Exhibition dates: February 5 ﾖ 27 2010 Opening Reception: Friday February 5 from 6-9pm (in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur) Dave Meeker: Plugged In 1978-2009
Dave Meeker has liked making things move using motors and other means since he was very young. As a child he had a particular fascination with robots and in fact dreamed of becoming a robot. He grew up an electrician (by trade) and sculptor (by desire) instead. Meeker’s kinetic pieces explore different ways to make objects move.
The artist created his first kinetic piece over thirty years ago from scraps of wood a fan and recycled paper products that his father brought home from his job as an envelope salesman. His current kinetics use air to inflate deflate and otherwise make move recycled materials. Meeker breathes new life into objects that otherwise would have "died"ﾗdestined for a landfill the burial ground of our cultureﾒs castoffs. His pieces bring new life to these dead objects.
The "air fountain" series is inspired by botanical forms and uses common materials such as plastic bags and condoms for their fabrication. Each goes through a cycle of expansion and contraction; they breathe. They are reanimated with the air that surrounds us unseen and often unnoticed until that breath is taken away. It takes only a moment to realize you have lost something essential once it is gone. The artist desires to help others see what canﾒt be seen notice the under valued and to take a moment to breathe.
view more of Dave Meeker’s work on his website Donﾒt Look Back: sculpture painting mixed media Margaret Chavigny Kathleen King Jill McLennan & Charlie Milgrim 
Margaret Chavigny 
Jill McLennan 
Charlie Milgrim 
Kathleen King Works on Paper Chela Fielding Patricia Gillespie Maya Kabat Julie Alvarado Joann Biagini Anna Vaughan & Jamie Morgan 
Patricia Gillespie 
Maya Kabat 
<Jamie Morgan 
Joann Biagini 
Julie Alvarado 
Anna Vaughan 
Chela FIelding