News, events, happenings

Sight School Opening Nov 2008, Oakland, Ca

2009-10-26T19:03:00.000-07:00

installation shots from Interrupting a Beam of Light

2009-10-05T07:59:00.001-07:00

INTERRUPTING A BEAM OF LIGHT

a group exhibition curated by Rachel Adams

> Facundo Argañaraz > David Bayus > Michelle Blade > Ryan Fenchel > Gigi Gatewood

> Japeth Mennes > Aliza Morell > John Opera > Adéla Svobodová

SAINTSENECA

2009-10-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

(Front)

(Back)

I recently did the artwork for the new Saintseneca 10 inch and now it's out in the world existing. I encourage you all to go get a copy of one while they are still around. Listen below.

SAINTSENECA

Saintseneca 4 song 7” / Digital EP out September 1st, 2009.

Limited to 300 colored vinyl and available digital everywhere.

Artwork by Michelle Blade

Layout by Cortney Cassidy

(Covers printed at Pinball Publishing in Portland, OR on Kraft Chipboard made with 100% post consumer recycled content and printed with soy based inks.)

Side A

God Bones (listen)
Shipwrecked (listen)

Side B

No Names (listen)
Water To Wine (listen)

Matt Rubin from the Paper Brigade brought us all together, making the magic possible. Thank you Matt.

Go here for more info: http://www.paperbrigade.com/

Interrupting a Beam of Light @ David Cunningham Projects

2009-09-23T10:25:00.000-07:00

A group show curated by Rachel Adams

FACUNDO ARGAÑARAZ DAVID BAYUS MICHELLE BLADE RYAN FENCHEL GIGI GATEWOOD JAPETH MENNES ALIZA MORELL JOHN OPERA ADÉLA SVOBODOVÁ

October 1 - October 31, 2009 | Opening Reception Thursday October 1, 7-10 pm

DCP Project Space - 1928 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 |

Open Thurs - Sat Noon - 6pm (and by appointment)

David Cunningham Projects (DCP) is pleased to announce INTERRUPTING A BEAM OF LIGHT a group exhibition curated by Rachel Adams featuring recent work by Facundo Argañaraz, David Bayus, Michelle Blade, Ryan Fenchel, Gigi Gatewood, Japeth Mennes, Aliza Morell, John Opera and Adéla Svobodová. Interrupting a Beam of Light is an exhibition that focuses on contemporary works that deal with the wonder of natural and man-made phenomena, the nuances of magic, and the importance of retaining lore and myth in our everyday lives. Myths are formed through the prolonging of stories, histories and images. Through time, the imagined becomes real and the real becomes imagined. Artists utilize folklore, natural occurrences, and other esoteric studies to comment on our contemporary understanding of the world. This exhibition documents phenomena, classifies objects, expands on basic symbols, perpetuates myths, and magnifies alternate realities. The artists in this show work both with the natural as well as the constructed, borrowing from the past and project their ideas on the future. They look to fantasies that cross into reality, and to revealing secrets. Either by happening upon the phenomenal, researching symbolic objects, or creating their own lore, each artist perpetuates their myth, and creates a sense of spirituality within their practice. Romantic notions are apparent in the works, whether through the idea of natural transcendence, innocent imaginations, or through the study of symbols and signs. Facundo Argañaraz studies the magnetism of monolithic subjects and their role as mediators of dualism and consciousness. Using collage to create psychic spaces, David Bayus works with childhood mythologies. Each work involves the individual desire reinterpreted with appropriation and the visual language of adolescence. Michelle Blade’s interests lie in the uniting of the natural world and the human condition. Her work is both influenced and filled with the imagery of history, anthropology, nature, spirituality, and phenomena. She is represented by Triple Base Gallery in San Francisco. Ryan Fenchel’s practice involves subjects such as alchemy, and freemasonry, the world of codes and rituals. In Gigi Gatewood’s work, she continues a search for answers about the unknown, photographing and examining everything from scientific to spiritual. By focusing on the world of the uncanny, Japeth Mennes directs the ideas of repetition, query, and inconsistency into his work. Using laborious techniques, his work seems simple and jarring at the same time. With Aliza Morell’s explorations of light and landscape, she uses geometrical forms as ways of creating a new language. John Opera’s photographs embody the spirit of transcendentalism and emphasize an idea of self-knowledge that comes from connecting through nature. By exploring the power of the landscape as well as through abstraction, links between emotion, intellect, and perception are forged. He is represented by Andrew Rafacz Gallery in Chicago. Adela Svobodová introduces her viewers to her own curiosities about the world. Playful and intimate, her work very much expresses her intricacies and views on art making.

