Battles

Thu, Apr 27
7:00pm- 10:00pm
free

National Product is pleased to announce a solo exhibit of Sacha
Eckes' recent artwork.
To many, November 2nd, 2003 was a crazy day. George Bush was reelected.
Sacha started to express her struggle to understand a world so out of
whack. She started to write her feelings down on paper napkins. And
in doing so she wanted to create a sounding board for others to
process their emotions.

Miss Eckes is ultimately an optimist. She draws with a sense of
humor, albeit a dark one. Her references to war and to our daily
struggles aren't literal but rather they attempt to grasp what's
going on in this world on a visceral level.

On exhibit will be the paper napkins; also on display a series of
small studies of skeletons; a series of zombie inspired drawings; and
finally a selection of larger drawings in which many elements are
inspired by Goya's Disasters of War.
Advisory: Graphic violence, some sexual content.

Sacha Eckes notes zombies, Gary Larson, Goya and Philip Guston as
some of her inspirations.

Sacha was born and pretty much raised in Belgium. She studied
printmaking and moved to San Francisco in 1993. She is a weekly
contributor to the SF Chronicle with her Life is Good single panel
comic. www.sfgate.com/columnists/eckes/
She is an arts curator at 111 Minna Gallery and she installs art for
the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the Oakland Museum.
She has exhibited at The Luggage Store Gallery, The Lab, Low Gallery
and New Image Art Gallery in Los Angeles.
To see more of her work go to www.sachaeckes.com

An art gallery in the back and a gift store in the front, National
Product is an eclectic mix of original art and goods made by cottage-
industry designers and artists. The Galllery at NP is a small, 2-
room, gallery with changing monthly shows. In front of the gallery is
the store with a regularly changing mix of goods including small,
less formal, shows from local artists.

Venue:

National Product
1845 Market Street
San Francisco
415-255-1920
www.nationalproduct.us

Sacha Ecke's art show is at National Product Gallery, located at 1845
Market Street at Guererro. Parking is diificult in the area, so
public transportation is suggested. You may take any bus down market
street and get off near Guererro,Van Ness or Church. If you are
taking BART, you may exit at the Civic Center stop an take a bus
street car on Market Street towards the Castro. National Product is a
storefront between DLX skateshop and a small liquor store.

Additional Info:

415-255-1920
www.nationalproduct.us