So Real–Surreal

 

Art: Paulette Traverso

November 11, 2021 to January 20, 2022



Juried by Michael Yochum

Poetry by Cruwys Brown

 

It appears we are living in surrealistic times. The Surrealist Manifesto of André Breton was published almost 100 years ago, and the Dadaists were turning the world upside down to see how it looked. Now it is time to express a 2.0 version that speaks to our world of post fact, post rational, and multiple “realities.” The artists in this show share their dreams, hallucinations, fanciful imaginings, and unconscious through their uniquely “distorted” and “bizarre” lens.

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At dusk the dirt and details of the day recede

Through that darkening the dream life flowers

When one can welcome mystery and its troublesome beauty

When the mind opens to what the eyes did not see

The deafening silence of darkness

I feel my way along the untrammeled trail

Where my feet become my mind’s eyes

I experience images I had not known

Images that speak with unnerving sound

Have you been here before?

Sincere thanks to our juror Michael Yochum

 

JUROR

Michael Yochum is a founding partner of Arc. While working as a financial consultant, he volunteered with ArtSpan, the largest artist-member organization in Northern California and producers of San Francisco Open Studios. He was the Chairman of that organization from 2009-2010. Since founding Arc in late 2009, he has worked with many individual collections and corporations, helping them to connect with local artists.

Michael studied art history at Middlebury College and ICU (Tokyo); and, he studied Japanese Art History in the graduate program at Columbia University. He and his wife, Priscilla Otani (also a partner at Arc and a working artist) are avid art collectors with a significant emphasis on collecting local San Francisco Bay Area art.

SHOW CREDITS

Erma Murphy
Curated by Jeremy Thornton
Poetry by Cruwys Brown

WITH THANKS TO
Kellan Christopher
Dan Cassidy

 

SALES

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Patti Akesson
www.akessonart.com

Nima Arabi
www.nimaarabi.ca

Jenny Balisle
www.jennyebalisle.com

Peter Bartczak
www.clownbankstudio.com

Jim Bellisle Bellisleart.com

Aaron Belman www.aaronbelmanart.com

Michael Bird

William Charuhas

Lynden Cline

Claudia Cohen
www.claudiacohen.com

Morgan Conolly

John Diephouse

Natasha Dikareva
www.dikarevart.com

Clare Dygert
www.ClareDygert.com

Suzanne Eller
www.suzanneellerart.com

Benjamin Fink
www.benfinkart.com

Tom Gehrig
tomgehrig.com

Gale Gibbs galegibbs.com

Erica Hart
ericahartart.com

Kelia Ideishi
www.keliaideishi.com

Phyllis Anne Jenkins www.phyllisannefineart.com

Clayton John
www.clayton-images.com

Dana Kelly

Eric Kelly
www.erickellyart.com

Debbie Korbel
www.debbiekorbel.com

Suzanne Lopez
www.suzannelopezphotography.com

Valerie Mendoza
www.valeriemendoza.com

Lena Meszaros

Lawrence Montgomery
lawrencemontgomery.com

C. B. Murphy
www.cbmurphy.net

Angela Petruncio
angelapetruncio.com

Judith Proller
judithprollerphotography.com

Arnaud Quercy
facebook.com/arnaudquercyarts

Paul Ransohoff
www.paulransohoff.com

James Richards
www.makerjim.com

Matthew Schellenberg
www.etsy.com/shop/fullarktees

Roberta Schofield

Marcie Serber

Patricia Shaw

Zahava Sherez
www.zahavasherez.com

Mel Sokolow
mayasokolow.com

Lev L Spiro
www.levlspiro.com

Bill Stoneham
StonehamStudios.com

Mark Symczak
marksymczak.com

Tanya Tewell

Karen Theisen
karentheisenarts.com

Paulette Traverso
paulettetraverso.com

Stephanie Vlahov
www.instagram.com/gemcreate

Irene Yesley
www.iyesley.com

Lisa Yount
lisa-yount.pixels.com

Elzbieta Zdunek
www.instagram.com/surrellart

Bing Zhang
www.bingzhang.net

Man Zhu
www.manmanjane.com