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April 5 - April 21, 2014Info
3156 24th St. @ Shotwell. San Francisco, CA Google Map »
Opening Reception: Friday April 5, 2014 6:00 - 9:00 PM
ex·pul·sion [ik-spuhl-shuhn]
noun 1. the act of driving out or expelling; 2. the state of being expelled.
Expulsion showcases artists who explore the vulnerability of materials, memories, and the sacred. Instead of relinquishing presence to what can be grasped or seen, these artists trace a space for the intangible through absence and decay. Through these "expulsions" the artists complicate what it means to matter, and the boundaries between possessor and the possessed. Collaborating Artists Include: Xiao Wang, Katherine Ferguson, Leah Thomason Bromberg, Ekin Balcioglu, Sanaz Sarabi, and Rahelen Zomorodinia. Curated by Dani Neitzelt for SFiCA as part of BREAKOUT.
SFiCA: BREAKOUT! 2014
hybrid // glitch // generation // transmission // mutation // expulsion // refraction // full disclosure // breakaway
An epidemic has hit the Bay Area, SFiCA: BREAKOUT! 2014. The graduate students of California College of the Arts and the San Francisco Art Institute have broken free from their institutional boundaries and have mutated into a hybrid machine of art and thought making. This contagion has going viral, taking over galleries across San Francisco and Oakland beginning in February 2014. SFiCA’s curatorial committee has organized a series of exhibitions showcasing the works of current CCA and SFAI MFAs, fostering a culture of collaboration between CCA and SFAI and between the different graduate programs within both schools. The structure of BREAKOUT is similar to a music festival with different events happening on several “stages,” including galleries and artist-run spaces throughout San Francisco and Oakland. BREAKOUT focuses in on specific areas of interest under an umbrella theme of institutional critique and collaboration between the two schools and highlights the key concerns of current art practices across the programs.