Jackie Dreamspell – The Atman and the Ego
This body of works is based on the Eastern philosophy of allowing your thoughts to be, as in a meditation. The conundrum is our ego- where we may want to control and direct our thoughts.
Angela Casagrande – “Everything That I Could Keep Inside”
In her latest exhibition, Everything That I Could Keep Inside, Angela Casagrande’s new work is centered around the afterlife of memory. Resulting from a fascination with the frailty of memory, her work examines memory as an aspect of liminal space, the beings that inhabit this space and the artifacts left behind, both physical and immaterial. Her graphoscopes serve the dual purpose of reliquary and assemblage – both housing sentimental mementos while displaying these items as narrative pieces. The act of encasing photographic images in encaustic wax refers to methods of Spiritualist communications with the spirit world through wax divination, along with preservation and occult binding practices. By coating these images in layers of wax, Casagrande binds the memory in place, saving it from decay.
Richard Gilles – HOUSE
When asked to draw a house a child will most often draw a rectangle and put 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.
Roma Devanbu – Keep, Toss, Give Away, Sell
Roma Devanbu’s use of intricate pattern reflects her ongoing fascination with the human compulsion to make things and decorate them. In this, her third, solo show at Axis Gallery, Devanbu contrasts these patterned elements, with representational passages, such as hands that hold on or let go of the objects, relationships and ideas of our making.
A chronic, but mostly manageable, hoarding disorder gives Devanbu a measure of personal expertise when it comes to understanding our attachments to things and to the meanings these objects hold. Devanbu explores these ideas in new drawings and paintings, as well as in interactive work which invite gallery goers to engage with the perpetual hoarder’s dilemma – Keep, Toss, Give Away or Sell?
Switching Gears Tamera Avery, Marsha Balian, Jules Campbell, Harry Clewans, Deborah Benioff Friedman, Phyllis Lasché, TaVee McAllister Lee, Irene Nelson, Ruth Santee, and Gina Telcocci
Axis Gallery is happy to announce Switching Gears, a group exhibition featuring members of Oakland California’s GearBox Gallery. This exhibit coincides with a similar exhibition at GearBox, featuring work from Axis Gallery members. The concurrent shows in Sacramento and in … Continued
OFF AXIS – 2018 Invitational Cary Hulbert, Simone Schiffmacher and Farnaz Shadravan
Axis Gallery is pleased to present “Off Axis,” an exhibition of work by Cary Hulbert, Simone Schiffmacher, and Farnaz Shadravan. The work view from April 6 through April 29, with a reception with the artist on Saturday, April 14, from … Continued
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Aida Lizalde, curator
Exhibiting Artist: Andres Alvarez, Karlos Rene Ayala, Garrett Daniells, Rob Fatal, Natani Notah, The California Allegory, and Humanizing Deportation. Axis Gallery is proud to present THANKYOU THANKYOU THANKYOU, curated by Aida Lizalde. A group exhibition that engages the Sacramento community … Continued
Alter/Altar – Jamie Angello
Axis Gallery is proud to announce Alter/Altar, a new solo exhibition by Jamie Angello. Alter/Altar remixes existing imagery to create artifacts that are, at once, familiar and new. Building upon the appropriationist tradition, Angello treats ancient and revered works of … Continued
Who Gets To Call It Chicano Art? – Curator: Manuel Rios
Andres Alvarez, Jesus Barraza, Melanie Cervantes, Raffa Chavez, Amy Diaz, Sandi Escobar, Maceo Montoya, Alejandra Perez, Abel Rodriguez and Mike Rodriguez When you say, “Chicano,” you have something in mind. It is no secret that “Chicano” carries implicit meanings. But, … Continued
13th National Juried Exhibition
Axis Gallery is pleased to have Lucía Sanromán, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Director of Visual Arts, as juror for the 13th National Juried Exhibition. For 13 years, Axis Gallery’s National Juried Exhibition has provided greater visibility for artists … Continued