Thu February 10 - Fri March 25, 2022
Gallery 16 presents Tucker Nichols: Never Better
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Plenty of gallery exhibitions have been described as important or even crucial. But this month marks the opening of an exhibit that is mandatory. Everybody has to see it. Gallery 16 will welcome people of all ages, genders, cultures, and heights for a required viewing of Tucker Nichols's new artwork.
"It is not optional," says artist and gallery founder Griff Williams, whose statements have not been verified for this press release. "Everybody absolutely has to come here and see this stuff."
"Every artist can't help but have the idea of an audience influencing--some would say overshadowing--their creative process," says Nichols, who has had work featured at SF MOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and other optional venues. "With a mandatory show, that weight is finally lifted. Cowabunga! Tell them I said absolutely anything--I'm giving you complete creative control for this press release. Fruit salad is delicious."
"Art always asks enormous questions," says art expert and person I made up, Colleen Sandwich, who supported the exhibition's mandate by making a flag. "What can truly be considered art? Who should see it? At last, we have definitive answers: Tucker Nichols's work, and everybody in the whole entire world."
"Frankly, I don't get how this could even happen," says a local small businessman and spoilsport. "Gallery 16 is a dynamic but small gallery, and there are a ton of people. I mean, does everybody in the whole world even know about this show? I bet most people don't. And what if they live far away? Also, if they line up on the sidewalk, they block the entrance to my bike helmet shop, and how am I gonna sell bike helmets if that happens?"
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About the artist: Tucker Nichols lives in Northern California. His work has been featured at the Drawing Center in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. His first solo museum exhibition, Almost Everything On The Table, will open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in May of 2018.
His drawings have been published in McSweeney's, The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books and the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times. He is co-author of the books Crabtree (with Jon Nichols) and This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (with Dave Eggers).
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About Gallery 16: Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It's their belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist's projects. The space, as Williams describes it, "allows for the artist to fail. We don't create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions."
The Gallery 16 exhibition program functions alongside their print studio which operates under the imprint Gallery 16 Editions. They were among the first print studios in the United States to combine traditional and digital print methods to create original artist editions. They continue to publish print editions, artist books, and multiples.
The gallery space is located on the ground floor of a historic building at the corner of Bryant and Third Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. Gallery 16 is active internationally as well as locally, working with individual collectors and museums alike in support of artists including Michelle Grabner, Reed Anderson, Tucker Nichols, Jason Middlebrook, Libby Black, Amy Franceschini, and others. They have collaborated with many of the top art institutions around the world on acquisitions and exhibitions, including Whitney Museum Of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, MASS MoCA, Orange County Museum of Art, SFMOMA. Gallery 16 participates in a select number of art fairs each year and has facilitated public projects for gallery artists in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, New York, among other locations.
Image Credit: "BR21283" 2022, Enamel on panel, 14 x 11"
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"It is not optional," says artist and gallery founder Griff Williams, whose statements have not been verified for this press release. "Everybody absolutely has to come here and see this stuff."
"Every artist can't help but have the idea of an audience influencing--some would say overshadowing--their creative process," says Nichols, who has had work featured at SF MOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and other optional venues. "With a mandatory show, that weight is finally lifted. Cowabunga! Tell them I said absolutely anything--I'm giving you complete creative control for this press release. Fruit salad is delicious."
"Art always asks enormous questions," says art expert and person I made up, Colleen Sandwich, who supported the exhibition's mandate by making a flag. "What can truly be considered art? Who should see it? At last, we have definitive answers: Tucker Nichols's work, and everybody in the whole entire world."
"Frankly, I don't get how this could even happen," says a local small businessman and spoilsport. "Gallery 16 is a dynamic but small gallery, and there are a ton of people. I mean, does everybody in the whole world even know about this show? I bet most people don't. And what if they live far away? Also, if they line up on the sidewalk, they block the entrance to my bike helmet shop, and how am I gonna sell bike helmets if that happens?"
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About the artist: Tucker Nichols lives in Northern California. His work has been featured at the Drawing Center in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. His first solo museum exhibition, Almost Everything On The Table, will open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in May of 2018.
His drawings have been published in McSweeney's, The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books and the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times. He is co-author of the books Crabtree (with Jon Nichols) and This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (with Dave Eggers).
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About Gallery 16: Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It's their belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist's projects. The space, as Williams describes it, "allows for the artist to fail. We don't create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions."
The Gallery 16 exhibition program functions alongside their print studio which operates under the imprint Gallery 16 Editions. They were among the first print studios in the United States to combine traditional and digital print methods to create original artist editions. They continue to publish print editions, artist books, and multiples.
The gallery space is located on the ground floor of a historic building at the corner of Bryant and Third Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. Gallery 16 is active internationally as well as locally, working with individual collectors and museums alike in support of artists including Michelle Grabner, Reed Anderson, Tucker Nichols, Jason Middlebrook, Libby Black, Amy Franceschini, and others. They have collaborated with many of the top art institutions around the world on acquisitions and exhibitions, including Whitney Museum Of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, MASS MoCA, Orange County Museum of Art, SFMOMA. Gallery 16 participates in a select number of art fairs each year and has facilitated public projects for gallery artists in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, New York, among other locations.
Image Credit: "BR21283" 2022, Enamel on panel, 14 x 11"
Plenty of gallery exhibitions have been described as important or even crucial. But this month marks the opening of an exhibit that is mandatory. Everybody has to see it. Gallery 16 will welcome people of all ages, genders, cultures, and heights for a required viewing of Tucker Nichols's new artwork.
