Art show, Jake Klotz / Steve MacDonald

An Accident of Free Will Press Release

Bucheon Gallery is proud to present, An Accident of
Free Will, introducing new work by emerging artists,
Jake Klotz and Steve MacDonald.

Jake Klotz is a Brooklyn based artist whose work is
inspired by themes of nostalgia. By using a mélange
of mixed media, incorporating sound and language, the
artist begins to recover and unravel that which is so
tightly wound at the center of the mind’s eye,
ephemeral bits of the wistful, ‘once but never again,’
reformatted into more perceivable morsels. And when
presented with these curious and thought provoking
tidbits, the quiet voice inside of our head is
awakened, perhaps remembering, but more likely
inventing the complete (or semi-complete) version of
the whole story, in an effort to explain the origin of
the memory particles before us.

Characteristic of Steve MacDonald's work is crimson
thread, making its way across a sea of golden canvas
and arriving at surreal destinations. A close-up
examination of the red stitching is required in order
to understand the laborious and compulsive nature of
the process employed by nothing more than hands, paint
and an old Singer sewing machine driving its red
thread. The mood of the stitching varies from one
painting to the next and many times within a single
painting, describing the texture and lines of any
given element; whether it be foliage, water, the
grooves carved into a mountainside or lineament of
buildings. Tailored patches of peaks, fog,
superstructure and shrubbery adorn these unusually
luminous vistas, a perfect backdrop for myth and
magic.

By definition, accidents are unavoidable, and free
will is unconstrained by external agencies. Jake
Klotz and Steve MacDonald demonstrate that these two
features can exist in affinity in their first joint
show together, An Accident of Free Will.

www.bucheon.com

AN ACCIDENT OF FREE WILL
Art by
Jake Klotz / Steve MacDonald

Closing
Thursday May 4, 2006 6-10pm
There will be a musical performance

Exhibition
April 7- May 10, 2006
Bucheon Gallery
389 Grove St. San Francisco CA
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11am-6pm
(415)863-2891
email:bucheon@earthlink.net

Jake Klotz
http://www.swipple.com/exhibit.php?id=89

Steve MacDonald
http://www.swipple.com/exhibit.php?id=100

Photo of the show
http://www.swipple.com/exhibit.php?id=109