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Andrea Schwartz Gallery

June 15 - July 30, 2011

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525 2nd Street San Francisco, CA 94107
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Ferdinanda Florence and Wynne Hayakawa Ferdinanda Florence, Yellow Cab No. 5, 36 x 47 inches, 2011
Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Andrea Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce a two-person exhibition featuring new paintings by Ferdinanda Florence and Wynne Hayakawa, with an opening reception held on Wednesday, June 15 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. “I celebrate the plain and direct integrity of environments laid bare—an analogue for intellectual honesty and ethical purpose.” --Ferdinanda Florence Based in Vallejo, Ferdinanda Florence paints the plain, unyielding structures of an uncelebrated industrial space. These buildings are concrete and tangible, but their presence is ambiguous. Overhangs and entryways imply shelter but access is uncertain. They are both familiar and unknown, serving as metaphors of the distance between the inner and the public self. “As a painter I work first from images, and then without them, or even against them.” --Wynne Hayakawa Wynne Hayakawa uses the oaks, bays, and redwoods of coastal California as archetypes for the forest of her imagination. Hayakawa works as mediator between image and paint, first working with the models in her mind, then away from them. In the resulting image Hayakawa finds delight in the light and shadows as well as a feeling of enclosure and intimacy. Hayakawa strives for her paintings to evoke the world outside so that the viewer can exist for a while in the space among the trees. Andrea Schwartz Gallery was established in 1982 and is located in the South of Market district of San Francisco. ASG exhibits contemporary work of emerging to mid-career artists from the Bay Area and across the country. ASG is a member of SFADA, and Andrea has served on the board since 2008. Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday 9 - 5, Saturday 1 – 5. The gallery will be closed July 2 & 4.
Ferdinanda Florence and Wynne Hayakawa Wynne Hayakawa, Outlier, oil on panel, 72 x 58 inches, 2011