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Art
Radialvedic

When

Opens Thursday July 17, 2008 (6–9pm)

July 17, 2008 – Aug 30, 2008

Thursdays–Saturdays (noon–6pm)

Where
Johansson Projects (2300 Telegraph Ave, 510.444.9140)
Price
FREE
Details
http://johanssonprojects.net/phpflickr/radial_show.php
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With its allusions to prayer wheels and mandalas, Johansson Projects' latest show, Radialvedic, offers up meditations in the round. Although the three artists here work with different materials — paper, glass, and mixed media — they share a fascination with lines that curve, bend, and spiral. Jill Gallenstein's pen-and-ink drawings resemble seedpods bursting; Kristina Lewis turns zippers, straws, and coffee stirrers into molecular creatures and voluptuous fronds; and Japanese-born Kana Tanaka, trained as a glassblower, sculpts pendulous raindrops that reflect orb-like universes. Visitors should leave the gallery with heads spinning from radiant energy, but at peace.

Jeanne Storck