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Fri February 7, 2014

New Artworks by D Young V, Eddie Colla, and Hugh Leeman

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This February, San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by three distinct voices in the Bay Area’s contemporary art scene: D Young V, Hugh Leeman and Eddie Colla. Collaborators over the years, the three artists have extensive oeuvres in two-dimensional, mixed-media work, installation and street art. This exhibition explores the diverging threads in their bodies of work: D Young V’s focus on dystopian symbolism and propaganda, Colla’s rugged, post-apocalyptic portraiture and Leeman’s exploration of his inner emotional world. The exhibition opens February 7 and will be on view through March 29.

Eddie Colla began his career as a photographer. After graduating from California College of the Arts in 1991, he shot editorial content for the New York Times and worked for a slew of ad agencies. For almost a decade, Colla has been fully immersed in his fine art practice. While he is widely known for his stencils and wheat pastes, his studio work combines his two-dimensional work with immersive installations. Portraiture is at the focus, but Colla surrounds his subjects with ephemera and found objects that suggest a world in the wake of destruction. “Both strength and consequence hang on these faces,” said Colla. “There is an ambiguity as to whether theses are images of the victors or the vanquished.” In his new body of work, high-contrast, monochromatic figures in survival gear are set against backgrounds filled with graffiti, alluding to Colla’s on-going, post-apocalyptic narrative and his relationship to street culture. The exhibition will also include new mixed-media works on aluminum and glass etchings.

A San Francisco resident for over a decade, D Young V (David Young) is an MFA graduate from the Academy of Art. Like Colla, D Young V moves fluidly between the gallery world and the street. His murals, wheatpastes, paintings and immersive installations are heavily focused on design, mapping out the visual language of a fictional society through an invented network of symbols. Young’s meticulous, handpainted work is often mistaken for stencils. He combines his penchant for realism with structure and geometry, creating austere works of art that evoke a militaristic, dystopian society. For the new show, Young will premiere 40 new micron pen drawings as part of a large wall installation, as well as hanging, multi-layered wood sculptures.

Hugh Leeman first gained renown for his detailed, graphite portraits of the homeless San Francisco residents he would get to know on his commutes throughout the city. In the past year, Leeman radically changed direction, going from a tightly-controlled, small-scale work process to one that is physical and meditative. “I threw away all my things, gave away all my paint and started over with black and white,” said the artist. “I stopped painting from photos or life and painted from my head with my feelings through movement.” Leeman now paints loosely and expressively with oil and spray paint. His latest work includes mural-scale pieces that allow him to involve his entire body in the act of painting. The results are spontaneous and emotive, with a greater emphasis on the process than the final product.
This February, San Francisco’s 111 Minna Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by three distinct voices in the Bay Area’s contemporary art scene: D Young V, Hugh Leeman and Eddie Colla. Collaborators over the years, the three artists have extensive oeuvres in two-dimensional, mixed-media work, installation and street art. This exhibition explores the diverging threads in their bodies of work: D Young V’s focus on dystopian symbolism and propaganda, Colla’s rugged, post-apocalyptic portraiture and Leeman’s exploration of his inner emotional world. The exhibition opens February 7 and will be on view through March 29.

Eddie Colla began his career as a photographer. After graduating from California College of the Arts in 1991, he shot editorial content for the New York Times and worked for a slew of ad agencies. For almost a decade, Colla has been fully immersed in his fine art practice. While he is widely known for his stencils and wheat pastes, his studio work combines his two-dimensional work with immersive installations. Portraiture is at the focus, but Colla surrounds his subjects with ephemera and found objects that suggest a world in the wake of destruction. “Both strength and consequence hang on these faces,” said Colla. “There is an ambiguity as to whether theses are images of the victors or the vanquished.” In his new body of work, high-contrast, monochromatic figures in survival gear are set against backgrounds filled with graffiti, alluding to Colla’s on-going, post-apocalyptic narrative and his relationship to street culture. The exhibition will also include new mixed-media works on aluminum and glass etchings.

A San Francisco resident for over a decade, D Young V (David Young) is an MFA graduate from the Academy of Art. Like Colla, D Young V moves fluidly between the gallery world and the street. His murals, wheatpastes, paintings and immersive installations are heavily focused on design, mapping out the visual language of a fictional society through an invented network of symbols. Young’s meticulous, handpainted work is often mistaken for stencils. He combines his penchant for realism with structure and geometry, creating austere works of art that evoke a militaristic, dystopian society. For the new show, Young will premiere 40 new micron pen drawings as part of a large wall installation, as well as hanging, multi-layered wood sculptures.

Hugh Leeman first gained renown for his detailed, graphite portraits of the homeless San Francisco residents he would get to know on his commutes throughout the city. In the past year, Leeman radically changed direction, going from a tightly-controlled, small-scale work process to one that is physical and meditative. “I threw away all my things, gave away all my paint and started over with black and white,” said the artist. “I stopped painting from photos or life and painted from my head with my feelings through movement.” Leeman now paints loosely and expressively with oil and spray paint. His latest work includes mural-scale pieces that allow him to involve his entire body in the act of painting. The results are spontaneous and emotive, with a greater emphasis on the process than the final product.
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