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Mercury 20 Gallery
February 26 - April 4, 2015Info
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http://www.mercurytwenty.com/
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(510) 701-4620
Reception
February 28, 2014 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Curators Fernando Reyes and Ruth Tabancay offered a mission to a group of artists: feel this city...macro/micro; filtered/raw; spectrum/monochrome; people/place...show us.
Through sculptural installation, video, photography, and painting, 31 artists beckon us down various paths of thought and feeling inspired by this fascinating city of Oakland, CA. Found objects and images are manipulated by some artists. For others, physical structure or space serve as guide for exploring themes. Some artists ask us to embrace big issues of social reform, while others invite us to feel the need for it in a very personal way.
An example of the latter is an interactive installation in which PK Frizzell and Josh Garlick collaborate to pull us in emotionally, using two-way mirror and video portraits of diverse Oaklanders...visitors will first only see themselves in the mirror, but then gradually see their face overlaid with others.
+ PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Julie Alvarado with Madelyn Covey Jo Ann Biagini Eric Bohr with Amy Sass Nick Dong with Corrie Messinger Carlo Fantin with Felipe Vazquez PK Frizzell with Josh Garlick Peter Honig Kathleen King Leah Markos Jill McLennan with Alison McLennan Charlie Milgrim with Tim West Jann Nunn Mary Curtis Ratcliff Fernando Reyes with Terry Furry KC Rosenberg with Modesto Covarrubias Joanna Salska with Michael Snyder and Robin Thomas Ruth Tabancay with Dinah Shapiro Kerry Vander Meer with Robert Strati and Valerie Garry
+ Artist Talk Thursday, March 19th 6 - 8pm
+ Oakland Art Murmur First Fridays Friday, March 6th 6 - 9pm Friday, April 3rd 6 - 9 pm
+ Third Thursdays on 25th Street Thursday, March 19th 6 - 8pm