Double Java

On April 20, 2012, I was honored to have one of my works, Double Java exhibited at the de Young museum in San Francisco. It was part of their special MATTER! showcase. MATTER! was a juried showcase of multidisciplinary work. Artists, are students, attending classes, colleges, universities and alternative education around the San Francisco Bay Area. As the organizers of the showcase described it, "Matter! Is the stuff of our lives, the goods that surround us, the fibers we wear, and the atoms of which our bodies are formed. Artists and designers have, in recent years, called for a return to Matter!: new investigations of material culture, a re-invigoration of distinctly handmade objects, and insistent materiality. In an age characterized by post-studio art, others might argue that what matters most today is something immaterial, something social—an artistic form of anti-matter.

For my submission, I chose a drawing completed in compressed charcoal. As a medium, charcoal is itself fine matter. Double Java is about two sets of individuals, young vs. old, mobile vs. interned. I loved the contrast in these lives, which were inspired by real people I saw near my home in San Francisco. I am happy and proud my work found a home that evening at the de Young.

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