New Work by Todd Bura
In the Ellipsis Space: Madiha Siraj
September 16 – October 16, 2011
Opening Reception: Friday, September 16, 7-10pm
Triple Base Gallery is pleased to present ROMANCE, a show of recent paintings by Todd Bura in the front gallery and an installation by Madiha Siraj in the Ellipsis Space. The opening reception is on Friday, September 16 from 7-10pm.
Todd Bura's new body of work on display continues
his investigation in the formal and personal aspects of painting. Bura’s concern with the state of a painting
when viewed, and how the viewer develops the pictorial space, is exemplified in
what he calls a “noticeable turn”.
The painting remains as a placeholder for giving up and endless
searching.
Todd Bura has been included in
exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (2009 & 2011), Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
(2007), Triple Base, San Francisco, CA (2008 & 2009), Headlands Center for the Arts, “Front + Center” (curated by Kimberly Johansson),
Sausalito, CA (2009); Meridian Gallery “Form
+” (curated by Larry Rinder), San Francisco, CA (2008); Co-Lab, Copenhagen,
Denmark (2007); Dumbo Arts Festival, Brooklyn, NY (2002) and Visual Arts
Gallery (curated by Haim Steinbach), New York, NY (2001). Bura received his BFA
from The School of Visual Arts, NY in 2002 and will earn his MFA from UC Irvine
in 2012. His work is in the permanent collection of the Berkeley Art Museum and
has been reviewed in Frieze, Artweek, San
Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Bay Guardian and Shotgun
Review.
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Featured in the Ellipsis Space, a new experimental space in the backroom of Triple Base, installation artist Madiha Siraj immerses the audience in beautiful yet
disquieting constructions of unknown origin.The central goal behind Siraj’s installations is the translation of
Islamic principles into visual form. With combinations of thought
provoking spatial manipulation and a strikingly rich color palette Siraj
re-contextualizes Islamic images and principles into eye catching forms and patterns.
Madiha Siraj is currently finishing her
MFA degree from California College of the Arts. A graduate of the
University of California San Diego, Siraj’s work has been exhibited in
the PlAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco; the Annex Gallery; Thumbprint
Gallery; and at Gelatovera. In addition she produced an on site
installation as an artistic participant in the Craft Forward Symposium
held at California College of the Arts this past Spring.
Triple
Base 3041 24th Street (@Treat), San Francisco
Regular Gallery Hours: Thu & Fri 4-8pm, Sat & Sun 12-5pm
For Information/Photos contact Dina Pugh: dina@basebasebase.com
basebasebase.com
For
Information about Ellipsis Space contact Will Brown: will@ellipsisspace.com ellipsisspace.com
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