The Shadow Goes Beyond Fiction

With The Shadow now through all of his technical problems, this blog can now do what it was designed to do: Bring to the world the darker side of art and culture in San Francisco.

On July 25, 2007, The Shadow visited the new studios of ARTWorkSF. More on the new studios in a moment. The exhibit he went to view was entitled "Beyond Fiction".

One of the works at the exhibit

Artists showing at the exhibit were:

• Darwin Price
• Will Bulas
• Christine Tsouo-Harvey
• C. Crampton
• David Otto
• William Mayfield
• Kenny Mencher
• Carol Wedemeyer
• Gk Callahan
• John H. Jones Diallo
• Judy Johnson Williams
• Vladimeer Feokirtov
• Jane b. Grimm
• Alicia Debrincat
• Phyllis Rockne
• Lois Llewellyn
• Christine Cianci

A sculpture sits on the floor at the exhibit.

This exhibit was curated by Guest Curators Gisela Tangui and Grant Lewis. Gisela and Grant described this exhibit as follows:

Figurative elements in these works illustrate cultural commentary through allegorical narratives. Whether respectively subtle or overwhelmingly obvious, this exhibit features a myriad of mediums that supply the mind with symbolic interplay and stories of cultural mythology from around the world.

Guest Curators Grant Lewis and Gisela Tangui

As this was the first show that Grant and Gisela have curated for ARTWorkSF, The Shadow gave this show a very critical eye. And he was very pleased with the show. They selected several works from several mediums which told a fantastic story. The Shadow expects to see many good things coming from them in the future.

Artist William Mayfield with one of his works

This show has ended and if you were not there, you missed a good one.

Which leads us to our second announcement.

ARTWorkSF has moved to larger quarters in the 49 Geary Building. They took over the old Catherine Clark Gallery (which is now located in SOMA) and have done wonders with the place.

Scenes from the reception

Be sure to stop by the Gallery soon and see the new space. For more pictures from the reception, click here.