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Greetings from the luggage store and the luggage store annex www.luggagestoregallery.org Opens this FRIDAY at the luggage store, 1007 Market Street, SF “Feral” A collaborative installation by MONICA CANILAO and SWOON tales of wicked women and wildish girls Dates: March 21, 2008 - April 26, 2008 Opening Reception Friday, March 21, 6-8pm Gallery Hours: Wed-Saturday, 12-5pm Place the luggage store 1007 Market Street (nr 6th) San Francisco, CA 94103 USA Telephone: 1.415. 255 5971 Website: www.luggagestoregallery.org In “Feral,” a new installation at the luggage store, the collaborative team of Canilao and Swoon, use their practice of portraiture and building immersive environments to stitch together a scene populated by wicked women and feral girls. “the baba yaga waits for you at the center of the wood. the two from which they fell. the edges come apart. the center goes astray. the safety and routine of domesticity are no longer able to confine or describe a fitting existence, and sometimes one just walks out of this life and into another.” (Swoon) Using wood, paper, paint and found materials, Canilao and Swoon will create a map of a world that builds itself --just that side of the fringes. ABOUT THE ARTISTS MONICA CANILAO works with found objects and materials such as paper and fabric to weave sewn together structures that explore space, community and life and figures, both animal and human. According to Canilao, she “understands that even the most fleeting moments can be the most poignant ones, and so, she is fearless in her use of disintegrating materials such as paper, fiber, love and hope. What presents in her work is a feeling of spontaneity and mysticism. CANILAO received her BFA from CCA.(C). She has exhibited at Galeria de la Raza, White Walls, Needles and Pens, 111 Minna, in San Francisco; The Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn, Jen Beckman Gallery in NY, and recently at the Black Rat Press in London. Canilao will be participating in upcoming exhibitions at 29 Gillespi in London and at the Portland Art Center in Oregon. SWOON’s art begins with photography, figurative drawing, portraiture and traditional print making techniques and extends to urban interventions and community based collective experiments. Her worlds are often populated by realistically rendered-, life size, evocatively cut outs of street people, friends and family. Engaged in various activities, these figures traverse unique cityscapes of bridges, fire escapes, water towers, street signs, shadows and empty space. Inspired by both art historical and folk sources, ranging from German Expressionist wood block prints to Indonesian shadow puppets, SWOON is a master of using cut paper and other mediums to play with positive and negative space to derive a conceptually driven exploration, habitation and experience of the streets and created environments. Known by many for her work on the street, SWOON ‘brings a deft feminine sensibility to the predominantly male world of street art’ (Heap). In conjunction with TOYSHOP, Swoon executed projects ranging from billboard alterations and poster campaigns, to street parties and sculptural installations. Her dedication to making work on and for the street remains high. SWOON has been traveling extensively during the Past several years and has exhibited widely in the US And in Europe. She has collaborated with a number of artist collectives including Toyshop, Glowlab, Black Label, Change Agent, The Madagascar Institute and the Barnstormers,. She has exhibited P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, Deitch Projects, NY; Museum Het Domain/Netherlands, Space 1026 in Philadelphia, Roda Sten in Gothenberg,, The Vinyl Factory and Black Rat Press in London, The Pinchuk Art Center in Kievv, and New Image Art in Los Angeles. Her work is included in the Permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art and The Brooklyn Museum of Art. The Luggage Store Gallery is one of San Francisco’s premiere non-profit arts organization. Its programs are dedicated to broadening social and aesthetic networks, encouraging the flow of images and ideas between different cultural and economic communities. The Luggage Store's exhibition program is made possible with generous support from: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Grants for The Arts of the Hotel Tax Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, The California Arts Council, The Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation and the San Francisco Art Commission/Cultural Equity Fund. Attachments: 1. Swoon, detail, in progress, luggage store 2. Monica Canilao EVERY THURSDAY @ the luggage store CREATIVE MUSIC, 8PM, $6-10 sliding scale donation Experimental, electronic and improvisational music. See Website for details. EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH @the luggage store YOUTH SPEAKS, open mic under 21, FREE all ages welcome EVERY 15Th OF THE MONTH, COHEN ALLEY, 12-5pm Michael Swaine, “Sewing for the People” LUGGAGE STORE ANNEX, 509 ELLIS STREET Artist in Resident: JASON DUNMAN Through APRIL COHEN ALLEY PROJECT, 1988-present The transformation of an inner city dead end alley previously used in the neighborhood as a dump site, outdoor bathroom and “den” to a neighborhood commons and venue for experimental and public art… to learn more or become involved….call 415. 255 5971. UPCOMING EXHIBITION AT LUGGAGE STORE, 1007 MARKET HOT AND COLD |
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