Untitled (Green Stone), Adam Sorensen, 14 x 11 inches, oil on paper, 2012
January 10-February 2, 2013 – K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco
Reception for the artists: Thursday, January 10, 5-7:30 pm
January 18-February 23, 2013 – Hatch Gallery, Oakland
Reception for the artists: Friday, January 18, 7-9:30 pm
Considering David Bohm’s writing on the Implicate Order and the macro and micro perspectives of landscape, the exhibit Thinking Like the Universe is an investigation into psychedelic landscapes and geometric cosmic patterns.
The theory of the Implicate Order contains an ultraholistic cosmic view; it connects everything with everything else. In principle, any individual element could reveal “detailed information about every other element in the universe.” The central underlying theme of Bohm’s theory is based on the “unbroken wholeness of the totality of existence as an undivided flowing movement without borders.” It is this unbroken wholeness and the inter-relation of all things that is the impetus for this exhibit. Bohm demonstrates this inter-connectedness, explaining that even two subatomic particles that have once interacted can instantaneously respond to each other’s motions thousands of years later and light-years apart. With this exhibition we examine our desire to make order from, or understand the interconnectedness of the universe, from subatomic particles up through the species. Whether observing expressions of landscape– abstracted, bastardized or imbued with mysticism or zooming in to see the patterns that exist at the particle level, we intuit the moving force that connects.
Staring Into the Void, Claire Colette, graphite on paper, 42 x 60 inches, 2012
Thinking Like The Universe brings two galleries and two cities into conversation: K. Imperial Fine Art in San Francisco and Hatch Gallery in Oakland. Exhibiting artists at K. Imperial include: Miya Ando, Miguel Arzabe, Gina Borg, Fritz Chesnut, Claire Colette, Desiree Holman, Adam Sorensen, Andy Vogt and Lena Wolff. Exhibiting artists at Hatch Gallery include: Miya Ando, Miguel Arzabe, Claire Bowers, Fritz Chesnut, Randy Colosky, Bryan de Roo, Lauren Douglas, Alan Firestone, Llewelyn Fletcher, Treasure Frey, Sarah Jane Lapp, Terri Loewenthal, Rebecca Najdowski, Tahiti Pehrson, Jesse Schlesinger, Adam Sorensen, Andy Vogt and Lena Wolff.
Thinking Like The Universe is curated by Aimee Friberg.
Thinking Like The Universe runs at K. Imperial Fine Art from January 10th through February 2nd, 2013. The opening reception will be Thursday, January 10th from 5 – 7:30 pm. The exhibit runs at Hatch Gallery from January 18th through February 23rd, with an opening reception on Friday, January 18th from 7-9pm. K Imperial Fine Art is located at 49 Geary Street in San Francisco on the 4th floor. Hatch Gallery is located 492 23rd Street in Oakland.
Red Expand, Gina Borg, acrylic on paper, 15 x 20 inches, 2012
For more information on the artists or to inquire about the work, please contact Aimee Friberg at (415) 277-7230 or aimee (at) kimperialfineart (dot) com.
