Exhibition dates: May 10-June 16, 2012
Artists' Reception: Saturday, May 12 from 6-9 pm
Oakland Art Murmur First Friday: June 1 from 6-9pm
Charlie Milgrim: Dark Alliances
Asphalt building paper, heavy and black, provides the background and scaffold for Charlie Milgrim's
recent works. Nuclear cooling towers glow and radiate a soft
fluorescence and hover in the black-ground of space. Black paper planes,
shadowy stealth bombers, are folded and creased into the angular
abstractions and dark geometry of the military machine. Creation and
destruction conjoin uneasily in our technocratic state.
Charlie Milgrim was born in New York City. She received a BFA
from California College of the Arts and an MFA from UC Berkeley. She
has exhibited her work at the Oakland Museum, the Haines Gallery and
Gallery 16 in San Francisco, OK Harris in New York City and has work in
many private collections including the Di Rosa Collection in Napa, CA. http://www.charliemilgrim.com
Image: Charlie Milgrim, Cool Pair #1, 2011, drawing on roofing tar paper photo: Charlie Milgrim
Flourish Sunday, May 6
An auction and wonderful event to support the Oakland Art Murmur that I donated work to:
Murmurama Saturday, May 19, 7-10PM - 16 Galleries and friends of the Oakland Art Murmur present a special Saturday night of art and festivities during the weekend of the San Francisco Art Fairs.
Where: Downtown Oakland, CA Uptown Art District,
(Between Grand Ave and 26th St, and between Telegraph Ave and Valdez St.)
Close to 19th St BART a 7 minute walk to our district, paid parking lots and street parking available nearby
Oakland, CA –
Oakland Art Murmur is pleased to announce the second annual Murmurama, a
multi-venue celebration including art exhibitions, film screenings,
live music, food, wine and more. Murmurama will take place on the
Saturday evening of the San Francisco art fair weekend. Art fair
attendees from afar are invited to take part in the thriving and
nationally recognized Oakland art scene generated by the artists and
galleries behind Oakland Art Murmur. Bay Area locals are encouraged to
enjoy some of the region’s most refreshing art and numerous gallery
activities on a night other than the ever-popular First Friday of the
month.
Sixteen galleries
and mixed-use spaces within walking distance of one another will open
their doors, hosting special events, 7 to 10 PM.
San Francisco Fine Arts fair
Eric Bohr and I are participating in the San Francisco Fine art Fair at Fort Mason representing Mercury 20 May 16-20 ...I will post a link for free tickets before the event
Art Pad -Phoenix Hotel San Francisco
Mercury20 will be in room 23 for this fabulous art fair May 17-20
I will have an installation in the bathroom.
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"Edge", pastel on printmaking paper, 3'x 5'
