Retractions @ Root Division

ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday January 2009 Retractions Exhibition Dates: January 7-24, 2009 Curated by Whitney Lynn Root Division presents an exhibition of 30 artists exploring notions of vacated information. Highlighting the content of absence, these artists work with themes of censorship, value, memory and loss. Using techniques of erasure, displacement, cancellation and extraction, the act of taking out information often gives new meaning to what is left. Simplifying or abandoning material can highlight essential content, provide codification, or stand as a subversive gesture. Artists include Adam Whitney Day who scratches the surface off of currency and exchanges the 'worthless' paper for intact bills and Robin Johnston who weaves the last Morse Code message sent before the language was abandoned for the now standard Global Maritime Distress Safety System. Ann Mansolino explores the visual record of suppression by documenting Singaporean libraries' systematic censorship of photography books, Will Tucker has transformed a bubble maker into a machine that spits coal slurry, and Ramekon O'Arwisters will perform using only a wine glass and an Aunt Jemima figurine. Artists include: Peter Baldes Taha Belal Jan Blythe Ross Campbell Deric Carner* Jon Clary* & Bruce Wilhelm Julie Cloutier & Claire Nereim James Davis Adam Whitney Day JRF Jennifer Maria Harris Ryan Hendon Robin Johnston Ryan Jones* Forrest Lewinger Ann Mansolino Ramekon O'Arwisters Piero Passacantando Moshe Quinn Michael J. Ryan Jeff Schmuki Travis LeRoy Southworth James Tantum Will Tucker Hooper Turner J. Parker Valentine Allison Watkins Julie Weitz Jameson Zaerr * Root Division Resident Artist Sliding Scale Suggested Donation: $1-$20 Opening Reception: Saturday, January 10th 7-10 pm Exhibition Dates: January 7th-24th, 2009 Gallery Hours: Wednesdays- Saturdays, 12-4 pm (or by appointment) ROOT DIVISION 3175 17th Street (at South Van Ness & Shotwell) San Francisco, CA 94110 www.rootdivision.org 415.863.7668 ABOUT ROOT DIVISION: Root Division is an arts & arts education non-profit located in the Mission District of San Francisco. Root Division's mission is to improve appreciation and access to the visual arts by connecting personal inspiration and community participation. We provide subsidized studio space to working artists in exchange for their service in creating shared learning opportunities for the community. Artists develop creatively and professionally by teaching art to underserved youth, leading adult education classes, and producing exhibitions that showcase local emerging artwork. By combining multiple opportunities for creative exchange, Root Division cultivates an artistic ecosystem that enriches life throughout the Bay Area. Root Division is supported in part by grants from Grants for the Arts: San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund & Voluntary Arts Contribution Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, and Potrero Nuevo Fund. The Second Saturday Exhibition Series is sponsored by the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the San Francisco Arts Commission through a Cultural Equity Grant/Organizational Project Grant, the Fleishhacker Foundation, and the Zellerbach Family Foundation. For further information regarding events and/or press materials, please do not hesitate to contact Selene Foster at 415.863.7668 or events@rootdivision.org.


Cost:Suggested donation $1-$20

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