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Gallery 16

June 21 - June 21, 2013

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501 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107
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5 Short Holidays
Gallery 16 is excited to announce its fourth exhibition with artist Wayne Smith. His exhibition“5 Short Holidays” continues his interest in scanner-based imagery, repetitive drawing techniques, and working with found printed matter. The show will feature ink and pencil drawings ,a new group of digital prints and collage works. The show will also include a text-based installation piece that foregrounds his interest in writing/collecting seemingly random and often humorous titles for nonexistent projects. The title “5 Short Holidays” playfully refers to his decision to present work in these various styles. The title is also shared with an EP by Smith’s ongoing music project Aero- Mic’d to be released during the run of the show. Wayne Smith is a visual and sound artist who lives and works in San Francisco. Working in a variety of media including drawing, installation and video, his work has been shown locally and internationally. In 2007, he collaborated with Berlin-based artist D-L Alvarez on a sound and video installation inspired by Joan Didion’s “The White Album” that took place at Derek Eller Gallery, NY. A video installation at Exile Gallery in Berlin, Germany was shown as part of the “Psychometry” exhibition in 2009. In 2004, Smith co-produced and performed on the CD “After Low” with artist Rex Ray, as part of the exhibition “Fascination” at Gallery 16. The CD, a reworking of David Bowie’s “Low” album, featured performances by Matmos and Tom Recchion, among others. On Friday, July 26th, we will host a special evening of Poet’s Theater curated by Brandon Brown. Poet’s Theater has been a vibrant part of the Bay Area arts scene for fifty years. Local writers Kevin Killian (author of many collections of fiction, poetry, and memoir), Lindsey Boldt (author of Overboard and the recently released Tittties for Lindsey), and Sara Wintz (author of Walking Across This Field We Are Focused On This Time Now, just out from Ugly Duckling Presse) will revive classics from those five decades and perform them in the space! Smith is a member of San Francisco’s “Poet’s Theatre”, writing four plays with author Kevin Killian over the past fifteen years. Gallery 16 501 Third Street San Francisco, CA 94107