Call for Submissions!

Hello artist friends! For the second year, 5 Claude Lane Gallery has partnered with Bombay Sapphire and RUSH Philanthropic to present the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series! All visual Artists are encouraged to apply. Sponsored by Bombay Sapphire, Rush Philanthropic & 5 Claude Lane Gallery, as well as Galleries across the United States! California submissions chosen will be exhibited at 5 Claude Lane Gallery, San Francisco, Opening on October 4, with an Artists Reception the evening of, from 6-9pm.

Two Artists will be chosen from these exhibitors, these two winners pieces will be exhibited during Art Basel Miami and will have the chance at a further exhibition in NYC at the Rush Arts Gallery in 2013. We strongly encourage all artists to apply, please pass along to your art affiliates!

Chelsea Brown at Modern Eden Gallery, July 14th

July is shaping up to be a fun month filled with great art. In addition to our SF Aid for Animals benefit on July 21st, Chelsea Brown, who showed some of her fantastic drawings in our January show, Days to Come, has a solo exhibition, SheWolf, at Modern Eden Gallery on July 14th. The opening is 6-10 pm at Modern Eden Gallery, 403 Francisco Street.

SF Aid for Animals Fundraiser, July 21st.

Mark Your Calendar!
Join SFAfA and 5 Claude Lane Gallery for an evening of wine & bites!

SAN FRANCISCO AID FOR ANIMALS BENEFIT
SATURDAY JULY 21, 2012
5 UNTIL 8PM
$40 TICKET per person, benefits SFAfA
RSVP to info@5claudelane.com by July 16!

Hosted by 5 Claude Lane Gallery in downtown SF, this evening is a special event to benefit SF Aid for Animals. The evening will include:
Passed Hors d’oeuvres & Wine provided by Gitane Restaurant & Bar
Artist talk by the exuberant Mixed-Media Artist, Silvia Poloto
Auction of a recent piece by the Artist
Ticket Proceeds and 10% of any art sales during the evening will benefit
SF AID FOR ANIMALS!
RSVP to 5 Claude Lane Gallery by Monday, July 16th
info@5claudelane.com or call 415-956-1310
Space is limited so please reserve your spot early!

SFAfA is a fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, a 501(c)(3) organization and a project of the San Francisco Veterinary Medical Association

work from Silvia Poloto

Upcoming Event - Silvia Poloto Solo Exhibition at 5 Claude Lane

Friday, June 22nd, will be the opening of our next exhibition,Instinct, a solo exhibition of new works by Silvia Poloto.

Brazilian-born Silvia Poloto is an accomplished artist working in a range of visual disciplines. Recognized for her dynamic compositions and color sensibility, Poloto exploits a vibrant visual palette of boldness and subtlety. Her artwork is characterized by equal amounts of surprise, playfulness and provocation.

Poloto has worked in a variety of media, including photography, sculpture, painting and printmaking. Elements of each of these media find their home in her current work. In describing this exhibition Poloto writes, “I tend to work in series and for this exhibition I have chosen to present work from several distinct yet undeniably connected bodies of work. My work tends towards an amalgam of materials and ideas with one thing in common. Saturated with my energy, the images are personal and visceral responses to life as I live it daily.”

While San Francisco is her current home, her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad, including United Arab Emirates, France, Spain, Jordan, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and China among others. In the Bay Area, her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Italian American Museum, the Triton Museum and the DeYoung Museum, where she was an artist-in-residence. Poloto’s work has been acquired by more than 90 institutional and corporate collections around the US.

Sweet Call and Response - new book from Steve MacDonald and Dana Smith

Steve MacDonald, who showed some excellent work in our January show, Days To Come, emailed over some images of his newest project, a limited edition book he produced with fellow artist Dana Smith. Here’s what he had to say about the project:

“Sweet Call and Response was developed with an emphasis on experimentation with the materials - digital printing on canvas, photo collage, machine sewn thread, and sewn collage.

Instinctively, messages are sent to attract a response. This book is a visual poem about communication through the interplay of universal symbols and photographic images.
The book is printed entirely on canvas specially coated for digital printing with pigmented inks. A variety of sewing techniques, such as patchwork and embroidery, are applied to the pages over the ink. Each page of the book is treated with meticulous stitching executed by hand using a home sewing machine. Pages are affected on both sides by the stitching. Inverse images create a visual echo woven into the design of the book, which propels the narrative ever forward.”

More information about the book here.

Serge Gay Jr., “Smashed”

Serge posted a photo of this excellent new painting he made for “Wasted”, a group show at WWA Gallery (9517 Culver Boulevard, Culver City) opening June 9th.

Smashed, Serge Gay Jr. 2012

Nemo Gould at Google’s Building 43

Here’s an installation shot of Nemo Gould’s sculptures on display in Google’s Building 43 in Mountain View. The sculptures will be on display through July. More photos of Nemo’s Google installation here

Upcoming Event - Peter Adamyan at Spoke Art

Mark down June 7th in your calendars… Peter Adamyan, who showed work here at 5 Claude in January, will be debuting new works in the back room at Spoke Art on Sutter. His new work continues along the same theme of emulating vintage B-Movie posters while injecting his unique brand of satire, political and social commentary, and personal narrative into the works. His work will be shown alongside New World Hoarder, an exhibit of new works from Casey Weldon.

(image from PeterAdamyan.com)

Congratulations!

A big congrats to the CCA and SFAI graduating classes of 2012, including Mia Christopher, who showed some of her work in the “Days To Come” group show this January, and Joseph Sanders, who is in our current show, “Someplace in Space.”