off site exhibitions

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Outside Exhibition // “Don’t mind if I do” at Sacramento State University

Sharing the work of eleven artists who have influenced Shannon’s practice, Don’t mind if I do destabilizes rigid ableist and exclusionary museum “best practices” like sparse seating, untouchable objects, dense wall labels, and guards who protect rather than invite engagement. It is a project built upon a framework of flexibility. By welcoming glitches, inviting informality and messiness, and unsettling the hierarchy of objects, Don’t mind if I do prioritizes people over artwork and makes more room for us to show up as our full selves. Read More …

Outside Exhibition // “Reflections: Portraits and Self-Portraits from NIAD Art Center”

The University Art Gallery at Sonoma State University proudly presents Reflections: Portraits and Self-Portraits from NIAD Art Center, an exhibition curated by Executive Director Amanda Eicher, and Board Member Jay Youngdahl. Artists in their own right, Amanda and Jay are regular conversation partners with the studio artists at NIAD, finding an evocative and lasting dialogue with practices of self-representation and the question of representation itself. Read More …

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Outside Exhibition // Marlon Mullen in “Like a Nightingale With a Toothache”

Off Paradise is delighted to announce Like a Nightingale with a Toothache, an exhibition featuring works by Jane Dickson, Ryan Gander, Robert Gober, J Grabowski, Robert Hawkins, Colter Jacobsen, Ross Knight, Matthieu Laurette, Lee Lozano, Alice Mackler, Gordon Matta-Clark, Marlon Mullen, Alessandro Paiano, Richard Prince, Claude Rutault, Maaike Schoorel, Mose Tolliver and B. Wurtz. Read More …

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“BEASTIES” Opening Reception at Rebecca Camacho Presents

“The show began as I was thinking about those stories of orcas that have been inexplicably linked to the destruction and sinking of boats across the Mediterranean. Perhaps this fascination stems from the unpredictability and raw defiance embodied by these aquatic mammals – baffling occurrences that stand in heavy contrast to humans’ ever-quickening technological advancements and rapid domestication and degradation of our shared environment. As an exhibition, BEASTIES ruminates on artists and artworks that mirror the spirit of these orcas, eschewing docile natures and tame-ability for wildness and unknowability.” Read More …

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“Nocturnes” Opening Reception at Personal Space

The opening includes live music by Agnes Martian, refreshments by Village, art cake by Lisa Nuñez-Hancock, and savory treats by Leah Tumerman.

Nocturnes presents Personal Space’s sixth exhibition and marks the gallery’s one year anniversary. The dreamy, languid, moody atmosphere imparted by the show’s title, conjures those hazy, magical hours between dusk and dawn, dark and light — a time so slippery it could perhaps only be captured by art. The eight artists gathered here — hailing from Atlanta, London, Los Angeles, New York, Mexico City, and the Bay Area — share interests in this liminal realm. Traversing textile, painting, and sculpture, their works rest somewhere between past, present, and future by offering spaces of refuge, pondering ecology, and considering acts of care, while honoring ancestral histories and beliefs. Bodies and bodies of water feature prominently, shape-shifting and embracing their interdependence with nature and the alchemical aspects of materiality. Seemingly eerie, witchy, and sometimes unsettling, the works give way to hope, transformation, and the start of something new — each their own note in this overarching score. Read More …