Housekeeping – Doug Dertinger
Housekeeping is a retrospective….of sorts. At fifty, artist Doug Dertinger is “clearing” his studio of 30 years.
無知爲用 (Good of Nothing) – Muzi Li Rowe
Rowe is creating a series of Chinese knots, an ancient form of folk art that is typically made with fabric cords and is displayed as festive decoration. Using defunct cables such as ethernet cables, phone charging cables and wired headphones, she is transforming these discarded materials into hand knotted forms with the technique of a traditional Chinese craft.
Thresholds – Raquel Mullins | Victoria Sauer | Joanne Tepper Saffren | Carrie Ziser | Rachael Zur
THRESHOLDS explores the idea of “home” as a fluid, varied, and blurred concept. Sifting through items inherited or foraged from the domestic sphere draws attention to issues of labor, equity, gender, domestic tensions, and also how people care for those closest to them and pay loving homage to those no longer present. Artists Raquel Mullins, Victoria Sauer, Joanne Tepper Saffren, Carrie Ziser, and Rachael Zur work in varied scale and artistic media, but notions of home are the point in which they connect.
For a Day Without a Sky – Justin Nunnally
For a Day Without a Sky envisions a moment when humankind has not only lost touch with nature, but where nature has been lost. Exploring and exploiting the symbolism of advertising, plexiglass becomes an ersatz replacement for stained glass windows … Continued
Cementation/Dissolution – Mirabel Wigon
Cementation/Dissolution is a solo exhibition of landscape paintings by Mirabel Wigon. These paintings are inspired by her immediate surroundings and explore experience, immersion, and separation within the built and natural environment. The paintings acknowledge infrastructure instability and ecological degradation as dire existential threats, emphasizing the flawed modernist narrative of progress and innovation.
Many Hands and the Marks We Make: Case for Making Collaborative Quilts
San Francisco art supply store Case for Making comes to Axis to present a snapshot of its current community of teachers, makers and staff. Quilts of watercolor paintings, with individual pieces made by over 60 artists, have been lovingly assembled by CFM staff, coordinated by founder Alexis Joseph, and curated by artist Eliza Gregory. The exhibition showcases these pieces, as well as the ideas and values manifested by this unusual institution-as-artwork.
Rabbit Holes – Peter Foucault
During the pandemic I explored many new things. I learned how to make bread from scratch, started taking Martial Arts lessons and had daily existential breakdowns. The forces at play also influenced my way of making art and I began … Continued
Double Take – Peter Foucault, Erin Kaczkowski, Justin Nunnally, Mirabel Wigon, Danielle Wogulis
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New work by new(ish) Axis Gallery members.
Time Theft – Danielle Wogulis
In her debut solo show at Axis Gallery, Danielle Wogulis presents a collection of paintings and collages made since the beginning of COVID-19.
pictures of danny – Erin Kaczkowski
Axis Gallery presents pictures of danny, a solo exhibition by new Axis member Erin Kaczkowski. The work in this exhibition explores the intersecting realities of family life and life in a culture dominated by our relationships to personal technological devices.