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16/7/2003

Scenery

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

A group exhibition of works that explore notions of landscape, ground, and vista. The artists included document, depict, mimic, extrapolate, and deconstruct their surroundings.


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For our end of the season exhibition, Rena Bransten Gallery will present Scenery, a group exhibition of works that explore notions of landscape, ground, and vista. The artists included document, depict, mimic, extrapolate, and deconstruct their surroundings.

· Candida Alvarez's painting of lush tropical foliage overshadowed by an ominous shadow shows the other side of paradise. · John Bankston's drawing of an idyllic woodland scene reveals upon closer inspection an abandoned picnic site with only wigs and empty bottles left by the attendees.

· Miriam Bäckström photographs film sets showing the literal rough edges of the "scenery".

· Francis Baker's photographs show plant life forced into molds that become kitschy forms, such as a Buddha figurine or a Barbie Doll, to comment on society's impact on natural courses.

· Rebeca Bollinger makes thumbnail drawings of natural elements as they appeared in a web search.

· Jim Christiansen is the subject in many of his drawings of scenes from his Southern childhood.

· Viola Frey's densely painted garden scene perfectly captures the bleaching, fractured sun light of an afternoon in the Sacramento Valley of California.

· Doug Hall's photo of Highway 50 shows a vista familiar to drivers heading West.

· Matthias Hoch's photographs depict urban cement parks in European locations.

· Candida Höfer photographs man-made habitats for zoo animals that mimic nature or leave if out altogether.

· Bill Jacobson's fuzzy photos reduce the natural landscape to color fields that appear to be paintings.

· Stefan Kürten's small paintings catalogue sunsets and other landscape details in an effort to control the uncontrollable.

· Sang Lee's eerie color photographs of neighborhoods at night suggest a depth and intensity belied by the conventions of home and hearth.

· Hung Liu's lush canvas refers to both photography and Chinese bird and flower paintings in its depiction of a wading person and a wading bird.

· Chip Lord's photo diptychs pair urban scenes from films featuring San Francisco.

· Tracey Moffatt's photo litho features a babe in the woods taunted by terrifying trees as she runs along.

· Martin Mull's painting turns the concept of safe suburban life on its ear.

· Vik Muniz makes models of famous earthworks then photographs them blurring the line between fact and fantasy.

· Irene Pijoan's cut-out metal wall pieces show dense groupings of different plant species.

· Paul Seawright's photograph of docks show very little water and a lot of human impact on the coastal environment.

· Henry Wessel's photographs show the grim remains of nature in abandoned urban areas.

· Sandra Wong's drawings of individual ranch houses floating on isolated white grounds provide for a springboard of associations.

Rena Bransten Gallery will be closed from August 17 through September 1. Normal gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday 10:30 to 5:30, Saturdays 11 to 5. Images are available upon request.

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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