Artist Roberta Weir Exhibits First Solo Show Since 1995
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Oct. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Summary:
Art Works Downtown, in San Rafael, CA. will host Roberta Weir for the artist's first solo show since 1995. The exhibit, entitled VITA BREVIS, will feature paintings, drawings and prints from 1977 to 2014, focusing on the theme of impermanence.
[San Rafael, CA. October 21, 2014] Art Works Downtown hosts Roberta Weir for the artist's first solo show since closing the Weir Gallery in 1995. The exhibit, entitled VITA BREVIS, features paintings, drawings and prints from 1977 to 2014, focusing on the theme of impermanence, with some not so subtle reminders of mortality. "The transitory nature of life has preoccupied me from the age of five, when I first became aware of this truth," Weir says.
The Bay Area painter opened the Weir Gallery in Berkeley in 1987, presenting local artists including Jerry Garcia, whose drawings and paintings she began exhibiting in 1989, and with whom she enjoyed sharing techniques of printmaking, going on to publish several popular editions of his etchings. Garcia once referred to Roberta as "an artist who never sold out".
Weir's work is full of classical beauty that opens onto a dark vision, as befits the season of Halloween and the Day of the Dead. "In Spring," says the artist, "I will turn the coin over."
VITA BREVIS will run through November 8. ART WORKS DOWNTOWN is open Tuesday though Saturday from 10AM 5PM. Located at 1337 4 th Street, San Rafael. The Underground Gallery is...down the stairs.
Media Inquiries & Interview Requests:
Stan Gibbs | Stan@artworksdowntown.org 415. 451.8119
Patrick Duffy | patrick.gavin.duffy@gmail.com |415.879.1594
Roberta Weir | weir@well.com | 510.282.8989
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Media Contact: Roberta Weir, Garcia Weir Gallery, 510/282-8989, weir@well.com
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