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Jerald Silva: Through Another Looking Glass

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  Jerald Silva:   Through Another Looking Glass The artist’s world, expressed through their medium, evokes a feeling to affect its viewer, and when successful, has potential to immerse them in a fresh, new perspective. Artspace 1616’s current show,  Jerald Silva: Through Another Looking Glass , is a retrospective of success, and hauntingly so. The world Silva creates follows you and will imprint your mind with his rendition of reality. After seeing the extensive repertoire in  Through Another Looking Glass,  you may question the boundaries of the blasé, but you will not question the captivating technique and depth of works by Jerald Silva.  Landscapes, figures and still life are the subject matter of choice from 1971 to present. The show totals in at 43 artworks, and if one more work was displayed it would be overload, but it is a complete tour de force. It is refreshing, even uplifting to interact with Silva’s paintings in watercolor which soften the focus of reality, not as an escape
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CΔCHING OUT@ Artspace 1616

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Christine Hodgins For the month of September, Artspace 1616 housed two exhibits with distinctive style. Work by Christine Hodgins featured her large plaster hanging sculptures, and work by Susanne Isabel Bockelmann featured her large woodcut prints on fragile China paper. Two very different methods of visual art, in one space, and Artspace 1616 does it right, with vision and cohesion. “A’cross Town,” an art survey of the deceased artist, Christine Hodgins, was curated by Gwenna Howard. Hodgins' body of work was last exhibited in 2012 at the Morris Grave Museum in Eureka, and hasn't been displayed since her passing. The works were hung, drooping from the ceiling in their collected forms. The well-lit gallery may not harken ideas of being deep within a cave or crag, however, the stalagcite forms, pods, cocoons bring the viewer to a place of beginning, on the edge of time and place. Contemporary art forms can be challenging to view at times , but it’s sometimes the questi
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CΔCHING OUT @ Groundswell Gallery

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The show is closed, the lights are down, but the transformation of space that Akira Beard's latest show at Groundswell Gallery activated for the month of June is worth noting. On the main floor of the gallery, dozens of figural drawings hung in dynamic salon style fashion, mimicking the motion inherent in the works. "Life Drawing" by Akira Beard was represented by Groundswell Gallery in the best way possible, in a manner which allowed the artist, his process, and most importantly, the work to be witnessed.  Beard shares in his statement that his current style is a process of unfolding the subconscious. The viewer may see what they see, and what we most notice is dynamism of form, that may be the unfurling  of thought patterns, relationships, dance, sex, etc. Mimesis, or realistic rendering of form which mimics reality, is not the absolute focus of these drawings. The entangled forms reveal body parts, but it clearly represents drawing from life in its abstract and
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CΔCHING OUT @ SECOND SATURDAY, SACRAMENTO

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What Second Saturday can and cannot do - it is a night of showcase, performance, wine, hors d’ouevres, and a guaranteed time to have access to galleries aside from their odd hours (unless of course you were 1810 Gallery this month, then you were closed and we were disappointed because we wanted to see the “Deep Web” show by John Horton). It is also challenging to prioritize receptions, even if you have it mapped out and coordinated with help from our events page (http://sactocache.blogspot.com/p/events.html). We tend to have advantageous expectations to see it all, but visually that can be overwhelming and challenging to achieve because galleries are not centralized. Luckily, Sacramento offers First Fridays as well, you just must plan for that too. Even while art is popping up all around town, your engagement is what breathes life into the community to support the local art scene. What does it mean for you? How do we approach one or two nights a month of active art engagement?
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CΔCHING OUT @ C. N. Gorman Museum

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Central to multimedia artist Holly Wilson's work is the idea of personal narrative. As she states on the title wall of her current exhibit, "Talk Stories," at the C.N. Gorman Museum at UC Davis, "I am interested in stories - the stories of my parents, my ancestors, my family, my community. I am a storyteller...” This solo show features strong sculptural installations, and a few supporting photographic pieces that resonate whether you directly relate to the personal or cultural story behind the work or not. The curatorial factors of this space further support the display of the show, and must not be missed while this Oklahoma-based artist’s works tell their story in Davis, California. The C.N. Gorman Museum at UC Davis is specifically dedicated to showing Native American artists and artists of diverse cultures and histories. Wilson’s heritage of the Delaware Nation/Cherokee provide the backdrop for the inspired narratives behind her work in “Talk Stories.” But as “T
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