Transmission Gallery San Francisco now open at 35 Bartlett St. !
Gallery hours are Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 1-6 pm.
(City Parking Garage across the street, enter on 21st St/ 8 min walk from BART, 24 St. Mission Station)

TRANSMISSION GALLERY
SAN FRANCISCO

Michael Flechtner's the Crate Series: Cat Man Do, Sunny Day Woman, Little Green Man and She's a Hot Mess
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​Gas, Glass and the
​CHOSEN OBJECT

Amanda M. Barr, Bill Concannon, Roger Daniells, Michael Flechtner, Shawna Peterson
Illuminated Assemblage

April 3 - May 21, 2022

One block off Mission between 21st and 22nd St.
City parking garage across the street, enter from 21st St
Easy BART access from the 24th St. Mission Station​

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Transmission Gallery brings together an inaugural exhibition of assemblage work by five neon artists to celebrate the opening of a second gallery location, this one in San Francisco.  Artists include Michael Flechtner, Shawna Peterson, Bill Concannon, Roger Daniells, and Amanda Barr, with work ranging from intimate neon works to complex constructions. Signage, toys, kitsch, skulls, flowers and weeds are among the objects chosen for illuminated transformation in pieces highlighting concepts from the challenging to the playful and wry. Come bask in the glow while considering the work at Transmission Gallery San Francisco.

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Shawna Peterson's "Love Letter" on view in "Gas, Glass and the Chosen Object"

Gallery owner/director, Cameron Brian at the Opening Reception of Transmission Gallery, SF, April 3rd, 2022

Amanda M. Barr, "Merde" porcelain, neon, bone, resin, plexi, at Transmission Gallery, San Francisco

Michael Flechtner's "Handle Me With Care," in the gallery; neon, wood, found objects

"Gas, Glass and the Chosen Object," at Transmission Gallery San Francisco, work by Amanda Barr on the wall.

Bill Concannon's "Xmas Geissler 1865," 2022, cookie tin, greenware figurine, neon

Bill Concannon and Katy Kearn's piece "The Fabulous Jackalope," 1988, sheet metal, 1 Shot and neon

Michael Flechtner's "Trois Avions," in "Gas, Glass and the Chosen Object"

Michael Flechtner, Zen Ne Sais Quoi

Amanda Barr, beschämt / ashamed (2021) 29”h x 43”w x 10”d

porcelain, stain, resin, plexi, neon: yellow neon text in German, surrounded by porcelain pieces in the shape of a lemon. Pieces are slip-dipped and cast paperclay porcelain in black and white- black thistles, white lemons, white cast 3-D printed peeled lemons (baroque inspired), and white prairie sunflowers, set in resin on plexi background

Shawna Peterson with "Bones," 36 x 22 x 7

Shawna Peterson, don't h@te me

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Michael Flechtner was inspired to create neon work after moving to L.A. in the 80's. His work is in the Museum of Neon Art, where he now serves on the Board, and can also be seen in public works in Tokyo, L.A. and Minneapolis. With a long list of awards, publications, exhibitions, collectors and artworks, Flechtner continues to contribute to the development of neon as an art form, while undertaking restoration projects and encouraging younger neon artists.

Premier neon sign maker, Bill Concannon's work has set the scene in movies you might recognize; Back to the Future,  The Matrix, Basic Instinct, and more.  Concannon's love of neon and argon connects with a quirky sense of humor in the  art he creates, riffing on objects he's rescued and repurposed to a new illuminated life.

Shawna Peterson's affinity for vintage signage often emerges in her work where they may be cut and reassembled, obscuring or reorganizing their meaning. Typical themes of home, everyday or working class struggles and identity characterize Peterson's thought provoking pieces.

Like many neon artists, Roger Daniells' work as a sign maker inspires ideas for art work. Delighting in the color,  his work embraces celebration in the brilliance and glow of neon.

Amanda Barr brings difficult subjects to light in pieces compounding ceramic dipped objects with neon script in various languages. Evocative and potent, the work explores the power of damaged beauty in claiming the territory of self that evolves from growth through trauma and pain.