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GALLERY
49 Reasons Why I Love You
by Annie Galvin
Fri, Feb. 5 : 6 pm - 8pm
Zinc Details @ 1905 Fillmore Street
The iconic design of Rex May's 49 Mile Drive sign, which debuted at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, has been source of inspiration and whimsy for Annie Galvin since she arrived in San Francisco from Ireland over 20 years ago.
49 Reasons Why I Love You, opening on February 5th at Zinc Details, is Annie's valentine to San Francisco. The show will feature forty-nine new, original paintings inspired by the sign, hung in a 7x7 grid, providing an intriguing visual metaphor for San Francisco's geography.
The exhibition and the opening reception will be at Zinc Details, 1905 Fillmore Street, San Francisco location. The artist reception is on Friday, February 5th from 6pm to 8pm.
About Annie Galvin:
Annie Galvin was born and raised in Ireland. She worked as an illustrator in a Dublin ad agency before moving to San Francisco in 1989, two weeks before the earthquake. Annie is inspired by San Francisco, Vogue magazine, comic-books, Josef Frank textile designs, gardens, Mexican wrestlers, the short stories of Haruki Murakami, and her own dreams and daydreams. She doodles constantly.
Annie shares a lovely light-filled studio with her husband, Eric Rewitzer, also an artist. They started 3 Fish Studios in January 2007 in order to create a space where they could make show their original, affordable artwork. Annie and Eric are strong believers in the collaborative process of creating and sharing art, and they love to be surrounded by the vibrancy of creative people exchanging ideas.
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Fruit of the Redwoods : by Taiji & Masako Arita
Sun, November 1 - Sun, December 27
At our 2410 California street location, we are featuring a hand carved work, "Fruit of the Redwoods" by Japanese husband and wife team, Taiji and Masako Arita.
The wood used for this oeuvre is ancient redwood harvested from the stumps of trees cut down over 100 years ago in the Mendocino Coastal forest.
The scientific name for the redwood is Sequoia S.empreverens, the latter word meaning 'forever living', which alludes to the fact that if left undisturbed the species can live for thousands for years. However, due to unsustainable forestry practices used until recently, over 95% of the ancient redwoods in California have been cut since 1850! With mounting public pressure and the growth of conservationism and the sustainability movement, these kinds of practices have become less acceptable in our part of the world, however the same can't be said for other areas on the globe. Through the creation of these works, the artists aim to shed light on the history of this iconic California tree as well as celebrate it's intrinsic beauty and spirit via these wood reliefs. As Taiji puts it, "Even Sepreverens will eventually die. We're using its wood to make it live in our mind. The organic signifies to be born, to live, to grow, to die and repeat...or it can also be the meaning of change. The geometric forms we add on the other hand signify the invariable and eternal or the changeless." The artists touch on the wood is minimal. Using only fire and steel, they create compositions that are minimalistically sublime.
About the Artists:
Originally from Japan, Taiji & Masako Arita moved to the Mendocino Coast in 2000 after living briefly in Southern California. Prior to devoting themselves solely to the creation of fine art, both had successful careers as artist. He as a photographer, film maker and painter, and she as a stylist and fashion designer. Paintings and other sculpture by Taiji can be seen on www.art3g.com.
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Modern Furniture Linocut Prints
by Eric Rewitzer
July 1 - August 31
Now you can be a proud owner of your favorite classic mid-century modern furniture. These prints are iconic, attractive, affordable and fun!
Eric Rewitzer was born and raised on the industrial shores of Lake Michigan. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, and moved to the west coast in 1987. Eric finds constant inspiration in the scale and diversity of the California culture and landscape. For the last 12 years, he has not stopped looking at the city he calls home, San Francisco. Rewitzer finds it to be an amazing mix of natural beauty, urban grit, and human diversity.
Eric takes great satisfaction in hand carving relief prints based on the iconic images of modern culture, and manually printing them on his Conrad Machine etching press in his light-filled studio he shares with his wife, Annie Galvin, also an artist. They started 3 Fish Studios in January 2007 in order to create a space where they could make art, listen to music, and show their work. Annie and Eric are strong believers in the collaborative process of creating and sharing art, and they love to be surrounded by the vibrancy of creative people exchanging ideas.
All prints are of the highest possible quality, printed by hand on a Conrad Machine Etching Press on Rives BFK paper with Daniel Smith Traditional Black Relief Ink.
