Tiny

I have some work in the tiny show at the STUDIO Gallery

small pieces under $400
November 3rd - December 23rd, 2011
8th Anniversary Party: Sunday, December 4th, 2-6 pm

STUDIO Gallery1815 Polk Street(between Washington and Jackson)
San Francisco, CA 94109
415.931.3130
Our Hours:Wednesday - Friday, 11am-8pm
Saturday + Sunday, 11am-6pm
Monday + Tuesday by appointment

http://studiogallerysf.com/home.html

BagLand About Edit

BagLand started with the idea of art created from the everyday objects that we throw away, or at best recycle. I set out to create art that explores humanity and humanity’s use of resources centered on an every day accessible object, the paper bag. Paper bags come in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and are readily available. In fact, paper bags have so many different images and designs printed on them and come in so many colors that I decided to create collages using paper bags as my medium. Collage and the paper bag seemed a natural fit since collage is the art of image and material recycling and re-use. By limiting myself to bags I discovered a bag jargon; a bag lingo. Tomatoes became BagLanders, wine glasses were helmets, bowls are boats, surfboards a rocket, and the end of the world is the bottom of a bag; BagLand was born!

In BagLand I met Fat Rabbit, created a space opera, learned papel picado and you know what, pigs CAN fly!

Tiny, small pieces show

I have some small 6X6 pieces at the Studio Gallery in the tiny, small pieces show; November 3rd - December 23rd. Opening reception: Sunday, Nov 6th, 2-6 pm

STUDIO Gallery1815 Polk Street(between Washington and Jackson)
San Francisco, CA 94109415.931.3130
Our Hours: Wednesday - Friday, 11am-8pm
Saturday + Sunday, 11am-6pm
Monday + Tuesday by appointment.

http://studiogallerysf.com/home.html

Altered Barbie 2011

The 9th Annual San Francisco Altered Barbie Exhibition 2011“In Barbie’s Name: What Would Barbie Do? and Ken too?”www.alteredbarbie.com

Where: Shotwell 50 Inc., 50 Shotwell St. San Francisco, CA
When: October 26 - November 20, 2011
Days and Time: Wednesday - Saturday 1:00pm - 8:00pm, Sunday 1:00pm - 5:00pm

10/28/11Artist Opening Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Come dressed as your favorite Barbie or Ken and tell us what you will do? Meet artists who have resurrected and reinvented Ken and Barbie into art and performance. The evening will include Barbie Films, Barbie Performance, Barbie MC Donna Davis, Gregangelo’s American Icon & Ken, the Jenn Kerr band, SpaceKraft, Roaddawgz homeless youth organization, Cynthia Tom’s A Place Of Her Own: an arts organization fostering the growth and development of women artists in San Francisco and much much more!

10/29/11Make your own Altered Barbie Workshops
10:00am - 1:00pm $25.00 per person + a $5 Barbie fee
In Barbie’s Name Think Barbie out of the box! Alter and recycle your own Barbie and or Ken by embellishing and/or building an environment. Ruby Pearl will lead the workshop. To sign up for classes: Altered Barbie Workshops

11/02/11The Artists Process: A Conversation 6:30pm - 8:30pmThe artists will reveal how and why they alter Barbie. This will be a fun filled eye opening evening into the inner workings of these most creative and fun artists.

11/03/11Dinner and Fashion Show 7:30pm - 10:30pm, $45.00 a personA romantic dinner hosted by Chef Shawn Miller featuring his Altered Edibles. The intimate evening will include a set gluten free dinner, a no-host bar, music, ending with chocolates from xocia. The evening highlights are a fashion show directed by Marque Cornblatt and Hester Michaels. This will be a What Would Altered Barbie Wear Fashion Show. PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

11/09/11Barbie Poetry Night 7:00pm -10:00pmWith Sean Labrador y ManzanoContact: kahilisun@hotmail.com

11/10/11 Film night featuring UCLA’s First Barbie Video Girl Doll Film Festival 7:00pm - 9:00pmAltered Barbie 2011 is proud to present UCLA’s Barbie Video Girl Doll film festival featuring UCLA students who created two-minute films using Barbie about Barbie. Along with this festival other shorts will be shown including, Tifffany Shlain’s The Tribe & Susan Stern’s documentary film Barbie Nation. All films will be shown throughout the exhibition.

11/18/11Closing Artist Reception 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Kitten on the Keys, Ethel Merman Experience and much, much more.**100% of proceeds from sales of all Roaddawgz created Altered Barbies are given back to the youth artist. Exhibition = sculptures, photography, painting, performance, film shows, video installations, fashion, jewelry and poetry.

Underfoot

BagLand "about"

BagLand

BagLand started with the idea of art created from the everyday objects that we take for granted, the things we throw away. I set out to create art that explore humanity and humanity’s use of resources centered on an every day accessible object. Paper bags come in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors and are readily available. In fact paper bags have so many different images and designs printed on them that I decided to create collages using paper bags as my medium. Collage and the paper bags seemed a natural fit since collage is the art of image and material recycling and re-use and paper bags are routinely recycled. By limiting myself to bags and the bag images I discovered bag jargon; a bag lingo. Tomatoes became BagLanders, wine glasses were helmets, bowls are boats, surfboards a rocket, and the end of the world is the bottom of a bag; BagLand was born!

What I know now that I did not know then is that BagLand is a destination. BagLand is the place paper bags can go when we humans have finished carrying our groceries, our knickknacks, or our gifts. BagLand is somewhere other than the trash or the recycling bin.

BagLand has a postal service, a freight service, a grocery store, and crops to harvest, a militia, silos, a space program, a power plant, and see the end of their world every time we reach the bottom of a bag. Welcome to BagLand!

Memory

The world seems to be losing it's memory. Day after day, unknowingly, feeling all the wiser the more it forgets.

Paraphrased from The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon