Some* House Art - New Works by Gabriel Allred

ON VIEW - August 3rd - 29th

OPENING RECEPTION - August 7th from 6-8pm

Some* House Art, new works on steel and canvas by Gabriel Allred.  This show highlights a selection of mixed media works produced by Gabriel over the last year incorporating silkscreened images, acrylic, and paper ephemera. 

The title references a selection of the works within the show, unmounted canvas works called tenugui (手拭い).  Tenugui are multipurpose cotton fabrics in Japan, sometimes used to wrap a bento box or carried as a handkerchief.  These colorful decorative fabrics are also found hung like small tapestries in many Japanese homes.  Some* House Art features Gabriel’s interpretation of the tenugui, not on traditional cotton, but on unstretched artist canvas.

John Baldessari once said: “Every artist should have a cheap line.  It keeps art ordinary and away from being overblown.”  Sharing this ethos, the tenugui within the show represent Gabriel’s “cheap line;” affordable works and hangable in a home.