Diana Krevsky, Teeny Weeny Bikini, 68 x 38 x 14”
welding mask, archival H-Bomb photo on film, purse, shoes, towel |
Diana Krevsky
SHOW and TELL
August 2 - September 21 Opening Reception: Friday, August 2nd, 6-9 pm Artist's Talk/Gallery Walk Through Saturday, September 14th, 2 pm M. Louise Stanley and Diana Krevsky led a gallery walk through discussing their motivations, medium and ideas Visual Art Source pick of the week September 6, 2019
Bay Area artists M. Louise Stanley and Diana Krevsky perform a pro bono publico service with their humorous, trenchant looks at the American scene, Anno domini 2019. ...read more EastBay Express
Jocoseriosity First Thursday-Saturday of every month, 12-6 p.m. Continues through Sept. 21 Voltaire once wrote that tragedy and comedy should never mix; it was one of his few errors, for what is Candide but an ironic look at life’s tribulations? M. Louise Stanley and Diana Krevsky take humorous aim at new follies — same as the old follies. ... read more — DeWitt Cheng |
Transmission Gallery is pleased to present Show and Tell, featuring 3 dimensional paintings of social commentary, by Diana Krevsky, all puns intended.
Diana Krevsky has been addressing political and critical environmental and social concerns in her work since the '70's. With a wry sense of humor, intense color and a fierce dedication to her work, Krevsky puts the spotlight on the foibles and machinations of human kind, showing us that, though some things have changed, a lot has not!
Puffed up people play their roles in Krevsky's wildly colorful 3 dimensional works, which might be characterized as elaborate cartoons, though the punchlines are sobering. In Teeny Weenie Bikini a helmet clad sun bather gazes on nuclear testing in the Bikini Islands. The narrative envisioned in Teeny Weenie Bikini doesn't seem so far off. We're still dealing with the effects of the nuclear era with threats of nuclear tests and revelations of secret program developments routine global occurrences, all of which are now compounded by environmental degradation that we've decried for years even as a brand new better plastic ketchup container hits the market; it's still plastic. Defensive sunbathing attire may not be optional at this rate.
In other works, Krevsky, skewers the art world, romances the Zapatistas, shows us the view from the hills overlooking Bay Area refineries and expounds on all the crises that can be found circulating in the minds of the informed citizen. Things may be going south but we can have a little fun while we sort it all out.
Krevsky has a long list of exhibitions and works in many private collections, as well as pieces at Vallejo's Touro University and one in the Vallejo Historical Naval Museum's permanent collection. Important solo exhibitions have been held at the International Pavilion of Humour in Montreal, Quebec, San Jose Museum of Art, and Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco. The McCune Collection of Rare Books in Vallejo, presented a solo exhibition of painting, collage and woodwork in 2018.
In addition to studio work, public participation with environmental and land preservation concerns have been a longtime focus. Many projects involved art donations and artist-initiated fundraisers for various Vallejo groups, including the Solano Land Trust. Other volunteer efforts were key towards establishing the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve (City of Vallejo Regional Park Task-Force), and includes ten years as a community member with the Restoration Advisory Board for environmental cleanup of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
Diana Krevsky has been addressing political and critical environmental and social concerns in her work since the '70's. With a wry sense of humor, intense color and a fierce dedication to her work, Krevsky puts the spotlight on the foibles and machinations of human kind, showing us that, though some things have changed, a lot has not!
Puffed up people play their roles in Krevsky's wildly colorful 3 dimensional works, which might be characterized as elaborate cartoons, though the punchlines are sobering. In Teeny Weenie Bikini a helmet clad sun bather gazes on nuclear testing in the Bikini Islands. The narrative envisioned in Teeny Weenie Bikini doesn't seem so far off. We're still dealing with the effects of the nuclear era with threats of nuclear tests and revelations of secret program developments routine global occurrences, all of which are now compounded by environmental degradation that we've decried for years even as a brand new better plastic ketchup container hits the market; it's still plastic. Defensive sunbathing attire may not be optional at this rate.
In other works, Krevsky, skewers the art world, romances the Zapatistas, shows us the view from the hills overlooking Bay Area refineries and expounds on all the crises that can be found circulating in the minds of the informed citizen. Things may be going south but we can have a little fun while we sort it all out.
Krevsky has a long list of exhibitions and works in many private collections, as well as pieces at Vallejo's Touro University and one in the Vallejo Historical Naval Museum's permanent collection. Important solo exhibitions have been held at the International Pavilion of Humour in Montreal, Quebec, San Jose Museum of Art, and Southern Exposure Gallery in San Francisco. The McCune Collection of Rare Books in Vallejo, presented a solo exhibition of painting, collage and woodwork in 2018.
In addition to studio work, public participation with environmental and land preservation concerns have been a longtime focus. Many projects involved art donations and artist-initiated fundraisers for various Vallejo groups, including the Solano Land Trust. Other volunteer efforts were key towards establishing the Mare Island Shoreline Heritage Preserve (City of Vallejo Regional Park Task-Force), and includes ten years as a community member with the Restoration Advisory Board for environmental cleanup of Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
