Where: 111 Minna Gallery
Event Date: August 2, 2013
Event Time: 5:00 pm
Location: 1111 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Exhibit Dates: August 2 - August 31
For more details: http://www.111minnagallery.com/2013/07/last-light-life-forms-2/
LIFE FORMS | Tobias Tovera In Collaboration w/ Abbey Glass Featuring Couture Dress Collection
After major aesthetic renovations undertaken during the month of July, 111 Minna Gallery will reopen its doors with two elegant and uniquely complimentary art exhibitions featuring the multi-processed works of Ivy Jacobsen and Tobias Tovera while also incorporating the exquisite fashion of Abigail Glass and live musical performance by Tim Carr.
Life Forms is an exhibition examining the realm of process and color through painting, fashion, and music. This dynamic multi-media exhibit will feature the paintings of Tobias Tovera in collaboration with fashion designer Abbey Glass (shown at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week) who will debut her new couture dress collection using Tovera’s inspiring paintings as textile designs.
Opening the exhibit, special guest Tim Carr (Named best Bay Area musician by 7×7 Magazine) will be performing from his new album ‘Through the Color.’ All three artists have joined forces to create an exhibition that bridges the gap between art, design, and music; where processes of experiencing color, movement, and sound can be delineated.
Tobias Tovera’s work currently explores paint as a sculptural object in which the process of the medium diffuses into the surface. He creates compositions of entropic development that conjure layered textures of color and space. Though he begins with a color that embodies an elemental archetype, these Life Forms unfold in a natural rhythm of their own; each layer becoming a kind of topography upon which time can be re-experienced. This process serves to create work that is constantly evolving, allowing him to explore the equilibrium between what is intended and what is achieved, a process that results neither from control over these forces nor surrenders to them, but rather from immersion in them. By incorporating and encouraging chaotic yet harmonic energy systems in his practice, he seeks to restrain intent thus allowing a more spiritual aspect to enter his work.