investigation into psychedelic landscapes and geometric cosmic patterns.
Stretch, Miguel Arzabe, acrylic on canvas, 47 x 32 inches, 2012 On view at K. Imperial Fine Art
As Bohm examines our spectral interconnections, Thinking Like the Universe brings two galleries and two cities into conversation: K. Imperial Fine Art in San Francisco and Hatch Gallery in Oakland. Both shows are curated by K. Imperial Fine Art director Aimee Friberg and include works by artists from the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Portland and New York.
Staring Into the Void 2 (Night), Claire Colette, graphite on paper, 58 x 42 inches, 2012 | On View at Hatch Gallery
The theory of Bohm’s Implicate Order contains an ultra-holistic cosmic view; it
connects everything with everything else. In principle, any individual element
could reveal “detailed information about every other element in the universe.”
The central underlying theme of Bohm’s theory is based on the “unbroken
wholeness of the totality of existence as an undivided flowing movement without
borders.”
Working Title, Jesse Schlesinger, deodar cedar, 50 x 50 x 8 inches, 2012 | On view at Hatch Gallery
It is this unbroken wholeness and the inter-relation of all things that is the
impetus for this exhibit. The art in the shows approach this in different ways.
Some works reference energetic patterns or geometric connections as in the work
by Gina Borg and Claire Colette.
Ochre Expand, Gina Borg, acrylic on paper, 30 x 22 inches, 2012 | On view at K. Imperial Fine Art
Other works such as Adam Sorensen’s Untitled (Pink Stone) consider the
landscape in a hyper-hued palette or infer the duality of chaos and order as in
Fritz Chesnut’s dynamic yet monochrome poured acrylic paintings.
The Colony, Fritz Chesnut, acrylic on canvas, 42 x 54 inches, 2012 | On view at Hatch Gallery
Bohm demonstrates this inter-connectedness, explaining that even two
subatomic particles that have once interacted can instantaneously respond to
each other’s motions thousands of years later and light-years apart. With this
exhibition Friberg examines our collective desire to make order from, or
understand the interconnectedness of the universe, from subatomic particles up
through the species. Whether observing expressions of landscape– abstracted,
bastardized or imbued with mysticism or zooming in to see the patterns that exist
at the particle level, we intuit the moving force that connects.
Untitled (Pink Stone), Adam Sorensen, oil on paper, 14 x 11 inches, 2012 | On view at Hatch Gallery.
Exhibiting artists include: Miya Ando, Miguel Arzabe, Gina Borg, Claire Bowers,
Claire Colette, Fritz Chesnut, Randy Colosky, Bryan de Roo, Lauren Douglas,
Alan Firestone, Llewelyn Fletcher, Desiree Holman, Treasure Frey, Sarah Jane
Lapp, Terri Loewenthal, Rebecca Najdowski, Tahiti Pehrson, Jesse Schlesinger,
Adam Sorensen, Andy Vogt and Lena Wolff.
Thinking Like The Universe is up at K. Imperial Fine Art and Hatch Gallery
through Saturday, March 2nd. Hatch Gallery will be open on Friday, March 1st
from 6-9 pm for Art Murmur (Oakland’s First Friday event). K Imperial Fine Art
is located at 49 Geary Street in San Francisco on the 4th floor. Hatch Gallery is
located 492 23rd Street in Oakland.
For more information on the artists or to inquire about the work, please contact
Aimee Friberg at (415) 277-7230 or aimee (at) kimperialfineart (dot) com.
