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Vessel Gallery

April 6 - April 29, 2012

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471 25th Street Oakland, CA 94612
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Horizons of Promise Potential, Cyrus Tilton (2011) detail of concrete sculpture
OPENS Friday, April 6, 6-9PM Horizons of Promise A group show including works by Luke Heimbigner, Walter James Mansfield, Morgania Moore, Wayne Shaffer, Cyrus Tilton, and Sanjay Vora April 3 - 28, 2012 Reception Friday, April 6, 6-9PM Vessel Gallery, 471 25th Street, Oakland, CA 94612, 510 893 8800 Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday, 11-6PM ["Horizons of Promise" seeks to explore the story of humanity as eternal students of the land. What happens when the inhabitants of the land quiet down, long enough to listen to the complex ecosystem? Listening allows seeds of creativity to take root, and soon enough, the last frost passes. A broadcast of ideas and messages are born and evolve, promising of expanding knowledge. We are reminded that possibilities are endless. The land teaches us again and again to get outside of our shelters and to get outside of ourselves. We've nothing to lose and something to gain. We have work to do, and we must share this expansion of light, hope and mindfulness. The artists presented in this show have taken a close observation of the landscape's significance. Their works leave us with effects of climatic, geological, textural and architectural meditations inspired by the natural world, and seek to remind us of the eternal legacy of the land.] - Lonnie Lee ["I am highly interested in how the process of making a painting affects its meaning - what creates notion of a landscape, figure, etc. These paintings use the notion of landscape as a starting point - however, there are metaphysical landscapes - looking at the landscape as both a physical and psychological place or environment in which experiences, place, actions, and events take place and are given context. I draw from nature, psychology, art history, and formal ordered compositions to material structures - interested in mimicking types of processes that affect and form elements in nature - how do thoughts / ideas get affected by laws of physics, by gravity, erosion, deterioration, etc." ] - Walter James Mansfield [As Pollock compared himself to nature, Mansfield seeks to work in parallel with "physics, gravity, erosion, deterioration, etc." "Capay Valley" presents an orange-brown view of silhouetted hills and mountains that is overlaid by a bas-relief network of dribbled tan paint suggesting both cracked mud and calligraphy; the eye jumps back and forth between flatness and depth as it does scanning reflective still water. In "Encased Pour," wispy patterns of dark paint have been sanded to form plateau-like stepping-stones lapped by lighter cloudy forms. In "Translucent Blue with Black Pour," the byplay between the background of light blue swaths and the foreground of black cracks suggests mud puddles reflecting radiant skies.] - DeWitt Cheng " Potential wall reliefs, trompe-l’oeil masterpieces representing sections of earth (dirt, clay, pebbles) pierced by locust ovipositor tunnels and their glistening bundles of eggs—both beautiful and scary, like human overpopulation and mutation." - DeWitt Cheng on Cyrus Tilton's Potential Jewelry Showing SAT, May 5, 2-4PM Meet jewelry artists whose works are included in the group show "Vessel 8: Charting the Waters" - they will talk about their creative process in conceptual developement for this show. This is your chance to meet the artists and try their works on! Artist Talk Series: Tour +Panel Discussion SAT, May 12, 2-4PM Meet artists whose works are included in the group show "Vessel 8: Charting the Waters" This afternoon's Artist Talk includes a tour of the paintings included in exhibit with the artists who'll share words about their works. The second half of the program our artists will gather to discuss how they introduce experimentation and change, and navigate a shift in one's creative work. The discussion will explore notions of creative process and how that evolves over time. SAT, June 9, 2-4PM eet artists whose works are included in the group show "Vessel 8: Charting the Waters" This afternoon's Artist Talk includes a tour of the sculptures included in exhibit with the artists who'll share words about their works. The second half of the program our artists will gather to discuss how they introduce experimentation and change, and navigate a shift in one's creative work. The discussion will explore notions of creative process and how that evolves over time.
Horizons of Promise Cornwall Evening, Sanjay Vora (2010)
Horizons of Promise Range, Luke Heimbigner (2011) bronze sculpture