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SFSU Fine Arts Gallery

September 18 - October 15, 2010

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1600 Holloway Ave Fine Arts Building, Room 238 San Francisco, CA 94132
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Out of Order: Geometric Systems in Contemporary Bay Area Art
Reception: Saturday, Sept. 18, 1–3 p.m. “Out of Order” surveys the exploration of meticulous and abstract geometric systems in contemporary Bay Area art. Abstraction is the primary pictorial language of modernism, and its geometric tradition is rarely surveyed locally. What unites the work of these artists is their foregrounding of irregularities in composition or use of structural materials—instead of the symmetry expected from geometry. That subtle shift toward disorder conveys a creative energy and vitality, regardless of scale or media—here including painting, sculpture, rubber bands, computer animation, paper and more. Featured artists include Taha Belal, Gail Dawson, Leeza Doreian, Chris Duncan, Amy Ellingson, Mitra Fabian, Mike Henderson, Jim Melchert, Danielle Mysliwiec, Gay Outlaw, Laura Paulini, Mitzi Pederson, Shirley Shor, Jill Sylvia, Andy Vogt, Ann Weber and Alex Zecca. Organized by the Fine Arts Gallery. Conceived by Doreian and Dawson. Fine Arts Gallery, Fine Arts Building, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway at 19th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94132 Gallery hours: Wednesdays–Saturdays, 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Admission: Free