Jingletown Art Walk and Sale details

Download pdf map of Jingletown Sale details.

Mercury Twenty Artist Jill McLennan is part of the vibrant art scene in Jingletown in Oakland. This loose alliance of artists is putting on an Art Walk that takes place on the weekends of Dec 5th and 6th and the 12th and 12th.

More info available on the Jingletown Website.

Kathy King's latest work currently on exhibit at M20 through the 28th of November

preview here.

Kathleen King's vibrant paintings and sculpture will be on display until Saturday the 28th of November. Come check them out on Friday the 27th from 4-7 pm and Saturday the 28th from 12-3pm.

more work and biographical information are on the Mercury 20 website here.

Jill McLennan selected for ProArts Juried Annual Exhibition

Mercury Twenty artist Jill McLennan is one of twenty-four artists who have been selected from many applicants to exhibit at ProArts highly prestigious Juried Annual Exhibition.

More information is available here.

It is curated by Sherman Sam, an independent curator from London.

Exhibiton dates are November 24, 2009 - January 15, 2010

Artists' Reception: Thursday, December 3, 6 - 8 pm
Artists' Talk: Thursday, January 14, 6 pm

ProArts is now located @ 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in Oakland.

Something SPECIAL this way comes...

Dave Meeker and Patricia Gillespie debut at M20 on the First Friday of December.

More info soon...

Mary Curtis Ratcliff's images to be featured at the RISD Annual Holiday Sale

Luxembourg Gardens, 2009, digital ink jet print, 12 x 12 in. ed. 20

Mary Curtis Ratcliff will be featured at the RISD Annual Holiday Sale
Sunday, Dec. 6, 9:30 am - 5 pm
Fort Mason, Bldg. A, San Francisco
Admission Free

additional information here

Extended Gallery hours this week...

The Mercury Twenty Gallery will be open 3pm-6pm on Wednesday Nov. 18th and Thursday Nov.20th.

We will also be open during our regular hours 4-7pm on Friday and 12-3 on Saturday.

Come on down and take in the Last Waltz featuring Kathleen King and Peter Honig in the Front Gallery, and Swan Song (Charlie Milgrim, Joann Biagini, Tarra Lyons, and Chela Fielding) in the back.

Also take the opportunity to check out Thérese Lahaie upstairs at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.

The image above is :
Jo Ann Biagini, Black & White, 2009, mixed media

DeWitt Cheng's Review of Peter Honig

Peter Honig's recent exhibiton has been reviewed by DeWitt Cheng in the latest issue of Square Cylinder. See the article below!The striking, surreal large-format digital photographs of Berkeley’s Peter Honig employ the conventions of commercial photography — sharp focus, straightforward composition, shadow-less lighting and a white backdrops — to examine and subvert the consumer desires implanted by ads bombarding us from catalogues, newspapers, magazines, television and the internet.

You can read the rest of the article by clicking on the link below:

http://www.squarecylinder.com/category/top-stories/

Mary Marsh exhibiting in San Francisco and Denver

The Shower Party Book

Gouache on found library checkout cards, linen thread, linen tape, found book covers. 24 pages. 5.5 x 4 x .75 inches closed. Unique book.

Mercury Twenty Artist Mary Marsh will be participating in The Big (Blue) Deal auction and party this Saturday, November 14th, from 4:00–9:00pm, at the SomArts Cultural Center, 934 Brannan Street in San Francisco. The event is a Visual Aid fundraiser for artists with HIV. Her work, along with that of other talented artists, is on on sale for $160 each.

more info


Mary is also showing in The Beautiful Book
Exploring the Allure of Artist Books
November 6 - December 19, 2009 at the Abecedarian Gallery in Denver.



The Beautiful Book has both an online catalog and print catalog available for purchase via Lulu as both print and PDF. Links to both are on the gallery's home page www.abecedariangallery.com

Abecedarian Gallery
www.abecedariangallery.com
910 Santa Fe, Unit #101 Denver, CO 80204
phone: 720.282.4052 or 303.340.2110 fax: 303.479.9556

From our files...Maya Kabat interview on KQED

Mercury Twenty artists are preparing for our annual December and January group show, which will present work by all 20 of our co-op members.

Maya Kabat, who was one of the founding members of M20, has been producing a lot of great new work.



In this feature interview with KQED, Maya and Antonio Vigil talk about their work.

Antonio has since moved to LA where he's continuing to produce outstanding work...we wish him well.


KQED INTERVIEW

Maya's portfolio can be viewed here.

Dave Meeker and Patricia Gillespie join our adventure...

M20 is excited to announce that artists Dave Meeker and Patricia Gillespie are joining us with exciting new bodies of contemporary work.

Both are very active exhibitors in the local scene, and we look forward to a preview of their work upstairs in December of 2009. Stay tuned for more details.

for those of you who are impatient...Patricia is showing at sweet(art) this month

and Dave has a highly developed and informative website that presents a great overview of his work here

Our artists get around....

Laura Van Duren is showing her sculpture at

McCue Gallery 83
Curated by: Scott McCue
83 Orinda Way
Orinda, CA 94563

Opening:
November 12th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

November 2nd - November 30th

info here

and at the Crucible's gallery show eARTh

and Charlie Milgrim recently participated in

the Seduction of Duchamp show at the aptly named Duchamp Winery.

Aaron Geman is displaying new work next door at the Front Gallery

Show and Tell this Friday!

@ Mercury 20 Gallery
25 Grand Avenue (at Broadway) Oakland
Friday November 13th 7pm to 9pm

What to Show?
Bring something that inspires you: a found object,
something you’ve created, a work in progress…..

What to Tell?
A song, a poem, a story, a joke, a thought, a memory….

Just show up and plan to share why it inspires you.
We want to know!

See you there.

Just like the young folks....

Hey we may be old---we're three!---but we are now embracing technology that allows you to know every little thought that crosses our minds!

Follow us on twitter to get even more up to date information, hot tips about the goings ons in the Murmur Corridor, and other good stuff.

http://twitter.com/mercury_20

The Last Waltz: Peter Honig & Kathleen King

Our November Last Waltz, well almost last, was a fun evening with art lovers and a surprize marching band that showed up toward the end of the evening. The radiant Kathy King is below with her multi media installation that is electrifying!

Not sure who this is but I could not resist posting this guy with a baby strapped to his chest looking as if he is going to steal Peter's work.

Peter Honig engaged in conversation and probably sharing his wonderfully dry and funny humor.

In the back room gallery we had "Swan Song" a four person show with JoAnn Biagini, Chela Fielding, Charlie Milgram & Tarra Lyons.

Peter's work definately draws the audience in.


As I was leaving the gallery late into the evening I heard what sounded like a full marching band coming up from Telegraph Avenue.


Sure enough a group of musicians was headed right for our gallery. They marched in and filled the gallery with their performance.


Much to the delight of everyone around!