Where: 111 Minna Gallery
Event Date: November 2, 2012
Event Time: 5:00 pm - 11:30 pm
Location: 111 Minna Gallery At 2nd Street, Downtown San Francisco, Ca.
Exhibit Dates: November 2 - November 24
For more details: http://www.111minnagallery.com/
On November 2nd 2012, 111 Minna Gallery proudly presents, new paintings by Reuben Rude and Josh Lawyer. Both heavily influenced by street art, these two artists share similar techniques in the way they create imagery which makes them a wonderful match for this exhibition although their subject matter and overall presence of their focal points couldn’t be more different. Please join us this Friday to view these dynamic paintings and have the opportunity to meet these two unique artists.
Joshua Lawyer
A bay area native, this freelance artist is self-taught, with a background in street art. Joshua draws a lot of his inspiration from his street art. He paints people juxtaposed to a grey industrial background, to symbolize the great bright beauty you see in this gray cement world, if you just look hard enough. His subjects are mainly females trying to tell a story through small phrases and images found in the background, the shape of their bodies, the things being done to them, and the look on their faces.Joshua works in a wide variety of mediums from acrylic paint and pencil, to wheat paste and aerosol. He usually works on found wood and makes them look as if they were new frames, an almost Cinderella story for discarded wood.
Reuben Rude
Reuben Rude was born in San Francisco, as the sun was setting on the Free Love era. His bohemian parents then moved “back to the land” to the woods of Northern California, where he spent the better part of his childhood without a television. This lack of technology forced him to spend almost every waking hour drawing and painting. When he moved back to the city to attend art school, he got into all the usual trouble with graffiti writers, skateboarders and art students. He now lives in San Francisco with his wife and eight-year-old daughter, and yes, a television. However, he still spends most of his waking hours drawing and painting. Sometimes he even gets paid for it.