Spotlight: Photography February 6 - March 19, 2016
Curator’s Statement The 3rd Annual Spotlight exhibition showcases the urban images of five local San Francisco Bay Area artists: Charles Anselmo, Steven Goldband & Ellen Konar, Ari Salomon, and Leo VanMunching. The exhibition shows a broad range of photographic styles, with all of the photographers approaching their urban subject matter uniquely. Arc Fine Arts Consulting is established as a natural extension of the mission of Arc Gallery and Studios. Arc is dedicated to showcasing and promoting emerging and established artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here we are blessed with some of the most prestigious art schools in the country. On a per capita basis San Francisco boasts a higher percentage of working artists than any other city in the country. The opportunity for local collectors and businesses to build collections which tap into and support these communities is unparalleled. Arc Fine Arts is singularly dedicated to fostering those connections. Michael Yochum. Partner Arc Gallery, Fine Arts Consulting & Studios
Please note that all images in this exhibition are multisize editions. Please feel free to inquire about pricing on different image sizes, framed and unframed.
Catalog designed by Michael Yochum Arc Gallery Š 2015
Featured Artists
Charles Anselmo Steve Goldband & Ellen Konar Ari Salomon Leo VanMunching
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 6th, 7-9PM ARTIST TALK & CLOSING RECEPTION: Saturday, March 19th, 12-3PM
Charles Anselmo Within the fabric of populous urban environments there persist abandoned places which exist tenuously as inconvenient symbols of an earlier time, and which prompt complex questions concerning design, intention, social motivation and waste. These silent architectural icons are bestrewn with the uncertainties of the past, effectively deconstructing the man-made environment as a place of emotional permanence. I try to evaluate the strange dissonances of this forgotten urban landscape. The artifacts in my photographs indicate a rich and compelling archaeology of loss and discreetly suggest a visual compression of time, memory, and the past. The images address issues of transition and history, but they are also concerned with the role of the human witness in environments that have come to reveal the metaphorical richness disclosed with a hidden world of remnants. Articulating their own visually inherent narratives, these disparate, fragmented irrealities remain disconnected from their original identities. The architectural ghosts within this theme have led me to explore the uniquely dualistic status of urban visual culture, and to record how an insistently human presence tends to prevail at derelict sites to yield scenes saturated with disquieting contradictions. Images of peaceful disconnection are instilled with a pervasive sense of human activity and grand design, but also reveal a textured, deconstructed landscape of historical fragments and skeletal details that reference the way in which memory changes perception as we reconsider the past. My images are formally linked by the many visual elements and textures of broken structure and interiors, but ultimately this work is more explicitly concerned with the intersection of place memory and social context. Working exclusively with medium and large format film, my portfolios embrace an attempt to fuse an aesthetic form with a social idea as a way of interpreting the past, photographically captured in the warm palette of decay.
415-407-3870
imagecuba@gmail.com
www.charlesanselmo.com
EDUCATION: 1970-72 Ogden Art School, Sunnyvale, CA 1976 University of California, Santa Cruz
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2003
Mem贸ria Eid茅tica, 12TH Havana Bienal, Havana, Cuba Interiors/Structure of Memory, PHOTO Fine Art Photography, Oakland, CA Artifacts: Urban Images on Habotai Silk, Stanford University, CA Cuba: Disconnection and Remembrance, Calumet Gallery, San Francisco, CA Deconstrucciones: Fotografias en Papel y Seda, Fototeca Nacional de Cuba, Havana, Cuba Deconstructions: La Habana, PHOTO Fine Art Photography, Oakland, CA Structure, Noma Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA Shadows of Memory, Jose Marti International Journalism Institute, Havana, Cuba Deconstructions: Havana/New Orleans, Aftermodern Gallery, San Francisco, CA Artifacts, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA Deconstructions, Gallery One Whitney, New Haven, Connecticut Remnants, The Main Gallery, Redwood City, CA The Architecture of Memory, Nimbus Design Gallery, Redwood City, CA Temporal Space, Group Five Studio, Santa Cruz, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2016 Spotlight, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2015 Annual International Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA 2014 Oakland and Beyond/Sense of Place, PHOTO Fine Art Photography, Oakland, CA 2013 Cuba 2012, Institute for Research in Social Science, Stanford University, CA 2012 Cubanismo: American Photographers in Havana, Stanford University, CA 011 Cuba: Vivid Shadows/Obscure Illuminations, Cara & Cabezas Gallery, Kansas City, MO Urban Ingredients, Dalet Gallery, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Imagenes de Cuba: Urban Landscapes, Lake Wales Art Center, Lake Wales, FL Island Cuba, Dalet Gallery, Philagrafika 2010, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Annual International Exhibition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA 2008 Realities and Illusions, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA 2007 Exhibitor, Art Basel Red Dot Miami Art Exhibit, Miami, FL Emerging International Photographers, Aftermodern Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2006 Exhibitor, Photo SF 2006, San Francisco, CA Seven Photographers, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2005 Vandals, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, CA PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: 2014-15 2009-12 2008-10 2007-08
