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Electric Works

April 16 - May 30, 2010

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1360 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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A Seek Wince of Evince Punch Slat by William T. Wiley
Opening April 16, 6-8pm Electric Works presents A Seek Wince of Evince in the Project Space, a collection of sculptures and prints by William T. Wiley coinciding with his retrospective What’s It All Mean at the Berkeley Art Museum. The sculptures are made from found objects and are the works of Wiley’s that most directly comment on the machinations of the world of art making, collecting and exhibiting. His sculptural figures offer direct conversation to his paintings and drawings and serve as a "Greek chorus" to his impressive body of work. A selection of Wiley’s long history of printmaking will showcase his mastery of relief printing. All the recurring symbols and characters in his work are in evidence in this exhibition: "Buster Time," "The Ampersand," "Punch," and "Billy the Kid." His light touch makes commentary on the weighty issues of our lives: Life & Death, War & Peace, political foolishness, and the nature of Art itself. What's It All Mean recently traveled from the Smithsonian Museum of American Art and features a pinball machine made in collaboration with Electric Works. His work is in the collections of numerous public institutions including the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Museum of Modern Art (San Francisco), the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Fine Arts Museums (San Francisco) and the San Jose Museum of Art and the Di Rosa Preserve. He is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Printmaking from the Southern Graphics Art Council.