MIKE HENDERSON
Parallel Spaces
September 7 - October 28, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Haines Gallery is pleased to present Parallel Spaces, a solo exhibition comprising new paintings and works on paper by pioneering Bay Area artist Mike Henderson. The exhibition explores the notion of parallels; of the people, places, things and ideas that are opposite, apart yet analogous—and the liminal space in between. In these new works, Henderson examines the spaces that we inhabit, in parallel to nature and to one another, and what is revealed or concealed when these spaces shift and move.
The exhibition debuts a series of new oil paintings, each a textural kaleidoscope of thickly layered paint. Presented in dialogue with these paintings is a suite of acrylic works on paper, Henderson’s first time working with the medium in 45 years. In contrast to his thickly layered oil paintings, Henderson’s application of paint here is sparse, almost sheer at times, framed and sometimes interrupted by negative space. If Henderson’s paintings are a symphony, then his works on paper are a melody, singular but distinct. Each medium responds to the other, while maintaining the lyricism and spontaneity that characterizes his practice.
Born in Missouri and based in San Francisco, CA, Mike Henderson received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work as a painter and filmmaker has been exhibited in such distinguished institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Oakland Museum of California, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. In addition to painting, Henderson has performed at music halls and festivals around the world as an accomplished blues guitarist. He is a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1978, 1989); and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1973).
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Parallel Spaces
September 7 - October 28, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Haines Gallery is pleased to present Parallel Spaces, a solo exhibition comprising new paintings and works on paper by pioneering Bay Area artist Mike Henderson. The exhibition explores the notion of parallels; of the people, places, things and ideas that are opposite, apart yet analogous—and the liminal space in between. In these new works, Henderson examines the spaces that we inhabit, in parallel to nature and to one another, and what is revealed or concealed when these spaces shift and move.
The exhibition debuts a series of new oil paintings, each a textural kaleidoscope of thickly layered paint. Presented in dialogue with these paintings is a suite of acrylic works on paper, Henderson’s first time working with the medium in 45 years. In contrast to his thickly layered oil paintings, Henderson’s application of paint here is sparse, almost sheer at times, framed and sometimes interrupted by negative space. If Henderson’s paintings are a symphony, then his works on paper are a melody, singular but distinct. Each medium responds to the other, while maintaining the lyricism and spontaneity that characterizes his practice.
Born in Missouri and based in San Francisco, CA, Mike Henderson received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work as a painter and filmmaker has been exhibited in such distinguished institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Oakland Museum of California, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. In addition to painting, Henderson has performed at music halls and festivals around the world as an accomplished blues guitarist. He is a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1978, 1989); and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1973).
MIKE HENDERSON
Parallel Spaces
September 7 - October 28, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Haines Gallery is pleased to present Parallel Spaces, a solo exhibition comprising new paintings and works on paper by pioneering Bay Area artist Mike Henderson. The exhibition explores the notion of parallels; of the people, places, things and ideas that are opposite, apart yet analogous—and the liminal space in between. In these new works, Henderson examines the spaces that we inhabit, in parallel to nature and to one another, and what is revealed or concealed when these spaces shift and move.
The exhibition debuts a series of new oil paintings, each a textural kaleidoscope of thickly layered paint. Presented in dialogue with these paintings is a suite of acrylic works on paper, Henderson’s first time working with the medium in 45 years. In contrast to his thickly layered oil paintings, Henderson’s application of paint here is sparse, almost sheer at times, framed and sometimes interrupted by negative space. If Henderson’s paintings are a symphony, then his works on paper are a melody, singular but distinct. Each medium responds to the other, while maintaining the lyricism and spontaneity that characterizes his practice.
Born in Missouri and based in San Francisco, CA, Mike Henderson received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work as a painter and filmmaker has been exhibited in such distinguished institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Oakland Museum of California, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. In addition to painting, Henderson has performed at music halls and festivals around the world as an accomplished blues guitarist. He is a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1978, 1989); and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1973).
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Parallel Spaces
September 7 - October 28, 2017
Opening Reception: Thursday, September 7, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Haines Gallery is pleased to present Parallel Spaces, a solo exhibition comprising new paintings and works on paper by pioneering Bay Area artist Mike Henderson. The exhibition explores the notion of parallels; of the people, places, things and ideas that are opposite, apart yet analogous—and the liminal space in between. In these new works, Henderson examines the spaces that we inhabit, in parallel to nature and to one another, and what is revealed or concealed when these spaces shift and move.
The exhibition debuts a series of new oil paintings, each a textural kaleidoscope of thickly layered paint. Presented in dialogue with these paintings is a suite of acrylic works on paper, Henderson’s first time working with the medium in 45 years. In contrast to his thickly layered oil paintings, Henderson’s application of paint here is sparse, almost sheer at times, framed and sometimes interrupted by negative space. If Henderson’s paintings are a symphony, then his works on paper are a melody, singular but distinct. Each medium responds to the other, while maintaining the lyricism and spontaneity that characterizes his practice.
Born in Missouri and based in San Francisco, CA, Mike Henderson received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work as a painter and filmmaker has been exhibited in such distinguished institutions as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA; de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA; Oakland Museum of California, CA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. In addition to painting, Henderson has performed at music halls and festivals around the world as an accomplished blues guitarist. He is a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Grant (1978, 1989); and a Guggenheim Fellowship (1973).
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