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).   

 

 

Myrrhia Resneck & Christine Ferrouge

 

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

Francis Baker & Jan Watten images

Francis Baker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)       

 

Jan Watten

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Myrrhia Resneck designs

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are also interesting accessories to go with the knitwear creations of Myrrhia, headgear, belts, waist cinches, etc.    

 

     

     

     

     

     

    

      

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Gray Loft Gallery         

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Yellow!     
     
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Francis Baker       

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Gray Loft Gallery        

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It's a whole lotta fun to see the exhibition 

and the facilities at Werkshack!        

        
        
        
        
Styrous® ~ Monday, November 22, 2021        
        

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Cameraman @ The Rhythmix Cultural Works

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Ed Holmes & Marc Ribaud ~ Cameraman

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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.     

     

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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Francis Baker & Jan Watten ~ radiant landscape        

Ed Holmes         

Radiance at the Rhythmix Cultural Works         

Rhythmix Cultural Works        
     
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Francis Baker & Jan Watten ~ radiant landscape photography

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Photographer Jan Watten will be showing her new black and white work with photographer Francis Baker from October 23 - December 4, 2021, at Gallery at the Werkshack in Oakland.            

 

Baker uses gum bichromate, a 19th-century photographic printing process based on the light sensitivity of dichromates which is capable of rendering painterly images from photographic negatives in his surreal and vibrant images. He also works with cyanotype which results in a blue image and argyrotype which results in a "Van Dyke" brown image.       

Watten utilizes many out-dated cameras to produce the images she captures such as the Holga and pinhole cameras; the latter is a simple camera without a lens.          

Gallery at the Werkshack features talented emerging artists from Oakland and beyond. Their solo exhibitions showcase guest artists, while the Werkshack building has 8 artist and designer studios on view. Resident artist Christine Ferrouge manages curation for the gallery and serves on the Oakland Art Murmur venues committee and is the director of Art Route Oakland.        

 

There will be an artist's reception on Saturday, the 6th of November, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at which time both artists will be in attendance.    

            

 

 
Saturdays 1-5pm
Gallery at the Werkshack
481 25th Street, Oakland, CA 94612

 

 

 

        

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