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· Exhibition dates: June 2-25, 2011
· Oakland Art Murmur: Friday, June 3 from 6-9pm...Special Musical Guest: Echo Twin
· Opening Reception: Saturday June 11, 6-9pm (in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur)
· East Bay Open Studios: Extended Hours on Sat. & Sun., June 4-5 & 11-12, 11am to 6pm
· Artists' Talk: Saturday June 11 at 2pm
SOLO SHOW
Julianne Wallace Sterling: Pushing Fairy Tales
Image: Julianne Wallace Sterling, "Snow White's Blue Birds", 2011, Oil, graphite and collage from Disney's Snow White on wood panel 36" x 48"'
In her latest group of work, Julianne Wallace Sterling paints about the realities, complexities and absurdities of life as a woman. With some bittersweet humor she explores the place where the gender conditioning of her youth rubs up against the expectations of being a woman, wife and mother. Her paintings are about little secrets women keep to themselves. As Cornelia Otis Skinner said "...Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins they have never committed." Sterling draws from the rich history of portrait painting with this work, creating a likeness but also musing on cultural norms and ideals of women. Her subjects are drawn from the women and children in her life.
Julianne Wallace Sterling is a Bay Area painter born in Southern California. She graduated from UC Riverside with a BS in Economics and pursued post-baccalaureate studies in art at San Francisco State. Her work has been exhibited at Dacia Gallery in New York, A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato and Pro Arts Gallery in Oakland. She was recently awarded first prize at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art's 2010 Juried Annual. Her work has been written about in the San Francisco Chronicle and the East Bay Express. She was nominated for a Pro Arts' 2 x 2 Solos Exhibition and Commissioning Program. Ms. Sterling's work was recently selected for A.I.R. Gallery's 9th Biennial in Brooklyn in March 2011.
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GROUP SHOW
Gallery Artists: Less Than Large
Image: Kerry Vander Meer, "Hybrid #10", 2011, Mixed media on paper, 22" x 15"
Mercury 20 Gallery is proud to present a selection of small work created by current gallery artists. Collectors will find paintings, photographs, prints, drawings and mixed media works at very affordable prices. Artists: Mary V. Marsh, Kerry Vander Meer, Julie Alvarado, Jill McLennan, Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Jody Medich and Charlie Milgrim.
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Founded in 2006, Mercury 20 is a contemporary art gallery established, supported and operated by East Bay artists. Mercury 20 maintains a venue for its member artists to exhibit, develop, and advance their work and is committed to exhibiting art of diverse media and content. Exhibitions rotate monthly and the gallery presents a well-attended opening event every first Friday in conjunction with the Oakland Art Murmur.
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Founded in 2006, Mercury 20 is a contemporary art gallery established, supported and operated by East Bay artists. Mercury 20 maintains a venue for its member artists to exhibit, develop, and advance their work and is committed to exhibiting art of diverse media and content. Exhibitions rotate monthly and the gallery presents a well-attended opening event every first Friday in conjunction with the Oakland Art Murmur. ARTISTS REPRESENTED: JULIE ALVARADO, JO ANN BIAGINI, ERIC BOHR, MARGARET CHAVIGNY, TERRYL DUNN, P.K. FRIZZELL, PETER HONIG, MAYA KABAT, KATHLEEN KING, MARY V. MARSH, JILL MCLENNAN, JODY MEDICH, DAVE MEEKER, CHARLIE MILGRIM, PAUL MUELLER, MARY CURTIS RATCLIFF, JULIANNE STERLING, LAURA VAN DUREN, JOAN WEISS
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