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Hosfelt Gallery

July 20 - July 20, 2013

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260 Utah Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco presents: CALL OF THE WILD 20 July - 17 August, Reception: Saturday 20 July, 4-6pm, San Francisco MORE INFO: http://hosfeltgallery.com A companion exhibition to Christian Houge's photographs, the group show Call of the Wild features work that reflects our primal, tenacious urge to explore the remote corners of the world, and the simultaneous drives to conquer and embrace nature. Artists include Joseph Beuys, Tim Hawkinson, Birgit Jensen, Michael Light, Patricia Piccinini, Alan Rath, Ed Ruscha, Kiki Smith and Helmut Wietz. Performed at the Rene Block Gallery in New York in 1974, Joseph Beuys' action, I Like America and America Likes Me, exemplifies the yearning to embrace the savage, untamed, and instinctual. For three days Beuys remained confined in a room, interacting with a live coyote using symbolic props and gestures. The shadowy image of a tall ship in Ed Ruscha's Homeward Bound calls up associations of the golden age of voyage and adventure, while Birgit Jensen's painting, Sagarmatha, refers to Mt. Everest, the ultimate aspiration of any mountaineer. Michael Light's FULL MOON series of photographs depicting NASA's first forays into space points to our fierce determination to conquer new frontiers under the most adverse conditions. Tim Hawkinson's sculpture Scout takes the form of the fringed buckskin outfit worn by Davy Crockett in the TV and movie vernacular of the 1960s. Not only does it speak to Hollywood's romanticized notions of exploration, but also to the role of the senses in discovery. The work of Patricia Piccinini also deals with the mutant body. Kiki Smith combines woman and wolf as an altered version of the story of Little Red Riding Hood as one of harmonious union. Alan Rath's robotic sculptures made with feathers, speakers, and custom electronics are feats of engineering genius. Their uncannily animate qualities point to our fascination with the power to engineer life itself, as evidenced by continuing advances in biotechnology, and the increasingly blurred boundaries between the natural and the artificial. DATE/TIME: 20 July - 17 August, Reception: Saturday 20 July, 4-6pm LOCATION: Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco 260 Utah Street San Francisco, CA, 94103 415-495-5454 http://hosfeltgallery.com COST/REGISTRATION: Free MORE INFO: Website: http://hosfeltgallery.com Email: info@hosfeltgallery.com Phone: 415-495-5454 Contact: Nicole Lampl About Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco: Hosfelt Gallery has shown international emerging to mid-career artists since 1996 in San Francisco. In fall 2012, Hosfelt expanded into a new 8,900 sq ft San Francisco venue. Our program is built around artwork with a refined level of execution that addresses critical inquiries in relation to the history of art, culture, politics, and intellectual discourse.