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Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art

September 9 - October 29, 2011

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1 Sutter Street Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94104
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By Extension Jacob Tillman, "Small Moon" (2011). Gouache, spray paint on postcard, 5 x 3 inches.
Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art is pleased to present By Extension, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by gallery favorite Jacob Tillman in his second solo outing. In this new body of work, Tillman further develops his idiosyncratic interpretation of time and space, exploring the relationship between exterior spaces, interior planes, and the dimensionality of the objects within. Gravity takes on a subtly mercurial quality, allowing objects to shift, hover, and realign in a way that seems self-considered. Simultaneously, individual claims to the third dimension become lost, with features abstracting into patterns, and visual rhythms emerging from dynamics of texture, surface, substance, air, and light. The works challenge, puzzle, and always compel. Tillman received his MFA in painting from UCLA in 2010. In addition to shows at Wolfe Contemporary, he has exhibited in Los Angeles, Prague, Salzburg, and Rome, and has completed residencies at J.B. Blunk (Inverness, CA) and Galleria Studio Legale (Rome). +++++ Showing in the Gallery Ell will be paintings by Sarah Thibault, a recent MFA graduate from the California College of the Arts. Thibault’s paintings of the interiors of antique shops breathe life into the sculptures, vases, and chandeliers within. Through texture, color and light, a spectral quality is imbued which invites contemplation of their storied pasts and uncertain futures.