Please join us, this coming November, for 2 fantastic solo shows in the caverns of the EVER GOLD.

Do Yettis Dream of 3 Mile Islands?...Aaron Eliah Terry

Aaron Eliah Terry’s new work explores the collision of nature and mankind. This series questions our ingrained medieval fear of the unknown (people, places and spaces) within a modern day urban environment. In Terry’s work, nature reacts to nuclear, while humanoid alter egos allow for an assimilation of both old and new worlds. There is a concern with the historical relationship of humans to the environment, from stories of creation towards the future of space exploration.

In our western culture, for every positive look at the future, space or nature, there is a converse fear and negative consequence following in the footsteps of the western worldís need to conquer the unknown as a means of feeling safe. The intrinsic link between fear and hope, and those who deliver us from fear, is expressed through Terry’s creation of an alter ego or hero character: the ìurbanyettiî. This reoccurring figure blurs the imported boundaries between mankind and nature, confronting the collision of the urban and rural worlds that define the artistsí home and landscape, and questioning the practice of social alter egos that often define behavior on a grand scale.

Aaron grew up as a kid with no electricity or running water in the woods of Upstate New York until fate brought his family to Philadelphia, where he grew into the city as a young adult. His biggest fear as a child was nuclear war or a bear attack. Terry’s work has been shown in Philadelphia, Portland, Oregon and the Bay Area. He recently traded in his digs in the Mission for a trailer nestled into the Oak and Redwood groves of Canyon, CA. He holds an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and currently teaches at the California College of the Arts.

WARZ...Korakrit Arunanondchai

The show title 'WARZ' is centered around the piece 'WARZ' which is a scene of a spaceship landing in an abstract landscape. The abstract quality of the imagery is based on the idea that when particles move at a very high speed its atomic structure could alter, thus changing its appearance at a certain moment in time. The landscape and the spaceship is in the work is illustrating this abstracted imagined moment that is happening in a world with a different chemical composition, gravity and light than our reality. The uv-light is introduced the amplify the notion that is of 'the real' that we are living in. 'WARZ' along with other pieces in the show are supposed to be viewed like cave paintings found in walls of a secret place with no history or time.

Korakrit Arunanondchai was born in Bangkok, Thailand and went to art school in America. He mainly works in the mediums of silkscreen, painting, and digital media, and uses them to create installation spaces. Having exhibited his artwork in Bangkok, Providence, and New York, he also runs a very limited clothing line called “KORA-KRIT”.