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66 Gough St. @Market - map gallery(at)fecalface.com Thurs & Fri (4-8pm) Sat & Sun (12-6pm)
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 For Those Who Live Behind the Castle 30" x 22", gouache & thread on archival paper, 2008
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Say Hello To Neverending
Paintings and installations by San Francisco based artist Tara Foley.
Running: June 6 - July 3, 2008
"Say Hello To Never ending" is an exploration of the idea that things have no beginning and no end - everything is cyclical and patterns repeat themselves. Using both graphically intracate and sometimes diagrammical acrylic paintings in combination with found object installations, Foley creates a narrative about the infinite potential borne from life cycles. Her work charts the symbiotic relationship between destruction and creation by mapping a world ruled by juxtapositions; a door scorched by fire on one side, yet pristine on the other, a diagram of barren trees giving way to lush ones, dynamics within our social structure.
"Sometimes it's harder to be optimistic than others," Foley says, "The burnt door is an example of that. It came from a real fire that happened on my block. So, if you think about those people and what they lost, that is hard, but that door closing only opens another..."
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 Next Nature and the Ghosts of the Past 41" x 29.5", gouache & thread on archival paper, 2008
 The Disorders We Become 29.75" x 21.75", gouache & thread on archival paper, 2008
 Tug of War 29.5" x 38", gouache & thread on archival paper, 2008
 Take the Stairs to Neverending 30" x 22", gouache & tape on archival paper, 2008
 The Hunter and the Hunted 30" x 22", gouache on archival paper, 2008
 For Those Who Live Behind the Castle 30" x 22", gouache & thread on archival paper, 2008
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