Robert Berman Gallery/E6
1632 Market St
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Courtesy Victor Reyes
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Opens Wednesday July 7, 2010 (6–9pm)
July 7, 2010 – Aug 10, 2010
Daily (noon–6pm)
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“Over the past two years, a series of electric-colored letters have sprouted up around the Mission. With their swirls and flourishes, each looks like the oversized illuminated capital letter that starts a fairy tale. They're the handiwork of typographically obsessed graffiti artist Victor Reyes. He received his aerosol education with the LA street crew AWR, but soon got bored of repeatedly tagging his last name. After moving to SF, he challenged himself to spray a supersized alphabet across his new neighborhood. If you go on a scavenger hunt to find them all you might want to focus on 26th and Folsom and 22nd and Mission. More sedentary art fans can avoid the walk by attending Reyes' exhibition Misspelled, which gathers together an A-to-Z of his work.”
Joey Stevenson, Flavorpill
Note:
The gallery is only open Thursday-Sunday.
Robert Berman Gallery says:
Robert Berman/E6 Gallery is pleased to present Misspelled, an alphabet by Victor Reyes handmade in California. The ambitious public art installation turned gallery exhibition explores the artists' unique approach to graffiti, by dissecting individual letters and exploring the anatomy and architecture found in the symbols we use to communicate. Inspired by San Francisco's streets, surfaces, and overall visual vibrancy, Reyes reinterprets the letters and presents them to us in a brilliant array of color and movement. These alphabets, recontextualized on various abandoned surfaces around the city, are not intended to provide answers, but to raise questions about how we interpret public spaces and the content assumed within.
