Sculpture
& Works on Paper
No
soy de aqui, no soy de alla,soy glocal
Viva Paredes
& Elvira Sarmiento
Exhibition Date: June 2- June 27, 2009
Opening
Reception:
Thursday, June 4, 2009, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk:June 13,2009, 1 - 3p.m.
Moderator: John Killacky
Viva Paredes and Elvira Sarmiento address the subject of globalization
in form and content in their second exhibition together and first show
at the gallery.
Paredes draws from Mexican and Chicano heritage history, combining
migration, Mayan glyphs, and organic materials such as corn seeds to
express the tension between the new and the traditional.
Former Mexican Museum Curator Tere Romo writes: “Successfully combining
technical proficiency with strong aesthetic principles, Paredes’ art
explores cultural issues, underscores spiritual connections, and
promotes environmental responsibility.” The artist lives and
works in San Francisco and earned her BFA at California College of Arts
and Crafts in 2001. A monograph of the artist’s work, with essay by
Tere Romo, accompanies the exhibition.
[Working in Mexico City, Elvira Sarmiento creates paintings and works
on paper work that communicates the impact of globalization on the
local. Self-described as a neo-expressionist/postmodernist,
the artist describes her art thusly: “the possibilities of
social development are detained, the disintegration of political,
economical and social modernity makes an alleged state of chaos,
unrecognizable, incomprehensible and in despair”.
Internationally recognized, institutions in Mexico, Cuba, Spain
& Poland have collected Sarmiento’s work.
Gallery
Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Open until 8 p.m. on first Thursday of the month
Venue: Togonon Gallery
77 Geary, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA
For more information, please contact
Rafael Musni Associate Gallery Director
Phone 415.398.5572 • email:Rafael@togonongallery.com
togonongallery.com
Member, San Francisco Art Dealers Association
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“Moments
in Time”,
Photographs of the Fillmore (1940s-1970s) by David
Johnson
“A Vainglorius
Decade”,
The West Coast during the 1970s
Photographs by Jack Fulton
Exhibition Date:June 2 to June 27, 2009
Opening
Reception:
Thursday, June 4, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Artist Talk with David S. Johnson and Jack Fulton
Moderated by Darcy Padilla
Saturday, June 20, 1 pm
Togonon Gallery invites you to the artists' talk with David Johnson and
Jack Fulton on June 20th, from 1pm to 3pm. This event will coincide
with the artists’ current exhibition at the gallery entitled “SFAI
Revisited”, which highlights distinguished alumni and teachers. Both
artists have made incredible contributions to American Art History. The
sociopolitical events captured in their profound imagery have made an
important contribution to West Coast Photography. Moderator Darcy
Padilla, visiting faculty for photography at San Francisco Art
Institute, is a documentary photographer based in San Francisco. Her
work has been published in numerous publications including: The New
York Times, The Washington Post, Life Magazine, and Harpers Bazaar. She
is a recipient of prestigious grants and awards including the John
Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Alexia Foundation for
World Peace & Understanding Award and The Open Society
Institute Individual Fellowship. Darcy’s work was also included in the
1st UNAIDS Exhibition at the United Nations in New York and Geneva.
About the
Artists
David Johnson graduated from the very first American fine art
photography class established by Ansel Adams and directed by Minor
White in 1946 at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), then known as
the California School of Fine Arts. Himself an African American, he
focused on the Fillmore neighborhood’s way of life, its nightclubs,
businesses, and residents. Johnson's photographs are featured in a PBS
documentary about San Francisco, “The Fillmore” and are published in
several books, including The Moment of Seeing and Harlem of the West.
Jack Fulton is recognized as an important
photographer of the West
Coast. One of the founders of SF Camerawork and San Francisco Art
Institute teacher, he is a three-time NEA recipient and has been widely
published in Fine Art photo surveys, including those of the San
Francisco MOMA and the Oakland Museum. His work is in the collections
of SF MOMA, Biblioteque National, Paris MuseČ, MuseČ de Art Moderne
(Paris), LA County Museum, Chicago Art Institute, University of
Arizona, San Jose Museum of Art, DiRosa Foundation and the Oakland
Museum. “A Vainglorious Decade” premieres his unique vintage Cibachrome
dye-bleached photographs of the West Coast in the 1970s.
Seating is limited so please arrive early; we look
forward to seeing
you.
For more information please contact Rafael Musni,
Associate Gallery
Director, at 415.398.5572 or by email at Rafael@togonongallery.com
Rafael C. Musni
Associate Director
Togonon Gallery
77 geary Street, 2nd flr
san francisco, ca 94108
415.398.5572
Co-curator-Hector
Maurizzio Pineda
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