February is almost out the door - and without the promised snow fall for San Francisco. However, there are many delights beyond the transitory one of a flake or two and a couple of them will be showcased or are currently showing under the auspices of SFMOMA's Artist's Gallery
As an extension of the Gallery's exhibition program at Fort Mason, solo shows featuring selected Gallery artists are on view year-round at SFMOMA's Caffè Museo. Located at 151 Third Street, Caffè Museo is open Friday through Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (closed Wednesdays).
Kim Frohsin - through March 15, 2011
Moving away from her previous focus on nudes, San Francisco artist Kim Frohsin exhibits new work that employs collage, paint, colored pencil, discarded paper cups, and other mixed media. In the series, which the artist sometimes refers to as Cokework, both the red color associated with Coca-Cola and the distinct shape of the original fluted glass bottle serve as unifying elements throughout. Some pieces present a female face with eyes closed, rendered as a high-contrast positive likeness reminiscent of the mid-nineteenth-century life and death masks. Other work presents the curvaceous bottle as a motif that can be rendered in any color or pattern and remains utterly recognizable.
Frohsin, originally from Atlanta, relishes the autobiographical possibilities (including images of her hometown's dominant brand) in her work. "There is a level of literal and metaphorical self-reflection at play in the self portraits and the mix with the collaged icon of Coke - a meld of identity of a face and a place," she said.
www.kimfrohsin.com
Silvia Poloto: Opening March 17 - April 19, 2011
Brazilian-born artist Silvia Poloto centers her work around themes of family and self, creating mixed-media compositions that are at once intimate and universally accessible. She juxtaposes rich colors, decorative surfaces and glossy surfaces with ancestral photos and personally significant imagery with abstract marks, three-dimensional objects, and varied surface treatments.
In the Bay Area, her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, the Italian American Museum and the DeYoung Museum, where she was an artist-in-residence.
www.poloto.com/
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