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Jane Kim
Fri, May 8 - Tues, June 30  We are proud to showcase the work of Jane Kim at our 2410 California Street location. Painter/mixed media artist, Kim explores the sociological relevance of walls beyond their utilitarian purpose using a variety of found construction materials. By using these remnants, her work challenges the conventional notion that this trash-originally intended to build the skeletons of society-lack function. Walls have divided, encompassed and defined societies, but on the surface, from prehistoric caves to fanciful wallpapers of the twentieth century, we use walls to express ourselves. They are vehicles for personalization, canvasses to decorate, and palettes to tell the stories of our existence. She endeavors to bridge the discord brought through environmental waste by redefining the walls that divide us culturally and the decorative elements that can bring us together. Her art is reminiscent of artifacts from once-standing walls that catalogue an existence taken out of its context.
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David Fallis; March 4th-April 30th
Opening party on March 12th from 6-8pm
"Still the Simple Life" is a mix of two series’ of works I have been working on. One being
a "stain" series in which the background of each painting is created by using the subject
matter as pigment. And the second is a series of simple woodburn drawings. Both
series’ are studies of single objects seen in everyday life.
This is a departure from the sometimes chaotic, abstracted mixed media works I’ve
done in the past. This change in style might be an unconscious decision to remind me
to simplify my life as the world around me becomes increasingly more chaotic. Working
on these series gives my mind time to quiet and focus on something other than rent,
bills and the hustle of everyday life outside the studio.
Why would I want to do a painting reminding me of wars or corrupted governments or
crashing economies when I’m reminded of those things in so many places all day long?
I’d rather spend my time focusing on the simple pleasures of life. A cup of coffee or tea,
a glass of wine, enjoying a beer with a friend. The simple things that bring us a little joy
everyday but so often get overlooked as we’re gulping down that last swig of coffee as
we rush off to wherever it is we need to be right now.
Hopefully, besides reminding myself, these pieces will remind others to keep it simple.
Life is too short not to enjoy. Less is best.
David Fallis lives, works and plays in San Francisco. When not running his own picture
framing shop he tries to find time to make art, music and enjoy the simple things.
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49 Mile Drive Prints by Annie Galvin
Local artist Annie Galvin creates paintings based on the iconic Rex May's 49 Mile Scenic Drive sign post. It's available in variety of colors and they are now available at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street, San Francisco location.
It's a perfect gift for San Francisco local, visitor or anyone who just loves the design.
Ruppel explores new ways to bring the digital process into the hands-on world; strives to give back to online art community
Ireland native Annie Galvin worked as an illustrator in Dublin before moving to San Francisco in 1989, two weeks before the earthquake.
Her inspiration comes from San Francisco, Vogue magazine, comic-books, Josef Frank textile
designs, gardens, Mexican wrestlers, the short stories of Haruki Murakami, and her own dreams and daydreams.
As she became familiar with San Francisco, Galvin started to see the 49 Mile Scenic Drive
sign around the City. She loved the simple shapes and clean colors of the sign - especially
the black eye and beak details. In 2004, Galvin started painting the sign in different
color combinations. 49 miles drive prints available at Zinc Details are high-quality archival prints of some of the original 8" X 10" paintings.
Galvin and her husband, Eric Rewitzer, also an artist started 3 Fish Studios in January 2007 in order to create a space they can make art, hang out, listen to music, and show their work. They are strong believers in the collaborative process of creating and sharing art, and we love to be surrounded by the vibrancy of creative people exchanging ideas.
To see their work, please visit www.3fishstudios.com
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"Fields of Charm" – new work by artist Amy Ruppel at Zinc Details thru Feb. 28.
Ruppel explores new ways to bring the digital process into the hands-on world; strives to give back to online art community
In her new series "Fields of Charm," Portland, Oregon artist Amy Ruppel creates colorful works that represent snapped moments in time, with elements captured from one slice of a photograph. "Fields of Charm" will be featured at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, January 5 through February 28, 2009.
Amy Ruppel, Primeval Explosion, 30x12. At Zinc Details, SF, through Feb. 28.
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Ruppel has her studio in Portland, Oregon, where she is a full-time artist, illustrator and surface designer. She works with a number of galleries and shops across the U.S. and in London, and also sells smaller artworks through her own web site. With every online sale, Ruppel buys a work of art online from another artist, as her way of saying thanks and to help support the online art community.
