Please join us for a reception for Curtis Ratcliff and the artists of Interlocking Terrain on Saturday, January 21 from 4-6 pm. There will be an Artists' Talk & Performance at 5pm. Exhibition continues through February 11, 2012. Oakland Art Murmur First Friday Opening: February 3 from 6-9pm.

Ratcliff For Amelia 

Mary Curtis Ratcliff

DIVINE: A Miscellany of Timeless Works
A look at an extended period of artistic activity by Berkeley artist Mary Curtis Ratcliff, the work in this exhibition links the feminist spirituality movement of the 1970s, a pilgrimage by the artist to Malta in 2001 to visit the ruins of 6,000-year-old goddess temples, and the contemporary feminine represented in pop culture where visions of feminine beauty are represented as fashion plates in paper doll form. Along the way, Ratcliff plays with elegance and banality, archaic and modern, sober and comic, sacred and profane.

Image: Mary Curtis Ratcliff

 
Markos

Interlocking Terrain

Curated by Charlie Milgrim

Mercury 20 is pleased to present Interlocking Terrain, a group show of work by gallery artists, curated by artist Charlie Milgrim. This show explores connections and juxtapositions between man-made and natural environments and their relationships to inner geographies.

Image: Leah Markos

 

FREE GUIDED WALKING TOURS OF OAKLAND GALLERIES

Oakland Art Murmur is pleased to announce a series of guided walking tours, taking place on the third Saturday of each month, as a way of introducing visitors to Oakland's rich array of visual art venues.
Tours are led by prominent Oakland gallery directors, curators, writers, and artists, and are based on a different theme each time. The tour guide will pre-select five exhibitions that include work relating to their theme. At each venue, the group will enjoy a brief presentation about the gallery and the current exhibition from the gallery director and/or artist whose work is on view.
Tour groups meet at Farley's East, a café with rotating art shows, located at 33 Grand Ave, just east of Broadway, at 2:00. Participants should be ready to walk a distance of four to eight blocks over the course of the afternoon. Tours are free and conclude around 4:00pm.

 

2012 Tour Schedule:
JAN 21...Photography, led by Irene Imfeld, Director of PHOTO gallery
FEB 18...Tour moved to Saturday February 25th
FEB 25...Ceramics, led by Joshua Margolis, Artist and member of FM collective
MAR 17...Drawing, led by John Casey, Artist and member of Oakland Art Murmur's Board of Directors. 

 

Founded in 2006, Mercury 20 is a contemporary art gallery established, supported and operated by East Bay artists. Mercury 20 maintains a venue for artists to exhibit, develop, and advance their work and is committed to exhibiting art of diverse media and content. Exhibitions rotate monthly and the gallery presents a well-attended opening event every first Friday in conjunction with the Oakland Art Murmur.

ARTISTS REPRESENTED: JULIE ALVARADO, JO ANN BIAGINI, ERIC BOHR, MARGARET CHAVIGNY, TERRYL DUNN,
P.K. FRIZZELL, ELI GEISER, PETER HONIG, MAYA KABAT, KATHLEEN KING, LEAH MARKOS, MARY V. MARSH, JILL MCLENNAN, JODY MEDICH, DAVE MEEKER, CHARLIE MILGRIM,  PAUL MUELLER, MARY CURTIS RATCLIFF, JULIANNE STERLING, KERRY VANDER MEER, JOAN WEISS