ART CITIES:San Francisco-20th Anniversary Exhibition
Todd Hosfelt founded his gallery in 1996 in San Francisco’s SOMA district, Dianne Dec joined the gallery in 1997. Over the years, the gallery developed a reputation for transforming gritty industrial buildings in off-the-beaten-path locations into extraordinary exhibition spaces. In 2012 the gallery consolidated its operations with a trailblazing move to its current location, establishing the nucleus of what is now San Francisco’s newest arts district, DoReMi.
By Dimitris Lempesis
Photo: Hosfelt Gallery Archive
Hosfelt Gallery celebrates its 20th anniversary with an exhibition exploring what makes an artwork significant and lasting, and the qualities that distinguish the most innovative artists of our era. of artists and works has been chosen to reflect the gallery’s distinct philosophical and aesthetic approach as well as the key values that have guided its program since inception. Central to the gallery’s program are artists whose work is grounded in a deep understanding of history, be it artistic, literary, social, political or intellectual. Their originality derives from an idiosyncratic synthesis of that core knowledge with a mastery of their medium, resulting in artworks that allude to tradition while incorporating new materials, methods and ideas. From that informed viewpoint, they show us things we’ve never seen, challenge our preconceptions, and give us access to life experiences very different from our own. The exhibition features 25 artists, including: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Patricia Piccinini, Tim Hawkinson, Liliana Porter, Andrew Schoultz, Hannah Wilke, Marco Maggi, Shahzia Sikander, Nick Cave, William T. Wiley, Jay DeFeo, Channing Hansen, Jim Campbell, and Ed Ruscha.
Info: Hosfelt Gallery, 260 Utah Street, San Francisco, Duration: 9/9-8/10/18, Days & Hours: Tue-Wed & Fri-SatSa 10:00-17:30pm, Thu 11:00-21:00, http://hosfeltgallery.com
