Jamie Brunson and Catherine Dudley
Venue: Andrea Schwartz Gallery525 Second Street,
San Francisco,
United States
94107
Start Date:2010-02-08 09:30:00
Description: Jamie Brunson and Catherine Dudley
January 27 February 26, 2010
Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Andrea Schwartz Gallery is pleased to announce a two-person exhibition featuring new work by Jamie Brunson and Catherine Dudley, with an opening reception held on Wednesday, January 27 from 5:30 7:30 pm.
"For me, the success of these paintings relies on their capacity to evoke analogous sensations of expansion and connection in the people who see them.
- Jamie Brunson
Jamie Brunson works with a mix of oil paint, alkyd medium and refined beeswax to build up layered, shimmering surfaces that extend beyond the canvas. The process of manipulating the paint demands a level of consciousness and presence that mirrors the meditation practice. The rhythmic, cyclical breathing in kundalini meditation practice aids in dissolving the boundaries between oneself and the external world. Brunson uses veil and lattice forms to evoke these experiences and employs the physical qualities of paint to mimic the kind of perceptual sensory phenomena that arise in meditationblurring, overlapping, dissolving edges, and radiance. Brunson also references traditional Indian and Tibetan yantras, which are esoteric tantric diagrams used in meditation practice to work with the subtle body. Brunson received her BFA from the California College of the Arts and her MFA from Mills College.
I collect the visual elements and work them into my art through photography, drawing, painting, screen-printing, and finally collage. Evolution is the center point of my process. I achieve this through intuitive and recurrent construction, deconstruction, and recombination of materials and imagery.
- Catherine Dudley
Catherine Dudleys mixed media collage technique is derived from skills developed over the last fifteen years, involving a variety of media, intuition, and whimsy. Her inspiration is directly related to the visual complexity and imperfect beauty of the urban landscape. From old signage and graffiti to architectural forms and repetition in nature, these city elements or visual souvenirs work their way into her art via color, shape and pattern. Catherine Dudley studied studio art at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Texas, Austin.
Andrea Schwartz Gallery was established in 1982 and is located in the South of Market district. ASG exhibits contemporary work of emerging to mid-career artists from the Bay Area and across the country. ASG is a member of SFADA, www.sfada.com. Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday 9 - 5, Saturday 1 5. The gallery will be closed 2/13-2/15. For further information please contact Lauren Karas at 415-495-2090 or lauren@asgallery.com. Thank you!