David Ball Preview: 941 Geary Art Gallery: The City We Love

NINE FOUR ONE

The City We Love: An Exhibition of Bay Area Artists

David Ball Preview

David Ball is a collage/mixed media artist located in San Francisco. His interests range from observed relationship dynamics and social commentary to more introverted personal works, all in surreal, other-worldly landscapes driven by character and narrative.

Postcards from the Unconscious- David Ball from Colin M Day on Vimeo.

The City We Love, a large-scale group exhibition of works from artists living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area. The show is co-curated by Justin Giarla and local graffiti practitioner APEX, and features new work from artists actively engaged in San Francisco’s graffiti and street art culture.

The opening reception is on Saturday, August 13, 2011 from 6-9 pm, and the exhibition is free and open to the public for viewing through September 3 at 941 Geary between Larkin and Polk.

The show will exhibit the art of APEX, Casey Gray, Chad Hasegawa, Chor Boogie, David Ball, D Young V, EZRA, Hugh Leeman, Jesse Hazelip, John Felix Arnold, Luke Todd, NEON, Silhouette, Teen Witch and Vogue.
"Spin" (diptych: left panel), David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Panel, 24"x36"

"Spin" (diptych: left panel), David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Panel, 24"x36"

"Spin" (diptych: right panel), David Ball ©2011 Mixed Media on Panel, 24"x36"

"Spin" (diptych: right panel), David Ball ©2011 Mixed Media on Panel, 24"x36"

From the curators:
“I just felt that it was time to focus on doing a show with just San Francisco artists, there’s a stronger community in San Francisco than people realize. The artists that we work with are here because they love it, they could easily make it in Los Angeles or New York, but they (just like us) choose to be here.” – Justin Giarla

 

“There are always lots of (San Francisco-based) artists that get picked up and taken out of the city, you know, to play on the international street art scene. But this is the place they call home, and just from a street art perspective – we’re getting some locals together to see just what’s happening here in our streets, right now. It just seemed like something we need to do.” -APEX

 

941 Geary highlights the works of internationally recognized contemporary artists and provides them with a space in which to activate the projects, installations, and exhibitions that push the boundaries of their own creative practice. Building on the success of White Walls and Shooting Gallery, curator Justin Giarla dedicates this exhibition space as a gift to San Francisco, offering its programming to the local and global arts venue as a way to engage in a cross-cultural dialogue and present 941Geary as the flagship gallery of the Urban Contemporary genre.
"Pilgrim", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Panel. 24"x36"

"Pilgrim", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Panel. 24"x36"

"Gaunt", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22"x30"

"Gaunt", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22"x30"

"Feral", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22" x 30"

"Feral", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22" x 30"

"Split", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22" x 30"

"Split", David Ball ©2011. Mixed Media on Paper. 22" x 30"

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