Vessel Gallery presents a group show in the gallery’s NEW location: 480 23rd Street, Oakland
Migration has affected humans from the beginning of time. This show MIGRATION offers several ideas of migration: David Burke's’ paintings remind us of human and animal migration due to water pressures such as pollution, floods, droughts, and more. His work thinks about migration in the context of political conflict, corruption, and job loss. Pamela Dernham’s newest work “America the Beautiful: Economic Migration” looks at waging war on socioeconomic class and economic displacement. Cheryl Derricotte’s new work "The Return” maps drawn data on the New Black Migration/Return of Black to the south. Gordon Glasgow presents a sculptural metaphor for migration. An installation of walking houses by Todd Laby personifies the act of migration and allows the viewer to ponder the gestures and possible narratives that surround these anthropomorphic forms. Walter James Mansfield’s abstractions conjure the environmental impact on migration, of humans and birds, whereas Jos Sances’s scratchboard drawing conveys similarly with specificity of migratory birds and fleeing refugees. Photojournalist Lexine Alpert shares her ongoing social humanitarian work with diverse refugees in camps in the Mediterranean with her documentary-style photos. Painter Arleene Correa Valencia brings her life experience as a registered “illegal alien” in paintings that question what is required to be a legal human.
Exciting, we have added artworks by William Harsh, Evan Holm, Iris Polos, Peter St. Lawrence, and Cyrus Tilton.
Please join us for the festivities of our reopen, and the opening of Migration! It’ll be so great to see you.
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 15, 5–7 PM
ARTIST TALK: Saturday, March 14, 2 PM
OAKLAND ART MURMUR: First Friday, March 6, 5-8 PM
FEATURING ARTISTS: click to view artwork by each artist
Lexine Alpert
David Burke
Arleene Correa Valencia
Pamela Dernham
Cheryl Derricotte
William Harsh
Evan Holm
Todd Laby
Walter James Mansfield
Iris Polos
Jos Sances
Peter St. Lawrence
Cyrus Tilton
