Kala Gallery is proud to present West of the Sun, featuring new work by 2014-2015 Kala Fellowship artists. The exhibition includes Miguel Aragón, Felipe Castelblanco, Lea Cetera, Sofia Córdova, Alinka Echeverria, Richelle Gribble, Zohra Opoku, Maiko Sugano and Rodrigo Valenzuela. Kala Fellowships are awarded annually to a group of innovative artists working in printmaking, photography, book arts, installation, video and digital media. Fellowship artists are selected from a competitive field of applicants from around the globe. The 2014- 2015 Fellowship artists were selected by a Kala Selection Committee and two guest jurors: Xiaoyu Weng,
Curator, Writer, and Director of Asian Programs for the Kadist Art Foundation and Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium in San Francisco, and Ranu Mukherjee, artist and alumni of the Kala Fellowship program.
"Try to imagine this, you’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plow your fields... Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep....Anyway, that cycle continues, year after year, and then one day, something inside you dies. Maybe nothing or maybe something in the West of the Sun.”- Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
Artists create their artwork in pursuit of personal research. In the process of creation, some look for answers or solutions to socio-political concerns; others reflect on other issues and ask questions to the audience engaging them with issues familiar or unfamiliar. In the exhibition West of the Sun, nine diverse artists search for their unique voice to examine specific cultural agendas. Each artist voice reflects a different cultural background and investigates issues that impact their everyday lives.
Exhibition Dates: July 16 - September 30, 2015
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Curator, Writer, and Director of Asian Programs for the Kadist Art Foundation and Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium in San Francisco, and Ranu Mukherjee, artist and alumni of the Kala Fellowship program.
"Try to imagine this, you’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plow your fields... Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep....Anyway, that cycle continues, year after year, and then one day, something inside you dies. Maybe nothing or maybe something in the West of the Sun.”- Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
Artists create their artwork in pursuit of personal research. In the process of creation, some look for answers or solutions to socio-political concerns; others reflect on other issues and ask questions to the audience engaging them with issues familiar or unfamiliar. In the exhibition West of the Sun, nine diverse artists search for their unique voice to examine specific cultural agendas. Each artist voice reflects a different cultural background and investigates issues that impact their everyday lives.
Exhibition Dates: July 16 - September 30, 2015
Kala Gallery is proud to present West of the Sun, featuring new work by 2014-2015 Kala Fellowship artists. The exhibition includes Miguel Aragón, Felipe Castelblanco, Lea Cetera, Sofia Córdova, Alinka Echeverria, Richelle Gribble, Zohra Opoku, Maiko Sugano and Rodrigo Valenzuela. Kala Fellowships are awarded annually to a group of innovative artists working in printmaking, photography, book arts, installation, video and digital media. Fellowship artists are selected from a competitive field of applicants from around the globe. The 2014- 2015 Fellowship artists were selected by a Kala Selection Committee and two guest jurors: Xiaoyu Weng,
Curator, Writer, and Director of Asian Programs for the Kadist Art Foundation and Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium in San Francisco, and Ranu Mukherjee, artist and alumni of the Kala Fellowship program.
"Try to imagine this, you’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plow your fields... Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep....Anyway, that cycle continues, year after year, and then one day, something inside you dies. Maybe nothing or maybe something in the West of the Sun.”- Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
Artists create their artwork in pursuit of personal research. In the process of creation, some look for answers or solutions to socio-political concerns; others reflect on other issues and ask questions to the audience engaging them with issues familiar or unfamiliar. In the exhibition West of the Sun, nine diverse artists search for their unique voice to examine specific cultural agendas. Each artist voice reflects a different cultural background and investigates issues that impact their everyday lives.
Exhibition Dates: July 16 - September 30, 2015
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Curator, Writer, and Director of Asian Programs for the Kadist Art Foundation and Asian Contemporary Arts Consortium in San Francisco, and Ranu Mukherjee, artist and alumni of the Kala Fellowship program.
"Try to imagine this, you’re a farmer, living all alone on the Siberian tundra. Day after day you plow your fields... Every morning, when the sun rises in the east, you go out to work in your fields. When it’s directly overhead, you take a break for lunch. When it sinks in the west, you go home to sleep....Anyway, that cycle continues, year after year, and then one day, something inside you dies. Maybe nothing or maybe something in the West of the Sun.”- Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun
Artists create their artwork in pursuit of personal research. In the process of creation, some look for answers or solutions to socio-political concerns; others reflect on other issues and ask questions to the audience engaging them with issues familiar or unfamiliar. In the exhibition West of the Sun, nine diverse artists search for their unique voice to examine specific cultural agendas. Each artist voice reflects a different cultural background and investigates issues that impact their everyday lives.
Exhibition Dates: July 16 - September 30, 2015
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