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Dogpatch Cafe & Art Gallery

March 1 - April 1, 2012

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2295 3rd Street San Francisco, CA 94107

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Siddharth Parasnis, Neighborhood (2011), oil on canvas, 40" x 32"

Wanderlust, Siddharth Parasnis’s first solo show at the Dolby Chadwick Gallery, will open on Thursday, March 1, 2012. Recalling both Bay Area Figuration as well as abstract expressionism in the manner of Hans Hoffman and the color field painters, Parasnis interpolates architectonic landscapes through the visual language of abstraction. Houses, huts, barns, boats, and fences are built up using vibrant, geometrical planes of color that interlock and overlap to such a degree that they appear to vibrate with energy. Despite the prevalence of hard lines and unbroken forms, there are also areas of transparency and “erosion” that reveal glimpses of the vibrant underpainting below. In addition to demonstrating the many possibilities of paint, the unique surface dimensionality and abraded texture Parasnis achieves also illustrate the passing of time and the complexity of space and depth.