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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’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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
Justin Marsh presents new large scale figurative paintings and multimedia works at Axis Gallery from July 7th to July 29th, 2018. The exhibition is informed by the archaic pseudo-science of Humorism. The artworks on view celebrate the human figure, specifically … Continued
Axis Gallery is pleased to present Kenna Doeringer’s solo exhibition, “A Bibliophile’s Portfolio”. Kenna’s series was inspired by the combination of two passions, sculpture and literature, which honors the volumes of pages she has read over the years. Kenna explains, … Continued