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Electric Works

July 16 - August 15, 2010

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1360 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103
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It Is Right To Draw Their Fur. The Wind Knows Nothing
Artist reception: Friday July 16, 6-8 PM Electric Works is pleased to welcome Dave Eggers to the gallery for "It Is Right To Draw Their Fur.", his first solo exhibition. Working in the vernacular of political propaganda posters, these deftly executed grease pencil drawings feature an ongoing cast of fur-, feather-, and scale-bearing creatures. What seems like an extraordinary balancing act of good humor and earnest pledges of allegiance, Eggers creates a menagerie that speaks to our very human condition. The gallery will be hung with over 100 of these drawings, covering nearly every square inch of wall space. You'll laugh, you'll cry. Dave Eggers studied painting and art history at the University of Illinois before realizing he probably wasn't good enough to live as an artist. After college he worked as an illustrator, cartoonist and designer, before again realizing he wasn't good enough at these things to continue doing them full-time. Subsequently he wrote books and continues to write books. He's also the founder of McSweeney's and 826 Valencia.