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Soap Gallery

August 7 - August 30, 2010

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3180 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110
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Objects of Human Making This Soap Won't Get You To Heaven made from soap & human blood Casey Logan
Artists Reception: Saturday August 7, 2010 6-9PM Objects of Human Making is an assignment-based exhibition that invites artists to create work that considers the namesake of SOAP gallery. It is an open-ended project and experiment with the ultimate goal of exhibiting various reactions, creations, and considerations of soap, it’s ubiquity, necessity, metaphorical potential, and its overall role in human history and culture. Any facet or offshoot of the history of soap has been considered, as well as current attitudes or notions of cleanliness, order, or hygiene. The title, Objects of Human Making, is taken from Francis Ponge’s literary work, Soap, which was written by Ponge in France during in World War II. Featuring Artists: Erica Gangsei, Sunaura Taylor, Lucrecia Troncoso,Rebecca Alexander,iiahh,Adam Hathaway, and Casey Logan. Gallery Hours: Monday -Thursday 10-1 or by appointment. Show runs to August 29, 2010