Friday, October 11, 2013

GLG ~ 2nd Friday Oakland/Alameda Art Walk Reception


2nd Friday Oakland/Alameda Estuary Art Walk Reception

October 11, 6:00 to 9:00 pm


Meet the artists and experience the gallery which has been referred to as a "hidden jewel" in Jingletown.

SHORT STORIES

curated by Karyn Yandow
Gray Loft Gallery presents Short Stories, an exhibit that features visual poetry of seven Bay Area artists that reflects the relevance of telling their own personal stories or those of others through the use of symbolism found in their dreams, memories, detritus from the past, media from the present and historical events. An inner geography reflects a connection to the past and present, the conscious and the unconscious, the personal and universal.

Kenneth Baker, SF Chronicle, noted the Gray Loft Gallery in the Bay Area Visual Arts Picks, Sept. 12-15 as a "...space gaining prominence in the Bay Area presents a show of work by seven female artists - including Sherry Karver, Susan Scott and Amy Sollins - who use a range of media and techniques to evoke a fabric of symbolic spiritual connections underlying daily life." 

Participating artists are:

Maria Foley
Leslie Frierman Grunditz
Sherry Karver
Julia Nelson-Gal
Deborah O’Grady
Susan Scott
Amy Sollins 
     
This exhibit is on display until Saturday, October 26 when we will have a closing party from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.
Open Saturdays from 1:00 to 5:00 or by appointment.


GRAY LOFT GALLERY
2889 Ford Street, third floor, Oakland
510-499-3445
Short Stories
featured artists
Maria Foley
Through the use of symbolism and collage, she draws meaning from her memory, dreams, experience, and desires. Her process, being at the same time strenuous, joyful and enlightening, gives her the opportunity to interact with her subconscious and, guided by what emerges during this process, reach a new dimension of self-understanding. By sharing these images, Maria hopes to encourage observer to form their own interpretations – interpretations both intended and unintended.
Leslie Frierman Grunditz
“There are stories here. Follow the patterns and juxtapositions, the pathways and relationships. Looking for answers, posing questions, weighing the positives and negatives. Expressions of joy or anxious obsession. Creating order.”  Leslie culls imagery from children’s books, scientific text, graphic illustrations, and Victorian scrap books. Sometimes she alters images using Photoshop and then finishes by mounting the imagery to surfaces - paper or canvas- and continues to rework and surround them with painting techniques.
Sherry Karver
Sherry's photo-based work originate from photographs she has taken on city streets in New York, Paris, London, and in iconic buildings such as Grand Central Terminal in NY. She is expanding and shifting the parameters of traditional painting and photography by combining the images with digital technology, narrative text, and resin surface on wood panels. By blending these mediums, it enables her to push beyond their conventional boundaries to create a new hybrid. She writes text over some of the figures in her photos in an attempt to personalize or individualize each one.  By using text in her work, it adds another layer, and gives the viewer a chance to “experience” the artwork, and become part of the process by reading it.
Julia Nelson-Gal
The genesis of Julia's artwork comes from her life-long love of photography and from interest in collecting discarded objects. Her Mythology of Art History collage series commingles art historical icons from different cultures along with elements of nature--such as fish, birds and flowers--to form a new hybridized  mythological character.  These surreal, fanciful figures represent the history of beauty on earth.  The size and vintage coloring of these old papers is reminiscent of the  'Study Cards' used by art history majors in the pre-digital era to prepare for exams.  Hours of flipping large cards from disparate classes created an anamnesis of imagery that has resulted in this body of work. These surreal, fanciful figures represent the beauty and mystery of existence on earth.
Deborah O'Grady
In her series “Grove”, Deborah imagines these metamorphosed women emerging from the trees, with enigmatic expressions and unknown powers, re-animated and ready to resume their roles in these dangerous and mythic times.  Myths of women and nature, common throughout antiquity, have devolved into a vague association where “nature” is seen as feminine while “culture” represents creative masculinity.  Deborah overlays historical found photos with images of nature, with each image a unique print.
Susan Scott
Susan's work is an allegorical exploration of existential, psychological, and spiritual ideas, and she is particularly interested in exploring the human relationship with nature on a psychological level, including the notion that we think of nature as separate from ourselves, as an unlimited commodity to be used up, owned or conquered. What sort of flaw has evolved in humans that make us destroy the very thing we need to ensure our meaning and survival on Earth? Carl Jung said the future of the world hangs on the thin thread of the human psyche —and what if something should go wrong with the psyche? Susan feels that this is one of the most profound and important questions ever posed, as it informs and inspires much of her work.
Amy Sollins
Amy’s drawings are revelations of her subjective choices–those sacred artifacts of magical everyday, holding one’s personal mythology. She impose the mystery gleaned from personal experience and dreamlike memories upon each drawing until it becomes a concise poetic form. Her work reveals a visual world that I have created, where natural laws are suspended and is rooted in the unity of opposites, the ways in which the scale of objects and their meanings may be opposite and the same—at the same time, the co-existence of being and non-being.
Visit all of the participating galleries
during the
Oakland/Alameda Estuary
2nd Friday Art Walk

October 13, 6 to 9 pm
In Jingletown, Oakland:
Apples and Oranges Gallery
, 2934 Ford Street, #21
The Clock Tower Studio/Gallery, 1091 Calcot Place, 4th floor
Dreyfuss Sculpture/Watercolor Gallery, 2934 Ford Street #35
Float Gallery, 1091 Calcot Place #116
Gray Loft Gallery, 2889 Ford Street, 3rd floor
Jingletown Art Studios and Gallery, Derby at Chapman Streets

In Alameda:
 Artistic Home Studio and Boutique, 1419 Park Street
Autobody Fine Art, 1517 Park Street
DiStefano, Weber & Kaplan Studios/Gallery, 1130 Ballena Boulevard
Frank Bette Center for the Arts, 1601 Paru at Lincoln
Gary Francis Fine Art, 1419 Park Street, Suite E
K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue
Redux Studios & Gallery, 2315 Lincoln
Julie’s Coffee and Tea Garden, 1223 Park Street
Pixies & Peony, 2305 Santa Clara Avenue
Studio 23, 2309B Encinal

Please check contact venues for gallery hours and participation.
Support the Arts along the
Oakland/Alameda Estuary!




UPCOMING SHOWS
at
Gray Loft Gallery

"Multiples of Six"
December 7 & 8
11 to 6 pm
in conjunction with the annual Winter Art Walk in Jingletown
2nd Friday reception, December 13, 6 to 9 pm

"Photography!" (working title)
our first juried photography exhibit
January - February, 2014
juror to be announced
email us for the prospectus

"Botanicals"
March - May
A group show celebrating all things botanical

GRAY LOFT GALLERY
2889 Ford Street, third floor
Oakland, CA 94601

510-499-3445

Visit our website for more information and our blog for photos of past events and directions.

Contact us if you have questions, or would like more information about the gallery, our shows or to make an appoinment to visit the gallery.

The Gallery is available for events and curated shows. Please contact us if you have a show in mind that you would like to hold in our space.


ACCEPTING PROPOSALS
The Gray Loft Gallery is accepting proposals for curated shows. If you are interested in our prospectus, please email us for information about having your show in our gallery in 2014.

Our new website has been launched!
We still need to add some content, but thanks to the folks at ArtNetz for a great new look!
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Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, #32

Oakland, CA 94601
510-499-3445  
 
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