Juried Exhibition: Jeff Allen, Kimberley Austin, Katie Bell, Mary Bennett, Amy Berk, Marcia Binnendyk, Julie Blankenship, Thomas Brouilette, Brad Brown, Michael Brown in collaboration with Rex Ray, MC Schmidt & Chris Walker, Timothy Buckwalter, Castaneda/ Reiman, Leona Christie, Jane D’Arensbourg, Maili Dekalo~Dor, Sterett~Gittings Duncan, Laura Dufort, Kathy Fenker, Arvin Flores, Mark Giglio, Maizie Gilbert, Permi Gill, Fernando Hernandez, Tony Herrin, Todd Hido, Johnathan Hoare, Lisa Hochtritt, Gail Howard, Kent Howie, Mark Huckabay, Arnold Kemp, Michael Kerbrow, Chris Komater, Gary Kong, Jeff Kotun, Jeffrey Kramm, Evri Kwong, Nicolas Lampert, Michele Levesque, Troy Mitchell Litten, Tara Lyons, LM, Eric McNatt, Peter Mitchell~Dayton, Crlos y Milena, Gabriel Navar, Richard Olson, Pamela Palma, Alison Pebworth, Iris Polos, Daniel Pruka, LisaRicci, Emily Richardson, KC Rosenberg, Daniel Ross, Sean Rowe, Isael Samaras, Thomas Sherrod, Antonio Sindorf, Francine Snyder, Nina Stavinga, Claudia Tennyson, Lacy Terrell & Lindsay Lohden, Elke Thomann, Christopher Trembley, Amber Tyler, Erwo van Blitzschlag, Sally Wassink, Benji Jasper Whalen, Sandra Wong.

Obsession

November 17 – December 16, 1995

Reception Date: November 17^th, 1995

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12 – 5pm

Curator: Gary Garrels, Chief curator of SFMOMA

Southern Exposures fifth annual entry free juried exhibition. Like the elastic term obsessions, the exhibit stretches eclectically and eccentrically beyond the breaking point of many theme shows – from Amber R. Tyler’s Tongue-tied maraschino cherry stems in a jar to Pringles, Kathy Fenker’s glittering shrine to couch potatodom, and the maniacal Go Girl! The Pinball Machine by Michael Brown in collaboration with Rex Ray, M.C Schmidt, and Chris Walker. Nina Stavinga’s nauseating python-skin bustier is enough to make callused flesh crawl, while Jane D’Arensbourg’s immaculately fragile glass fishnet legs hang glitzily from the ceiling. Amy Berk’s aptly titled Obsesion is a bright, minimalist wheel of life and loopy psychoscape bristling with constellations of circular obsessions enmeshed in 96 embroidery hoops.

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Obsession

November 17 – December 16, 1995