new show opens next Friday!

Gallery Extraña & Cosmic Debris present:

























SHOW & TELL: My Summer Fantasy
an eclectic melange of desire and daydream by 20 West Coast artists

August 20 - September 23, 2010

Opening Reception Friday, August 20, 7- 10 pm
with equatorial beats by DJ FELINA

Tim Biskup
David Bornfriend
Lon C. Clark
Veronica de Jesus
Brian de Roo
Steve Ferrera
Aimee Friberg
Matt Gonzalez
Jake Huffman
Sarah Jane Lapp
Brian Lucas
Masako Miki
Emily Nathan
Rob Reger
Emilio Santoyo
Gareth Spor
Brian Strang
Tallulah Terryll
Emily Wick
David Wien

www.gallery-extrana.com

above detail: Tim Biskup, Summer Vacation, cell vinyl acrylic on watercolor paper, 2010

En performs at Temples of Transition opening

En, a relatively new duo comprised of San Francisco musicians Maxwell August Croy (Root Strata) & James Devane (Bremsstrahlung) caressed us with a lovely drone 'scape on the evening of Bryan de Roo & Gina Borg's opening for Temples of Transition.

Pics from Temples of Transitions Opening - Friday, May 7

frontroom - salon/performance space

Artist Bryan de Roo with Julia Shirar

Deborah Kirklin and Robert Poplack

Dominic East, Emily Nathan, Jake Huffman



Gallery owner/director Aimee Friberg with Susan Hollander


Aimee, Barbara Schertel and Trevor Montgomery

Mirissa Neff
Aimee, Christian, Rob Reger

Artist Gina Borg with Gallery Extrana co-owner Rob Reger

Matt Gonzalez's blog AS IT OUGHT TO BE features an interview with Bryan de Roo & Gina Borg:

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Bryan de Roo, Thought Bubble - Crystal Mesh, 22 x 28”, oil on linen

Gina Borg, Thicket 1, 12 x 17.5", ink & graphite on paper

Gallery Extraña's Defiant Optimism opening party -- Friday, Nov 7

gallery co-directors Rob Reger and Aimee Friberg and David Sloane (center)



Bay area legend Winston Smith


artist/filmmaker Lawrence Jordan and Defiant Optimism curator Aimee Friberg
Lawrence with friends (and former students) Katherine and Ashley James.
Matt Gonzalez

Matt Waters and Emily the Strange writer Jessica Gruner

Reger on piano!

a few more photos here:
http://flickr.com/photos/nenalandia/sets/72157608835216973/