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Showing posts with label Francis Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francis Baker. Show all posts
November 22, 2021
Gallery at the Werkshack ~ radiant landscape exhibition
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Last weekend I got a chance to check out the exhibition radiant landscape, which features the photography of Francis Baker and Jan Watten, on view until December 4th at Gallery at the Werkshack and found much more than I had bargained for.
photos by Styrous®
Exhibitions for the gallery are curated by figurative artist Christine Ferrouge but the gallery is only a part of what goes on at Werkshack. It houses several artist's work stations, as well as beautiful knitwear fashions by Myrrhia Resneck under the name, Myrrhia Fine Knitwear (images below).
After Christine showed me around the facilities and explained what the venue was all about it was on to the radiant landscape exhibition.
Francis Baker statement
Photographer Jan Watten is the owner/operator of the Gray Loft Gallery in Jingletown which is currently showing the multi-photographer. multi-media exhibition, Yellow! (links below)
Myrrhia Resneck designs
There
are also interesting accessories to go with the knitwear
creations of Myrrhia, headgear, belts, waist cinches, etc.
Viewfinder links:
Styrous® ~ Monday, November 22, 2021
It's a whole lotta fun to see the exhibition
and the facilities at Werkshack!
Styrous® ~ Monday, November 22, 2021
November 21, 2021
Gray Loft Gallery ~ Yellow! opening reception a Grand Slam!
The Gray Loft Gallery presented it's new exhibition Yellow!
last night and the attendance was impressive. I guess people are
"socially exhausted" from COVID-19 restrictions; all wore masks, of
course.
Yellow!
This is the fourth color themed exhibitions for the Gray Loft; the previous colors represented were Red, Green and Blue (links below). The
sheer number of photographers was mind boggling and the various
photographic mediums and techniques represented was awe inspiring.
Participating Photographers:
Stephen
Albair, Mima Cataldo, Francis Baker, Gary Beeber, Rose Borden, Maria
Budner, Virginia Chabre, Nina Chiappa, Sarah Christianson, Marna G.
Clarke, Joshua Curry, Tony DeVarco, Gene Dominique, Lisa Erdberg, Laura
Epstein-Norris, Diane Fenster, J. M. Golding, Cheryl L. Guerrero, Marsha
Guggenheim, Kent A. Hall, Najib Joe Hakim, Judi Iranyi, Josie Iselin,
Laura Kiernan, Ellen Konar/Steve Goldband, Philip Krayna, Claire Maen,
Erik Mathy, Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Charles Moulton, Maureen
Mulhern-White, Jeannie OConnor, Eben Ostby, Mark Overgaard, Anne Rabe,
Steven Raskin, Charles Reilly, David Robinson, Philip T. Sager, Jenny
Sampson, Neo Serafimidis, Elizabeth Sher, Gail Skoff, Susan Sperry,
Douglas G. Stinson, Michael Teresko, George Tomberlin, Jill Van
Hoogenstyn, Jacqueline Walters, Sally Weber, Rusty Weston, Jeff Weston,
Susan West, Anita White, Stephanie Williamson, Nick Winkworth, Mitsu
Yoshikawa, Yelena Zhavoronkova
The jurors for the exhibition were Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten, founder of the Gray Loft Gallery.
The jurors for the exhibition were Ann Jastrab, Executive Director, Center for Photographic Art; and Jan Watten, founder of the Gray Loft Gallery.
Show dates:
Saturday, November 20 – Saturday, December 18, 2021
Closing Reception
Saturday, December 18, 4:00 – 6:30 pm
Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, #32
Oakland CA 94601
2889 Ford Street, #32
Oakland CA 94601
Dorie Meister & Steve Nakashima
Christine Ferrouge of Gallery at the Werkshack came to the reception; her gallery is currently featuring the work of Jan Watten and Francis Baker (links below).
Viewfinder links:
Congrats to the Gray Loft Gallery
for an excellent Yellow! exhibition!
Styrous® ~ Friday, November 19, 2021
November 14, 2021
Cameraman @ The Rhythmix Cultural Works
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Ed Holmes & Marc Ribaud ~ Cameraman
photo byStyrous®
Life
is funny! What starts out in one direction often turns into an entirely
different one. This happened yesterday. I was trying to get to the
closing reception of radiant landscape showing at the Gallery at the Werkshack in Oakland. It was a show featuring the photography of Francis Baker and Jan Watten (link below),
both brilliant artists. After driving around for 30 or 40 minutes
without finding a parking space, I gave up and headed back to my
studio.
As I neared it, I recollected an exhibition was showing at the K Gallery at the Rhythmix Cultural Works, so I headed over to see it. The show is entitled, Radiance, and features works by several artists with light being the major element in them (link below).
The "collateral damage" was a work not really part of the exhibition; it was in the Rhythmix parking lot and it is titled, Cameraman.
Cameraman features a sculptural collaboration between artists Ed Holmes and Marc Ribaud with a sound design by Joe Paulino and an additional sculpture, Cameradog, by Maria Chenut.
The idea for this show began when Holmes and Ribaud decided to create a larger than life size “Cameraman” using Ed’s 45 year-old camera collection and Marc’s engineering genius. The hundreds of cameras date from the 1920’s to yesterday, from a 4×5 view camera to plastic toy cameras and everything in between. The artists responded to the unique beauty of each camera design. A red box camera becomes the heart, two 1940’s film strip projectors become the eyes, and a series of instamatic cameras become the spine. Recorded shutter sounds create a sonic atmosphere and camera cases form Cameraman’s best friend, Cameradog.
The idea for this show began when Holmes and Ribaud decided to create a larger than life size “Cameraman” using Ed’s 45 year-old camera collection and Marc’s engineering genius. The hundreds of cameras date from the 1920’s to yesterday, from a 4×5 view camera to plastic toy cameras and everything in between. The artists responded to the unique beauty of each camera design. A red box camera becomes the heart, two 1940’s film strip projectors become the eyes, and a series of instamatic cameras become the spine. Recorded shutter sounds create a sonic atmosphere and camera cases form Cameraman’s best friend, Cameradog.
I love that they used kids toy cameras for the "shoes" on the Cameraman; ya gotta have a sense of humor!
Cameraman just had to have a companion and sure enough, there he was, Cameradog aka Casey, created by Maria Chenut.
All in all I had a great time!
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