Stephanie Rigsby - Photography
Jeff Ritter - Industrial Furniture Design & Sculpture
Opening Party June 14th, 6 to 9pm
Show runs June 9th though July 19th 2014
Two
multi-faceted local artists living and working in the San Francisco bay
area. Their work embodies the daily life and remains of the industrial
era. In rediscovering and redesigning the beauty of our surroundings
they reclaim our past and what we know, and love about
Northern
California.
Stephanie Rigsby – Photography
Occasionally,
the ephemeral, presents itself as visible. Surreal couplings of shapes,
saturated layers of color, illuminated light and its refraction- all
exist beyond a simple surface of what we register. Often, such aspects
pass undetected. Transformations in lines or shadows may flicker into
view for mere minutes. It is within these precise moments, Rigsby,
endeavors to capture the life of her subjects. To capture these
subjects in an organic state, her photography is not modified. This
allows the images to reveal a duplicitous nature of their own accord.
Perception has a natural tendency to rationalize that which contradicts
a usual bias. By presenting unaffected subjects in their natural state,
viewers may discern themselves, if the surreal has potential to coexist
with reality. Primary themes in her work include architecture,
industrial landscapes, performance art, haunted locations, and curiosa.
More of her work can be viewed from her artblog:
colorchrome.blogspot.com
Jeff Ritter - Alchemist, Mad Man & Industrial
Furniture Designer
Jeff
Ritter a self taught artist living in Oakland Ca. Ritter uses reclaimed
steel along with different mediums creating functional industrial
furniture, and sculpture. His work is available for special order.
