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Showing posts with label freya prowe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label freya prowe. Show all posts
May 16, 2011
Feb 4, 2011
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For Immediate Release
Slingshot: Launa Bacon, Lea Feinstein, Freya Prowe , Angela Simione
What………Group exhibition: Literati
When………Feb. 10 through early March
Reception….Thursday, Feb.10th, 6-9pm
Location……Slingshot Gallery, 890 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
Hours………Thurs -Fri 12-5pm, Sat-Sun 1-6pm
Contact……Freya Prowe: freya@freyaprowe.com, 323.350.1042
Whether taking the shape of a poem, fairy tale, diary entry, grocery list, or miscellaneous receipt, text fuels the tempo of life and identity. It establishes the contour and texture of a day. Language, in its many forms and functions, creates and re-creates reality. It is through words that the world is made.
Whether building poems from spatters of coffee, building zoos of dark fantasy from children's tales, or finding a reflection of one's identity in the life story of a writer, the artwork in Literati offers a map of how text expands our loves, fears, ideas, desires, and philosophies. The artists in this exhibition, great lovers of books and language, pay personal homage to the power of the written word.
Launa Bacon’s work is middlebrow, low-def and “creepy.” Her work is often an examination of the narratives that shape female identity.
Lea Feinstein’s performance and installation work incorporates narratives drawn from nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and other “domestic” sources. She also creates mixed media art books which include her personal narratives.
Freya Prowe’s work is lyrical, dark and draws upon the tradition of European fairy tales of her childhood. Prowe creates images that playfully prey upon the duality inherent in human interactions.
Angela Simione uses the methods of erasure to create her own "redacted" documents, making metaphors for the experiences of loss. Simione presents fragments, tiny bits of evidence, allusions to a lost history.
image:
Dutiful (1 & 2)
44" x 30" each
graphite on attached paper
angela simione, 2010
For Immediate Release
Slingshot: Launa Bacon, Lea Feinstein, Freya Prowe , Angela Simione
What………Group exhibition: Literati
When………Feb. 10 through early March
Reception….Thursday, Feb.10th, 6-9pm
Location……Slingshot Gallery, 890 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA
Hours………Thurs -Fri 12-5pm, Sat-Sun 1-6pm
Contact……Freya Prowe: freya@freyaprowe.com, 323.350.1042
Whether taking the shape of a poem, fairy tale, diary entry, grocery list, or miscellaneous receipt, text fuels the tempo of life and identity. It establishes the contour and texture of a day. Language, in its many forms and functions, creates and re-creates reality. It is through words that the world is made.
Whether building poems from spatters of coffee, building zoos of dark fantasy from children's tales, or finding a reflection of one's identity in the life story of a writer, the artwork in Literati offers a map of how text expands our loves, fears, ideas, desires, and philosophies. The artists in this exhibition, great lovers of books and language, pay personal homage to the power of the written word.
Launa Bacon’s work is middlebrow, low-def and “creepy.” Her work is often an examination of the narratives that shape female identity.
Lea Feinstein’s performance and installation work incorporates narratives drawn from nursery rhymes, fairy tales, and other “domestic” sources. She also creates mixed media art books which include her personal narratives.
Freya Prowe’s work is lyrical, dark and draws upon the tradition of European fairy tales of her childhood. Prowe creates images that playfully prey upon the duality inherent in human interactions.
Angela Simione uses the methods of erasure to create her own "redacted" documents, making metaphors for the experiences of loss. Simione presents fragments, tiny bits of evidence, allusions to a lost history.
image:
Dutiful (1 & 2)
44" x 30" each
graphite on attached paper
angela simione, 2010
Jan 26, 2011
Oct 21, 2010
YAY!!!!!!
yesterday morning, i loaded up the truck with all the big oil paintings and a few of the big drawings and drove out to san francisco to meet up with my friend freya prowe, the artist who came by for a studio visit a few weeks ago.
