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KC Rosenberg: Casserole Night Series (2008-2015)Post an Event »
Mercury 20 Gallery
May 21 - June 20, 2015Info
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http://www.mercurytwenty.com/
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(510) 701-4620
Reception
May 21, 2015 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm
KC Rosenberg: "Train Wreck Supper" (From Casserole Night Series, 2008-2015), acrylic on canvas, 15" x 16", (photo by the artist)
When KC Rosenberg's mom persuasively said, "It's Casserole Night!” it meant they'd be rehashing leftovers into a new meal in order to save time and resources. Rosenberg's Casserole Night Series comes of a driven challenge to use every drip of paint and put every studio move and impulse into a work. Layers of grids and dots in vibrant, active repetition become an ordering of instances: breath suspended, pattern shifted... encapsulating life's tiniest and yet momentous evidence into one-pot canvases. Nothing goes to waste, as Rosenberg allows the momentum or excess of one canvas to become the basis for the next, with not a single gap between starting and ending the works. The artist is questioning her involvement in the erudite practice of painting by mucking up the sink with grit and irony; titles such as Adios Sunset Surprise, Train Wreck Dinner, and Upsy Downsy World Goo are cookbook readymades chosen after the abstractions are complete. Abstract expressionism, conceptualism, and cheese, are all part of Rosenberg's artistic pantry. Casserole Night is an open-duration series begun in 2008, but this is the first time canvases will be shown in a comprehensive exhibit. www.kcrosenberg.com KC Rosenberg is an Associate Professor and First Year Program Chair at California College of the Arts, Oakland /SF. Solo Exhibitions include: dam'zel, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, California, Sedimental Sentiments, Introductions, Center for Contemporary Arts, Sacramento California. KC is included in the Alameda County Art Collection. She has coordinated exhibitions including, Who's the Fairest of Them All, women considering social justice in the everyday, at Hang Art in San Francisco. Rosenberg graduated with high distinction from the Printmaking program at California College of Arts, won a residency at The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and was awarded her MFA in Studio Art from UC Davis, CA. She has recently been accepted and become a member of the collective gallery Mercury 20, in Oakland, CA.