Jason Villegas / Hunter Gatherer - Opening Reception @ Receiver SF
Dates:
Sat Nov 08, 2008 00:00 - Wed Nov 05, 2008
Location:
United States of America
Receiver Presents New Works by Brooklyn Artist Jason Villegas
Hunter Gatherer
new work by Jason Villegas
November 8- 28, 2008
Opening Reception
Saturday November 8, 2008
7-10pm
Brooklyn based artist, Jason Villegas, showcases his new works at Receiver Gallery. Plush fabric sculptures, wall paintings, installations and video work reflect the common theme of consumption of products, sex, death and information.
Villegas' work is an unpolished and coarsely made tribute to global capitalism and progress. Using and consuming whatever acquirable materials are available to him, Villegas deconstructs and reconstructs clothing and knock of fashion products to create tanks, weaponry, orifices, and animals. He works primarily in low-tech materials in order to maximize the invasion into a space. Cardboard, fabric, found objects, and detritus formulate site-specific configurations of these elements and images. Although unavoidable narratives arise from the use of characters and sales parody, it is not the artist's intention to provide linear information. Villegas intends the viewer to become consumed within the relentless devouring, multiplying and destructive nature of paint splatters, immediate drawing, cosmic beast wall paintings, amorphous sculpture, and impoverished landscapes.
The artist will be in attendance and refreshments will be served.
Hunter Gatherer
new work by Jason Villegas
November 8- 28, 2008
Opening Reception
Saturday November 8, 2008
7-10pm
Brooklyn based artist, Jason Villegas, showcases his new works at Receiver Gallery. Plush fabric sculptures, wall paintings, installations and video work reflect the common theme of consumption of products, sex, death and information.
Villegas' work is an unpolished and coarsely made tribute to global capitalism and progress. Using and consuming whatever acquirable materials are available to him, Villegas deconstructs and reconstructs clothing and knock of fashion products to create tanks, weaponry, orifices, and animals. He works primarily in low-tech materials in order to maximize the invasion into a space. Cardboard, fabric, found objects, and detritus formulate site-specific configurations of these elements and images. Although unavoidable narratives arise from the use of characters and sales parody, it is not the artist's intention to provide linear information. Villegas intends the viewer to become consumed within the relentless devouring, multiplying and destructive nature of paint splatters, immediate drawing, cosmic beast wall paintings, amorphous sculpture, and impoverished landscapes.
The artist will be in attendance and refreshments will be served.
Receiver Gallery Opening Reception: Charlie Callahan -
Dates:
Thu Jan 17, 2008 00:00 - Thu Jan 17, 2008
‘See 4 Sail’
Opening Reception @ Receiver Gallery
Saturday February 2nd, 7-10pm
Callahan's videos, drawings and installations of varying scale hinge on hyper-florescent colors adorning the discarded: gnarled barnacles, pockmarked sea urchins and crude oil collected off the coast of Crete. Working primarily with foamboard and other found recycled materials, Callahan transforms contemporary synthetic creations and actual found objects into larger-than-life natural wonders.
Callahan forces the intersection between nature and the gallery, dragging in the detritus and declaring it worthy of adorning whitewashed walls. Like lava, Callahan's sea-inspired pieces are coastal fragments fossilized without a superficial sheen. These are works that cannot be ignored; whether they jut and pierce out from the walls and tower over viewers or perched at eye level, they quietly beg for intimate scrutiny.
Receiver Gallery
1415 Valencia Street @25th street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.550.RCVR (or 415.550.7287)
http://receivergallery.com/
Opening Reception @ Receiver Gallery
Saturday February 2nd, 7-10pm
Callahan's videos, drawings and installations of varying scale hinge on hyper-florescent colors adorning the discarded: gnarled barnacles, pockmarked sea urchins and crude oil collected off the coast of Crete. Working primarily with foamboard and other found recycled materials, Callahan transforms contemporary synthetic creations and actual found objects into larger-than-life natural wonders.
Callahan forces the intersection between nature and the gallery, dragging in the detritus and declaring it worthy of adorning whitewashed walls. Like lava, Callahan's sea-inspired pieces are coastal fragments fossilized without a superficial sheen. These are works that cannot be ignored; whether they jut and pierce out from the walls and tower over viewers or perched at eye level, they quietly beg for intimate scrutiny.
Receiver Gallery
1415 Valencia Street @25th street
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.550.RCVR (or 415.550.7287)
http://receivergallery.com/
Reception & Auction Closing Party - A Benefit for Artist Television Access
Dates:
Sat Jan 26, 2008 00:00 - Thu Jan 17, 2008
This is the Reception and the Closing Auction Party for the 2008 ATA Silent Art Auction at Receiver Gallery. This event gives you the chance to bid on and possibly walk away with great art made by emerging and established artists while supporting ATA, a vital arts organization that fosters local underground film, performance and art. ATA would like to thank Receiver for its support!
