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Miles Epstein, “Mining the Store”, 2011 Copper, postage stamps, maps, cardboard, found pump, soil, lettuce seed 25″ x 39″ x 25″ I took a little video and rendered it 60’s Home Video style for your viewing pleasure at the Manufactured Organic opening at Root Division Gallery(San Francisco, CA).
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If you’re familiar with some of my earlier posts, you would know one of my art crushes is Elyse Hochstadt. I’ve been following Ms. Hochstadt’s work and happy to report that she will be showing work at Root Division at the Manufactured Organic show! Much of […]
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How is it possible that something synthetic can create sounds you hear in nature (rain falling for example)? Zimoun’s kinetic sculptures simulate the organized chaos that runs our world. The hum of machines, the noises we hear on a daily basis. He seems to conjure up what is natural through his sculptural work that is […]
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A few photos from Southern Exposure of Kenneth Lo’s exhibition, every stone tethered to sleep/every presence wedded to stone
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Art / art gallery / bay area artist / conceptual / installation / kenneth lo / loss / memorial / memory / postaday2011 / ritual / San Francisco / Sculpture / Southern Exposure¶¶¶¶¶
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Having a father that was significantly older than my mother (older than my maternal grandfather as a matter of fact) made for an interesting childhood. Many funerals were attended. More than any other kid I knew. That being said, there was a familiarity with all the little details that outfitted such an occasion. The headstone […]
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Dennis Oppenheim’s, Device to Root Out Evil, 1997 I just read something sad. An artist died. It was Dennis Oppenheim. Mr. Oppenheim went to the California College of the Arts (Oakland, CA) and received his MFA at Stanford. Then, like many artists, he moved to New York to pursue his art career and practice. His […]
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With the valiant effort of keeping with my “art diary” format and writing as much as possible in the new year (every day to be exact), I figured it would be nice to write about a Bay Area artist. I’m hoping to learn more about her work as well as her processes as the year progresses. There will […]
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Some time ago, I was introduced to the work of Sonya Clark. It encapsulates the truth, which resides in our bodies. Hair, for example, contains information about our biology that we often neglect or forget. Our predispositions, if you believe they exist are engrained in every part of the body. Clark explores hair in such a […]
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Art / Body Art / Body Image / contemporary art / feminism / Feminist Art / Hair / human condition / re-appropriation / Sculpture / Sonya Clark / Textiles / visual culture¶¶¶¶¶
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writer | artist | scholar
Dorothy R. Santos, Ph.D. 