Where: Spoke Gallery
Event Date: October 1, 2015
Location: 816 Sutter St. San Francisco
Exhibit Dates: October 1 -
For more details: https://www.facebook.com/spokeart?pnref=story
Spoke Art is pleased to present “Stranger”, a solo exhibition by Portland-based artist Stella Im Hultberg. Comprised of new oil paintings and loosely rendered watercolor and india ink sketches, “Stranger” is an exploration into the fragmented dream-like world of female identity.
After spending some time to become a mother, Stella returns for her first solo show in four years at Spoke Art Gallery. The time spent away enabled her to refine her style and play up new aesthetics, Stella’s current body of paintings and illustrations have a unique and whimsical aesthetic that pay homage to her earlier work while cultivating a visual language completely her own.
“Stranger” is a surreal display of Stella’s signature female figures paired with organic iconography. Adorned with bountiful flowers and surrounded in a dream-like atmosphere, these figures are representative of the ever-changing feminine identity. In “Stranger” these shy and contemplative figures seem to represent fragments of new beginnings for the artist. Surrounded by symbols of mother nature and fertility, one could say that “Stranger” is a celebration of all things new.
Please join us October 1st for the opening reception of “Stranger”. Complimentary beverages will be served and the artist will be in attendance.