"Dog and Wolf" organized by Tess Rubinstein

a black ink line drawing on yellow textured paper from a braille book. The drawing includes a large diamond shape, a solid line border, and a large X spanning the whole page, crossing the diamond.
a ceramic sculpture of a tower glazed in blue and green. The tower is made of little cylinders, some are stacked vertically and others are wrapped around the tower in horizontal bands. There are gaps between each cylinder through which the white background is visible.

About the Exhibition

There’s an old folk saying in France, l’heure entre chien y loup, or the hour between dog and wolf, that speaks to the ambiguity of twilight hour. That period between day and night when light turns, shadows stretch, and our preconceived notions are set adrift.

This selection of work bends our expectations, playing tricks on the eye and rejecting definition. As viewers, we’re invited to sit within the ambiguity, left to revel in buzzing color fields, mythic structures, and disarticulated stop lights. Rather than categorize or contain, these 14 artists present a world in which multiple truths exist at once, a reality full of nuance and shimmering unknowns. 

 

About the Organizer

Tess Rubinstein is a multi-disciplinary artist living in the SF Bay Area. Her work highlights the beauty and intelligence of the natural world, and considers how we can learn from ecological narratives. Primary themes include mutualism, cyclicality, curiosity, and the role of attention. Her process is guided by an exploration in materials, primarily through pulp painting and printmaking. Rubinstein received her BFA from the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2017, and currently works as an illustrator, naturalist, and teacher.