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Royal NoneSuch Gallery

January 7 - January 31, 2011

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4231 Telegraph Avenue Oakland, CA 94609
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[You] Illusion [Were] Translation [Thinking] And [This] Reality [You] Illusion [Were] Translation [Thinking] And [This] Reality A Collaboration by Adam Hathaway and Casey Logan
Opening: Friday, January 7, 2011 7-10pm Gallery hours: Saturday and Sunday from 1-4pm and by appointment* Artist Talk and Closing: Sunday, January 30, 2-4pm Artists Casey Logan and Adam Hathaway will convert Royal NoneSuch Gallery into a mechanical eye and brain. On the left side of the gallery is the world that actually exists, or reality. Reality is observed by the mechanical eye (a video camera) and translated digitally to the mechanical brain on the right side of the gallery (a projector), which then attempts to accurately describe the reality its eye observed. Much like its biological counterpart, this mechanical translation is inherently flawed. Instead of a perfect reflection of reality, the mechanical mind gives us a depiction of the world that is vague and skewed, thereby creating a more accurate depiction of the world in which we operate than what is considered reality, therein creating the question: what is the difference between the projected image and the recorded image? Through their collaboration, Casey Logan and Adam Hathaway confront the slippage that occurs between the world that we think exists and the world that actually is. About the artists: Adam Hathaway Adam Hathaway grew up in Huntsville Alabama, home of the Saturn V rocket. He received a B.F.A. in Sculpture from the University of Montevallo, and an M.F.A. from the San Francisco Art Institute. Hathaway boasts a broad range of skills including but not limited to: wood working; stone carving; metal casting; MIG, TIG, and oxy-acetylene welding; drawing; drafting; painting(oil, acrylic, and house); and computer illustration. This versatile skill set allows the artist a freedom of expression for giving form to a wide range of conceptual and sculptural approaches, which leads to the artist’s eclectic body of work. While the means of creating the art and the subject matter of this art are constantly in a state of flux, one can notice a conceptual trend throughout. Hathaway makes works that call the viewer’s perception into question. The audience is called on to put a certain amount of energy into relating to the art, either through interacting with the work, or through thoroughly examining what might otherwise be overlooked. There is a sort of Socratic vein to this line of art making and the artwork is offered as a sort of conceptual mirror by which to examine one’s self. Casey Logan Born and raised in Amarillo, Texas, Casey’s first significant artistic experiences were facilitated by an eccentric art patron named Stanley Marsh III who supported a group of young artists known as the Toad Hall Gang. The Toad Hall Gang performed several creative interventions and public projects that often times challenged the boundaries of legality. From this exposure, Casey became passionate about art and decided to pursue a formal arts education. In 2000, Casey finished his BFA at the University of Texas in Arlington. He then spent a few years developing his artistic practice in Kansas City before moving to San Francisco where he received his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2004. He is currently interested in boats, satellites, black holes, space travel, transpersonal psychology, ontology, metaphysics, religion vs. science, gravity, measuring things, philosophy, and now babies, since he is a proud new father.