Painting entitled "Pastel Pause" by Mitchell Confer, mixed media, 22" x 28", on linen.Last Friday, I made my way to the middle of Hayes Valley to see an exhibit at the Hayes Valley Market Gallery called "Ancient City". The exhibit is an extremely interesting one. All the artwork on display explores the art of urban transformation and how it effects us as people living in an urban setting. The tagline on the card for exhibit states "15 Bay Area artists explore time, texture, and construct."
Among the artists showing work there in the exhibit are Ken Berman, Mitchell Confer, Vera Fainshtein, Terri Garland, Yong Han, Barbara Holmes, Kay Kang, Alexandre Koulouris, Grayson Malone, Liz Mamorsky, Alan Mazzetti, Yvonne Mouser, Daniel Newman, Scott Reilly, Charles Trapolin. Quite a bundle, yes. All of the bring something completely unique, new, and intricate to the showcase. Out of all these artists, perhaps my two favorites were the work of Mitchell Confer and Liz Mamorsky. Confer explores the cramped piled up feel of our city while at the same time retaining a peaceful calm atmosphere. Mamorsky creates statues out of found industrial and man made objects. One statue resembles a giraffe, another a robot...they are very original and fun.
Mitchell Confer's cityscape art: http://conferart.typepad.com/photos/landscape/index.html
Liz Mamorsky's site: http://www.lizland.com/home.html
Do take a look at both these artists.
The exhibit runs till March 1st.
Offical exhibit website: http://ancientcitygallery.wordpress.com/
Location: 580 Hayes (@ Laguna)
Hours: 12 to 7pm
All artworks in this exhibit are on sale.
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