Preview & Silent Auction
Wed-Friday, January 23-25
10 am-6 pm
free
Reception & Auction Closing Party
Saturday, January 26
7 pm-10 (auction concludes at 8:30 pm)
Silent Art Auction at Receiver Gallery - A Benefit for Artists' Television Access
Dates:
Wed Jan 23, 2008 00:00 - Thu Jan 17, 2008
Silent Art Auction at Receiver Gallery - A Benefit for Artists' Television Access
To kick off 2008 Artists' Television Access and Receiver Gallery will be joining forces in benefit art auction that features the work of over 30 artists. The selection includes artists who have exhibited at ATA's gallery and created installations for ATA's storefront window and friends of ATA and Receiver. All proceeds of the auction will go to ATA’s 2008 programming and operation costs.
As of January 4, the following artists have donated their work for this special event: Chris Arnold, James Bewley, Deric Carner, Mona Caron, Laure Cuvillier, Bill Daniel, Paz de la Calzada, Ezra Eismont, Mina Eloranta, Kota Ezawa, Javier Farias, Will Formicola, Judy Garvey, Shae Green, Gilbert Guerrero, Charles Gute, Kent Howie, Matthew Hughes Boyko, Dayv Jones, Casey Logan, Ytaelena López, R.A. McBride, Katherin McInnis, Shannon O’Rourke, James Reeder, Ana Rivero Rossi, Todd Sanchioni, Christine Schmidt, Stephen Slappe, Chad Stayrook, T. Christopher Crandall, Kari Thorne, Zefrey Throwell, Zara Thustra, Liena Vayzman, Eduardo Waller, Rebecca Whipple, Scott Williams and Andrew Wilson.
The 2008 ATA Silent Art Auction at Receiver Gallery gives you the chance to bid on and possibly walk away with great art made by emerging and established artists while supporting ATA, a vital arts organization that fosters local underground film, performance and art. ATA would like to thank Receiver for its support!
Preview & Silent Auction
Wed-Friday, January 23-25
10 am-6 pm
free
Reception & Auction Closing Party
Saturday, January 26
7 pm-10 (auction concludes at 8:30 pm)
To kick off 2008 Artists' Television Access and Receiver Gallery will be joining forces in benefit art auction that features the work of over 30 artists. The selection includes artists who have exhibited at ATA's gallery and created installations for ATA's storefront window and friends of ATA and Receiver. All proceeds of the auction will go to ATA’s 2008 programming and operation costs.
As of January 4, the following artists have donated their work for this special event: Chris Arnold, James Bewley, Deric Carner, Mona Caron, Laure Cuvillier, Bill Daniel, Paz de la Calzada, Ezra Eismont, Mina Eloranta, Kota Ezawa, Javier Farias, Will Formicola, Judy Garvey, Shae Green, Gilbert Guerrero, Charles Gute, Kent Howie, Matthew Hughes Boyko, Dayv Jones, Casey Logan, Ytaelena López, R.A. McBride, Katherin McInnis, Shannon O’Rourke, James Reeder, Ana Rivero Rossi, Todd Sanchioni, Christine Schmidt, Stephen Slappe, Chad Stayrook, T. Christopher Crandall, Kari Thorne, Zefrey Throwell, Zara Thustra, Liena Vayzman, Eduardo Waller, Rebecca Whipple, Scott Williams and Andrew Wilson.
The 2008 ATA Silent Art Auction at Receiver Gallery gives you the chance to bid on and possibly walk away with great art made by emerging and established artists while supporting ATA, a vital arts organization that fosters local underground film, performance and art. ATA would like to thank Receiver for its support!
Preview & Silent Auction
Wed-Friday, January 23-25
10 am-6 pm
free
Reception & Auction Closing Party
Saturday, January 26
7 pm-10 (auction concludes at 8:30 pm)
Receiver Gallery-I Do Adore-Opening Reception
Dates:
Sat Dec 08, 2007 00:00 - Thu Nov 29, 2007
I Do Adore — Opens Saturday, Dec 8!
I Do Adore is an exhibition of emerging and well established women photographers from across the world. Featuring: Angela Boatwright, Abbey Drucker, Cheryl Dunn, Helena Kvarnstrom, Ye Rin Mok, Chrissy Piper, Zen Sekizawa, Emily Shur, Deanna Templeton, Claire Weiss, & Andrea Longacre-White. Curated by Day19.
Read more about I Do Adore and view sample photos...