"I am forever exploring new ways to bring the digital process into the hands-on world, and am constantly reworking encaustic methods into fresh forms that will bring a smile to everyone's face. My aim is to put a little happiness and serenity into everyone's lives," she explains.
Ruppel has illustrated for Nike, Adidas, Converse, Target Stores, Burton Snowboards, Gnu Snowboards, design*sponge, Klutz, and many others. She was the 2007 US artist for the Oilily Artisan Series (Netherlands) and the artist/illustrator for the 2007 Holiday Season at Target. She is currently designing a snowboard for the women's 2010 Olympic riders. Her work is included in a newly published book, Pattern Designs: Applications and Variations.
>>Purchase Amy Ruppel's art here
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Graphic Artist Dan Stiles's "Rock 'n' Roll Modern" at Zinc Details through December 31; Opening Party Nov. 7th
Award-winning designer is known for creating posters for groups like Sonic Youth and Death Cab for Cutie
Portland, Oregon-based graphic artist Dan Stiles brings samples of his limited edition collectable art and bold poster style to Zinc Details November 7 - December 31, 1008. Stiles's show, "Rock 'n' Roll Modern," will be at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco. The opening party is scheduled for Friday, November 7, 6:00-8:00 pm at the California Street store. It is free and open to the public.
Over the past 15 years Stiles has collaborated with artists, labels, promoters, and major corporations to create identities, custom packaging, and limited edition collectable art and merchandise. Stiles is perhaps best known for his Poster Art, working across multiple genres with artists like Death Cab for Cutie, Sonic Youth, Arctic Monkeys, Cat Power, Hot Chip, Sigur Ros, Ted Leo, TV on The Radio, Dizze Rascal, Wilco, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and many others. His work has been called "a visual extension of music."
Stiles's work has garnered numerous awards, is regularly featured in national gallery exhibitions, and has been reproduced in a wide variety of books and magazines, including Graphis, Print, Step, GQ and Rockport Press. Truly a man on the cutting edge of contemporary graphics, he draws from a broad swath of influences including classic skateboard graphics, album covers, modern art, Japanese design, old comic books, and vintage packaging.
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Artist Kristina Lewis Presents Graphic Works on Paper at Zinc Details, September 5 - October 31
Kristina Lewis, Mass Transit
Toner transfer and pencil on archival paper, 30" x 22"
At Zinc Details, San Francisco, through Oct. 31.
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Lewis has been named one of "Five Young Artists to Watch" by San Francisco magazine in 2008
San Francisco artist Kristina Lewis uses randomness and repetition to create organic forms that suddenly take on lives of their own. A selection of Lewis's works on paper will be at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, Sept. 5 – Oct. 31.
Named one of five young artists to watch by San Francisco Magazine in January 2008, Lewis earned a MFA in Interdisciplinary Design from California College of the Arts and was later an instructor for the Environmental Design Program at the University of California, Davis.
In many of her pieces, the repetition of simple shapes or cut and rolled paper slowly build, seeming to animate like plant or life forms intent on multiplying further. Always employing an element of chance with each piece, Lewis studies the tension between randomness and structure, stasis and animation.
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Painter Kelly DeFayette displays "ghost imprints" through August 31
Kelly DeFayette, Lurid, acrylic & pencil on wood panel, 23" x 23" x 3.5." At Zinc Details, 2410 California St., SF, through August 31.
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Organic structures, sometimes recognizable ... sometimes not. A selection of the paintings of Kelly DeFayette will be hanging at the Zinc Details California Street location through August 31, 2008.
Kelly DeFayette has spent the past five years focusing on her paintings and producing a large body of work as well as revisiting her past interests in sculptural forms and installation.
Her new paintings reflect an ongoing concentration on line rather than solid shapes. Amorphous vivid backgrounds dominate as color fields for the lines to weave in and out of, with patches of the wood panel left raw to accentuate depth.
"I partially paint over many areas of the panel to bury what is superfluous and determine the strongest components. These forms or absence thereof create ghost imprints that leave an image on or in the background. DNA strands, netting and weaving, egg sacs and seed pods are all structures that exist in my work, sometimes recognizable, oftentimes not," she explains.
In these works, DeFayette employs resin to coat the entire panel, including the sides, to create a sculptural form that removes the need for a frame as well as producing an object rather that a two dimensional image.
