OPENING RECEPTION:
FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012, 6:30-8:30pm
SAN FRANCISCO, CA— Z Space presents recent work by San Francisco based photographer Jessica Skloven. Influenced by the distinct landscape of the Bay Area, Skloven’s abstract-based work explores the limits of photographic representation.
Her color photographs explore how the reduction of visual information can result in an openness of other kinds of perception. The elemental and material nature of photography—its play with surface and depth, filtered light producing color, and the slow mechanics of the analog—are inherent to her process. Skloven’s photographs unveil an abstract realm, destabilizing the sense of reality and space that photographs often inhabit. The work is concerned with delaying cognition, of discerning a time outside of time.
ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Jessica Skloven graduated from Cornell University with her BFA in Photography and concentration in French Studies in 2005. She received her MFA at the California College of the Arts in 2008, and has taught Photography in both the Undergraduate and Pre-College programs. Influenced by the distinct landscape of the Bay Area, Jessica’s abstract-based work explores the limits of photographic representation. Recent exhibitions include Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA; Ampersand Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Aldea Home, San Francisco, CA; Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA; New Orleans Photo Alliance Gallery, New Orleans, LA; Phantom Galleries, Los Angeles, CA; and solo shows at Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR and Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Her work has been written about in Conde Nast Traveler, ArtNews, and ArtSlant, and has been featured in other publications.
www.jessicaskloven.com
ABOUT Z SPACE
Founded in 1993, Z Space is a hub for artists and audiences to revel in the creation, development, and production of outstanding new work. We commission, develop, and produce a full season of new works from a variety of disciplines including theater, dance, music, performance art, and visual art. Z Space manages and operates a 13,000 sq/ft, 268 seat performing arts venue popularly known as Theater Artaud: home to more than 40 weeks of public multidisciplinary arts programming annually.
Further information is available at www.zspace.org
CALENDAR EDITORS PLEASE NOTE:
What: Jessica Skloven – Recent Work
When: July 27 – October 14, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, July 27, 2012, 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 1 – 5 pm, and by appointment
Free and open to the public
Z SPACE
450 Florida Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
For more information please contact Kathleen Brennan
415-626-0453 x 103
kbrennan@zspace.org