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June 2022
Ties and Capes
"Ferrouge's Ties and Capes portrays two of the artist's daughters playing dress-up. Both wear men's hats and neckties, with blankets tied around their shoulders as makeshift capes. One of the girls stares out at the viewers with happy confidence; the other straightens her hat, staring off to the left, and lifting her chin in a pout. Neither smiles in the sentimental way of so many conventional images of children. Instead, we see their complex personalities and their playful exploration of…
Find out more »Closing Reception, Batgirl and Robin
Batgirl and Robin is about friendship that bridges us together from a young age. The best part of a youthful game is the fun we have when we are on the same team looking out for each other. We concoct storylines that unites us against the "bad guys". Memories from this make-believe playtime forms our identities and prepares us for life. In this case, it is also about a true friendship. –Christine Ferrouge, Artist
Find out more »DROP: A Psychedelic Exploration
The 1960s was a time of upheaval in virtually every part of American culture. From music to civil rights with new advancements in art and science. New ways of perceiving how to live life emerged as old ideas were discarded. It was a time for deep personal exploration. As the old adage goes "History repeats itself". Are we at similar crossroads again? Get ready for DROP: A Psychedelic Exploration. Featuring Attaboy, Chris Isner, David Normal, Daryll Peirce, Justin Teisl, Harvey…
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2nd Friday Art Talk
Sit back, grab a beer. Let’s discuss how we have been coping over the last year, what keeps us going & what we are looking forward to in 2022 & 2023! With the world facing so many challenges, artists are deeply impacted. You are invited to a panel discussion led by Victor Mavedzenge in collaboration with ArtPush.org where artists discuss their state, coping mechanisms and hopes for the future. June Guests: Dylan Robert Mertz @prof.jelly Featured Work in East Bay Artists 202…
Find out more »CHARLIE MILGRIM: PLANE SHAPES
While rigor and reason shore up Euclid's logical system of plane geometry, Charlie Milgrim takes a more intuitive approach and renders her own geometric system of the three basic planes—the circle, square, and triangle. In Plane Shapes she creates an association of non-objective paintings and objects in which concentric and eccentric circles—one ordered, one disordered— collide with the linear edges and sharp corners of squares and triangles.
Find out more »Artist Reception: Harry Clewans & Linda Ellinwood – GearBox Gallery
Drawn to things that are in a state of disrepair or decay, Harry Clewans and Linda Ellinwood revel about things one might find in a gutter or washed up on a beach––a broken light bulb, a battered plastic toy, a piece of driftwood, or a dried piece of kelp. For them collecting such objects offers insight into how they once worked or were formed and inspires new constructions and artwork that is entirely their own.
Find out more »Artist’s Reception – Mac Mechem: Premonitions and Indulgences
Please stop in to meet the artist between 1 and 4 pm on June 18th! Greet Mac Mechem, ask him about his outrageous painted commentary, and meet artist Andrea Bergen as well. Their work shows in concurrent solo exhibitions at Transmission Gallery in Oakland. Enjoy light refreshments on our lovely outdoor deck! Free street parking nearby! Check out the galleries nearby, GearBox Gallery downstairs, 25th St. and Telegraph galleries not far away. Please abide by Alameda County Health regulations regarding…
Find out more »Opening Reception – Andrea Bergen: PAPER TOOTH
Opening Reception, July 18th from 1-4 pm. Bergen deftly hand cuts colored papers and assembles the clippings in colorful narrative works contemplating the vagaries of man's intersections with the natural world. See it in Real Life at Transmission Gallery. Andrea Bergen's solo exhibition in the small space gallery at Transmission runs concurrent with Mac Mechem: Premonitions and Indulgences.
Find out more »Community Garden, annual summer show at Johansson Projects
Jubilant storytelling and vibrant, stylized figuration articulate cultural and emotional experiences that embrace absurdity, joy, and contradictions in Community Garden, an annual summer show at Johansson Projects. This year features work by Maria Calandra, Andrew Catanese, Madeline Donahue, Howard Fonda, Cathy Lu, Humbert Ramirez and Sheena Rose. The panorama of styles and subject matter portray components of our cultural landscape, exploring motherhood and identity, our relationships to nature and our bodies, experiences of immigration, cultural hybridity, and assimilation. In essence,…
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