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don't miss us at ArtPadSF 2013, the San Francisco art fair at the Phoenix Hotel, May 16-19



painting painting
curated by Amanda Roscoe Mayo

beta pictoris gallery is excited to announce its participation at ArtPadSF 2013, San Francisco's Art Fair at the Phoenix Hotel, with painting painting, an exhibition curated by San Francisco based Independent Curator Amanda Roscoe Mayo.

- John Bankston
- Jarrod Beck
- Steven Bindernagel
- Willie Cole
- Clayton Colvin
- Derek Cracco
- Ben Dowell
- Peter Fox
- Deborah Karpman
- Jacqueline Norheim
- Odili Donald Odita
- Michele Pred
- Christian Sampson
- Pete Schulte
- Ellen Siebers
- Leslie Smith III
- Susanna Starr
- Melissa Vandenberg
- Matt Wycoff
- Jake Ziemann

and on the flat screen: Mark Flood's music videos


painting painting aims to look at painting from all sides both in terms of content and practice. The frame is challenged, the use of paint or other materials is exploited, and with experimentation at its heart these works emerge from a larger dialogue.
Painting since Modernism has long pursued a course of knowledge. In the case of Mark Rothko it was that of the Sublime. Ad Reinhardt sought it in the value of abstraction, and Robert Ryman in the paint itself. While painters like Vija Celmins cause viewers to stagger in disbelief at an intricately realistic scene that is the product of hand and brush. Jackson Pollock postulated the gesture. In her essay “Greenberg on Pollock” (1993) Rosalind E. Krauss describes what is known so well about Pollock, the drip and how the work did not “join tradition, culture, and convention” until it was lifted off of the floor and onto the wall. The trajectory of painting has evolved significantly and now resides in the chaotic. There are artists who paint and there are painters who practice, though these are not irreconcilable.
painting painting presents both sides of the coin and all matters of content on the spectrum between aesthetics and the political.

ArtPadSF, May 16 - 19

The Phoenix Hotel
601 Eddy Street
San Francisco, CA 94109


AMANDA ROSCOE MAYO is an independent curator in San Francisco California exhibiting nationally and published internationally. She received her Master’s in Curatorial Practice from California College of the Arts. Her exhibitions are critically curated to engage a multi-generational dialogue with a focus on emerging artists. In addition to her independent projects she is one of a rotating cast of curators curating silent film screenings for the Rock Bar in San Francisco as well as a contributing music and film writer for KQED Arts.

You can find out more about her on her website:





Artforum critic's pic (click on image to read online version on Artforum.com):





Art in America review (click on image to read online version on ArtInAmerica.com):






Pete Schulte in Chelsea, NYC



Steven Bindernagel @ CRG gallery, Chelsea, NY



Shana Robbins @ Lexington Art League, KY



Jarrod Beck @ artcurrent, Tribeca, NY



Mark Flood @ Home Alone, Tribeca, NY



Peter Fox @nuartlink, Westport, CT



Derek Cracco @ docs, New Orleans, LA



Jarrod Beck at Socrates Sculpture Park, LIC, NY


Mark Flood @ Zach Feuer, Chelsea, NY







 
Willie COLE
Clayton COLVIN 
Derek CRACCO 
Deborah KARPMAN
and
Susanna STARR
 
 
Sowage Study

Willie Cole, rare Stowage Study, 1997

woodcut
red ink, and red tape on paper
ca. 56 1/4 by 104 3/4 in.



Starr three studies

Susanna Starr, Three untitled Studies, 2001

synthetic sponge, acrylic paint, and cord
each appox. 6 by 5 by 5 in.



Clayton SanFran

Clayton Colvin, Field and Stream, 2012

graphite, charcoal, and acrylic on linen
ca. 18 by 22 in.



Cracco SanFran

Derek Cracco, Cocked and loaded, 2003

digital print, vinyl, and resin on panel
24 by 36 in.



KarpmanSanFran

Deborah Karpman, Fiver VIII, 2010

collage on paper
6 by 6 in.



The ArtPadSF Contemporary Art Fair comes to San Francisco May 17-20, an independent hotel-based art fair focusing on emerging and contemporary galleries and artists at the legendary Phoenix Hotel.
 

"The Phoenix is the quintessential place to host an independent art fair," ArtPadSF Director Maria Jenson notes. "It's an oasis located in a San Francisco neighborhood that's on the edge, and for many artists, collectors, and enthusiasts, exploring the areas just outside of our comfort zones or what we recognize as familiar, is often the most invigorating way to find hidden treasures.  Collecting can be fun and need not be limited to the exceptionally affluent. It can also be as much about the hunt as it is the find. ArtPadSF is an adventure-for us as producers, for our exhibiting galleries and artists, for our partners and sponsors, and hopefully for ArtPadSF visitors."

 

The Phoenix Hotel is located in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, a hotbed for the city's emerging artists.  Perhaps the last frontier of SF's ever-expanding gentrification trend, you can still stumble upon unpolished gems in the forms of incredible cooking, unpredictable bar scenes, mom-and-pop stores, great live music and a thriving art community.  This area is also home to Twitter HQ, Grey Area Foundation for the Arts and Asian Art Museum, and is in close proximity to the most recognizable art institutions of the city, such as San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA).



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