Visiting Lecturer, San Alejandro Academy of Fine Art, Havana, Cuba Visiting Lecturer, Jose Marti International Journalism Institute, Havana, Cuba Director, Noma Gallery, San Francisco, California Director, Aftermodern Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
183 Obrapia, La Habana archival ultrachrome print on Habotai silk 52” x 78” $4000
Charles Anselmno
237 San Lazaro, La Habana archival ultrachrome print on Habotai silk 52” x 78” $4000
342 Lamparilla, La Habana archival ultrachrome print on Habotai silk 52” x 78” $4000
Charles Anselmo
Philadelphia 1 - 6 archival ultrachrome print on Epson Fine Art Smooth paper 16” x 12” $400 each
Steve Goldband & Ellen Konar Forms and Fragments Forms and Fragments presents unlikely objects of beauty from the urban landscape. The tonality of the images is muted, the light soft and embracing. In some instances beauty derives from the intimacy of objects presented in isolation. In others, multiple, distant views are presented alongside one other as if to insist the viewer see them in a larger context than she could possibly get from a physical point of view. The effect we hope the viewer to experience is accentuated by the geometries and light of the moment of capture. The images were captured in three countries over a five-year period. The two triptychs were developed from a series of images captured in Naoshima, a singular remote island in the inland sea of Japan noted for its contemporary art installations. They contrast a natural landscape with man-made urban materials and geometries. These works are printed on archival inkjet medium, mounted on dibond, and face-mounted with Plexiglas without a visual frame, so as to integrate seamlessly with their current environment. Two of the four individual images are based in Beijing, China during a time of transition. In case of emergency is the Chinese text next to a simple rope, hung in the “big cat� house at the Beijing Zoo. Window was made at a maintenance building nearby. Rings and Hung Up were both taken in India, the former in a Jaipur workshop, the latter in a small, non-electrified factory in Cochin that makes outdoor mats from coir fiber for export.
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Steve Goldband and Ellen Konar, Photographers Since 2009, Steve and Ellen have collaborated on most of their photographic projects. Steve’s keen eye or geometry, formal structure and texture pervade his work in urban landscapes. Ellen’s fascination with color, balance and dynamic portraiture have broadened and added depth to their collective perspective. The collaborative work has been recognized and exhibited in galleries, contests, commercial venues and private collections. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 2014 2013 2012 2010 2001
Street Photography from Cuba, Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto CA Pacific Rim Exposures II, Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford CA View from the Street, Koret Pavilion at Stanford University, Stanford CA The Neskowin Ghost Forest, Mike’s Café, Palo Alto CA Naoshima Abstracted, Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, Mountain View CA Pacific Rim Exposures, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland CA Naoshima Abstracted, Urban Hardwoods, San Francisco, CA, Under Construction, Ricoh Silicon Valley Research Center., Cupertino, CA,
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS AND AWARDS 2016 2015 2014 2012 2013 2009
Spotlight, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, In Motion, curated by Hal FisherHarvey Milk Photo Gallery, San Francisco CA International Juried Exhibition, curated by Robert Hirsh, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA California Small, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland CA, Juried Member Show, curated by Richard Gadd, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel CA Angles, Lines and Curves, Filoli Gardens, Woodside, CA On Reflection, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo CA Upon Reflection, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA Bay Area Wildlife, Filoli Gardens, Woodside, CA The Perimeter of the World, RAYKO, San Francisco CA Waterworks, BAPC exhibition, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA Reconsidering the Horizon, PHOTO Gallery, Oakland, CA Center Forward, Center for Fine Art Photography & RAYKO, San Francisco CA Photo Nova 19, ModernBook Gallery, Palo Alto CA
We are indebted to the many outstanding photographers who have provided inspiration, guidance, and support including Mary Ellen Mark, Brigitte Carnochan, Mark Citret, Judy Dater, Robert Dawson, and our fellow BAPC and ‘workshop reunion’ photographers who gave us inspiration and guidance in our journey.
Triposit # 1 archival ink jet print under UV plexiglass 17” x 34” $900 framed
Steve Goldband & Ellen Konar
Triposit # 2 archival ink jet print under UV plexiglass 17” x 34” $900 framed
Rings archival ink jet print 30” x 24” $900 framed
Window archival ink jet print 30” x 24” $900 framed
In Case of Emergency archival ink jet print 30” x 24” $900 framed
Hung Up archival ink jet print 30” x 24” $900 framed
Steve Goldband & Ellen Konar
Ari Salomon I am interested in the way photographs abstract space and time; how they can capture cycles of construction and deconstruction, and evidence of people living or just passing through. Together, the images present questions about cultural authenticity and what makes one location unique from any other. This series focuses on Japanese urban industrial architecture. The pictures are composed of individual photographs, shot in sequence, and then stitched together on a computer. Some are 360 degrees and some are less. Some present a vertical view that includes ground and sky together. I love the poetic relationship presented by making art about the grand qualities of mundane buildings — especially in a large-scale, panoramic format. Layers of history are brought to life in this wide angle of view as the eye compares the relationship of buildings and the spaces between them. The viewer discovers unexpected juxtapositions and whimsical details.
