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July 13, sculptor Marc D'Estout and mixed media artist Silvia Poloto
will present their work in a shared exhibition titled Cryptic
Intersection in the Main Gallery. The opening reception will
be held on Friday, July 13, from 7 to 9 pm, with music by Jamey
Brzezinski.
Brazilian-born Silvia
Poloto works in a range of visual disciplines. She is known for
her lively abstract canvases and mixed-media sculptures. Using a
variety of media, she explores juxtapositions that unfold in rich,
textured hues and expressive gestures. The result is a body of work
characterized by equal amounts of surprise, playfulness, and provocation.
We are honored that Poloto has created a new series for this exhibition,
including many large collages. While the Bay Area is Poloto's current
home, her work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and abroad,
including United Arab Emirates, France, Spain, Jordania, Italy,
Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, and China. In the Bay
Area, her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts, the Italian American Museum, and the DeYoung
Museum, where she was an artist-in-residence. Poloto's work has
been acquired by more than 80 institutional and corporate collections
around the US and by more than 900 private collectors around the
world.
Marc D'Estout's hand-crafted
metal sculptures are surprising, minimalist yet rich with surrealist
narrative. His work often reveals a dark humor, a sense of the uncanny,
or vaguely threatening. D'Estout has a deep connection with materials
and process. He has mastered the challenging skills of hand-shaping
and fabricating sheet metal forms, which he then finishes with carefully
crafted surfaces. His style of metalsmithing or metal-shaping falls
somewhere between the fine art metalsmith and the artisans who hand-form
custom car bodies. This combination of D'Estout's vision with highly
disciplined craft-based processes makes his work unique in contemporary
art. His work has been shown at numerous venues, including University
of Hawaii Art Gallery; Houston Center for Contemporary Craft; SFMOMA
Artist's Gallery; San Jose Museum of Art; de Saisset Museum; San
Jose ICA; and the Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, among others.
D'Estout's sculpture is also shown in furniture and design galleries,
such as LIMN and Coup d'Etat in San Francisco and Gallery of Functional
Art in Santa Monica. He is currently represented by Jack Fischer
Gallery in San Francisco.
To learn more about these fascinating artists, visit the show and then come to their joint Artist Talk on Sunday, July 29, at 3:30 pm in the Main Gallery.
Sanchez Art Center
is located at 1220 Linda Mar Blvd in Pacifica, about a mile east
of Highway 1. Following opening night, the galleries are open Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, 1–5 pm, and by appointment, through August
12. For more information, email info@SanchezArtCenter.org
or call 650.355.1894.
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