Narangkar Glover

It's Gonna be Awesome

new work by Narangkar Glover

September 10 - October 11, 2009

Reception:
September 12th 6-9pm

First Friday Reception:
October 2nd, 7-10pm

Sunday Tea;
September 20th 3-6pm(tea generously provided by NUMI tea of Oakland)

It's Gonna To Be Awesome features largescale oil paintings, one large scale (40 x 60 inch) embroidered painting, and a number of smaller studies. In this body of work Glover deals with personal space and individuality. The curvilinear shape depicted in her paintings is the homemade concrete skate bowl in her back yard. This is a landscape built for a single leisurely and social activity: skateboarding. The paintings serve as homage to the individualistic lifestyle around it, and the efforts made by individuals to sustain it. Aesthetically interesting is the bowl as a unique structure, and its juxtaposition with the jasmine, bamboo and lemon trees indicative of East Bay gardening. Narangkar gives treatment to her works as landscapes with definitive borders by including elements such as fences and telephone wires - reminders of the city that surrounds this oasis.

Narangkar Glover holds a BFA from California College of the Arts (1999), and begins her MFA candidacy at the University of California at Berkeley this fall. She lives an works in Oakland, California and has exhibited widely throughout the Bay Area in spaces such as Giant Robot SF, Oakland Art Gallery, Blankspace Gallery, 21 Grand and the Richmond Art Center.

image: Today, oil on canvas, 2009
60" x 72"

GALLERY HOURS:
THURS-SUN 12-6pm, FIRST FRIDAYS 7-10pm



Junior's Eyes, 2008, oil on canvas,
48 x 72 inches
1600


One Way..Or Another, 2009, wool embroidery and acrylic on jute,
40 x 60 inches
$3500


ShadowPlay, 2009, oil on canvas,
58 x 72 inches
$1400


Today, 2009, oil on canvas,
60 x 72 inches
$1800


Carry On, 2009, oil on canvas,
60 x 60 inches
$1200


The Other Side of This Life, 2008, oil on canvas,
50 x 72 inches
$1600


Halfmoon, 2008, oil on canvas,
20 x 20 inches
$200


Wind Up, 2008, oil on canvas,
12 x 12 inches
$150


Poorboy Shuffle, 2008, oil on canvas,
12 x 12 inches
$150


Greenriver, 2008, oil on panel,
10 x 10 inches
$125


Boho Grove, 2008, oil on panel,
10 x 10 inches
SOLD


Scenery, 2008, oil on canvas,
12 x 12 inches
$150


Teen Slime, 2008, oil on panel,
10 x 10 inches
$125


Rat Salad, 2008, oil on canvas,
12 x 20 inches
$175


Study for Shadowplay, 2009, oil on linen,
16 x 20 inches
$175


Redeemed, 2008, embroidery on jute,
8 x 8 inches
SOLD


It's My Life, 2008, embroidery on jute,
8 x 8 inches DETAIL
SOLD


Looking Out my Back Door 2008, embroidery on jute,
8 x 8 inches
$150


Study for Carry On, 2009, oil on panel,
14 x 14 inches
$175


Andrew, 2009, oil on linen,
8 x 8 inches
SOLD


Ripple #1, 2009, graphite on paper
8 x 8 inches
$75


Ripple #2, 2009, graphite on paper
8 x 8 inches
$75


Ripple #3, 2009, graphite on paper
8 x 8 inches
$75


Ripple #4, 2009, graphite on paper
8 x 8 inches
SOLD


It's Gonna Be Awesome
installation view


It's Gonna Be Awesome
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It's Gonna Be Awesome
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It's Gonna Be Awesome
installation view


It's Gonna Be Awesome
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It's Gonna Be Awesome
installation view


It's Gonna Be Awesome
installation view


It's Gonna Be Awesome
installation view