2nd Friday ArtAbout at the Pence Gallery

Join us at the Pence Gallery for our 2nd Friday ArtAbout reception on October 11, 6 – 9 PM. Enjoy wine by Fiddlehead Cellars while browsing all of the new art exhibits & the gift store. Free admission!

Alejandro Rubio: The Green Man & Other Tales

Oct. 4 – Nov. 30

Alejandro Rubio’s paintings reflect his interest in creating imaginary landscapes that evoke a sense of familiarity. Pulling from his memories, he adapts bits of the places inspired by growing up in Uruguay, setting colorful cars, buildings, and streets in an urban grid. Turning towards the rural, the artist composes a scene of idyllic islands, complete with trees and a few small homes, within a tranquil ocean. Even within this peaceful setting, he reminds us of our responsibility to our planet, as personified as ‘the green man,’ a fedora-wearing figure beset by our disastrous environmental actions. 

Dave Webb: the grateful chair

Oct. 1 – Nov. 1

Dave Webb’s response to his wife’s cancer produced the grateful chair. Considering her path from terminal diagnosis to remission, the grateful chair is part love note, part meditation on mortality, and part unsolicited advice. With a video installation, dozens of still iPhone images printed on metal and the chair itself, the exhibit invites us to consider our own connections to love and loss.   

Paul Hermann: Within the Chrysalis

Oct. 4 – Nov. 24

With this body of work, Bay Area artist Paul Hermann embraces the complexity of human identity. Alluding to themes adapted from Jungian psychology, Greek mythology, and the Tarot, Hermann often begins his figurative painting with an impulse. Female figures appear in his work in many guises to explore complex concepts of self-hood and connection to the divine.  

Papercuts by Bianca Levan 

Oct. 4 – Oct. 31

We are featuring new work along the stairway this month by Bianca Levan, a Vietnamese-American papercut artist based in San Francisco, California. She is fascinated with the process by which contemplation, emotion, and choice weave a path in time. As a self-taught artist, Bianca follows curiosity and is driven by a desire for expression. Her hand-cut work embraces imperfections left by the knife blade and the inherent constraints of black paper and negative spaces.

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Visit the Pence and other venues in Downtown Davis for the 2nd Friday artwalk. We will have printed ArtAbout guides available that week. Follow the 2nd Friday ArtAbout Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/davisartabout.

Images:

Alejandro Rubio, “Flat Perspective”

Dave Webb, “Cracks in the Surface”

Paul Hermann, “Harlequin”

Bianca Levan, “The Light is Good”