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April 24 - May 23, 2015Info
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Reception
April 24, 2015 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
FFDG is pleased to present local artist duo KeFe or Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock in their third solo show with the gallery entitled “Inside Voices” including paintings, drawings, and an installation. An opening reception is scheduled for Friday, April 24th (6-9pm). The artists will be present. "Inside Voices" will feature a series of new paintings by Tunstall and Plock, as well as large collaborative works. You'll see a lot of what the pair does best: big, pattern filled, colorful fun with a twist. Rather than seeing the exhibition as a movie or short cartoon and externally illuminating it, as they have worked previously, the artists have looked inside for their storytelling source material. In particular, Tunstall has used this body of work to take exhaustive stock of her current inspiration in order to extend her personal mythology, allowing a study in how her processes move from the internal to the external. Returning to familiar media: like pen and ink drawings on tissue paper, has allowed the work to come from a certain amount of muscle memory. As the parents of two young boys, both Tunstall and Plock are aware of the restrictions placed upon children and parents alike. According to Tunstall, they encourage joy, exploration, openness, and color in their kids and carry these principles into their practices, and are inspired, in turn, by the passions of the boys. Being parents, the duo has a certain familiarity with the term “Inside Voices.” However, instead of considering the term in its ability to confine expression (or simply part of being a good neighbor on Sunday morning at 7 am), they re-imagine the term as less a restricting plea of quiet and calm, but rather, the inside voice that we all hear every day but don’t necessarily share with anyone else. Our inside voices are the ones that make us want to waterslide all the way to the grocery store while eating pizza and drinking grape soda. Inside voices can be confrontational, or so multiple that it is impossible to concentrate on just one as it bounces back and forth. But no matter their confusion, inside voices allow us all to look inside ourselves for creative inspiration. This exhibition exemplifies the inner workings of two influential San Francisco creatives.