ALICE SHAW: Auto(biography) Gallery 16 Exhibition Extended

I received an email from Gallery 16 announcing the extension of their current exhibit. It looks pretty interesting:

ALICE SHAW: Auto(biography)

 

May 21 – July 11, 2009

Exhibition extended thru July 11, 2009

Gallery 16 is pleased to welcome back Alice Shaw for her third solo exhibition at the gallery. In her exhibition entitled (Auto)biography, Alice Shaw has employed others, such as a handwriting analyst and a psychic, to tell her information about herself that she may not have been aware of. She has taken what she has learned from these sessions and made artwork in response to this new knowledge. 

For this show, Shaw, primarily known as a photographer, has also used painting, printmaking, drawing, and other media to illustrate her responses. Shaw looks at the theory that ‘digital photography is more closely akin to painting than traditional photographic techniques because of its malleability.’ She also believes that the digital arts has created a ‘society of skeptics.’ Auto(biography) sets out to satisfy these skeptics, and suggests ‘we should not always believe what we see.’

Shaw currently has a show in Tel Aviv, Isreal and she is participating in two group shows, Sisyphus Office opened May 8th in Houston and Gold Rush opens at The Lab in San Francisco on May 15th.  Auto(biography) was this month’s Critics’ Pick on Artforum.com.

For additional information, please contact Vanessa at 415.626.7495 or email vanessa@gallery16.com.