Currently, DeFayette's paintings hang in the offices numerous Bay Area businesses. She is a graduate of the Munson-Williams-Proctor School of Art in Utica, NY, and moved to the Bay Area in 1997 to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. She works out of her studio in the Mission district.
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Rex Ray Print Series Hangs at Zinc Details, May 7- June 30
Rex Ray, Real Tears, 34" x 46," print edition of 25.
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Best-known work of prolific San Francisco artist shown in Gallery 16 Edition prints.
Ubiquitous, prolific, and hot. San Francisco artist Rex Ray has sustained his place atop the West Coast art world for more than two decades. Selections from a series of limited-edition prints of his best known work will be on display at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, May 7 through June 30, 2008.
"We're elated to have Rex Ray back with us," says Zinc Details owner, Vasilios Kiniris. "His work builds excitement, and he's one artist that people clamor after."
Over the past fifteen years Gallery 16 Editions has published over thirty original prints by Rex Ray. The prints represent various aspects of the Ray's investigations into collage, digital media, and his own highly recognizable visual vocabulary. These original prints are limited to editions of 25. All are all signed and numbered by the artist. Many of these works are in the collections of Museums around the country, including the San Jose Museum and the San Diego Museum of Art.
Since launching his career more than two decades ago, Ray has created an extensive oeuvre in a wide variety of art forms, from paintings and collages to prints. Ray is also an accomplished and award-winning graphic artist, having produced distinctive and striking designs for books, magazines, posters, and compact disc covers, including recent projects for Steven Spielberg and David Bowie, along with book covers for San Francisco's famous City Lights Press.
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"Warped Architecture" - new work by artist Verda Alexander at Zinc Details, March 5-April 30
Verda Alexander, Little Blue City, wood, paper, tempera. At Zinc Details, 2410 California St., San Francisco, Mar 5-April 30
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Alexander tweaks and transforms floor plans and architectural models to create urban dreamscapes
San Francisco artist Verda Alexander transforms maps, urban grids, and architectural models into extreme and implausible views of urban environments in "Warped Architecture," an exhibition of her latest work at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, March 5 through April 30, 2008. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 6, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at 2410 California Street.
"I am fascinated by our propensity for architectural motifs and how they link us to the past, connecting cultures and histories through some sort of aesthetic appeal," she says.
"With my recent work I consider the urban grid as pattern and form," Alexander says. "I warp and tweak the lines and patterns made by roads and buildings and apply them to blocks or cardboard structures. Little Blue City is small, quaint and playful but also with its warped perspective and scale it creates a perceptually uneasy position for the viewer. It's this double entendre that I aim for. A hint of old that's fantastically new; strange and also vaguely familiar."
Verda Alexander has exhibited at a number of Bay Area galleries, most recently in "Grounded," Southern Exposure's annual juried group show, as well as in "Home," a group show at Root Division's Gallery 3175. She was nominated for the Headlands Residency award in 2007. Alexander holds an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts from San Jose State University and has attended the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard University for graduate studies. She completed her Master in Fine Arts at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007.
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Zinc Details features "Green Winter," a showing by top magazine photographer Emily Nathan
The horse, by photographer Emily Nathan, at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street, San Francisco, Jan 15 – Feb 29, 2008.
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Well traveled "PDN Emerging 30" photo artist shows work through Feb 29
Emily Nathan's photographs crop up in many top magazines, from Real Simple to Departures to The New Yorker. "Green Winter," an exhibition of her work will be at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, January 15 - February 29, 2008.
Nathan, barely out of her 20s, has traveled the world for clients like Cathay Pacific Airways, Apple, and Gourmet magazine. She is listed as one of the "Emerging 30" photographers by Photo District News.
Nathan majored in English and poetry at the University of Michigan, but landed in photography almost by accident while she was on a junior year abroad in Chile. She got an internship there with La Nación and a first assignment photographing former dictator Augusto Pinochet, followed by World Cup Soccer classification games in stadiums packed with 100,000 screaming fans.
"I realized photography might be more fun than being an English teacher," Nathan says.
San Francisco-based Nathan works full time as a commercial and editorial photographer, but with the show at Zinc Details, will be showing a more personal side of her work. Her eye is drawn into locations by the shades of the natural world, but her images show a facility for tight, formal composition. Emily Nathan plays with cropping and juxtapositions to present some very playful and provocative slices of a life well realized.
