Why not skip the mall and go see some monsters in Oaktown? The Collaborate Gallery has a tasty show up right now, overflowing with nice takes on the monster in us and around us. Lots of artists we love and some new loves in this show - Buddy Nestor, Alex Pardee, PureBred and Lisa Wood, just to name a few. It was our first time visiting this great space since they opened last June and it's a tall, open clean environ with a cool catwalk upstairs along one wall.
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| Collaborate Gallery, Oakland, CA |
This is a nicely eclectic show, well-edited - all kinds of medium and styles. Pen and ink, sculpture, assemblage, paintings - large and small - just about something for everyone. For all the art images and artists, check out the gallery link (above). "Monsters" is up for the next few days until Nov. 29th and you might just find a great piece of art for someone on your list.
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| Chuck Light |
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| Buddy Nestor |
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| Lucien Shapiro |
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| Nicolas Giraud |
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| Rossella Scapini |
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| Ben Clarkson |
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| Paul Romano |
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| Lisa Wood |
Lisa Wood's art are very interesting and haunted little collage assemblages, bits of memorabilia, hair, vintage photos all mounted and framed by antique china dinner plates. Each "plate" came with a "case number" and on an accompanying card - a tale about the person or persons. These seemed like little artifact documents of real people and sad incidents in their lives. Not sure whether they are fact or fiction - they are very moving in either case.
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| Scott Wilson |
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| Detail of large sculpture, Stacey Ransom |
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| Jon Carling |
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