It's Gonna be Awesome
new work by Narangkar Glover
September 10 - October 11, 2009
Reception: First Friday Reception: Sunday Tea;
September 12th 6-9pm
October 2nd, 7-10pm
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.
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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
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It's Gonna Be Awesome
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