Celebrating Real Time Residency
We are excited to announce our residency archive show curated by the fabulous Amy Owen. The show is happening at Gallery 16.
The artists presented here often engage complex ideas with inventive approaches to materiality and place while simultaneously imbuing their work with a sense of humor, absurdity, and curiosity. The exhibition’s tongue-in-cheek title (drawn from the work of past resident Jessalyn Aaland) captures this inherent duality by embracing the freewheeling yet critical character of RTS’ ethos that has made it such an essential undercurrent of the Bay Area art community since its inception.
In this way, the show’s assembly of artworks is reflective of various modes of working that feel deeply connected to the region in a historical sense but also link it to a more expansive contemporary conversation, nationally and internationally. From painting, drawing, sculpture, photography, video, and sound to performance, social practice, language, publishing, archives, and more, the artists’ myriad ways of working demonstrate the breadth and reach of this seminal program and the import of the region beyond its borders.
Real Time and Space was founded by Emma Spertus and Mark Taylor in 2011. Former and current studio directors include Amy Ho, Nancy Bach, Lana Willams, Kico Le Strange, and J. Pansa.
Isn’t Life a Blast is made possible with support from the Ruth Arts Foundation. The exhibition is curated by Amy Owen.