Two solo shows
dal 1/3/2006 al 7/4/2006
Segnalato da
1/3/2006
Two solo shows
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Panayiotis Michael's drawings from proto-surrealist portraits of anonymous suited men to fantastical architectural constructions hinting at the possibilities of other worlds, allude to the socio-political situation in his native Cyprus. Tommy Stockel's sculptures use the simplest of materialspaper, card and polystyreneto convey abstract notions such as four-dimensionality and time travel.
Michael Panayiotis - I Promise, You Will Love Me Forever. Before and After.
Tommy Stockel - Even Great Futures Will One Day Become Pasts
During the month of March, Rena Bransten Gallery (77 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA
94108) will feature two solo shows of works by Michael Panayiotis and Tommy
Stockel.
Panayiotis Michael's recent drawings, shown for the first time in the USA,
demonstrate his commitment to the role of the artist as an agent of public
awareness. His works, drawings from proto-surrealist portraits of anonymous suited
men to fantastical architectural constructions hinting at the possibilities of other
worlds, allude to the socio-political situation in his native Cyprus, avoiding
overly simplistic interpretations or formalistic hierarchies. The desire for
certainty encapsulated by his exhibition title is juxtaposed by his exploration of
abstraction, ambiguity and the value of the ephemeral.
Michael represented Cyprus at the 2005 Venice Biennale together with Konstantia
Sofokleous and has been the subject of solo shows internationally, most recently at
the Diapos Center of Arts, Nicosia (2006). His work has also been featured in
numerous group exhibitions, including Art Caucasus 2005, in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Tommy Stockel's complex geometric sculptures use the simplest of materialspaper,
card and polystyreneto convey abstract notions such as four-dimensionality and
time travel. Often visually disconcerting, his works are amalgams of art historical
and technological references from classical sculpture, Renaissance perspective and
cubism, to spacecraft, molecular and subatomic structure. A combination of recent
and new sculptural work is on view for the first time in the USA, and will be shown
together with new collages and digital prints.
Tommy Stockel was born in 1972, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and lives and works in
Berlin. Stockel has been the subject of solo exhibitions internationally, has a
forthcoming solo show at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, and has been included in group
exhibitions such as The Invisible Insurrection Of A Million Minds, Sala Rekalde,
Bilbao (2005).
Reception: Thursday, March 2, 5:30-7:30PM
Rena Bransten Gallery
77 Geary Street - San Francisco
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10.30 to 5.30; Saturday 11.00 to 5.00