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Bucheon Gallery

October 17 - November 16, 2008

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389 Grove Street San Francisco, CA 94102
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Reception: Friday, October 17, 2008, 6-8pm Bucheon is proudly presenting "Oh My, a Pie" the paintings of Christian Spruell, opening Friday October 17, 2008, with a reception for the artist from 6pm until 8pm. This will be the fourth exhibition for Christian at the gallery with his first show shortly after he graduated from San Francisco Art Institute. Christian has stayed true to his passion and continues to make challenging and moving work without gimmicks or following the current trends. His painting has been reviewed in Art in America, Artweek, and multiple periodicals who note his technical skill and mastery of color. Christian describes the show as a haphazard intentional display of whimsical grit. In the most recent chapter of paintings, the artist returns to the figurative form in brut fashion. "Oh My, a Pie" is a series of paintings that are an absurdist construction of subtle and humorous details presented like a bull wandering through a porcelain forest. Influences range from early folk art and South American graffiti to the work of Jean Dubuffet and Diane Arbus. Each painting is a paint lover's event in which each picture tells a story of tragedy, humor, irony, leisure and the observation of perverse privacy. About Bucheon Gallery: Fine art gallery featuring painting, sculpture, mixed media and video by emerging and mid career artists from all over the country. At least ten exhibitions yearly including solo and group shows, sometimes providing a space for the first solo show for a young artist.