Hosted at Arc Gallery & Studios, San Francisco, in the Project Gallery at Arc from November 18 to December 16, 2023.
Nothing is black or white. The Space Between, curated by Karen M. Gutfreund showcases artwork that records our passions, memories and dreams with images of the ephemeral, a space where the personal becomes the universal. On themes of myth, consciousness, intuition, symbols and ritual, the works express the power of the human condition. Through the lens of self-identified women and non-binary artists, in exploring one’s unconscious realities and portraits of dreams and fantasies, the exhibition is a portal for recognizing or re-knowing one’s self to understand the passages of consciousness, inner journeys, memory, and being.
Portraying narratives to make the invisible visible, the works give form and substance to the individual imaginary world inside oneself that in turn impacts emotional, poetic, spiritual, and subconscious planes. Seeking transcendence by connecting inner and outer worlds, the artists celebrate the space between where creativity stems from and where it is born and then lives as a powerful talisman through the stories that we tell ourselves and to others in search of the divine.
Participating Artists: Laura Abrams, Wendy Ackrell, Elizabeth Addison, Cheselyn Amato, Salma Arastu, Liz Bloomfield, Marie Cameron, Kim Cardoso, Sara Cole, Niloufar Farzam, Pamela Flynn, Carla Goldberg, Laura Gurton, Nic Hampton, Angela Han, Rozanne Hermelyn di Silvestro, Christine Ilewski, Sherry Karver, Audrey Kral, Beth Lakamp, Meghan Lewis MacLeod, Maria Loram, Laurel Lueders, Michelle Mansour, Karen Mason, Penny McElroy, Penny McElroy, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Linda Mitchell, Laura Morrison, Jennifer Onofrio Fornes, Vida Pavesich, Theresa Pisani, Linda Plaisted, Caren Helene Rudman, Gigi Salij, Marcia Santore, Amrita Singhal, Dobee Snowber, Christine So, Mary Southall, Julianne Sterling, Winnie van der Rijn, Janna Waldinger, Pipa Wilder, Bryn Williams, Marian Yap, Jade Zabrowski, and Achi Zhou.
