where: the loft gallery 401 s. mesa street, san pedro, ca 90731

when: Tuesdays, 11:30am-2:30pm, with curator Monica Wyatt & Thursdays, 11:30am-2:30pm, with curator David Lovejoy, & first thursday:  December 6, 6-9pm

closing reception:  sunday, december 16, 2018   1-5 pm

artists in conversation:  sunday, december 16, 2018   2 pm

Never underestimate the power of force and irreverent, obsessive imagination.  South Bay Contemporary is proud to present walking upstream, a group exhibition that showcases six artists and makers who work with a defiance of process, walking upstream and pushing the boundaries of their mediums with rigorous innovation.  Unlike the grooves in a record that repeat the same refrain, these artists bump the needle to disrupt, surprise, and change. They work in both two and three-dimension and cut, mark, layer, repurpose, wire, redact, and string together their creations through exhaustive and often playful transformation.

Defying convention, their pieces feel alive with the self-assured conjuring of the hand and the power to engage second and third looks. walking upstream showcases a deliberate and painstaking defiance of predictable processes. What results is a body of work that leads the viewer on a magical journey through extraordinary transformation and invention.

exhibiting:

claire graham

joan robey

susan sironi

vincent tomczyk

christine weir

tracey weiss