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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

A Big Bang

2007 may be drawing to a close, but at Oakland's Mercury 20 Gallery the cosmos continues to expand with, "Big Bang: New Work at Mercury 20," now held over until Jan. 26. This dynamite group show provides an overview of recent work by East Bay artists in multiple genres including painting, sculpture, photography, drawing and mixed media. Artists in the exhibit are Julie Alvarado, Jo Ann Biagini, Margaret Chavigny, Judith Hoersting, Peter Honig, Ce Ce Iandoli, Maya Kabat, Kathleen King, Tarra Lyons, Mary Marsh, Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Charlie Milgrim, Jamie Morgan, Cathy Perillo, David Seiler, Victoria Staller, Antonio Vigil, Laura Van Duren, Anna Vaughan and Joan Weiss. Mercury 20 is an artist-run exhibition space located in the heart of downtown Oakland; part of the emerging arts district in the Broadway/Telegraph corridor. Enjoy a special artists' reception 6 p.m.–9 p.m., Jan. 4 in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur first Fridays. Gallery hours are noon–3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, or by appointment. Mercury 20 Gallery, 25 Grand Ave., for additional information, please contact mercurytwenty@gmail.com or cal (510) 701-4620.

 

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Reader Comments:
Dec 18, 2007 10:52 am
 Posted by  Pat Marshall

I saw this exhibit at the first Friday art walk and really liked a lot of the work. Especially liked Peter Honig's very amusing enlarged photograph of an abject little sculpture, and also a beautiful delicate painting of a freeway overpass by Antonio Vigil. Interesting work at Mercury 20.

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