Jennybird Alcantara "Treacherous Gardens" Opening (Event Over)
- When:Fri 4/3 (7PM)
- Where: Varnish Fine Art
- Address: 77 Natoma St. between 1st and 2nd St. San Francisco, CA Map
- Cost: FREE!
Jennybird Alcantara: Treacherous Gardens
March 31 – May 9, 2009
Opening Reception Friday April 3, 7-10pm
Jennybird Alcantara's Treacherous Gardens solo exhibit of paintings explores "the garden of the mind" and its vast, beautiful landscape filled with inherent pitfalls. Duality, water themes, dreams and nightmares figure prominently in this new series of detailed fantasies in oil and acrylic on panel. “I have always been a daydreamer,” says Jennybird, “and get many of my ideas during that state of semi-consciousness. My inspirations come from a wide variety of sources including fairytales and fables, mythology, the natural world and freaks of nature, melancholy…broken dolls and objects out of place.” With a narrative at its core, Alcantara’s minutely detailed paintings are filled with objects that possess un-borrowed symbolism contained within each piece and within the series. The artist’s love of animals and their instincts is seen and felt in her use of folklore and metaphor. Dual natures addressing the veils between human-animal, internal-external, and life-death embody the characters central to each painting. Treacherous Gardens will be on exhibit through May 9th.
Varnish is a 21+ only venue. Sorry, no babies or kids, either.
HOURS: Tues-Fri 11am to 11pm , Sat. By Appt. Only
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