Current Show: The Brilliance of the All Knowing - Nature and the human condition

Soap Gallery is pleased to present The Brilliance of the All Knowing - Nature and the human condition. This show is a collective meditation on the human condition and its relation to nature. Each artist in this group show was given a series of reference graph charts from a nature stock photography book that cross referenced animals and landscapes with descriptive words ranging from human emotions to states of being. Subtracted from the images they reference, these charts offer a means to visualize nature in a variety of combinations ranging from dark to celebratory to humorous and more. Ranging in mediums, each artist has constructed a “nature” that is a point of departure and, at the same time, something that is emotively their own.

Artists: Andy Vogt, Barbara Garber, Brian Caraway, Bert Bergen

River Soap Gallery: 1142 Howard Street (between 7th & 8th Streets)

Artist Reception: Friday, August 18th, 2006 from 6:00 to 9:00pm

Hours: The show runs from August 18th through September 18th. Gallery Hours: Saturday 12 - 4 or by appointment at 415-336-5101.

Curator: Bert Bergen