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Zinc Details features Paintings by Lily Martine through December 31.
Lily Martine, Bloom Stripe with Brown Details, oil on canvas, at Zinc Details, San Francisco thru December 31.
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San Francisco artist Lily Martine brings bold colors and a sense of the dynamic to her "Time Bloom Line" series at the Zinc Details California Street gallery through December 31.
In "Time Bloom Line," Martine is interested in the linkage of past and the present, space and color.
"The balance between space and color are important to me," Martine says. "I endeavor to make them relate but never sit too comfortably. I try to layer these ideas and surprise myself by what I see."
Lily Martine was born in Sebastopol, California. Influenced by creative parents, she studied a broad range of mediums including textiles, leather work, painting, printmaking, and drawing. She earned a BFA in Textile Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2003. At RISD, she was awarded a design contract for a Designtex RISD collaboration. She now lives and works as an artist in San Francisco where she is currently painting.
Martine's work has been exhibited at Somarts and 111 Mina in San Francisco, as well at SF Open Studios in 2006 and 2007. Earlier this year, she had a solo show at Propeller Modern. Several of her works are available at the SFMOMA Artist Gallery.
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Zinc Details features Pen-and-Ink on NECCO Wafers by artist Denise Tassin
Sierra Nevada Green. Denise Tassin. Pen-and-ink on NECCO candy wafers.
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"Solo NECCO" - drawings on candy hang at California Street gallery through October 31.
Paint on canvas, ink on paper - they're so over. Artist Denise Tassin works with Micron pen on NECCO wafers.
Remember those rolls of pastel-colored candy disks wrapped in waxy paper? NECCO wafers have been around since 1847, and you can still find them at candy counters with a penchant for nostalgia. 160 years later, Denise Tassin takes a high-tech pen to those disks and creates an entire world of detailed miniature drawings on the backs of these quarter-sized confections.
Tassin's works - on wood and canvas as well as on candy wafers - are the center of "Solo NECCO," her show at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street in San Francisco through October 31. Gallery hours are Mon-Sat, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Sun noon - 6:00 p.m.
According to Tassin, her NECCO wafers series are exercises in drawing experimentation and readymade kits. They are collectible in the truest sense, and derivative of some blissful nostalgia. The wafers are drawn on with pen and re-packaged for purchase. While this literally commodifies the drawings, the preciousness of NECCO candies in their wax paper casings maintains these pieces as artworks-formal markmaking on an edible surface.
About the Artist
Denise Tassin lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been shown in many East Coast galleries, including the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC, and hangs in the Baltimore Museum of Art and in private collections. Originally from Louisiana, Tassin holds a BA in painting, drawing, and ceramics from McNeese State University and an MFA in painting from Southern Methodist University.
About NECCO Wafers
NECCO wafers are a product of the New England Confectionary Company, which has made them since 1847. NECCO buffs know the wafers come in eight flavors and colors: lemon (yellow), orange (orange), lime (green), clove (purple), cinnamon (white), wintergreen (pink), licorice (black), and chocolate (brown).
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Photographer Marina Luz's "Minus" featured at Zinc through August 31
Marina Luz's latest photographic project, "Minus," explores the intriguing isolation found in even the busiest of cities. The exhibition will be at the Zinc Details California Street location, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, July 9 through August 31. Reception for the artist is Thursday, July 12, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the gallery.
Portland, by Marina Luz, at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street, San Francisco, July 9-August 31.
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In Luz's photographs, architectural details become a record of the spaces in-between society; the strange, unnamed desolation of a crowded urban environment, with faded light and washed-out colors falling on anonymous streets. The feeling of slight unease is only deepened by the rare appearance of people in the photographs, who are seen only through reflections or behind layers, seeming hardly more substantial than memories. In the end, the city is the only true reality.
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Zinc Details features "Luscious, Dangerous" Art of Amos Gajillionaire through June 30
Amos Gajillionaire, Untitled, oil and paper on poplar wood.
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Amos Gajillionaire, Untitled, oil and paper on poplar wood.
