Untitled, curated by Kristin Chambers
featuring Brigida Baltar, Beth Campbell, Spencer Finch, Kelly Nipper, Carsten Nicolai,and Mindy Shapero

Brigida Baltar, Untitled, 2001/2004, pencil and pen on paper, 11.5"x8" Courtesy of Galeria Nara Roesler, Sao Paulo, Brazil	Mindy Shapiro, Smoke Bomb (Releases all repressed phylogenetic memories), 2004, Duralar, wood, acrylic, 78"x48"x60" Collection of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner	Beth Campbell, My Potential Future Based on Present Circumstances (10/5/04), 2004, pencil on paper, 50" x 39.5", Collection of Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery
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Through a sensitive and poetic use of materials, the artists in this exhibition attempt to give physical form to that which holds no form — transient substances such as mist or fog, the immaterial such as brain waves, odors, or sound; or even the strange workings of the subconscious. Working at the intersection of representation and abstraction, these artists give the intangible exquisite form and dimension.

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BLOOM PROJECTS Series
Chris Ballantyne: Out of Place

Chris Ballantyne, Fountain, 2004 Acrylic on panel, 48” x 36” Courtesy Peres Projects, Los Angeles, CA and Berlin, Germany	Chris Ballantyne, Patchy Lawn, 2003 Acrylic on panel, 32"x24" Courtesy Peres Projects, Los Angeles	installation view click to enlarge

San Francisco-based artist, Chris Ballantyne uses paintings, drawings, and sculptural installations to depict familiar suburban environments with an uneasy sense of quiet: empty swimming pools, fences, parking lots, and boat launches. According to Ballantyne, “I am most interested in how we separate ourselves and intervene in our natural surroundings.” Specially commissioned for CAF, the artist will create an installation based on his observation of the American landscape, alluding to our fixation with property ownership and society’s domination of the land - and of each other.

BLOOM PROJECTS was conceived as project space devoted specifically to the exhibition of an emerging artist. Named Bloom, in honor of the Charles Bloom Foundation Gallery where it is located, the word also connotes the creative development that fulfills our mission to cultivate the artists of our time.

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