Images from In Brief: a Private Study curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve?
On view in the gallery now through December 18
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thursday, November 10, 2011
In Brief: a Private Study now open in the Backroom Gallery
In Brief: a Private Study
A group
exhibition curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve? Office
November 19 - December 18, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, November 19th, 7-10pm
November 19 - December 18, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, November 19th, 7-10pm
In Brief is
a curated group exhibition specifically for Adobe Books that tips its hat to
the architectural tradition of the gentleman’s study, providing a
local iteration of contemporary content. This project borrows from the
traditional artifacts and techniques found in the private study as it takes the
form of a personal library, a room for writing, a curio cabinet, and a modest
collection of learned or worldly objects within the private sphere of the home.
This installation, varied
in medium—word, image, and object, teeters between a private collection and the
creating of a space for one’s own thoughts. Charles Wilson Peale meets St.
Jerome.
Home-made bookmaking,
tongue-in-cheek embroidered sampler, letterpressed quoteables of inspired
literacy, fictionalized Gold Rush portraits, emulsion experiment, a memento
mori, an illustrated catalogue
of space aliens, a writer’s desk, allusions to personal maps, and other such
metaphors for the enclosures of the mind.
The history of the study is
one where residential living became “comfortable” enough so as to include a
private room one could retreat to. “In Brief” nods to the bookstore at
large as an allegory to the communal space of the home; the Backroom Gallery
provides a quiet core for taking note of the world of books just beyond the
threshold.
Participating
artists:
Neil Berrett
Jackie Hancock
Katie Hawkinson
Katie Hoffman
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Alexis Lopez
Dharushana Muthulingham
Pamela Palma
Alissa Polan
Jane Sloss
chandra thuy tran
Mark Wise
Neil Berrett
Jackie Hancock
Katie Hawkinson
Katie Hoffman
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.
Alexis Lopez
Dharushana Muthulingham
Pamela Palma
Alissa Polan
Jane Sloss
chandra thuy tran
Mark Wise
Chelsea
Ryoko Wong
Amber Jean Young
Amber Jean Young
Friday, November 4, 2011
Final week to see Keep it Cherried and other gallery news...
Keep It Cherried closes November 11! Don't miss this excellent exhibition by emerging local artists Michelle Guintu and Joe Roberts. Curated by Daniella Fernandez Murphy.
Current installation photos are now up on the Backroom Gallery Flickr page.
For all inquiries, please contact Katie and Daniella at adobebooksbackroom@gmail.com.
Also, watch this space for info on the next Backroom Gallery exhibition guest curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve?.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Keep It Cherried - Opening Reception this Saturday
October 22 - November 12, 2011
Opening reception Saturday, October 22, 7-10pm
w/ Special Musical Guest Carletta Sue Kay
"When you first see a new picture you are very careful because you may be staring at van Gogh's ear."
Curated by Daniella Fernandez Murphy
Coming Soon to the Backroom Gallery
In Brief: A Private Study
A group exhibition curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve?
November 19 - December 21, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, November 19th
FAR FAR NEAR
Participating artists: Lauren Douglas, Billy Joe Miller, and Christopher West
Curated by James Sterling Pitt
January 12 - February 12, 2012
Opening reception: Saturday, January 12th
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Monday, September 12, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Emily Huffman and Patricia Mera
Life, Objects, and Why Not: Emily Huffman and Patricia Mera
September 15 - October 16, 2011
Reception: Thursday, September 15th, 7-10pm
Adobe Books Backroom Gallery is excited to present a two-person exhibition featuring San Francisco artists Emily Huffman and Patricia Mera. Emily and Patricia will create a collaborative, multi-media installation in the Backroom Gallery that unites their diverse art practices that include mixed media, painting, collage, and sculpture.
Join us this coming Thursday for an opening reception that will feature live music by The Sunset Jammers.
Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Emily Huffman earned her BFA from Tulane University. After graduating in 2005 she moved to Raleigh, North Carolina, and worked out of Bonded Llama Artist Studios. From 2005-2008 she exhibited artwork in several spaces in the Raleigh-Durham area and began working collaboratively with the group she cofounded, Arthresholds. In 2008 she moved to San Francisco, where she now lives and practices visual, written, sound, and movement arts in a studio by the beach. She runs her own holistic bodywork therapy practice, located in the Mission District of San Francisco.
Pati Mera was born in Cuzco, Peru, and moved to San Francisco in 2005. She has exhibited in various venues throughout the South America and the Bay Area and is currently earning her BFA at California College of the arts while working as a freelance illustrator. She has studied both illustration and fine art and is especially inspired by Dadaist and Surrealist art. Mera works in many different media and derives inspiration from friends and her own personal adventures on the search for the uncommon in life. She is also interested in music and video and has recorded her own songs and short films as part of her restless urge to create and experiment.
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On the Blog
David Horvitz' solo exhibition closed September 3rd, but he will continue to guest-blog until September 14th. Limited edition posters produced alongside the exhibition are still available. These black and white, 13x19" posters feature an image from his Public Access project and a new interview between Horvitz and exhibition curator Katie Hood Morgan. Jason Huff gave the exhibition a nice mention on Rhizome.com. View exhibition photos on our Flickr page.
Coming Soon
The Van Gogh Boat: works by Joe Roberts and Michelle Guintu
Curated by Daniella MurphyOctober 22 - November 11, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, October 22nd
In Brief: A Private Study
A group exhibition guest curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve?
November 19 - December 21, 2011
Opening reception: Saturday, November 19th
FAR FAR NEAR
Participating artists: Lauren Douglas, Billy Joe Miller, and Christopher West
Guest curated by James Sterling Pitt
January 12 - February 12, 2012
Opening reception: Saturday, January 12th
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Monday, September 5, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Park Slope right now
Friday, September 2, 2011
Adobe Books on The Bold Italic
Michelle Broder Van Dyke highlights the regulars at Adobe Books for The Bold Italic.
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