Have you seen the San Francisco Chronicle today? Check out the review of Karrie Hovey's new exhibition on the front page of Ovation, the Thursday arts guide! Hovey, who has several pieces on display at Traywick Contemporary as part of Strange Worlds/Altered Realities, has participated in a mixed-media show at Intersection for the Arts in San Francisco. Her new piece, Endangered, is a collaboration with composer Evelyn Ficarra and writer Elise Ficarra. 

 

"'Our piece looks at the impact of human intervention in nature through the plight of Marin white deer (the fallow deer as well as the axis deer) in the Point Reyes National Seashore ... and the endangered Mission Blue butterfly in the San Francisco Bay Area," says Ficarra, whose sister Evelyn recorded and mixed the sound for the modern broadside."

 

We're thrilled to work with Karrie for Strange Worlds/Altered Realities and to see her in the SF Chronicle. You can read the full review here.

 

Composer Evelyn Ficarra (left), writer Elise Ficarra and artist Karrie Hovey with "Endangered," their work that is part of the mixed-media show at Intersection for the Arts. The installation calls on each of their talents.

Read DeWitt Cheng's review of our current show, Strange Worlds/Altered Realities, over at Visual Art Source. Cheng describes the work of Linda Mieko Allen, Rachel Davis, Ken Fandell, Karrie Hovey and Stas Orlovski:

"These are artists who hide nothing up their sleeves, which is to say they are transparent in their use of materials and procedures, and thus anti-illusionistic in the contemporary manner, but still fire our imaginations."

Come check out the "stunning metamorpheses" of Strange Worlds/Altered Realities for yourself - the show runs through June 30.                                                                                                                                   Ken Fandell, Horse Eye, 2010                           

Learn more about the science and art of color theory! Hear Dr. Karen Schloss of UC Berkeley, and artist Jessica Snow speak this Saturday at the Sonoma Valley Musuem of Art.

"Since 2006, scientists in the Berkeley Color Project at UC Berkeley have been conducting a range of studies into our perceptions of color. Dr. Karen Schloss presents her research on human color preferences and new revelations regarding artistic color theories. Joining her is artist Jessica Snow and together, informed by Schloss's findings, they will discuss artworks from Neo-Impressionism to the present in an effort to sort out the "truths" from the myths about color aesthetics."

Learn more about the talk and how to visit the SVMA here.

 

What's Your Favorite Color? The Science and Art of Color Theory

Saturday April 21, 2pm

Sonoma Valley Musuem of Art

 

Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art is theory no longer! The exhibition, curated by Katrina Traywick, is now up and running at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art. Bringing together nine artists from across the country and a broad spectrum of non-traditional materials and processes, the show explores the meaning, usage and significance of color in contemporary art. 

 

Left to right: works by Elaine Buckholtz, Lucrecia Troncoso and Charles LaBelle

Left to right: works by Lucrecia Troncoso, Chris Duncan, Portia Hein, Joe Macca and Elaine Buckholtz

      

Left: installation by Chris Duncan, Right: wall painting by Jessica Snow

Left to right: works by Portia Hein and Lucrecia Troncoso

Left to right: works by Diana Guerrero-Macia and Lucrecia Troncoso

 

The exhibition has already received a lot of buzz. Read all about in the Sonoma Valley Sun, the Sonoma Index-Tribune, at SonomaNews.com and at PressDemocrat.com.

 

Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art

Curated by Katrina Traywick at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

March 31 - June 10, 2012

Check out the review of Johnna Arnold's new body of work by Rebecca Horne, a photo editor for the Wall Street Journal. 

 

 

"There is something frightening about seeing the human figure in these forgotten, in-between zones. ... Johnna's work puts us back into this world we have made, this time as actors, rather than observers."

 

 

 

Read the full review here.

Johnna Arnold, Guard Rail #1, I-580 merges with I-880 Oakland, CA, 2005, C-print

An exciting new review of Johnna Arnold's work in the latest East Bay Express, which reveals some of the driving ideas behind her "masterful, meditative compositions."

Find the full review here.

 

We are excited for the upcoming exhibition at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Color Theory: The Use of Color in ContemporaryArt, curated by Katrina Traywick, which opens Saturday, March 31st.

"Color Theory: The Use of Color in Contemporary Art celebrates and explores the meaning, usage and significance of color within the context of contemporary art. Employing non-traditional materials and processes, these nine artists engage the foundations of color theory in ways that are entirely contemporary. The exhibition ultimately illustrates that color is not only to be seen, but also experienced."

 

View images from the exhibition here. Learn more about the exhibition and how to visit the SVMA. Hope to see you there! 

 

Color Theory will be on display March 31-June 10, 2012.

Please join us for a morning of silkscreening and conversation with Johnna Arnold.  

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Are you in LA? Do you want to learn more about art in LA? Stas Orlovski has convened a panel of peers for a discussion at the 100th annual CAA conference. The panel is called LA RAW: Conversations on Art, Life and Practice in Los Angeles, and features such luminary artists as Llyn Foulkes, Charles Garabedian and John Sonsini, among others. It will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday February 23rd at 2:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Learn more about it here.

Traywick Contemporary

Are you in LA? Do you want to learn more about art in LA? Stas Orlovski has convened a panel of peers for a discussion at the 100th annual CAA conference. The panel is called LA RAW: Conversations on Art, Life and Practice in Los Angeles, and features such luminary artists as Llyn Foulkes, Charles Garabedian and John Sonsini, among others. It will take place at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Thursday February 23rd at 2:30pm. It is free and open to the public. Learn more about it here.

 

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Charles LaBelle's work is currently on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco as part of the exhibition Do Not Destory: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought. "Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought is an exciting opportunity to explore the subject of the tree in Jewish tradition through the lens of contemporary artists who enable us to see the world in new ways and to encourage us to find fresh meaning in tradition. . . . [The exhibition] also probes the role of the tree in contemporary art more broadly by presenting a selection of works by...

Traywick Contemporary

Charles LaBelle's work is currently on display at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco as part of the exhibition Do Not Destory: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought. 

"Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought is an exciting opportunity to explore the subject of the tree in Jewish tradition through the lens of contemporary artists who enable us to see the world in new ways and to encourage us to find fresh meaning in tradition. . . . [The exhibition] also probes the role of the tree in contemporary art more broadly by presenting a selection of works by an international roster of artists for whom the tree has served as the subject of a discrete project like Rodney Graham, Charles Labelle , Yoko Ono, and Yuken Teruya. . ."

Yves Behar, Alef of Life, 2011. Bay laurel, 14 x 14 x 3 in. Courtesy of the artist. Photo courtesy of Fuseproject. Created for Do Not Destroy: Trees, Art, and Jewish Thought; The Dorothy Saxe Invitational. Rodney Graham, Welsh Oaks #2, 1998. From a suite of 7 black and white photographs, 48 x 36 in. Private collection. Photo courtesy of Donald Young Gallery, Chicago.

The exhibition is on view now through May 28. Learn more about it here.