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Fri Sep 9, 2005 - Sat Oct 15, 2005

Practice Makes Perfect

Bay Area Conceptual Craft

Location
Date and Time
Southern Exposure
3030 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110 map
district: Mission

Fri Sep 9, 2005 (11am - 5pm) - Opening reception: 7 - 9 pm
Sat Sep 10, 2005 (11am - 5pm)
Tue Sep 13, 2005 (11am - 5pm)
Wed Sep 14, 2005 (11am - 5pm)
Thu Sep 15, 2005 (11am - 5pm)

Description
Organized by members of Southern Exposure’s Curatorial Committee, this exhibition establishes the significance of conceptually oriented craft practices as a local and national movement. Practice Makes Perfect explores the work of a group of emerging and established Bay Area artists who utilize highly refined skills to produce conceptually based work. The exhibiting artists undertake labor-intensive actions that are deliberate, elaborate, and verge on the obsessive. Employing materials ranging from the traditional paper, fabric, and wood to unconventional found and damaged objects, they produce work that is rooted in conceptual art, moving beyond well-honed techniques to convey a complex set of ideas. In essence, their craft exists in the service of content.