Conrad Ruiz and his massive-scale watercolors make a triumphant return to San Francisco with a first solo show:
Cold, Hard, and Wet
Opening Friday December 11 from 7-10pm, running through January 30, 2010 at Silverman Gallery, 804 Sutter, San Francisco
In addition to having skill, Conrad is highly-attuned to the hilarious and unintentionally sexy, and is a media connoisseur. You can read the San Franciso Bay Guardian's recent interview with him here.
"Drawing from Gericault and Delacroix, as well as James Cameron, Ruiz’s expansive canvases unfold as kinetic and often explosive compositions, which capture moments of collective euphoria. Through these fantastical, excessive and bizarre tableaux Ruiz explores the ever-changing permutations of class, masculinity and race as they circulate through the popular lexicons that shape our collective imaginary.
This particular body of work draws from the questing idioms of video games (such as Super Mario Brothers and Legend of Zelda) to produce winter-themed landscapes that engage recent historical ruptures, such as the stock market crash and the recent economic downturn."
See you there!
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