she, me, launa bacon, meagan donegan, and kimberlee koym have descended upon SLINGSHOT at 890 valencia in san francisco. that's right: A SHOW!!!!! i sang to myself the entire drive down and the entire drive back up. i helped paint the walls and i giggled all day (in spite of getting a parking ticket) and am simply overjoyed to be showing with artists i so admire. if you are in the vicinity, please come by and say hi. the opening reception in november 6th, 6 - 8pm. i'd absolutely love to see you!
and i tell ya: there is absolutely nothing so good for motivation as a show! ha! i am eager to go get lost in some oil and graphite today. :)
she, me, launa bacon, meagan donegan, and kimberlee koym have descended upon SLINGSHOT at 890 valencia in san francisco. that's right: A SHOW!!!!! i sang to myself the entire drive down and the entire drive back up. i helped paint the walls and i giggled all day (in spite of getting a parking ticket) and am simply overjoyed to be showing with artists i so admire. if you are in the vicinity, please come by and say hi. the opening reception in november 6th, 6 - 8pm. i'd absolutely love to see you!
and i tell ya: there is absolutely nothing so good for motivation as a show! ha! i am eager to go get lost in some oil and graphite today. :)
Feb 14, 2009
art and stuff...
the last three days have been so friggin' wonderful i hardly know where to start! first, i dropped off two big gulp paintings at SF Studio the other day and Jen (the owner) was so thrilled to have them for next months show. she is such a sweetheart and such a funny, welcoming woman that i feel honored to have been invited to show at her gallery again. and the new space she moved the gallery to is beautiful! congratulations, jen!
after that, i swung by HANG to see Freya Prowe's solo show Blackwater (i missed the opening on first thursday because i was under the weather). she offers us beautiful, haunting work, completely rendered with a black and white and grey palette (squeal!), and influenced by old german folk lore and fairy tales. stunning work and i was so bummed i missed the opening reception! congratulations on an awesome show, Freya! here's one of my favorite works in the exhibition, the title piece of the show:
Blackwater
35" x 35"
oil and ink on zinc
Freya Prowe, 2009
photo courtesy of HANG Art Gallery
if i had the cash, i'd buy every piece in the exhibition. i've always been a huge admirer of Freya's work and she is such a warm, kind person in addition to being a wonderful artist.
also, i'm toying with the idea of closing my Etsy shop... i'm starting to think that it might not be the right fit for my work after all? i'll think about it awhile longer but, at this point, it just doesn't seem like a good idea and could possibly be detracting from the galleries i'm involved with. at very least, i'll wait to close the shop until the listings expire in a few weeks but after that, i'll just be a shopper at Etsy. i love the site and i've found so many great artists through my involvement with Etsy and i'll continue to support the site by buying other people's work. we'll see... i like leaving the door open to the possibility of having a change of heart but i'm just really starting to think that i need to give my complete attention to my galleries.
after that, i swung by HANG to see Freya Prowe's solo show Blackwater (i missed the opening on first thursday because i was under the weather). she offers us beautiful, haunting work, completely rendered with a black and white and grey palette (squeal!), and influenced by old german folk lore and fairy tales. stunning work and i was so bummed i missed the opening reception! congratulations on an awesome show, Freya! here's one of my favorite works in the exhibition, the title piece of the show:
Blackwater
35" x 35"
oil and ink on zinc
Freya Prowe, 2009
photo courtesy of HANG Art Gallery
if i had the cash, i'd buy every piece in the exhibition. i've always been a huge admirer of Freya's work and she is such a warm, kind person in addition to being a wonderful artist.
also, i'm toying with the idea of closing my Etsy shop... i'm starting to think that it might not be the right fit for my work after all? i'll think about it awhile longer but, at this point, it just doesn't seem like a good idea and could possibly be detracting from the galleries i'm involved with. at very least, i'll wait to close the shop until the listings expire in a few weeks but after that, i'll just be a shopper at Etsy. i love the site and i've found so many great artists through my involvement with Etsy and i'll continue to support the site by buying other people's work. we'll see... i like leaving the door open to the possibility of having a change of heart but i'm just really starting to think that i need to give my complete attention to my galleries.
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