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Gallery 1055

March 8 - March 8, 2012

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1055 Taylor Street inside Diocesan House San Francisco, CA 94108
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Modern Love: Intercess and Wait Winged Figure, 2010, oil on silk, 10”x40"
Art can sometimes do what dialogue, diplomacy, and demonstration cannot. Artists such as Matthias Grünewald, Keith Haring, and Pablo Picasso used their art to speak out against plagues, diseases, and violence that threatened the communities they inhabited. Oakland-based artist Mel Ahlborn follows their example and has chosen a few of the leading causes of death and suffering in contemporary America in her exhibit Modern Love: Intercess and Wait. Ahlborn’s Intercess reworks six Renaissance paintings of the Madonna into visual prayers for change. Wait explores the state of grace within human suffering. The Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus, bishop of the Diocese of California states, “Mel Ahlborn is a superlative artist in her own right, and as a collaborator she has fostered the artistic life of others. She is the founding president of Episcopal Church and Visual Arts, whose visual preludes have transformed worship experiences throughout the Episcopal Church. Ahlborn’s multimedia collaborations have been presented at Grace Cathedral, most recently in 2011. Her pieces have been transformative in their impact. It is an honor to now host a show of Mel's paintings at Gallery 1055.” Gallery 1055 is located in Diocesan House, the administration building for the Episcopal Diocese of California. Located atop Nob Hill at 1055 Taylor Street, it stands adjacent to Grace Cathedral. In 2007, Bishop Andrus turned the walls of Diocesan House into an art gallery, naming it Gallery 1055 and declaring its mission to be a visual reminder of the diocese’s commitment to both contemplation and action.
Modern Love: Intercess and Wait Addiction Madonna, 2012, oil on canvas, 20.5" x 24.5"