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Adobe Books presents the new exhibition series Adobe Books Parlor in the bookstore's front windows on 16th Street in the Mission District. The Pistils are the first group of artists to inhabit the window space with rotating window installations by different members each month. The exhibitions are free and open to the public with monthly scheduled opening events.
The Adobe Books Parlor is part of a long-term curatorial project that will commission artists to explore how the bookstore locates itself within the constant flux of the 16th Street environment. The series seeks to animate the intersections between private and public narratives, and among Adobe Books’ social and commercial spheres. The Pistils are Alexis Arnold, Christina Corfield, Nancy de Y Elkus, Rashin Fahandej, Laura Boles Faw, Cathy Fairbanks, Ruth Hodgins, Marya Krogstad, Mimi Moncier, and Lauren Ross.
The Adobe Books Parlor is curated by Devon Bella.
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Project 1: Tableau Vivant
August 26 - September 17
Collaborative Project with Photographer Pamela Belknap
Backdrop by Alexis Arnold and Cathy Fairbanks
For the inaugural project, The Pistils have created a representative photograph of the working group in a tableau vivant based on the painting About a Girl (2005) by artist Mamma Andersson. This image was chosen for its characterization of a union of women that appear to have come together for a common interest. It emanates the spirit of closeness and focus that is intended with the collaborative efforts of The Pistils during this project. (See picture above).
InterMission I: Unbound
August 26 - September 17
Artist: Mimi Moncier
InterMissions are a series of short, intermittent events within and around the window areas that will challenge our notions of display, exhibition and social activity, the first of which is Unbound. Thematically, each will refer to the production of space as an ongoing and ever-changing activity within which we are all participating.
