Poetics of Structure: Sculpture by Ann Weber November 17, 2007

Poetics of Structure: Sculpture by Ann Weber
November 5 - December 15, 2007

Artist Reception: Saturday, November 17 from 6:00-8:00pm

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Ann Weber brings to her work an entirely unique and exciting approach to sculpture. Using cardboard as her medium, she weaves, staples and shellacs works that are so organic and resolved that they seem to come from nature itself. We feel a surge of recognition even though we have never seen them before. Many of the sculptures are large, up to 16 feet tall and yet they are light and easy to install in both homes and buildings. They have been and can be cast in both bronze and fiberglass.

Weber's sculpture is reminiscent of Martin Puryear in its structural simplicity and the fact that the outside suggests the inside. Puryear once said that "if it isn't beautiful on the inside, it won't be beautiful on the outside". Weber's forms mimic nature but do not copy it. All great works of art must at least intuit nature and the way it behaves on some level in order to ring true. Weber is faithful to her astute intuitions.

This exhibition follows Weber’s show at the Oakland Museum of California's off-sight space and overlaps with her exhibition at the Sonoma Valley Art Museum. Catalogues are available for purchase.

Collectors are invited to join us for a studio visit and luncheon on October 29. Call 415.454.4229 or email [email protected] for more information.

The gallery is open from 11 to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday. Beginning November 9 we will be participating in Downtown San Rafael’s Artwalk which will occur every second Friday of the month.

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