Involved, Socially press

2009-08-25T13:13:00.000-07:00

Thanks Ari for the great write up in 96 hours!

Hot And Cold

2009-08-08T09:50:00.000-07:00

This is going to be an epic publication, show and celebration, I'm so excited to be a part of it.

Involved, Socially @ Triple Base

2009-08-01T19:58:00.001-07:00

Involved, Socially
curated by Michelle Blade
August 7 - September 6, 2009
Opening Reception: August 7, 7-10pm

Artists: Amanda Curreri, David Horvitz, Mark McKnight, Jessica Williams and Christine Wong Yap

Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present Involved, Socially, a group exhibition curated by San Francisco-based artist Michelle Blade. Paralleling Blade’s own practice, the exhibition brings together five artists that create both physical works and coinciding events to facilitate an active interchange between the viewer, the artist, and the gallery and examine the potential social function of the art object.

2009-07-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

NextNew: Green

Exhibition: July 7 - September 20, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday August 7, 6-8 PM
Artists represented in the exhibition include Michelle Blade, Colette Campbell-Jones, Misako Inaoka, Vanessa Marsh, Carson Murdach, Sandra Ono, Ryan Pierce, Rebecca Rothfus, and Michael Ryan.

Image: Michelle Blade, Untitled (We Found God on a Cruise Ship), 2007, Ink and acrylic on dura-lar, Courtesy of the Artist

The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is presenting the work of nine Bay Area artists in its NextNewexhibition that features work from emerging talent on the region’s contemporary art scene. This year’s show subtitledGreen, surveys fresh perspectives on climate change and related environmental and conservation issues.

NPR, All Things Considered

2009-06-02T08:18:00.000-07:00

In Tough Times, Artists Find Inspiration, Invention by Laura Sydell

Yesterday an interview that Dina Pugh, Chuck Close and I were all in aired on NPR/All Things Considered ..If you missed it you can still listen to it:

HERE

Trace Elements @ San Francisco Art Commission

2009-05-02T08:22:00.000-07:00

TRACE ELEMENTS
May 8 - July 3, 2009
Location: SFAC Gallery, Grove Street

Gallery 401 Van Ness Artists:
Michelle Blade, Jason Jagel, Dan Nakamura, Ferris Plock, Clare Rojas, Deth P. Sun, Kelly Tunstall, Porous Walker, Marci Washington and the Hamburger Eyes collective.
At the SFAC Gallery Window Installation Site at 155 Grove St:
Chris Duncan, Maya Hayuk, Kyle Ranson, and Brion Nuda Rosch

Curated by Meg Shiffler, with curatorial assistance by Ferris Plock.

They Are Summating @ Space 1026

2009-03-02T08:41:00.000-08:00

They Are Summating
Michelle Blade, Jeanette Mundt, Suzannah Sinclair, Erika Somogyi

Space 1026, Philadelphia
March 6th-27th, 2009

Opening Reception: Friday March 6th, 7-10pm

*Installation shots of my work in Space 1026

These four artists create the spirit of the show by capturing themes of identity and place in their paintings. Working in a similar manner-bound by a refined application of their chosen medium-these four painters examine their spiritual, emotional and social position in society today. With three of the artists working in Brooklyn and one in San Francisco (Michelle Blade), this exhibition will be the first featuring all four artists together. "They are summating-that is, each contributing to the next" as Ram Dass put it in his 1971 book, Be Here Now.

Curated by Alex Lucas

Monster Drawing for SOEX

2009-02-26T08:34:00.000-08:00

Southern Exposure’s 9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, a live drawing and fundraising event featuring over 130 artists, is being held on Friday, February 27, 2009 at the Verdi Club (6:00 – 11:00 PM). Marci Washington, Kelly Lynn Jones, Zac Rossman, Deth P. Sun, and many many more friends are going to be taking part in it. be sure to get there early so you get to catch everyone working their magic.

