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{TH(e)Gallery} Telegraph Hill
April 10 - May 1, 2015Info
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David Ireland, Untitled 1995
David Ireland Works on Paper at the Telegraph Hill Gallery
The Telegraph Hill Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of San Francisco Bay Area artist David Ireland (1930-2009). “The Idea That Nothing Was Something Was In My Thought” runs from 20 March through 1 May 2015. Ireland was one of the key figures in conceptual art in the West Coast. He gained the respect of his peers, steadily rose to prominence, and won critical acclaim worldwide. Ireland pushed the boundaries and broke down the hierarchy in art by blurring the line between life and art. He chose ordinary everyday materials as his tools and manipulated them by experimentation and by improvisation into works of art. He considered the process an integral part of his work and as art itself and valued the process as much as the finished work. Ireland is best known around the globe for his conceptual and large-scale installation art, sculptures of massive proportions, assemblage of miscellaneous and household objects, and drawings. He was at ease working in both large and small format and worked fluidly between mediums. Ireland’s home in San Francisco at 500 Capp Street is regarded as his masterpiece. His sculptures and drawings are collected by major museums and corporations. The exhibition features 20 works on paper dating from the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s. Included are landscape pieces made from folded paper as well as plaster works on spiral notebook sheets. There are minimalist print works in a series of inked strings, etchings of ‘DI’ compositions in an exploration of the concept of the artist’s signature, and a suite of gestural enamel works blending meandering lines and his initials as he continued to probe his own concerns regarding the impact of the signature on the artwork and its value. The show titled “The Idea That Nothing Was Something Was In My Thought” was one of Ireland’s sayings printed on cocktail napkins for the opening reception of his 2004 retrospective exhibition “The Art of David Ireland: The Way Things Are” at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. The saying reflects Ireland’s inquisitiveness and captures his views on pushing the envelope, creating something out of nothing, and transforming the idea into a tangible form. Telegraph Hill Gallery www.telegraphhillgallery.com {TH(e) Gallery} at 491 Greenwich Street San Francisco CA 94133 Monday to Friday 1:30 PM to 6:30 PM Saturday by appointment For more information please contact info@telegraphhillgallery.com or call 415.767.9794