Don't Call Me Fluffy!

Thu, Mar 9
7-10 pm
FREE

Arspace presents "Don't Call Me Fluffy!", an exhibition of new work
by three Bay Area artists who share an affinity for animals. In
drawings, paintings, and a site-specific wall piece, Kerri Lee
Johnson, Michael McConnell, and Jennie Ottinger use lighthearted
imagery to explore weightier issues of fear, power, and identity.

Jennie Ottinger reinterprets traditional butcher shop diagrams and
considers what the animals might be thinking. Removed from their
original instructional context, the figures are both gruesome and
endearing.

Michael McConnell uses fairytale-like imagery to introduce more
sophisticated thoughts. His characters exist in an ominous space
somewhere between childhood and maturity.

Kerri Lee Johnson explores the dynamic of predator and prey in
drawings that have a deceptive innocence. Children and animals play
interchanging roles in strangely ambiguous settings.

Exhibition Dates: March 9-19, 2006
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9, 7-10 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, March 19, 3-7 pm
Gallery Hours: March 11, 12, 18, 1-4 pm and by appointment

Venue:

arspace
1286 Folsom at 9th St.
San Francisco
415.621.4438
www.arspace.org

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