Rena Bransten Gallery
San Francisco
77 Geary Street
415 9823292 FAX 415 982807
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Two exhibitions
dal 3/9/2003 al 4/10/2003
(415) 982-3292 FAX (415) 982-1807
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Rena Bransten Gallery


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John Bankston
Reagan Louie



 
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3/9/2003

Two exhibitions

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Opening September 4th and running through October 4th, the Rena Bransten Gallery will exhibit new paintings and drawings by John Bankston and photographs by Reagan Louie.


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Opening September 4th and running through October 4th, the Rena Bransten Gallery will exhibit new paintings and drawings by John Bankston and photographs by Reagan Louie.

John Bankston's new paintings show cowboys in chic western wear that catalogue machismo clichés of Wild West! As in past series, there is a loose sense of narrative with human and non-human characters illustrating themes of race, gender preference, and relationship. Bankston's use of coloring book-type panels, black outlines, and washy colors present his subtle point of view with a childlike innocence.

Mr. Bankston obtained his MFA in Painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has recently received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant Program Award, The Fleishhacker Foundation Eureka Fellowship, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant and the SECA Award. His work is currently on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art as a part of the SECA Award Exhibition. Bankston's work is included in several public collections including the Studio Museum of Harlem in New York and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut.

Reagan Louie will show Photographs of Asia, culled from several of his recent series. Images include building sites in Hong Kong, sex workers in capitol cities, school children in parks, soldiers, and civilians in towns that he passed through during his travels. The subject matter is people seemingly caught in a no man's land - pulled back by age-old traditions and forward by economic progress. Each photograph depicts a cultural landscape where past and present uncomfortably co-exist through details of face, dress, and architecture.

Mr. Louie has a BFA from UCLA and an MFA from Yale University. He currently teaches at the SF Art Institute. His Sex Workers in Asia exhibit at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art will be on view September 4th through December 7th with a companion publication, Orientalia, published by powerHouse Books. His 1991 book, Toward a Truer Life: Photographs of China 1980-1990, published by Aperture, received critical acclaim. His work is in the collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30 to 5:30, Saturdays 11 to 5

Image: Reagan Louie, 'Bank of China, Hong Kong 1988', Chromogenic print, ed. of 8, 30 x 40 inches

Rena Bransten Gallery
77 Geary Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
tel. (415) 982-3292
fax. (415) 982-1807

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