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INTIMATE EXPRESSIONISTS : New work – Jacqueline Cooper, Amy Pollman, and Tessa McKaig

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cooperpollmanmckaigOpening October 24th, 2014
6pm to 9pm

INFERNO presents INTIMATE EXPRESSIONISTS. A three woman show that touches the pressure points of our deepest sensitivities. Jacqueline Cooper creates paintings that are beautiful and alluring. Graphic and succint her work speaks of the innermost passions of human relationships.  Through her imitable painting style, utilising translucent chroma and soft light, she reveals a series of work filled with desirable flesh and sensual activity. Amy Pollman is a conceptual artist that employs unorthodox materials to create work that creates a discourse about the idiosyncrasies of the collective modern condition. This exhibition, which features her sculptural ‘Twinkie’ and ‘Play-doh’ series, is a prime example of her inventiveness and ability to appropriate the supposedly mundane into ironically articulate observations of the surrealistic character of contemporary existence. Tessa McKaig‘s drawings tap into the familial human relationships birthed from 60’s TV series ideals.  Her use of pastel color reverberates iconic versions of period media that flourished and formulated the American mindset. Although her work appears warm and inviting, the eyeless figures have haunting undertones that speak volumes of plasticity of American sensibilities and genuineness. All the artists present a powerful display of work, this show is not to be missed!

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Opening Night: Photos from Ren Dodge’s Human Polaroid

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Ren Dodge gave patrons of INFERNO gallery an up-close an personal look at his process and how his Human Polaroid operates. Through the evening people were photographed but also invited into the camera to see first hand how the process works. The below photos are the result of this carnivalesque experience.

Human Polaroid: Family
Human Polaroid: Family
Human Polaroid: Artists - Tessa McKaig and Barbosa Prince
Human Polaroid: Artists – Tessa McKaig and Barbosa Prince
Human Polaroid: Chai
Human Polaroid: Chai

 

 

Human Polaroid: INFERNO Patrons
Human Polaroid: INFERNO Patrons
Human Polaroid: Anthony Henline
Human Polaroid: Anthony Henline
Human Polaroid: Hoodie Man
Human Polaroid: Hoodie Man

 

Human Polaroid: Artist - Mimi Vitetta
Human Polaroid: Artist – Mimi Vitetta
Human Polaroid - INFERNO Patrons
Human Polaroid – INFERNO Patrons

From the Eye to the Lens

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walker_vitteta_dodge_smlINFERNO Gallery presents a group show of three East Bay Photographers: Mimi Vitetta, Ren Dodge, and Lia Walker. Vitetta produces photographs that are familiar bay area images digitally enhanced and presented in light boxes. The overall feel is a surreal somewhat haunting vision of the world around her. Dodge has produced a series of photographs in his Human Polaroid. Reminiscent of carnival booths and a tradition of photography long passed, Dodge steps inside his human sized camera and takes portraits, sometimes with multiple exposures. The result are long exposure images that capture the soul of the subject in a time machine like manner. Walker creates elaborate stage settings that magnify the subjects of her portraits with whimsical decoration and brilliant use of color and light. The show opens July 25th, 6 to 9pm and is up through August 16th, 2014. INFERNO gallery is located in the Vulcan Lofts at 4401 San Leandro St. Oakland, CA 94601