NADA

2008-12-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

I'm going to Miami with Triple Base this next week...go check it out and say hello.

NADA Art Fair
December 3-7, 2008
Opening Night Preview: December 2nd

The Ice Palace, Booth H2
1400 North Miami Avenue
Miami, FL 33136

Triple Base Featured Artists:

Michelle Blade
Todd Bura
Serena Cole
Bryson Gill
Rachel Kaye
Kyle Mock
Jay Nelson
Hilary Pecis

11:11

2008-11-12T12:09:00.000-08:00

Last night was a the 11:11 One Minute Wish performance the Utopia Meeting Collective put together at Dolores Park.

People and friends sitting together in silence for one minute to make a wish toward a positive future.

I'm so excited to be a part of this collective and it's growing energies.

we are the believers

Thanks to all the friends who came out!

One Minute wish

2008-11-04T12:48:00.000-08:00

This is a new project I am working on with some friends. I am really excited about the ideas and can not wait to see what happens.

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Event Info: 11:11 - One Minute wish

The enigma of catching our actions aligning for one minute

Host: All of us

Type: A special event

Network: Global

Time and Place

Date: Tuesday, November 11

Time: 11:11-11:12 am and then again at 11:11 pm - 11:12 pm

(Gather early at 11:00 am/pm)

Location: Dolores Park, San Francisco, CA

(and everywhere else)

City/Town: San Francisco, Ca

Description

Who? Everyone in the world

Where? Everywhere in the world

For people in the Bay Area please meet at Dolores Park near the tennis courts, to collectively make our wishes, and document this event through photographs and writing.

We will be making a wish list, preserving all wishes made, to be published in the future.

When? Tuesday, November 11 @ 11:11 am and again at 11:11 pm

Why? This November 11, at 11:11 am/pm people everywhere are invited to come together in Dolores Park in San Francisco for one full minute of silence to collectively make our own wishes. The alignment of numbers and synchronicity of people coming together for a common mission can remind us that together we can realize the true affect that positive thinking can have.

People who are not in San Francisco are also encouraged to take a moment at 11:11 to make your wish, and email it for later inclusion in a future publication.

If you want to join in please invite your friends too. Anyone is welcome to participate.

Email address:
1111wishlist@gmail.com

Electric Works: Equilateral

2008-10-29T12:36:00.000-07:00

I've very excited to share this show. If you are in San Francisco, please stop in and take a look!

Equilateral
October 24-November 26, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, October 24, 6-8 PM

Electric Works is pleased to announce "Equilateral," an exhibition of three contemporary California-based artists' works: Michelle Blade, Ana Teresa Fernández, and Julie Rofman.
Equilateral describes a triangle formed by three artists examining the world
from distinct and important angles:
the Supernatural (Blade), the Corporeal (Fernández) and the Physical (Rofman).

2008-10-07T09:53:00.001-07:00

if you are in Columbus Oh go and check out this show i'm in, i think it's an awesome one...so many wonderful san francisco artists!

Destruction of Atlantis @ Union Gallery, London

2008-09-17T20:13:00.000-07:00

I'm really looking forward to this show! if you are in london stop on by to check it out!

The Destruction of Atlantis
A group exhibition curated by Jesper Elg featuring new works by: Ulrik Crone (DK), Michelle Blade (US), Wes Lang (US), Julian Röder (DE), Steve Powers (US), Todd James (US), Troels Carlsen (DK), Andrew Schoultz (US), Jakob Boeskov (IS/DK), Kasper Sonne (DK), HuskMitNavn (DK), Matthew Stone (UK), Hesselholdt & Mejlvang (DK), Alex Lukas (US), Peter Funch (DK), Jes Brinch (DK) and Richard Colman (US).

The exhibition revolves around the Atlantis myth, interpreted from the perspective, that we are gradually fulfilling, what many thought of as a ludicrous myth.
There are many themes attached to the myth, and writers, philosophers and artists have looked at the myth from very different angles throughout the last 2500 years. The destruction of an advanced civilization, natural catastrophes, man made disasters, utopia, hubris, nationalism (the Nazis believed it might be the home of an ideal race, other believed Atlantis was home of the Hyperboreans a race of Nordic supermen).

