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“but it makes what color he does use—whether it’s a passing red car or yellow
taxi—stand out all the more.”
“HELLO!” also includes work by Leopoldo Cuspinera Madrigal, an artist from
Mexico whose work examines industrial impacts on the environment and social
contexts, and master sculptor David Kuraoka, who headed the San
Francisco State University Ceramics department from 1982 to 2008. He was
honored as a Hawaii Living Treasure in 1982.
Michael Marlowe, another “HELLO!” artist, is a Phoenix-based painter who
incorporates other eclectic materials, such as clay, coal and wood, into his
works. It has been some time since Marlowe has had a show in the Valley,
though he’s very active—a workaholic, Calverley says—and often donates
works to non-profit fundraisers. “One of the joys of being a gallerist is
actually going into studios and seeing the breadth of what these artists are
doing,” she says.
Tom Lieber is an abstract painter and National Endowment for the Arts
grant recipient who has work in the Guggenheim, the Met and the Tate
Gallery, as well as many others. He will also be showing at Bentley again
in November alongside sculptural artist Woods Davy, whose work pairs
very nicely, Calverley explains.
Udo Nöger’s work on canvas and experiments with light have been
exhibited around the world and can be found in many important
international collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Met,
the Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Haus der Kunst in Germany, and Microsoft’s
Chicago and San Francisco operations.
Bentley Gallery will host an opening reception for “HELLO!” on Third Friday
September 16 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The show is on view through October 15.
HELLO!
Through Oct. 15
Bentley Gallery
bentleygallery.com
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