Just in case you missed Tuesday’s post with the RAW details, here is an extra dose! As a sponsor and an artist in the show, let me tell you: This show is so jam-packed with work from worldwide artists (including Shepard Fairey) that you will be on a natural high. Better yet, it is a small-scale show making art more affordable. See you there!
RAW Art Gallery Exhibit
The Uptown
500 William St.
(20th and Telegraph), Oakland
6-10PM
Fold{Live} is a live performance involving 12 performers folding laundry per a choreographed routine. Fold{Live} celebrates the mundane by taking a private, solitary activity and presenting it, multiplied, in a public space.
Don’t miss the first performance of Fold{Live}
Saturday, May 7th
7-8PM
Root Division Gallery
3175 17th Street
Fold{Live} has its roots in my recent video installation Fold. The creator, Surabhi Saraf, attempts to humanize Fold through a diverse group of participants. This work continues her attempts to articulate the multiplication and the repetition embedded in everyday life and to understand the relationship between group behavior and the collective unconscious. Through this project she hopes to bring a sense of togetherness among the community and draw our attention to the subtleties that we tend to overlook in our busy lives.
Fold{Live} is an on going project, which will include multiple performances in public spaces over the course of next year.
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Joey DeRuy was featured on Pigment over a year ago because of his unique painting style which fuses geometric shapes and flowing color palettes with a strong message. This time ’round Pigment is showcasing his work to get you HYPED UP for his solo show opening tomorrow night at 12 Gallagher Lane Gallery. This is a free event, but to get on the list please RSVP to info@12gallagherlane.com. DeRuy is bringing out the big guns tomorrow night- this is one showdown you don’t want to miss.
New Works by Joey DeRuy- May 5th, 5:30-9PM
12 Gallagher Lane, SF
DeRuy has adapted to his surroundings and absorbed a wide array of influences due to his childhood spent in Montana, Hong Kong, Kenya and Maine. Born in the late 70’s to American philanthropists, DeRuy was influenced by the modern art and portraiture he observed as a young child.
Joey DeRuy
At the age of 11, DeRuy was featured in his first art show in Helena, MT establishing a career in art. His works in pen and ink have been utilized to create tattoo art, ad illustrations, international magazine recognitions, and candle illustrations. He has since expanded into oils, acrylics and mixed media to create the technology-influenced characters that grace his paintings. Stemming from his youth spent in East Africa, DeRuy’s earlier mediums began with encaustic powder mixed with beeswax, which represents one of the oldest painting media. DeRuy’s medium varies from pen and ink, graphite, flower petals, plants and ashes all composited on canvas.
DeRuy draws his work from the technology age as well as his own personal narratives. Influenced by Futurism, his work is a social commentary on his view of humanity. Using the techniques of Cubism he depicts his subjects from a multitude of view points to personify his chosen subjects in an altered context. DeRuy’s work has graphic as well generally figurative elements which communicate individual stories relating to the human experience during a time of constant societal upheaval. Creating a literal depiction of history, humanity, speed, and industry, DeRuy invites spectators to partake in this new world order.
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The RAW Art Gallery Exhibit is 3 days away and I’m not gonna lie, as a sponsor and an artist in the show, it kind of feels like Christmas. This Friday you can “ooooo and aaaaaa” over the works of 35 different artists including, but not limited to: Carly Ivan Garcia, Brian Leo, Greg Haberny, Greg Gossel, Yours Truly, Shepard Fairey, Robert D. Harris, Derek Weisberg, Hugh Leeman, Jet Martinez, Freddy Aquino, Ali Garcia…you get the picture.
The crazy talented artists in the show will be contributing small works- making art more affordable. Come pick out a piece (or two or three) for you house or for your mama’s Mother’s Day gift. There will be plenty of art to chose from.
If affordable art from world-renowed artists wasn’t enough to spark your interest then the reworked RAW wall is sure to make your head turn. Below is a sneak peak of the wall from our working session on Sunday. This ish is for real.
Various RAW Artists
Shepard Fairey and CIG on the left. Various RAW artists on the right.
Hugh Leeman and Amanda Padilla
Billi Kid, Hugh Leeman, CIG and Amanda Padilla
Robert D. Harris
A Cartel Full of Bad-Ass Women, This Friday
Soup and an Aside Salad of Growing Open by Katrina Monet Salas-Padilla
ArtPad SF Kicks Off Mañana
Artist Call: Art on Market Street Kiosk Poster Series
CIG Hittin’ Them with the 1,2 Punch
Art Attack TONIGHT Y’all!
Art Attack Getting Ready to Invade on Thursday Night!
RAW Opening Reception TONIGHT! Be there or be [ ].
Bay Area Art Openings