"It is not optional," says artist and gallery founder Griff Williams, whose statements have not been verified for this press release. "Everybody absolutely has to come here and see this stuff."
"Every artist can't help but have the idea of an audience influencing--some would say overshadowing--their creative process," says Nichols, who has had work featured at SF MOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and other optional venues. "With a mandatory show, that weight is finally lifted. Cowabunga! Tell them I said absolutely anything--I'm giving you complete creative control for this press release. Fruit salad is delicious."
"Art always asks enormous questions," says art expert and person I made up, Colleen Sandwich, who supported the exhibition's mandate by making a flag. "What can truly be considered art? Who should see it? At last, we have definitive answers: Tucker Nichols's work, and everybody in the whole entire world."
"Frankly, I don't get how this could even happen," says a local small businessman and spoilsport. "Gallery 16 is a dynamic but small gallery, and there are a ton of people. I mean, does everybody in the whole world even know about this show? I bet most people don't. And what if they live far away? Also, if they line up on the sidewalk, they block the entrance to my bike helmet shop, and how am I gonna sell bike helmets if that happens?"
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About the artist: Tucker Nichols lives in Northern California. His work has been featured at the Drawing Center in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. His first solo museum exhibition, Almost Everything On The Table, will open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in May of 2018.
His drawings have been published in McSweeney's, The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books and the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times. He is co-author of the books Crabtree (with Jon Nichols) and This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (with Dave Eggers).
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About Gallery 16: Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It's their belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist's projects. The space, as Williams describes it, "allows for the artist to fail. We don't create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions."
The Gallery 16 exhibition program functions alongside their print studio which operates under the imprint Gallery 16 Editions. They were among the first print studios in the United States to combine traditional and digital print methods to create original artist editions. They continue to publish print editions, artist books, and multiples.
The gallery space is located on the ground floor of a historic building at the corner of Bryant and Third Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. Gallery 16 is active internationally as well as locally, working with individual collectors and museums alike in support of artists including Michelle Grabner, Reed Anderson, Tucker Nichols, Jason Middlebrook, Libby Black, Amy Franceschini, and others. They have collaborated with many of the top art institutions around the world on acquisitions and exhibitions, including Whitney Museum Of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, MASS MoCA, Orange County Museum of Art, SFMOMA. Gallery 16 participates in a select number of art fairs each year and has facilitated public projects for gallery artists in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, New York, among other locations.
Image Credit: "BR21283" 2022, Enamel on panel, 14 x 11"
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"It is not optional," says artist and gallery founder Griff Williams, whose statements have not been verified for this press release. "Everybody absolutely has to come here and see this stuff."
"Every artist can't help but have the idea of an audience influencing--some would say overshadowing--their creative process," says Nichols, who has had work featured at SF MOMA, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, and other optional venues. "With a mandatory show, that weight is finally lifted. Cowabunga! Tell them I said absolutely anything--I'm giving you complete creative control for this press release. Fruit salad is delicious."
"Art always asks enormous questions," says art expert and person I made up, Colleen Sandwich, who supported the exhibition's mandate by making a flag. "What can truly be considered art? Who should see it? At last, we have definitive answers: Tucker Nichols's work, and everybody in the whole entire world."
"Frankly, I don't get how this could even happen," says a local small businessman and spoilsport. "Gallery 16 is a dynamic but small gallery, and there are a ton of people. I mean, does everybody in the whole world even know about this show? I bet most people don't. And what if they live far away? Also, if they line up on the sidewalk, they block the entrance to my bike helmet shop, and how am I gonna sell bike helmets if that happens?"
~~~~~~~~
About the artist: Tucker Nichols lives in Northern California. His work has been featured at the Drawing Center in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Denver Art Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. His first solo museum exhibition, Almost Everything On The Table, will open at the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, CT in May of 2018.
His drawings have been published in McSweeney's, The Thing Quarterly, Nieves Books and the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times. He is co-author of the books Crabtree (with Jon Nichols) and This Bridge Will Not Be Gray (with Dave Eggers).
~~~~~~~~
About Gallery 16: Gallery 16 was founded in 1993 by artist Griff Williams with the primary focus of representing and advocating for the work of living contemporary artists. In addition to the regular exhibition schedule, the gallery sponsors artists talks, and hosts performances and music throughout the year. It's their belief that the brick and mortar gallery model, to be culturally relevant, needs to embody new strategies for facilitating and presenting artist's projects. The space, as Williams describes it, "allows for the artist to fail. We don't create exhibitions around curatorial agendas, but extend an invitation to artists we trust and hope they use the opportunity to challenge themselves without restrictions."
The Gallery 16 exhibition program functions alongside their print studio which operates under the imprint Gallery 16 Editions. They were among the first print studios in the United States to combine traditional and digital print methods to create original artist editions. They continue to publish print editions, artist books, and multiples.
The gallery space is located on the ground floor of a historic building at the corner of Bryant and Third Street in the South of Market area of San Francisco. Gallery 16 is active internationally as well as locally, working with individual collectors and museums alike in support of artists including Michelle Grabner, Reed Anderson, Tucker Nichols, Jason Middlebrook, Libby Black, Amy Franceschini, and others. They have collaborated with many of the top art institutions around the world on acquisitions and exhibitions, including Whitney Museum Of American Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Berkeley Art Museum, MASS MoCA, Orange County Museum of Art, SFMOMA. Gallery 16 participates in a select number of art fairs each year and has facilitated public projects for gallery artists in San Francisco, Denver, Houston, Saudi Arabia, Washington DC, New York, among other locations.
Image Credit: "BR21283" 2022, Enamel on panel, 14 x 11"
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