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PLEASE NOTE:
The gallery will be closed for installation on September 1st and 2nd. We will re-open on September 3rd by 7 p.m. for Alex McLeod's Opening Reception, South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk and STREET MRKT.
Anno Domini presents...
Pangea solo exhibition by Fernando Chamarelli
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Navigating is necessary.
Our continents are separated by oceans just as our countries are by their borders. With the Internet there is a new meeting of these continents, a virtual meeting. In this cultural society to which I belong, myths, folklores, places, philosophies, symbols and distances can be traveled in a moment.
The virtual Pangea.
We are navigating.
Artist's Reception: Friday, August 6, 2010 from 8 p.m. 'til late
Free and open to the public
Music by DJ Basura
FERNANDO CHAMARELLI (Brasil)
Fernando Chamarelli is a graduate of graphic design. He earns a living as an illustrator and a painter. His art career began with him drawing cartoons, caricatures and realistic portraits. Overtime he became involved in street art and tattooing. Today Fernando merges these early influences and mediums to create his art.
Chamarelli lives in a multicultural country of contrasts. This environment reveals itself through his use of mosaic, geometric elements, organic forms and harmonic lines connecting symbols, legends, philosophies, religions and the customs of ancient and modern civilizations. Within this diversity are the strong influences of Brazilian popular culture and pre-Columbian indigenous art. With the help of the music he loves, Fernando creates colorful, exotic and surreal characters.
Pangea is Fernando Chamarelli's debut solo exhibition in the U.S.
Exhibit on view through September 18th
Part of the South FIRST FRIDAYS monthly art walk, Augutst 6, 2010. View the full schedule of exhibitions at participating venues:
http://www.southfirstfridays.com
Anno Domini presents...
Estates of the Splendrous and Secret by Alex McLeod
Alex McLeod, Glass Rainbow Forest, c-print, 40 x 60 inches, Ed. 1/1, 2010
Artist's Reception: Friday, September 3, 2010 from 8 p.m. 'til late
Free and open to the public
Sound art by Matt Davignon
Alex McLeod (b. 1984) constructs three-dimensional environments that investigate the tension between illusionary and physical space. His CGI prints of diorama-like environments are hallucinogenic visions projected into utopian realms, thus addressing and exploring issues of ecology, sustainability, and connectivity. Weaving together scientific theory with fantasy, folklore, and notions of the Romantic, McLeod generates images that are at once as seductive and lustrous as they are urgent and vital.
Close inspection of McLeod's structures reveal that although a population is largely hidden, life remains extant and is manifested in observable transmutations throughout his compositions, distilled into snapshot-like photo compositions. Despite abundant optimism and exuberance, the images bear a mysterious and sometimes sinister quality that serves as a reminder of the unpredictability and fragility of life. They defy extinction, constantly in a state of renewal.
The worlds that McLeod pieces together are environmentally refined. They are visualizations of the future that encourage consideration of our own world's precious resources and promote the examination of our own existence to allow the furthering of life.
Estates of the Splendrous and Secret is a new series of work commissioned by Anno Domini Gallery in conjunction with the 2010 01SJ Biennial. This is Alex's debut solo exhibition in the United States.
01SJ Biennial hours:
Thursday, September 16, 2010 from Noon - 7 p.m.
Friday, September 17, 2010 from Noon 'til Midnight
Saturday, September 18, 2010 from Noon - 5 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Alex McLeod lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He has exhibited internationally and has been featured on countless blogs, including that of rapper Kanye West. He has been included in two recent museum exhibitions: Empire of Dreams at MOCCA (Toronto, Canada) and ROJO ®NOVA at MIS (Sao Paulo, Brazil.)
Exhibition dates: September 3 - October 16, 2010
Currently on view in the gallery Store
Anno Domini presents...
The Magic of the Stars and the Infinite Air
new work by Derek Weisberg
ceramics, resin and wood, 2010
$1,600
Anno Domini presents...
new works by Mike Egan
Mike Egan worked in funeral homes for several years as an embalmer. His paintings are influenced by this experience as well as the Day of the Dead, Halloween and religious imagery.
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LOCATION & HOURS
Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design
366 So. First Street map
San Jose, CA 95113
408.271.5155
www.galleryAD.com
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Friday, noon - 7 p.m.
Saturday, noon - 5 p.m.
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