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Iconoclast Gajillionaire seeks to eradicate "homogenized blandness" from interior walls; work already hangs in homes of Deborah Harry and Sir Elton John
Mercurial painter and collage artist Amos Gajillionaire invites collectors to seize a place on the bandwagon next to luminaries like Sir Elton John and Blondie's Deborah Harry, who already own pieces of Gajillionaire's mind-bending work. Gajillionaire's collages are on display at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, through June 30. Gallery hours are Mon-Sat, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Sun noon - 6:00 p.m.
The work is highly decorative and extremely colorful, combining photography, silkscreening, and painting to create one-of-a-kind electrifying collages. Gajillionaire is dedicated to making his pieces accessible to his audience, in that all come ready to hang, mounted onto 100% poplar wood. They are coated with a protective epoxy resin giving them a striking gloss and sumptuous shine. No two works, he assures, are ever the same.
"My vision is to completely eradicate mass-produced posters and homogenized blandness from the walls of astute, urbane inhabitants. I'm out to prove that there is no reason discerning citizens of the 21st century cannot afford unique, dangerous, luscious fine art," Gajillionaire says.
In the two years his work has been in production, Gajillionaire has been profiled in Surface magazine and collected by the likes of The Scissor Sisters, Rufus Wainwright, Shirley Manson of Garbage, along with Harry and John.
"It is carried by astute establishments in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco," Gajillionaire emphasizes.
Feeling properly astute, Zinc Details is one of the first places in San Francisco to show Gajillionaire's work.
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Beholder Gallery Show at Zinc Details, March 10-April 28
Jennifer Sanchez, Untitled, 16" x 20", mixed mediums on canvas
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Online Gallery Brings Actual Art to California Street Store
Zinc Details will host a showing of the work of various artists from the Beholder Gallery, a new online gallery, March 10 through April 28 at its store at 2410 California Street in San Francisco. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 15, from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
The Beholder focuses on emerging talent from around the country and offers works in a variety of mediums. Artists on display at Zinc Details include Bob Bechtol, Ian Dingman, Katja Ollendorff, Warren Dykeman, Sarah Thibault, Jennifer Sanchez, and Simon Redekop.
The Beholder was founded in 2005 as an accessible way to buy art outside the traditional gallery system. Director and Curator Suzanne Shade has created a space where buyers can sample a wide range of work and feel comfortable in choosing pieces that connect with them.
The Beholder periodically holds events at "brick-and-mortar" spaces, including 111 Minna in San Francisco, Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn, and now at Zinc Details in San Francisco's Fillmore district. The online gallery is at www.beholder-art.com.
"The artists the Beholder exhibits produce some of the most dynamic, creative, and gorgeous art around, but frequently must hold down day jobs to make rent. Beholder provides these artists with a forum to both exhibit and sell their work, and is also a great resource for art fans to see what's up in the art scene." - Flavorpill NY, May 2006.
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Zinc Details features Artist/Designer/Filmmaker Caroline Seckinger
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| Caroline Seckinger, from Numbers Series, acrylic on paper, 26" x 34". At Zinc Details, 2410 California St., Nov 1-Dec 31. |
Constructivism and Hard-Edge Abstraction revisited in "Orbs and Numbers" at California Street location November 1 - December 31
Filmmaker, production designer, painter, and printmaker, Caroline Seckinger is an award-winning visual artist at home in many media. She presents two bodies of works on paper in her exhibit "Orbs and Numbers" at Zinc Details, 2410 California Street in San Francisco, November 1 through December 31. Gallery hours are Mon-Sat, 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Sun noon - 6:00 p.m.
"Orbs" is a series of limited edition serigraph prints in which Seckinger explores the color theories of Josef Albers.
"Number Series," is a series of reductive paintings that follow the Constructivist sensibility of sourcing from the industrial world. Seckinger chooses a non-specific, very pedestrian typeface as a means of investigating the number as a graphic form. By overlaying and repeatedly printing the numbers, the familiar forms become deconstructed and concealed, and as the overlaying loosens up, the forms emerge and the original structure of the type is revealed and recognized.
Caroline Seckinger's varied career in the visual arts has seen her as a production designer/art director for TV commercials that include L'Oreal, Showtime, and the Environmental Defense Fund and for music videos for Ozzy Osbourne, Blind Melon, and The Goo Goo Dolls. Seckinger has directed and edited several films, including an award-winning documentary on Skin Head Gangs in Los Angeles. She holds a BFA from UC Santa Cruz and an MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute for the Arts. She studied painting and drawing at California College of Art and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC.
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