Where: Gauntlet Gallery
Event Date: February 1, 2014
Event Time: 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: 1040 Larkin, San Francisco, California
Exhibit Dates: February 1 - March 1
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Gauntlet Gallery is pleased to present FRONTERA featuring new works by San Francisco based artist René Garcia Jr. Drawing upon a broad palette of established techniques, media, and experience, Garcia pursues re-imagination of popular art. Employing a heavy dose of optimism and a penchant for badassery, René exploits proven gimmicks in an earnest attempt to dazzle and amaze. While being an accomplished painter, photographer, illustrator, and all around idea man, it is his large format glitter paintings and Gauntlet Gallery is pleased to present FRONTERA featuring new works by San Francisco based artist René Garcia Jr. Drawing upon a broad palette of established techniques, media, and experience, Garcia pursues re-imagination of popular art. Employing a heavy dose of optimism and a penchant for badassery, René exploits proven gimmicks in an earnest attempt to dazzle and amaze. While being an accomplished painter, photographer, illustrator, and all around idea man, it is his large format glitter paintings and stereoscopic illustrations that have drawn the most recognition. In a culture where reproduction is easy, René makes meticulously handcrafted work that is both accessible and fundamentally unique by design.
Frontera examines the dichotomous nature of the past and future, combining them in the one temporal arena which connects them both: the present. Drawing inspiration from the future as seen through the beloved 80’s era – 3D anaglyphs, color forms and optical illusions – Garcia reimagines these antiquated visions using artistic techniques long since abandoned in the age of the computer. Through his artwork, Garcia masterfully points out that the future we once dreamt of and imagined is now here…but it is distinctly different than what anticipated. His use of craft materials further provides an opportunity for viewers to remember their own early artistic endeavors, reconnecting them to their own sense of what the future once held. As such, Frontera does not push viewers toward a melancholic reminiscence, but instead connects our foregone experiences to our imagination, inspiring us to combine both in our lives today.
The exhibit is free, open to the public and will be showing through March 1st, 2014.