Studio Quercus presents:
New Drawings: Works by John Fadeff & Sam Vaughan at Studio Quercus
Exhibition runs September 6 - October 12, 2013
Reception Saturday, September 14, 4-6PM, Oakland
Studio Quercus is pleased to present "New Drawings," a two-person exhibition of recent works by John Fadeff and Sam Vaughan. The exhibition is on view Friday, September 6 through October 12, 2013. The artists will be present for a reception on Saturday, September 14, 4 to 6pm.
John Fadeff and Sam Vaughan -- two accomplished draftsmen with an extraordinary love of the drawn line -- work in traditional materials of graphite and pen-and-ink. Open to exploring the medium, the artists' mistakes and deformations, in both subjects and the drawings themselves, lend a sideways juxtaposition to the meticulously intricate detail both artists use to create their works.
Vaughan's strong, bold, loud work is representational, with an emphasis on the figure. Presenting works from his series 'Eden Neandertalensis', Vaughan creates dense, squat bodies that clunk through undeveloped landscapes. His works explore an ambiguous alternate history: "...a sort of shabby Paradise, or run down Garden of Eden - inhabited by some later generation of squatters, well after the fall..."
Fadeff's work, by comparison, is meditative and quiet, with an emphasis on creating atmosphere with layers of line. Amorphous figures and abstracted landscapes fade into a thick fog of tiny sketched lines and cross-hatches, resulting in a delightfully creepy obfuscation of the scene. Because the nature of pen-and-ink doesn't allow for erasures, Fadeff builds changes and patches with even more lines: "...by stacking up additive depletions, the drawings get dodgy and crammed."
Both Fadeff and Vaughan are experts at rendering precise images that perplex the view of the audience. Presented together, the works show both the skill of the artists and the possibilities of a medium.
Studio Quercus is open Saturdays 1-5pm, First Fridays 6-9pm, and Thursdays-Fridays by appointment
DATE/TIME:
Exhibition runs September 6 - October 12, 2013; Reception Saturday, September 14, 4-6PM
LOCATION:
Studio Quercus
385 26th Street
Oakland, CA, 94612
COST/REGISTRATION:
Free
MORE INFO:
Email: info@studioquercus.com
Phone: 510-452-4670
Contact: Susan Sharman
About Studio Quercus:
Founded in 2008 by Susan Casentini and Kyle Milligan, the interdisciplinary gallery is a space for full-scale individual and group art exhibitions, installations, and performance events located in downtown Oakland. With the community in mind, the non-profit gallery cultivates creative exploration and an exchange of ideas, allowing for the unexpected to happen.
