In her latest body of work, Megan Wolfe examines issues of survival and coexistence through wildlife found in the urban environment. However, ‘urban wildlife’ is a hypocritical term. Portraying masses of pigeons competing for space and food, a parallel is drawn between our culture and the natural world. In a way, nature has adapted, feeding on our scraps, walking alongside us, in order to survive. Likewise, though mankind has progressed, it retains a glimmer of its animalistic qualities. Under the right conditions, we equally become a mass populace consumed by self-preservation. In either case, nature becomes a bastardization of itself, with neither party able to reconcile their similarities, and always continually at odds with one another.
The shows opening will take place at Cafe Royale at 800 Post Street (@ Leavenworth) on Thursday, 09/03 from 8pm to midnight.
BLOWING IT is a portrait series by Oakland based artist Teppei Ando in medium of manipulated stains on clay-board. Each portrait represents the life of a character disconnected from an era in which progress happens rapidly within their lifetime yet somehow each remains distant from contributing to it. These are portraits of characters in their environment; an ocean of anxiety, despair and stress polluted by quick fixes and over stimulation. They've adapted, they socialize, they gather, and create their own caves away from the smudge culture. They're just people, in a state of existence in the dark liquid environment.
