Don’t Call Me Fluffy | March 9th-19th

New work by Kerri Lee Johnson, Michael McConnell, and Jennie Ottinger
Curated by Jill Manthei

Exhibition Dates: March 9-19, 2006
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 9, 7-10 pm
Closing Reception: Sunday, March 19, 3-7 pm
Gallery Hours: March 11, 12, 18, 1-4 pm and by appointment

Arspace presents “Don’t Call Me Fluffy”, an exhibition of new work by three Bay Area artists who share an affinity for animals. In drawings, paintings, and a site-specific wall piece, Kerri Lee Johnson, Michael McConnell, and Jennie Ottinger use lighthearted imagery to explore weightier issues of fear, power and identity.

Jennie Ottinger reinterprets traditional butcher shop diagrams and considers what the animals might be thinking. Removed from their original instructional context, the figures are both gruesome and endearing.

Michael McConnell uses fairytale-like imagery to introduce more sophisticated thoughts. His characters exist in an ominous space somewhere between childhood and maturity.

Kerri Lee Johnson explores the dynamic of predator and prey in drawings that have a deceptive innocence. Children and animals play interchanging roles in strangely ambiguous settings.

arspace
1286 Folsom St. (at 9th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.621.4438
arspace@arspace.org

February 27th, 2006

Partially Told Stories | February 24th – March 25th

Mike is having a busy month! Check out Partially Told Stories at Space 743 from Feb 24th through March 25th.

Partially Told Stories
February 24th – March 25th

Narrative works by 6 San Francisco artists curated by Mike
Terry Cunniff, John Herschend, Danielle Lawrence, Brian McDonald, Jennie Ottinger and Weston Teruya

Opening Reception: Friday Feb 24th, 6 to 8 pm
Where: Space 743, 743 Harrison Street, San Francisco

The Clay Studio

Also…

You can catch Mike at the Southern Exposure’s 6th Annual Monster Drawing Rally on February 24th, It’s a drawing rally; 25 artists an hour, for 4 hours! Crazy shiznit! Watch Mike do his crazy, death-defying drawing stunts from 9 to 10 pm.

Southern Exposure

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My name is Mike.

And all I want is a hug.

February 8th, 2006

My Trick Pony

Mike was a featured artist at My Trick Pony in SF on Saturday, February 4.

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