ERIC WHITTEN THE COLOR OF LANDSCAPE
AUGUST 23RD - OCTOBER 5TH
ERIC WHITTEN PAINTS LANDSCAPES IN OIL, SOME ON A LARGE SCALE. HIS WORK IS CONCERNED WITH HISTORY, CULTURE AND MEMORY. HIS RECENT WORK IS MORE INTIMATE AND EXPLORES PERSONAL MEMORY AND LANDSCAPE. INFLUENCED BY THE FRENCH ARTIST, PIERRE BONNARD, WHITTEN WORKS FROM SMALL SKETCHES DONE ON LOCATION, USING COLOR TO EXPRESS EMOTIONS AS THE MEMORY IS REVISITED MANY TIMES. ERIC WHITTEN WAS BORN IN WALNUT CREEK, CALIFORNIA IN 1966, AND EDUCATED AT YALE WHERE HE RECEIVED A BACHELORS OF ARTS IN 1989. WHITTEN, ALSO HAS A MASTERS OF ARTS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY IN AMERICAN INDIAN AFFAIRS AND AN MASTERS OF FINE ARTS IN PAINTING FROM THE ACADEMY OF ART COLLEGE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
ERIC LIVES AND WORKS IN POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA.
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, AUGUST 23RD | 6-9PM
JEFF JOHNSON WAY HIGH KICK TURN
OCTOBER 11TH - NOVEMBER 13TH
LOOK WEST X JEFF JOHNSON ARE PROUD TO PRESENT: WAY HIGH KICK TURN A PHOTO EXHIBITION OF SELECTED IMAGES FROM JEFF’S BOOK, WAY HIGH KICK TURN EAST BAY SF 1975-1989.
FROM JEFF: “THIS BOOK IS A PORTHOLE INTO SKATEBOARDING’S SUBVERSIVE DIP IN THE 1980S. IT IS DELIVERED THROUGH THE EYES OF THE EVERYDAY SKATER, THE FRIENDS I GREW UP WITH IN THE EAST BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO. NONE OF US HAD ANY INFLUENCE ON THE SPORT. OUR CREW WAS NO DIFFERENT THAN THE COUNTLESS POCKETS OF TEENAGERS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AMERICA AT THE TIME, THREADED TOGETHER BY THE SAME ANGST AND DISILLUSIONMENT WITH THE MAINSTREAM. WE DIDN’T COME FROM STRONGHOLDS SUCH AS VENICE BEACH, SANTA CRUZ, OR SAN FRANCISCO. WE WERE FROM THE SUBURBS, PLACES LIKE WALNUT CREEK, LIVERMORE, AND DANVILLE.”
JEFF LIVES AND WORKS IN HALEIWA, HI
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH | 5-9PM
NOVEMBER 21ST - JANUARY 4TH
KRISTIN TEXEIRA CREATES ABSTRACT PAINTINGS INSPIRED BY HER INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE AND PLACES. HER USE OF COLOR IS CHANNELED FROM HER SENSITIVITY TO MEMORY AND SYNESTHETIC APTITUDE. SHE OFTEN CREATES “MEMORY MAPS” THAT TELL OF A SPECIFIC MOMENT IN TIME. TEXEIRA GRADUATED FROM MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN IN 2010. SHE HAS EXHIBITED WORK VIA UPRISE ART IN NEW YORK CITY, WITH HASHIMOTO CONTEMPORARY IN SAN FRANCISCO, STUDIO CROMIE IN GROTTAGLIE, ITALY AS WELL AS OTHER GALLERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ABROAD. SHE HAS BEEN AWARDED RESIDENCIES THAT INCLUDE THE ALBERS’ FOUNDATION ARTIST RESIDENCY, THE VARDA ARTIST RESIDENCY, THE GOOGLE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAM, THE JAUNT, THE SAM AND ADELE GOLDEN FOUNDATION ARTIST RESIDENCY, AND VERMONT STUDIO CENTER.
KRISTIN LIVES AND WORKS IN BARRYSVILLE, NY.
OPENING RECEPTION SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND