Art MRKT is this weekend! Come and visit us at booth # 217. Friday until 7, Saturday 11-7 and Sunday 12-6!

We have work from Eric Zener, Wolfgang Bloch, Marianne Kolb and Kim Cogan

Marianne Kolb speaks to someone about her work

Charles preparing for the opening!

Amy's first art fair! It was sooo busy!!

Everyone really loved the Lawrence Gipe

Wolfgang Bloch at Hespe Gallery, April 3 - May 12

Hespe Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Wolfgang Bloch. This will be Bloch's first solo exhibition at Hespe Gallery since joining us in 2011. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, April 5^th, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:30. The exhibition will continue until April 12, 2012.
 

Working with found objects and mixed media, Wolfgang Bloch creates abstract seascapes in a subdued palette that capture the beauty and essence of the ocean along with its surrounding environment. To create these compositions, Bloch uses two fields of color separated by an endless horizon line where a thin area of vivid white suggests a wave breaking in the distance. Though he reduces his imagery down to the essential, these sparing portrayals are imbued with extraordinary atmosphere. The artist’s use of found objects is symbolic of the connection he feels to nature, and also encourages an environmental awareness in the viewer. Through his artistic process, Bloch transforms found objects from mere scraps to objects of beauty.

Erin Cone at Hespe Gallery, March 1 - 31!

Hespe Gallery is pleased to announce “Ingénue”, a solo exhibition of new works by Erin Cone. A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, March 1, 2012 from 5:30 – 7:30. The exhibition continues through March 31, 2012.

 Using clean lines and sharp focus detail, Erin Cone creates works that possess an elegant simplicity. Cone’s paintings are a striking combination of figurative realism and abstract minimalism and are composed of a single, stylized figure against unmodified planes of color, which, in the current series range from pure white to vibrant reds and greens. The artist has also begun experimenting with negative space resulting in ever more striking contrasts. In this series, Cone continues to create tension between the hard edge, linear quality and the soft shapes of the female form. The artist does not seek to force a narrative within her works, rather, her paintings are so highly simplified that the narrative may be inferred or the pieces can be read as pure design. 

Works on paper at Hespe Gallery, February 1 - 29!

Hespe Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works on paper which will run through the month of February.  Gallery artists that will participate include; Richard Ambrose, Lawrence Gipe, Anelecia Hannah, Marianne Kolb and Amy Park. The exhibition includes a diverse selection of drawings, watercolors, gouaches and pastels. From Richard Ambrose's cityscapes displaying his superior draftsmanship to Marianne Kolb's gestural and haunting figure studies, each work reveals the expressive possibilities of this delicate medium. 

2012 Preview Exhibition, January 3 - 31!

The January exhibition at Hespe Gallery features new work from gallery artists Lawrence Gipe, Marianne Kolb and Eric Zener and will be on display through January 29. The show is comprised of monumental works by these three mid-career artists. Important pieces by Eric Zener include large scale oils of his unique underwater imagery, while the selection of works by Lawrence Gipe ranges from his atmospheric urban landscapes to large scale, vibrant portraiture. Marianne Kolb rounds out the group with powerful mixed media works that showcase her improvisational technique and exploration of the human form.

Richard Ambrose in San Francisco Chronicle and WSJ

We are thrilled that Richard Ambrose's current exhibition of drawings has been reviewed in the San Francisco Chronicle and also features in the Wall Street Journal. To view the articles, please follow these links:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/19/DDJA1M0LVU.DTL

http://onespot.wsj.com/san-francisco/2011/11/19/18d82/richard-ambrose-rich-drawings-from



For further information on the exhibition and to see the works online, follow this link to our website: http://www.hespe.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=169

Hespe Gallery
251 Post Street, Suite 420
San Francisco, CA 94108
415.776.5918
info@hespe.com

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