Event

HomePost an Event »

Ampersand International Arts

June 12 - July 11, 2009

Info

1001 Tennessee Street San Francisco, CA 94107
Google Map »
Home Max Schoening, Untitled ( soccer boys Kenya), c print, 2008
OPENING: Friday, June 12th : 6-8: 30pm EXHIBITION: June 12-July 10, 2009 TITLE: “ Home “ MEDIUM: photography, drawing, painting ARTISTS: Gideon Chase, Hannah Hooper, Andrew Kirk, Max Schoening, Ethan Scott LOCATION: ampersand international arts 1001 Tennessee Street (at 20th St.) San Francisco 94107 California USA GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Fridays noon to 5:00PM and by appointment CURATED by: Young Ampersand: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia Mauro, Theodora Mauro Ampersand is happy to present HOME. Ampersand has invited four young local art aficionados to curate the first Young Ampersand exhibition: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia and Theodora Mauro are childhood friends; they all studied art history and art making and have grown up in homes where art criticism, art collecting and art making are an everyday reality. Choosing a subject familiar to all, the HOME curators explore individual interpretations of the idea of Home by recent Art School graduates, all visual artists linked to the San Francisco Bay Area. The curators’ statement : "With rising foreclosure rates and the current uncertain state of the economy in the United States, homes have become not only symbols of refuge, but thwarted symbols of the 'American Dream'. With HOME we aim to address how art can reflect broader understandings of the places we live in: how they are not only defined by the roof over our heads, but may also be the people, places and events that impact our lives." Obviously the irony of Ampersand gallery being a live/work space is not lost on any of the participants. GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Fridays noon to 5pm and by appointment.