What song can you sing when you have no words? When bleary confusion melts into muddled bliss, three syllables suffice to sum up this feeling of dizzy elation: LA, LA, and LA. Teryn Brown and Sarah Bowser’s summer installation at Classic Cars West will manifest these questions and states of cheeky ataraxia in the form of 3D works, paintings and fanciful structures. With an opening reception on July 20th, a First Fridays event on August 3rd, and a closing party on August 23rd, LA LA LA will be a cozy refrain that welcomes viewers into an imagined realm where you don’t have to be anything but free, and everything is a joke – the good kind that punches up.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Teryn Brown is a multidisciplinary artist working from her home studio in West Oakland. Her cartoonishly vibrant and lighthearted works explore themes of love, the cosmos, humor, Americana, mysticism, and existential dread. She is the oldest of four kids, only remembers her nightmares, and tries to use her art to bring joy and relief to the good people of planet Earth. She has shown at galleries in Oakland & San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. You can see her work on instagram @lorrainegoldenhar and her web-store https://www.dirtworld.bigcartel.com.
Sarah Bowser is best known for her playful paper-cuts. Working from her home studio in Oakland California, she constructs bright, minimalist snapshots of her environment. The work represents the simplicity of everyday; an attempt to quiet the anxieties of reality, leaving behind only the parts that spark joy. Starting from a few ambiguous paper shapes, suggested forms of familiar objects appear. Flowers, fruit and abstract sculptures are loosely rendered based on objects observed on walks through the city and through nature. Sarah graduated from SFSU with a BA in Art in 2013 and has shown with galleries in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Teryn Brown is a multidisciplinary artist working from her home studio in West Oakland. Her cartoonishly vibrant and lighthearted works explore themes of love, the cosmos, humor, Americana, mysticism, and existential dread. She is the oldest of four kids, only remembers her nightmares, and tries to use her art to bring joy and relief to the good people of planet Earth. She has shown at galleries in Oakland & San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. You can see her work on instagram @lorrainegoldenhar and her web-store https://www.dirtworld.bigcartel.com.
Sarah Bowser is best known for her playful paper-cuts. Working from her home studio in Oakland California, she constructs bright, minimalist snapshots of her environment. The work represents the simplicity of everyday; an attempt to quiet the anxieties of reality, leaving behind only the parts that spark joy. Starting from a few ambiguous paper shapes, suggested forms of familiar objects appear. Flowers, fruit and abstract sculptures are loosely rendered based on objects observed on walks through the city and through nature. Sarah graduated from SFSU with a BA in Art in 2013 and has shown with galleries in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
What song can you sing when you have no words? When bleary confusion melts into muddled bliss, three syllables suffice to sum up this feeling of dizzy elation: LA, LA, and LA. Teryn Brown and Sarah Bowser’s summer installation at Classic Cars West will manifest these questions and states of cheeky ataraxia in the form of 3D works, paintings and fanciful structures. With an opening reception on July 20th, a First Fridays event on August 3rd, and a closing party on August 23rd, LA LA LA will be a cozy refrain that welcomes viewers into an imagined realm where you don’t have to be anything but free, and everything is a joke – the good kind that punches up.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Teryn Brown is a multidisciplinary artist working from her home studio in West Oakland. Her cartoonishly vibrant and lighthearted works explore themes of love, the cosmos, humor, Americana, mysticism, and existential dread. She is the oldest of four kids, only remembers her nightmares, and tries to use her art to bring joy and relief to the good people of planet Earth. She has shown at galleries in Oakland & San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. You can see her work on instagram @lorrainegoldenhar and her web-store https://www.dirtworld.bigcartel.com.
Sarah Bowser is best known for her playful paper-cuts. Working from her home studio in Oakland California, she constructs bright, minimalist snapshots of her environment. The work represents the simplicity of everyday; an attempt to quiet the anxieties of reality, leaving behind only the parts that spark joy. Starting from a few ambiguous paper shapes, suggested forms of familiar objects appear. Flowers, fruit and abstract sculptures are loosely rendered based on objects observed on walks through the city and through nature. Sarah graduated from SFSU with a BA in Art in 2013 and has shown with galleries in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS: Teryn Brown is a multidisciplinary artist working from her home studio in West Oakland. Her cartoonishly vibrant and lighthearted works explore themes of love, the cosmos, humor, Americana, mysticism, and existential dread. She is the oldest of four kids, only remembers her nightmares, and tries to use her art to bring joy and relief to the good people of planet Earth. She has shown at galleries in Oakland & San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. You can see her work on instagram @lorrainegoldenhar and her web-store https://www.dirtworld.bigcartel.com.
Sarah Bowser is best known for her playful paper-cuts. Working from her home studio in Oakland California, she constructs bright, minimalist snapshots of her environment. The work represents the simplicity of everyday; an attempt to quiet the anxieties of reality, leaving behind only the parts that spark joy. Starting from a few ambiguous paper shapes, suggested forms of familiar objects appear. Flowers, fruit and abstract sculptures are loosely rendered based on objects observed on walks through the city and through nature. Sarah graduated from SFSU with a BA in Art in 2013 and has shown with galleries in Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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