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June 12th -July 10th , 2009
OPENING reception :Friday, June 12th : 6:00 - 8:30pm
HOME
photography, drawing, painting
Artists:Gideon Chase, Hannah Hooper, Andrew Watson Kirk, Max Schoening, Ethan Scott
Curated by Young Ampersand: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia Mauro, Theodora Mauro
Ampersand is happy to present HOME.
Ampersand has invited four local art aficionados to curate the first Young Ampersand exhibition: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia Mauro and Theodora Mauro are childhood friends; they all studied art history and art making and have grown up in homes where art criticism, art collecting and art making are an everyday reality.
Choosing a subject familiar to all, the HOME curators explore individual interpretations of the idea of Home by recent Art School graduates, all visual artists linked to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Curators’statement:
"With rising foreclosure rates and the current uncertain state of the economy in the United States, homes have become not only symbols of refuge, but thwarted symbols of the 'American Dream'.
With HOME we aim to address how art can reflect broader understandings of the places we live in: how they are not only defined by the roof over our heads, but may also be the people, places and events that impact our lives."
Obviously the irony of Ampersand gallery being a live/work space is not lost on any of the participants.
GALLERY HOURS:
Thursdays and Fridays noon to 5:00pm and by appointment
text inspired by HOME :
ampersandsfwords.blogspot.com
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