29 April - 11 June

sfgate.com review

REED DANZIGER
Unknown Knowns

In her new work, Reed Danziger creates visual playgrounds of oil, pencil,
pigment and shellac. Detailed mandala patterns frolic amidst draping
threads of color. Lacy webs of circlets traverse organic and floral struc-
tures. Rosary-like chains navigate double helices and cellular bursts.

The building blocks of her work individually imply modes of information
storage and relay, be it religious, biological or otherwise. Each object is
consciously arranged around and according to every other. Together,
these elements fashion an ether of relation where one can come to
know (or unknow) the world and its epistemic systems.

Her work’s ability to stunningly materialize the uncharted interconnected-
ness of things brings to mind real world metaphors found in such realms
as the World Wide Web, Venn diagrams and database design.

JOSÉ ANTONIO SUÁREZ LONDOÑO
Colombian artist, José Antonio Suárez Londoño, makes delicately detailed
drawings using a variety of media in miniature format. Making use of ma-
terials as small as labeling tags or as familiar as a journal’s page, he con-
structs his drawn musings as much as he composes them. Imagery that
includes animals and architecture, vehicles and vessels, dots and digits
is arranged in an enigmatic classification system. Occasional diaristic text
provides a more direct glimpse into the mind of the artist.

Fascinated by the world in all of its odd minutia, Londoño hungrily accum-
ulates images from an enormous variety of sources, ranging from his early
study of biology to the diaries of Brian Eno or Paul Klee. His textures and
warm palette, combined with drawings of old photographs and strange
elemental designs, blend into an arcane microcosm of humor and fantasy.
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0504, 2005 [detail]
oil, pencil, pigment, shellac on paper on wood
15 x 15 inches
 
19, 2001 [detail]
mixed media
22.5 x 15 inches