Image courtesy of Tracy Ren. Flyer design by Crystal Dawana.

Landline

September 24-November 12, 2023

Opening Reception: Sunday Sept 24, 2-5pm

Featuring works by: Bimbola Akinbola, Caleb Jamel Brown, Ajit Chauhan, Julio del Rio, Christopher Robin Duncan, Sam Finkelstein, Gordon Hall, Justine Kablack, Em Kettner, Connie Lee, Susan Metrican, Sandra Ono, Sara Osebold, J Rivera Pansa, Mel Prest, Tracy Ren, Julio Rodriguez, and Chris Thorson.

Personal Space presents our second exhibition, Landline, which assembles the work of artists from Atlanta, Northern California, Chicago, Maine, New York, Iowa, and Seattle. Channeling analog modes of communication, these works seem to conjure ethereal portals to another realm while simultaneously rooting themselves in the natural world. Images and objects that transmit ancient relics, spiritual talismans, and imaginative figments manifest through various mastery of shape, form, materiality, texture and color. At once worldly and otherworldly, these works straddle a line etched between past, present, and the unknown.

The exhibition includes two commissioned works as part of Personal Space’s ongoing New Works series: a poem by Cedar Sigo (designed by Connie Lee and printed by Colpa Press) and the gallery’s rotating exterior sign space by Gabriel Garza. A live performance by John Davis will take place during the opening reception. Refreshments generously provided by Village Vallejo.

Landline installation view. Left to right (on walls): Sandra Ono, Susan Metrican, Bimbola Akinbola, Gordon Hall, and Chris Duncan. Left to right (freestanding): Tracy Ren, and Sam Finkelstein. Photo credit: Bessma Khalaf and Jordan Benton.

Landline installation view. Left to Right: Julio del Rio, Julio Rodriguez, Mel Prest, Caleb Jamel Brown, and Justine Kablack. foreground: J Rivera Pansa. Photo credit: Bessma Khalaf and Jordan Benton.

Cedar Sigo, Waving Amaryllis. Designed by Connie Lee and printed by Colpa Press. Commissioned by Personal Space, 2023.