Omar Thor Arason. His current body of work explores the hypothetical overlap between theoretical physics, psychology, religion and mythology. Taking an enthusiast’s approach to complex subjects rather than a comprehensive understanding offers exciting implications that are closed to those who possess a deep understanding of the subjects i.e. in many ways the more knowledge is acquired, the more one becomes aware of the limitations and boundaries. The work imagines a reality where these varied fields collide, interweave, and exert their influence on each other, with embedded figures serving as the ever present conscious observer.

7 Dec 2020

Richard Gilles
The Sequestered Form

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In many ways the title of this series speaks for itself. As a photographer, I have always paid close attention to form but subject has always played the leading roll. Now because of COVID-19 isolation, I have been deprived of subject. With this new series of cut paper photographs, form now takes the lead.

7 Dec 2020

Ben Hunt
The Ceiling, Floor and a Television Sky

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Axis Gallery is pleased to present “The Ceiling, Floor and a Television Sky”, an exhibition of sculpture and photographic works by Ben Hunt. This recent body of work, inspired by Surrealism, Hunt explores imagery taken of skyscapes, landscapes and found objects through the use of synthetic materials such as resin, acrylic and aluminum. The exhibition is on view in Axis’ Main gallery throughout the month of February.

Ben Hunt is a visual artist and “fabricator”. Born and raised in San Diego, CA, He received his Master of Fine Arts degree, in Spatial Art, from San José State University in 2008. He has exhibited both regionally and nationally and has taught sculpture at both Idaho State University and California State University, Sacramento. Currently, Ben works at California State University Sacramento as instructional and technical staff in the Art Department. He is an active member of Axis gallery in Sacramento where He lives and maintains an art studio practice.

7 Dec 2020

Posterworks (MOSAIC EXHIBITION)
Curators: Beth Rubel and Alex Rubio

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Axis is pleased to announce Posterwork, an exhibition curated by Beth Rubel and Alex Rubio. Posterwork is an exploration of traditional poster art and design, which have influenced modern life, including politics, culture and diverse industries. Posters continue to be a preferred, printed medium for contemporary graphic artists and activists. MOSAIC student artists present posters featuring compelling graphic design which captures this unique moment in time of cultural and socio-political importance.

5 Dec 2020

Vincent Pacheco

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Vincent Pacheco was raised in a family of gangbangers and drug dealers from San Francisco’s Mission District. After becoming the first one in his family to graduate from college, Pacheco spent the next 15 years of his life working in … Continued