Greetings From the Future - Artist Reception

Fri, Apr 7
7 PM -10 PM
Free

Exhibit Dates: April 7th - April 28th, 2006

Femina Potens Gallery presents Greetings From the Future, a mixed-
media installation featuring Brooke Leigh Fletcher and Francesca
Berrini.

Examining human relationships from an outsider's perspective, Brooke
Fletcher's figurative sculptures translate uncomfortable human traits
into darkly grotesque caricatures. Fletcher splices her otherwise
cherubic figures with distorted features and animal-like
characteristics, speaking to the perspective of one who is stationed
at the social margins.

Pop-Surrealist Francesca Berrini displays selected works from her
collection of hand-rendered mixed media collage. Combining seemingly
disparate images from vintage texts and other found objects, Berrini
works with the intent to "exploit humor" from the traditional and
wages a jarring, if tongue-in-cheek, critique of media-based
narratives. Together, their works depict subversive elements belying
oft idealized, nostalgia-inducing visions of the past.

The public is invited to a free reception with the artists on Friday
April 7th, 7-10pm at Femina Potens Gallery.

Femina Potens is a nationally recognized gallery and performance
space dedicated since 2000 to the advancement of women and
transgendered people through art. Sponsored by Sister Spit, the
Queer Cultual Center, and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the SF
Bay Guardian recently deemed Femina Potens a "crucial bit of justice."

Venue:

Femina Potens Gallery
465 S. Van Ness
San Francisco
415/217.9340
www.feminapotens.com

Located between 15th and 16th Streets (follow the alley).
Accessible by Bart and Muni.
Take 16th St./Mission Bart exit or Muni routes 49, 14, 22, and 26.
Street parking only.

Additional Info:

415/217.9340
www.feminapotens.com