An eclectic presentation of contemporary works in a diverse array of media. Curator: Matt McKinley
JUNE 16 - SEPT 15, 2009
ABOUT THE VENUE: Bayshore Studios is a commercial film and photography studio rental space used mainly for shooting advertising campaigns. In addition to traditional sales and rentals of the artwork on display, each installation promotes participating artists to Art Directors who specify and rent our art for backgrounds for movies and other film projects.
Sponsored by UCSF Center of Excellence at The Center for Reproductive Health the 'Serenity' series invites Bay Area artists to present a body of work that interprets the idea of ‘serenity’ in order to inspire relaxation, well-being and calm. Curator: Matt McKinley
Visual presentations of how 'inner peace' can be achieved internally and externally .
When you think of ‘A Moment’s Peace’, what comes to mind? A specific location, meditation on an object, time with loved ones, or a newly primed canvas with loaded brush in hand? In seeking a variety of interpretations of a moments peace, this exhibit also seeks to show how diverse conceptualizations all contribute to illuminating the possibilities of how inner peace can be achieved. read more>>
(reception convenes on the Mezzanine Balcony (above XYZ Cafe)
The paintings in this exhibit are from Audrey Kral’s ‘Dreamscapes’ series which explore atmospheres of sensual expression, timelessness, and emotion. These works have a mysterious, beckoning quality, often evoking the impression of a landscape. Combining the indelible color memories of her travels with a painting technique cultivated through the watercolor medium, Audrey uses the richness of oil paint to explore the depths of the mind, the emotional resonance of colors, and the transformational quality of nature. Through an intuitive process, her mind and body partner with the paint, canvas, brushes, turpentine, and gravity to explore the depths of beauty and wonder in the ordinary expressed as vibrant colors, soft brushstrokes, and bold compositions. In an improvisation of space and time, color and form spontaneously dance together to the rhythm of Audrey’s process, their interaction recorded onto the emptiness of raw canvas.
Image: 'Contemplation: Space' Oil on Canvas 24 x 18 2008
When I asked about his works, Gianfranco Paolozzi simply replied, “Art is life and only life”.This succinct statement, simple, direct and, in his case, accurate, comes not from the standpoint of elitist dogma espousing ‘A’rt’s pre-eminence over all other aspects of life.To the contrary, it is a statement from a maker who, with an understanding of the ephemeral nature of life and a compulsion to explore the possibilities within each moment in time, uses his marks to log his presence.Each canvas becomes a summation of these marks, distillations of Gianfranco’s unconscious thoughts, energy, and emotional state at the time they are made, which create a ‘permanent’ record that speaks to the both being in the moment and the interrelationship of one moment to the next.– Matt McKinley, curator
“I need to start to mark my presence here. I start with a line. I start with a color. I start on one canvas. After the first canvas absorbs the initial lines the second canvas has marks, a continuation of what was present, now past, on the first canvas. The third and forth canvasses follow. All white surfaces are marked. I'm here. I was there. I can continue to mark the past on all the surfaces. All the lines become actions of the past. I'm trying to be in the present. One small line, 2, 3, 4 more........... Soon [as] I start the mark, I created the past. I do not know the future. I cannot be in the future. The canvasses are work of the past already. How can I stop in the present? Can I stop in the present? When I die, that moment when I'll die, that dot of the line of my life, that small dot that becomes past, that small dot that interrupts the line, that line, my line, my life, is that dot, that moment, going to be the eternal present?” – G. Paolozzi
I am one of the first generation raised on television and I have found my visual language to be very affected by it and other electronic media as well as comic books. My childhood was rife with fantasies of Superheroes and other “heroes” who were always portrayed in the violence of their heroic deeds. I have re-created thesewarriors into new Peace Heroes as these days I find those who can be at peace in the world to be my new heroes.
hours: 5:30 - 9:30p Su - Th; 11pm F, Sa; 11a - 2p Sun brunch
ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Wednesday, May 20 5:30 - 7pm
Horizon lines become the meeting point for complex, yet harmonious, color interplay. Expansive skies dominated by ephemeral, atmospheric giant clouds recall both the vistas that inspired this series of nature-based compositions and the true scale of man compared to the world around us. Bold colors attest to the energy that connects us to our environment.
Dimitri explains, "In creating art I understand more about how I relate to the world and to myself beyond the physical.” His influences include Rothko, Picasso, Da Vinci, Kline and many Japanese Zen ink painters and calligraphers. His paintings are created as he relates the energy and momentum of the present into color, intention and emotion.
“These paintings explore the nature of defining chaos by juxtaposing expressive mark making with the ordered constraint of a see-through grid. I see this as similar to words giving definition to experience. The grid in these works serves as a device for creating boundaries that enables the containment of visual energy which is activated through the use of color.” – Kathryn Arnold
Kathryn has shown her work on a national scale, from New York City to Hawaii, Los Angeles, Chicago, Kansas City and St Louis in commercial galleries, university galleries, and non-profit community art spaces. Notably, she is a NEA Regional Fellowship recipient amongst other fellowships, grants and awards she has received. She has been written about by Alan Artner, Chicago Tribune and Raphael Rubenstein of Art in America and her work has appeared in the New York Times. Her work is included in numerous public and private collections.
Cosponsored by McKinley Art Solutions
Funded by the Phyllis Jackson Memorial Fund for the Arts May 8–June 30
Artists: David Rose, John Haines, David Boudreau, Gordon Beebe, Philip Ringler
Reception Friday, May 8, 7:00 PM–9:00 PM CIIS Minna Street Center 695 Minna Street, Second Floor
The Emerging Artists Exhibition affords the opportunity for several artists from the Bay Area community to display their work, as well as receive financial support for exhibit materials through the Phyllis Jackson Memorial Fund for the Arts.
ART FOR AIDS - juried silent and live auction August 28, 2009
benefitting UCSF AIDS Health Project
Bringing together a creative community of artists, galleries, art donors and art patrons, sponsors and media, Art for AIDS connects the art world, a community deeply aware of the epidemic's toll, with one of the nation's leading AIDS prevention and care organizations. In support of this cause, McKinley Arts Solutionshas been invited to recommend artists for participation in the silent auction.
Artists - contact Matt McKinley (info@mckinleyartsolutions.com) for more information on submitting work DEADLINE FOR INQUIRIES - MAY 22 (JURY DATE MAY 27)
ART FOR ALL SEASONS '08 RECEPTION VIDEO (courtesy of SOMArts Cultural Center / George Aguilar, run time 9:21):
The Toy Drive resulted in two overflowing barrels of toys this holiday season! Thank you to all who participated.
Our Guitar Heroes ranged in age from 7 to 84 - rock on, superstars! (watch for my leg kick in the video..)
Tenuta di Arceno's Chianti was a surprise hit and Obsello's Absinthe provided warmth on a cold winter day..
The Kid's Art Gallery showed that art is alive in the next generation with works featuring figurative to abstract forms.
