Event Listing - Galleries
Fri Jun 6 - Sun Jul 6

Say Hello To Neverending

Location
Date and Time
Fecal Face Dot Gallery
66 Gough Street
San Francisco, CA 94102 map
cross street: Market
district: Hayes Valley

Fri Jun 6 (6pm - 9pm) - opening reception
Sat Jun 7 (noon - 6pm)
Sun Jun 8 (noon - 6pm)
Thu Jun 12 (4pm - 8pm)
Fri Jun 13 (4pm - 8pm)

Description
Say Hello To Neverending

Paintings and installations by San Francisco based artist Tara Foley.

Opening: Friday June 6th (6-9pm)

"Say Hello To Never ending" is an exploration of the idea that things have no beginning and no end - everything is cyclical and patterns repeat themselves. Using both graphically intracate and sometimes diagrammical acrylic paintings in combination with found object installations, Foley creates a narrative about the infinite potential borne from life cycles. Her work charts the symbiotic relationship between destruction and creation by mapping a world ruled by juxtapositions; a door scorched by fire on one side, yet pristine on the other, a diagram of barren trees giving way to lush ones, dynamics within our social structure.

"Sometimes it's harder to be optimistic than others," Foley says, "The burnt door is an example of that. It came from a real fire that happened on my block. So, if you think about those people and what they lost, that is hard, but that door closing only opens another..."