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Rowan Morrison Gallery

February 21 - March 29, 2009

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330 40th Street Oakland, CA 94609
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Olam Haba (The World To Come) Derek Weisberg "Olam Haba, The World to Come"
Opening Saturday February 21st, 7 - 10pm The opening will feature a live violin performance by Nadia Shihab. Rowan Morrison Gallery is pleased to present “Olam Haba,” a ceramic installation by Oakland artist Derek Weisberg. For “Olam Haba” (Hebrew for “the world to come”), Oakland figurative ceramic artist Derek Weisberg will transform the entire space of Rowan Morrison gallery into a candle lit catacomb. The installation will include over 35 hand-sculpted pieces ranging from wall-mounted portrait busts to standing full figures in the round. During the event the entire exhibition will be illuminated only with the use of candles mounted into the sculptures. The use of candlelight plays a key roll in the transformation of the space as well as being a thematic element, a symbolic metaphor for life. Derek’s work is a tool to make sense of the world and life around him. His works are emotional and psychological self-portraits that express timeless human qualities and issues. This body of work addresses themes of death and mortality. At it’s core the works reflect a humanist ideology; searching for truth and universal morality based on the commonality of the human condition. Derek Weisberg’s recent exhibitions include a solo show at Young Blood Gallery in Atlanta, and a solo show at Anno Domini in San Jose. He has also exhibited works in Pittsburg, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Baltimore, and Guadalajara, Mexico. He has work in the permanent collection at the Oakland Museum of California.