Lori Murphy | CANADAY REDACTED
Special Exhibition in the Inner Room at Gearbox Gallery January 29 – March 13, 2021 LORI MURPHY “Three years ago, I began dismantling and reassembling a volume set of “Metropolitan Seminars in Art” by John Canaday. I was interested in altering his narrative, writing new stories over the old. Part of my process is the […]
SUSPENDED BELIEFS | Robert Saywitz
SUSPENDED BELIEFS Robert Saywitz November 20, 2020 through January 2, 2021 Inner Room Project Space The idea that one can suspend the trauma of their waking lives and seek refuge in their sleep does not always hold true. These works explore the landscape where the waking life interacts with the unconscious. Highly personal, these pieces […]
Behind The Mask: Recent Paintings by Phyllis Lasché
Behind the Mask: Recent Paintings by Phyllis Lasché is at Sticks Framing and Fine Art Gallery, 1579 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, from Oct 12-Nov 30, 2020. These paintings reflect her felt experiences during the COVID shutdown. Shown here are “Viral Thoughts” (Nos. 1, 2 and 3), oil pigment, beeswax, and collage on wood.
WALKING IN THE DARK: Marsha Balian and Patricia Sonnino
Walking in the Dark: Marsha Balian and Patricia Sonnino October 16 – November 14, 2020 In the gallery and virtual exhibitionwith a special exhibition in the Inner RoomPenelope Anstruther: The Moon is A Mirror VIEW THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION Marsha Balian Jaded-Muscles, 2020, 10 x 10 mixed media: acrylic paint, assorted found papers, found 19th century […]
Gearbox Artists Featured in the DeYoung Open
Congratulations to our 6 artists accepted to the DeYoung Open! Deborah Benioff Friedman, Phyllis Lasché, Irene Nelson, Gina Telcocci, Jamie Treacy, Diane Williams Deborah Benioff Friedman: Turning rebar, wire, abaca pulp, 2020, 11 x 29 x 9 Phyllis Lasché: Anthem triptych: oil and beeswax on panel, 36 x 72 x 2 Irene Nelson: Backbeat […]
THE MOON IS A MIRROR | Penelope Anstruther
THE MOON IS A MIRROR Penelope Anstruther October 16 – November 14, 2020 Inner Room Project Space “it was the signal; the sky quivered like taut tissue… snakes bit themselves with their own teeth, wasps broke their stings on stones, and everything turned against itself; frost lay in puddles, lichen turned to stone and stone […]
SANCTUARY: Gearbox Juried Show 2020
Exhibit Dates: August 7 – September 5, 2020 View the Virtual Exhibition About the Exhibition:
In the Studio with TaVee McAllister Lee
TaVee’s Happy Hour Artist Talk was on Facebook Live on March 31st! Click here to see the interview. IN the WAKE TaVee McAllister Lee creates work that is both playful and haunting. Seeming to float down from the wall, fragments of photos are stacked, overlapped and clustered. TaVee is a keen curator, both in her […]
The Triton Museum: A Must Visit
One of my fellow Gearbox colleagues, Tamera Avery, told me about the Triton Museum in Santa Clara. Having lived in the Bay Area for the last twenty-seven years I was surprised not to have heard of it, my curiosity was piqued and I journeyed south for a visit. If you do not already know this […]