Two exhibitions
dal 1/8/2012 al 14/9/2012
Segnalato da
1/8/2012
Two exhibitions
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
Kumie Tsuda's drawings and sculptures depict figures that seem anxious or fearful that their meager physicality may be invisible to others. The installation 'City Surface' by Annie Han and Daniel Himalyo, who comprise Lead Pencil Studio, also establishes a sense of place by recreating a city-section in two-by-fours, plywood and putty.
The Rena Bransten Gallery is pleased to exhibit of works by Kumie Tsuda and Annie Han + Daniel Mihalyo: Lead Pencil Studio during August and September.
Kumie Tsuda's drawings and sculptures depict figures that seem anxious or fearful that their meager physicality may be invisible to others. Their disquiet is revealed through expressive gestures and body language. Faces may be hidden under paper bags or a sheet; bodily details are obscured in baggy neutral clothing, and all gestures seem to implore aid or beg recognition from unseen "others". When Kumie moved to Los Angeles from Japan, her lack of English and driving skills isolated her and necessitated her walking everywhere. Echoes of Echo Park chronicles Tsuda's overcoming her outsider status through her figures but also through her large ceramic sculpture depicting a topographical recreation of her new Echo Park neighborhood. Regaining control of the unknown through one's work is wonderfully therapeutic. Her photographs, too, capture and identify small isolated bits of nature, like a single stone or curious seed pod, reframing the details of her new neighborhood and the landscape she passed during her daily solitary perambulations.
The installation in our exhibition, City Surface, by the artists Annie Han and Daniel Himalyo, who comprise Lead Pencil Studio, also establishes a sense of place by recreating a city-section in two-by- fours, plywood, and putty. In what appears to be a construction zone, row house, commercial store front, intermittent floating architectural detail along with city infrastructure line gallery walls and edge out onto the floor. Viewing this boom-town segment, one can make an historical and stylistic association with other nascent cities - San Francisco for instance - where the vernacular architecture, quaint scale of human-to-edifice, and the overwhelming presence of un-painted wood herald the emergence of a fantastic future city from humble, hand-made beginnings.
Reception: Thursday, August 2, 5:30 to 7:30pm
Rena Bransten Gallery
77 Geary Street San Francisco
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30AM to 5:30PM and Saturday 11:00AM to 5PM.
admission free