Core by Devorah Jacoby

Core by Devorah Jacoby

It is interesting to note that abstract/figurative painter Devorah Jacoby has a background as a licensed psychotherapist, as this could well be reflected in her oils. Jacoby's characters, often in flight or poised to take off, inhabit worlds that are somewhere between here and one of dreams. A multiplicity of faces or outlooks still cannot reveal what is at one's core; a girl pitches forward in flight, a creature that is neither fish nor fowl, but somewhere near both; you can hear the "whheeeee!" in the joyous legs of a peaceful cyclist set against a patchwork ground.

Artist: Devorah Jacoby
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Friends, Family and Other Misfits runs through April 15, 2010 at the Donna Seager Gallery in San Rafael, California.



Flying Girl



Core



Letting Go

John clang

Clang was born Ang Choon Leng in Singapore. He earned his moniker while in the National Service in Singapore as his badge read C L Ang. At age 17 he enrolled in Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore to study fine art photography but left after six months to assist a noted fine-art photographer named Chua Soo Bin. Later he worked for Willie Tang, a well known photographer/television commercial director in Singapore at the time. By the age of 21 he was exhibiting his photographs at art galleries in Singapore. Clang first exhibited his work as a member of the controversial (and now defunct) Singapore art group 5th Passage Artists. His work has been shown at Proud Galleries, London; Bank Art Gallery, Los Angeles; and Galerie Colette, Paris. "Backs by Clang”, the photographer's first solo exhibition was held in 2001 at the Diane von Furstenberg studio in New York. It featured 10 images and a video installation. Recent solo exhibitions include Jendela Gallery/ The Esplanade, Singapore (2004) and The Substation, Singapore (2007). An installation of his personal work is in the permanent collection at the Singapore Art Museum. In 2009, Clang has joined the global Hopenhagen effort with a beautiful stop-motion short film he created to bring awareness to the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference starting December 7 in Copenhagen. In addition to the film, Clang shot and created a series of posters that that bring to life the visual representation of Hopenhagen’s citizens.

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Upside Down Celebrities

" Migraines can cause reversal of vision phenomenon when a person sees everything upside down. In such cases, after migraine attack stops normal vision comes back. Strangely, for human brain it's more difficult to digest the image of a person flipped vertically, rather than the image where the face stays intact while the head and the rest of the body are flipped vertically. No matter how unusual such edit looks the person on the right is usually more recognizable than his unedited copy on the left. " from www.freakingnews,com.

Jean-François Fourtou

Jean-François Fourtou (b. 1964, lives and works in Marrakech and Madrid)
"Mes maisons (My houses)," 2009

Playing with proportion and scale, Jean-François Fourtou's "Houses" includes personal memories of childhood and the fantastical magic of Alice's Wonderland. The installation in Marrakech includes objects from his "Maison du géant" (Giant's House), and the "Maison de poupée" (Doll's house). Fourtou recreates a child's sensation of disorientation in adult spaces in order for it to be re-experienced by a grown viewer.

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"Cats in Control"

Melissa Gable creates a surreal world out of retro images. Gable's collages are ruled by animals, vegetables and well-dressed women. Cats wait for humans to levitate in their underwear, so that they can hitch a ride and hunt for pigeons. And what if we just put our feet up and watched the Hamburger Talk Show channel for a while? It sure would distract us from our problems. In the meantime, enjoy the Dog Days of Summer, knowing we're not all banned from the pool.

Artist: Melissa Gable
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Dog Days of Summer



Hamburger Talk Show

Red Plastic Plates by Ann Toebbe

Ann Toebbe was brought up in the Midwest, but it was only once she moved to the East Coast that she became aware of the aesthetics of her childhood. This piece is made from cut paper that Toebbe paints by hand and then combines to create the composition and is a salute to a familiar Midwestern style.

"Red Plastic Plates captures the humor of the culture clash I sometimes feel when I introduce new people to my family. My husband and step-son were visiting my parent's home in Cincinnati for the first time and my mother, to my horror, insisted on serving dinner in the dining room on red plastic plates with plastic cups, plastic silverware, and paper napkins. I love my mother and can now thank her for creating the image for Red Plastic Plates."
Artist: Ann Toebbe
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Red Plastic Plates



Drying Our Boots by the Stove



Burning Down the Second House

Photographer - Hiroshi Kutomi

Hiroshi worked in a studio and as assistant to Kei Ogata in Japan before moving to London in 1996. He worked as Nick Knight's assistant from 1997-99 and since then has been a photographer for publications including i-D, Vogue UK and Vogue Nippon. In 2007, Hiroshi took a big decision and relocated back to Tokyo.

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