JESSICA SILVERMAN - FFDG
LUGGAGE STORE - FOULADI
07.11.14 Part I
(with assistance from Anna Rotty)
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Jessica Silverman Gallery: The History of Technology.
Artists: Simon Denny, Samuel Levi Jones, Dashiell Manley, Philipp Timischl, Margo Wolowiec.
Comment by AB: This group show references as well as incorporates various aspects of technology, obsolete as well as innovative, providing viewers with opportunities to cogitate on how evolutionary advancements not only impact the making of art, but also the trajectories of our lives in general. Worth seeing.
Woven art by Margo Wolowiec at Jessica Silverman Gallery (best of show).
Margo Wolowiec woven art on canvas.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.
Margo Wolowiec and her woven art closer at Jessica Silverman Gallery.
Mixed media art by Dashiell Manley.
Dashiell Manley art.
Digital print & video amalgamation art by Philipp Timischl.
Propaganda art by Simon Denny.
Art made from old encyclopedia covers by Samuel Levi Jones.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.
Floor plan - group art show at Jessica Silverman Gallery.
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The Luggage Store Gallery: Teresa Baker.
Review by Anna Rotty: Teresa Baker's solo show at the Luggage Store is bold, tactile and just may be breaking the barrier between 2 and 3D. Using painted textiles and ribbon wrapped around, and folding off of, traditional canvases, her work is surprising and employs an innovative use of material.
Comment by AB: 2014 Headlands Center for the Arts Tournesol Awardee Teresa Baker combines fabric, canvas and paint in unconventional ways. Sadly, one might get the impression from the slapdash haphazard appearance of things that the art comes up short in either technical finesse, attention to detail or both.
Art by Teresa Baker at The Luggage Store Gallery.
Folded fabric art by Teresa Baker.
2014 Tournesol Awardee Teresa Baker & her art at The Luggage Store Gallery.
Folded blanket art by Teresa Baker.
Draped fabric art by Teresa Baker.
Painting by Teresa Baker.
Mixed media art by Teresa Baker.
Attendance figures - Teresa Baker art show at The Luggage Store Gallery.
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Fouladi Projects: Be/Longing - Summer Photography Show.
Artists: Nina Dietzel, Darija Jelincic, Anne Veraldi.
Review by Anna Rotty: Fouladi Projects offers a wonderful collection of work by three photographers this month. As a whole, the show investigates solitude, longing and containment. Anne Veraldi's clean studio-style portraits of memorabilia focus on capturing and preserving memories. Nina Dietzel's diptychs do what great diptychs are supposed to do, enhancing and strengthening one another with their similarities and juxtapositions. Darija Jelincic's images are soft and beautiful, depicting scenes of people "escaping" to various environments.
Photography by Nina Dietzel at Fouladi Projects.
Nina Dietzel photographs in above image closer.
Photograph by Nina Dietzel closer (image c/o Anna Rotty).
Nina Dietzel photography.
Dawoud Bey & Rena Bransten in da house at Fouladi Projects.
Photographs by Anne Veraldi.
Anne Veraldi photograph closer (image c/o Anna Rotty).
Photograph by Darija Jelincic.
Darija Jelincic photography.
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FFDG: Jim Houser - Night Got Quiet, Not Quite Light.
Comment by AB: Precise stylized compositions with a bit of a vintage feel by Jim Houser, some of which blend pop culture imagery with various vignettes while others are all about pattern and abstract. Nicely done.
Installation view - art by Jim Houser at FFDG.
Jim Houser art closer.
Art by Jim Houser in top image closer.
Jim Houser art.
Art by Jim Houser.
Jim Houser art closer.
Art by Jim Houser at FFDG.
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