As waters rise and storms increase, we might not have to be as imaginative as Plato, Francis Bacon or Heinrich Himmler, to recognize the problem. Or as curator Jesper Elg says:
“The title refers to humankind gradually making the Atlantis myth come true. Our civilization is slowly sinking and we are making what we thought was a bizarre myth come true. Basically we are destroying our own civilization while we claim to become more civilized.” Jesper Elg
The exhibition will feature paintings, photography, sound, drawings, sculpture and installation elements that in many different ways reflect and comment on our behavior on this.

zac's show opening friday!

2008-09-16T16:44:00.000-07:00

DISREPAIR: solo exhibition at Park Life in San Francisco, CA. Opening Reception, September 19th 2008.

HEADING TOWARD THE FUTURE

2008-08-30T17:24:00.001-07:00

HIS SPEACH MADE ME CRY AND GAVE ME CHILLS

I BELIEVE IN THIS FUTURE

New Wave @ Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles

2008-08-29T17:30:00.001-07:00

Two group show openings on September 6th that i have some of my work in, one in NY one in LA!

New Wave
Sep 6, 2008 - Oct 4, 2008
Carl Berg Gallery

6018 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90036
tel: 323-931-6060

New work by emerging artists
Featuring:

Claire Baker
Darcy Baroletti
Michelle Blade
Susan Choi
Erin Marie Dunn
Francis Ireifej
Kristi Kent
Jessica Minckley
Julie Rofman

Here is the card for the NY show:

Some Friends Shows:

2008-08-27T09:27:00.003-07:00

AND!

"Under the Affluence"
by Rachel Kaye at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery

Opening reception:
Thursday, August 28th, 2008
7-10pm
with music by megamoog
and tasty vietnamese sandwiches by le banh mi!

Adobe Books
3166 16th street
san francisco, ca 94103
(415) 864-3936

This time in Stuttgart

2008-08-09T15:36:00.000-07:00

The Institute for Social Research
and the Discovery of Art God

Workshop: 6. - 16. August 2008
Ausstellung: 17. - 24. August 2008

»teach me how to be a commune« singt in ihrer »commune-anthem« die Klasse von Professor
Christian Jankowski, der seine Studenten Ende letzten Jahres kurzerhand nach San Francisco
mitnahm, wo er am »California College of the Arts« als Gastdozent geladen war.
Drei Monate in San Francisco in einem Haus am Strand; 16 deutsche und 9 amerikanische
Bewohner teilen sich vier Zimmer, eine Küche, zwei Toiletten, eine Terrasse und einen Musikraum:
»communal living«, Kunst in der Gruppe, endlose Diskussionen, spontane Aktionen...
Inklusive seiner amerikanischen Fraktion zieht das »Institute for Social Research« (ISR) zur Erforschung
der Lebenskünste, nun in den Württembergischen Kunstverein. Die Ausstellung knüpft, wie die im Juni
mit der Kuratorin Erin Elder realisierte Show im Richmond Art Center (USA) an das Wesen des »ISR« an
und gibt einem kreativen, unkontrollierbaren Prozess Raum, der durch die 23 aus sieben Nationen
stammenden Individuen bestimmt wird.
Das institut für Buchgestaltung und Medienentwicklung der Stuttgarter Kunstakademie gibt zur
Ausstellung einen Katalog heraus.

Anita Kapraljevic
Byung Chul Kim
Christina Empedocles
Christoph Trendel
Cristina Rodrigo
Dina Danish
Donna Chung
Florian Klette
Gareth Spor
Helena Rempel
Ines Lilith Schreiner
Jana Jacob
Kamil Goerlich
Kestutis Svirnelis
Luke Butler
Marco Schmitt
Martina Geiger-Gerlach
Michelle Blade
Nicholas Meyer
Pablo Wendel
Patrick W. Gillespie
Paul Kramer
Robert Goerlich
Rosa Rücker
Tanor Hudson
Travis Meinolf

2008-08-04T08:18:00.000-07:00

Tiny Showcase Presents:
"WE = TROUBLE"

A Collaboration Show At
SECRET PROJECT ROBOT
210 KENT FUCKING AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11211

Opens: Saturday September 4th, and 6th 2-10PM

Interview on KALX

2008-08-02T19:21:00.001-07:00

Just in case you missed it...
Here is a recording of my interview on Arts In Review with Brendan Monroe on KALX from July 31st

Listen Here!