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March 22, 2012

MOYURBANDO – Paintings by Maykel Vargas: Artist Reception

Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices, that inspire this new
collection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to
express a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic, as well as, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana, Oakland and beyond.

Maykel Vargas was born in Havana, Cuba in 1977. Upon moving to the Unites States in 2008, he began showing his work at Art Spaces such as Good Bye Blue Monday in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, Vargas has worked extensively in the Bay Area as both a teacher and activist in the “Viva El Espanol Program” and “Growing Great Families Project”, for HIV and substance abuse prevention.

Start: March 22, 2012 6:00 pm
End: March 22, 2012 9:00 pm
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States

February 23, 2012

MOYURBANDO – Paintings by Maykel Vargas

Moyurbando references the Afro-Cuban religious mythology and practices, that inspire this new
collection of oil-paintings by Cuban-born artist Maykel Vargas. Vargasʼs paintings call on ancient symbolism to
express a spiritual path unique to todayʼs uncertain times. Out of the darkness, imagery appears from a base of abstract shape and color to reveal both the symbolic, as well as, the everyday in his recollections of life in the streets of Havana, Oakland and beyond.

Maykel Vargas was born in Havana, Cuba in 1977. Upon moving to the Unites States in 2008, he began showing his work at Art Spaces such as Good Bye Blue Monday in Brooklyn, New York. Additionally, Vargas has worked extensively in the Bay Area as both a teacher and activist in the “Viva El Espanol Program” and “Growing Great Families Project”, for HIV and substance abuse prevention.

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Start: February 23, 2012 8:00 am
End: April 7, 2012 5:00 pm
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States

January 8, 2012

ON EXHIBIT: Artists of EDELO – “Where The United Nations Used To Be”

The Red Poppy Art House currently presents, Where The United Nations Used To Be, curated by Caleb Duarte and Mia Eve Rollow, co-founders of EDELO, the Poppy’s sister Art House in San Cristobal De Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The exhibit highlights a cross-section of EDELO resident artists, past and present, with works that represent both local and international cultural political movements.  The Red Poppy Art House and EDELO wish to create an inter-communal exchange forum of diverse practices from all areas of the planet – where individuals from various walks of life exchange thoughts and actions as gifts.

Artists’ Reception, Thursday February 2nd, 6-9pm

Start: January 8, 2012 8:00 am
End: February 19, 2012 8:00 pm
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States
Cost: Free

December 8, 2011

Claire Brandt: Mission Lascaux

Claire Brandt: Mission Lascaux

Site Specific Installation at The Red Poppy Art House


On Exhibition: November 7 -  January 1, 2011 (EXTENDED)

Reception: Thursday, December 8, 2011, 6-9pm

The Red Poppy Art House is excited to present Mission Lascaux, a site-specific installation by Claire Brandt exploring communication, embodiment, movement and the connection between all three. Mission Lascaux will be an installation of life-size cut-paper wild animals of the land, sea and air mid-movement on the gallery walls of the Red Poppy Art House. Visitors to the Poppy will be able to compare their own bodies to animals they would not usually have an opportunity to be close to—Orca whales and coyotes for example—giving them an opportunity to feel a physical connection with beings outside of usual urban experience. Brandt’s installation will develop over the course of November, culminating in a final closing reception on December 8, 2011, 6-9pm.

Brandt’s work has been shown in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, most recently at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. She maintains an active studio practice in San Francisco’s Infill Studios (of which she is a founding member). Brandt has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center and the Headlands Center for the Arts: Open to the Elements.  She received her A.B. in English and American Literature from Harvard College in 1994 and an MFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. She was raised in Bellingham & Tacoma, Washington.

www.clairebrandt.com

Start: December 8, 2011 6:00 pm
End: January 1, 2012 9:00 pm
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States
Cost: Free

November 16, 2011

Open Studio with Claire Brandt

 

Come join Red Poppy Artist-in-Residence Claire Brandt as she discusses her ongoing site-specific installation Mission Lascaux on exhibition until December 7, 2011.
 

For more information on the show click here.

 

 

 

Start: November 16, 2011 8:00 am
End: November 16, 2011 5:00 pm
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States

October 1, 2011

Alexis Amann: Meanwhile . . .


Alexis Amann: Meanwhile . . . 


Exhibition of paintings at The Red Poppy Art House


Artist reception: Thursday, September 29, 6-9pm

The Red Poppy Art House is excited to present Meanwhile. . ., an exhibition of Alexis Amann’s recent paintings exploring monster women, demons, Ophelia, witches, baby belugas, fish-headed persons, and the complications of having too many or not enough eyes. Amann’s acrylic gouache paintings and installations on cut paper contain layers of worlds populated by creatures, human and otherwise, driven by the forces of love and water. She combines characters and stories from literature, pop culture, mythology, natural history and personal narrative to create new stories, worlds, and meaning within her paintings.

Amann was raised on the Oregon Coast and received her BA in Drawing/Painting/Printmaking from Portland State University in 2002 and her MFA in Painting from San Francisco Art Institute in 2006. Her work has been shown at New Image Gallery in Los Angeles, Johansson Projects in Oakland, Dust Gallery in Las Vegas, and has been included in numerous exhibitions in the Bay Area as well as Portland, Seattle, Miami and New York.

 

Start: October 1, 2011
End: November 6, 2011
Venue: Red Poppy Arthouse
Phone: 1.415.826.2402
Address:
2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, 94110, United States
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