Narrative Removed: Emotional Landscapes
Curated by Anastasia Hagerstrom
former Director (1990-1995) of The Living Room, San Francisco

Daniel Doherty
Felipe Dulzaides
Mitchell Goodman

November 9-December 15
Gallery Hours: Wed–Sat, 1-6pm
Opening Reception: Fri, November 9, 6-9pm

The artists featured in this exhibition strive towards transcendence in their work through the use of tension, monotony and elusive landscapes, achieved by the removal or distancing of the narrative structure. In Daniel Doherty's video piece, between head and hand: distance between two hospitals, the narrative structure is the journey of the artist reflected on the subway train window. The monotony of the fixed gaze with the constant movement through time and space implied by the lights, shapes and sounds create[s] a transcendence from narrative to an emotional state for the viewer. Doherty refers to this documentation as a "personal narrative about mental illness without language.” The emotional state is broken and the viewer is reminded of the process of documentation as the artist breaks his gaze and adjusts his camera. The reinstatement of the narrative gives the work depth and keeps it from collapsing into sentimental emotion. Felipe Dulzaides combines photography, installation and sculpture to create tension through the narrative structure. The fragility and temporal state of the composition invite theatricality to the forefront, distancing the narrative. Dulzaides explains "...tension is embodied so it has presence; so it is a physical proof.  At this point the work seems more to be 'aesthetic residues' of a struggle where the next stage is seen but not reached.” In Mitchell Goodman's photographs, the narrative is distanced and extracted, until only traces are left. The results are images that are languid, dreamy, and on the edge of consciousness within the elusive narrative, evoking a moment in emotion.

Anastasia Hagerstrom, Curator

Felipe Dulzaides

Daniel Doherty

Mitchell Goodman

November 9-December 15
Gallery Hours: Wed–Sat, 1-6pm
Opening Reception: Fri, November 9, 6-9pm

A conceptual wall drawing by Sarah Cain continues her series of works exploring the relationship of sound and its subjective visual accompaniment. Using line and swathes of color in related hues, Cain organizes a system that charts the path and mutations of sound as it travels through space.