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White Walls & Shooting Gallery

January 10 - March 1, 2009

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886 Geary San Francisco, CA
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Family First
White Wall Gallery would like to open the New Year off right by celebrating the work of artists that we admire and support. The ‘Family First’ show will showcase work from artists that have been with us for the past three years featuring Andrew Schoultz, Richard Colman, Sylvia Ji, Henry Lewis, Mike Davis, Cleon Peterson, Ian Francis, Hillary Pecis, Albert Reyes, Shepard Fairey, Shawn Barber, Jim Houser, Mike Giant, Rogelio Martinez, Adam 5100, David Choong Lee, Adam Flores, and AJ Fosik. A reception will be held January 10th from 7 pm until 11 pm at White Walls Gallery 835 Larkin Street, SF. The show will run through February. The artists showcased in ‘Family First’, and all other artists we have represented, characterize White Walls’ consistent respect for non-traditional subject matter that encompasses the world of contemporary art that we have all come to appreciate and love. These artists are pushing the envelope of fine art to discover and create work that represents the current social, political, and cultural structure of our world today. Andrew Schoultz’s repertoire of iconic images tells stories of everyday life in America by using political commentary, comics, 1900’s clip art, and medieval renderings. Jim Houser and Richard Colman infuse memorable imaginative landscapes and characters to create colorful and entrancing environments. Sylivia Ji’s lovely ladies mix sexual provocation and a consternation of a preemptive doom. Henry Lewis works from life, like other figurative realists, creating an eminent past and present in each piece. Mike Davis uses his background in theater set design and his many renaissance influences to create quirky Dutch landscapes. Cleon Peterson’s intensely violent (and intensely neon) imagery speaks to the disquiet angst of our times. Ian Francis’ realistic figures are juxtaposed with abstract backgrounds while Rogelio Martinez’s photo-realist figures are close personal friends. Hilary Pecis’ work uses abstract imagery to question the presence of technology in today’s society. Mike Giant uses his background in tattoo art to create endless Sharpie on paper pieces depicting his vast imagination while Shawn Barber chooses to document contemporary tattoo culture through his oil portraits. Albert Reyes’ pieces upon pieces (literally) crawl over the wall, and sometimes the ceiling, pulling viewers into his intimate frames. Shepard Fairey uses varying print techniques, stenciling, and collage to comment on America’s relationship with and addiction to consumer culture. Adam 5100’s paintings could easily be photos due to his extreme use of light and dark. David Choong Lee explores different concepts through an array of mediums such as mixed media, sculpture, and graphic design. Adam Flores uses ink and watercolors to create imaginary worlds we all wish to explore. And finally, AJ Fosik’s colorful sculptures of various wooden animals growl at their viewers to think deeper. All eighteen artists have similar backgrounds such as tattoo art, graffiti and street art, graphic design, illustration, and much more. Whether commenting on consumer culture, man vs. nature, or just everyday life all artists use varying techniques, mediums, and canvases to express their views but started out using the streets, artists collectives, the internet or some other form of representation to get their work recognized; handpicked by us at White Walls for you to enjoy. Together with these artists, White Walls would like to continue to show the art world that typical fine art boundaries can be broken to reveal a relevant and conscious understanding of our current time.