Max Schoening, Untitled ( soccer boys Kenya), c print, 2008 (Click image to view larger)

OPENING: Friday, June 12th : 6-8: 30pm
EXHIBITION: June 12-July 10, 2009
TITLE: “ Home “
MEDIUM: photography, drawing, painting
ARTISTS: Gideon Chase, Hannah Hooper, Andrew Kirk, Max Schoening, Ethan Scott

LOCATION: ampersand international arts 1001 Tennessee Street (at 20th St.) San Francisco 94107 California USA

GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Fridays noon to 5:00PM and by appointment

CURATED by:
Young Ampersand: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia Mauro, Theodora Mauro

Ampersand is happy to present HOME.
Ampersand has invited four young local art aficionados to curate the first Young Ampersand exhibition: Jesse Brown, Rachel Hooper, Saskia and Theodora Mauro are childhood friends; they all studied art history and art making and have grown up in homes where art criticism, art collecting and art making are an everyday reality.

Choosing a subject familiar to all, the HOME curators explore individual interpretations of the idea of Home by recent Art School graduates, all visual artists linked to the San Francisco Bay Area.

The curators’ statement : "With rising foreclosure rates and the current uncertain state of the economy in the United States, homes have become not only symbols of refuge, but thwarted symbols of the 'American Dream'. With HOME we aim to address how art can reflect broader understandings of the places we live in: how they are not only defined by the roof over our heads, but may also be the people, places and events that impact our lives."

Obviously the irony of Ampersand gallery being a live/work space is not lost on any of the participants.

GALLERY HOURS: Thursdays and Fridays noon to 5pm and by appointment.

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