Retrograde: New Work at Mercury 20
Mercury 20 Gallery
25 Grand Ave. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA 94612
December 5, 2008 – January 31, 2009
Please join us for our Opening Reception: Friday, December 5th from 6 – 9pm (in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur).
Also: Afternoon After: Saturday, December 6th from 12 – 4pm (in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur).
Oakland's Mercury 20 Gallery presents its out-with-the-old /in-with-the-New Year group show Retrograde: New Work at Mercury 20, an overview of recent painting, sculpture, photography, drawing and mixed media by East Bay artists. The works in this show review an intense period encompassing collapse, confusion, hope and change, and reflect on the underlying patterns that came to light.
We are especially pleased to present the work of five artists new to the gallery in 2008: Eric Bohr, Chela Fielding, Aaron Geman, Jill McLennan, and Mary Curtis Ratcliff, as well as the work of our continuing members: Julie Alvarado, Jo Ann Biagini, Margaret Chavigny, Peter Honig, Ce Ce Iandoli, Maya Kabat, Kathleen King, Tarra Lyons, Mary V. Marsh, Charlie Milgrim, Jamie Morgan, David Seiler, Laura Van Duren, Anna Vaughan and Joan Weiss.
Mercury 20 is an artist-run exhibition space located in the heart of downtown Oakland; part of the emerging arts district in the Broadway/Telegraph corridor.
Gallery hours are Fridays 4 – 7pm and Saturdays 12 noon – 3pm, or by appointment.
For more information please contact mercurytwenty@gmail.com or call Kathleen at 510.701.4620
Charlie Milgrim, True Colors, ladder and bowling balls, 2008
Mary Curtis Ratcliff, Porthole 1, photograph, 2008
Margaret Chavigny, Where You've Led Me, oil, acrylic, wax on panel