Event
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Catharine Clark Gallery
April 23 - May 28, 2016Info
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http://www.cclarkgallery.com/
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(415) 399-1439
San Francisco, CA 94103 Google Map »
Reception
April 30, 2016 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Josephine in her studio, with work in progress
Josephine Taylor’s new work risks praise for the irrational, impulsive and precarious years of adolescence. Inspired by everyday scenes near a public San Francisco high school, these drawings explore the physical proximity, sense of place, and intrinsic beauty of groups of teenagers. Taylor’s new body of work illuminates everything adults forget about teenage life. The hierarchy of needs is narrow: sex, romance, friendship, drugs and music.The desire for intimacy reigns supreme. Experience trumps landscape, and love eclipses logic. Instead of criticizing teenage desire, Taylor’s work encourages viewers to be galvanized by the potential of living in a more purely visceral, emotional space.