415.621.4268 ari@arisalomon.com http://arisalomon.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
In Motion, Harvey Milk Photo Center, Curated by Hal Fischer, San Francisco CA CICA Contemporary Photography Exhibition, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea COLLECT!, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley CA Upon Reflection, PHOTO, Curated by Stephen Wirtz, Oakland CA How the Light Gets In: Bay Area Photo, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco CA Motion Studies, Dzine, San Francisco CA Motion Studies, 4×5 Gallery (solo show) Home, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland OR Return to Simplicity, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont CA Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA Reconsidering the Horizon, PHOTO, Oakland CA POP!, Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco CA DIY: Photographers & Books, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH Bay Area Currents, Pro Arts, Curated by Renny Pritikin, Oakland CA WaterWorks, ARC Gallery, Curated by Ed Carey, San Francisco CA Accident, PHOTO, Curated by René de Guzman, Oakland CA Digital Darkroom Slideshow Night, The Annenberg Space for Photography. Los Angeles CA Best of OPEN SHOW 2011, Apple Store, San Francisco CA FROM JAPAN TO JAPAN: Images of Japan by American Photographers, (earthquake benefit), PHOTO, Oakland CA Shadowshop, A project by Stephanie Syjuco, SFMOMA, San Francisco CA FOTO: Pushing Boundaries, Juried by Ada Takahashi, ARC Gallery, San Francisco CA Follow-ed, a collection of books influenced and inspired by Ed Ruscha,, Winchester Gallery, Winchester UK Habitat: Explorations of Home and Shelter in Contemporary Art, curated by Carrie Lederer and Steven Pon, California Bank of Commerce, San Francisco CA Scene Unseen, Rayko Photo Center, San Francisco CA Yokohama Photo Festival, Slideshow Screening Produced by Yoichi Nagata Synthetic Environment, Mina Dresden Gallery, San Francisco CA SMaLL, CordenPotts Gallery, San Francisco CA Ari Salomon and Andy Vogt, SFMOMA Minna and Natoma windows, San Francisco CA
COLLECTIONS
Susanne Wedewer-Pampus Sharon and Michael Blasgen Scott Atthowe Beau Takahara Connor Turnbull Renee de Cossio Justin Hall Cleveland Museum of Art Indie Photobook Library
Fukuoka, Hakata Car Park pigment print 24” x 51” $1300
Ari Salomon
Tokyo, Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower pigment print 25” x 56” $1300
Fukuoka, Canal City pigment print 25” x 65” $1300
Ari Salomon
Tokyo, Washington Hotel pigment print 25” x 69” $1300
Leo VanMunching The photographs in this exhibit are part of a larger project to document the architecture, landscape and people of San Francisco during the most pervasive changes the city has seen in decades. They were made with a tripodmounted bellows camera that uses 8” x 10” sheet film, a device that cannot capture motion but renders objects in repose with great clarity. Though deeply ingrained in the popular imagination, the San Francisco of “Vertigo” and “Bullitt,” The Joy Luck Club and The Maltese Falcon, the Beat Poets and the Summer of Love is rapidly being transformed by ever-larger boom-and-bust cycles in the tech industry and its close cousin, the real estate market. The famous landmarks mostly remain, though the vistas are gradually shrinking in the face of construction, while the social landscape increasingly resembles that of Manhattan, where earlier influxes of wealth led to the gradual exodus of its middle- and lower-class inhabitants. How far down this path San Francisco will travel, how soon, and with what consequences for its fabled ethnic diversity and the character of its neighborhoods remain open questions.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2016 Solo Exhibition, San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco CA 2015 San Francisco in Black and White, One Front St & 50 Beale St., San Francisco CA Quiet City, 475 Sansome St and 45 Fremont St,, San Francisco CA 2014 Quiet City, 555 California St, San Francisco, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2016 2014 2013
Spotlight, Arc Gallery, San Francisco CA As It Happened, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda CA Urban Grit, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda CA Now That You’re Gone, San Francisco Art Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA Sky, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek CA Someplace in Space, 5 Claude Lane Gallery,San Francisco CA
PUBLICATIONS 2014 2013
“Boom: A Journal of California”, University of California Press, Summer Issue “Recent Work”, catalog, 40 pages
Bernal Heights & Excelsior archival pigment print 55� x 44� image $3600 framed
Leo VanMunching
22nd Street and Florida Street archival pigment print 37” x 30” image $2400 framed
Fresno Street and Peter Macchiarini Steps archival pigment print 20” x 16” image $900 framed
Broadway Street and Peter Macchiarini Steps archival pigment print 20” x 16” image $900 framed
Francisco Street and Leavenworth Street archival pigment print 20” x 16” image $900 framed
Leo VanMunching
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