Eight bridges connect the San Francisco Bay, so it is an apt name for a gallery platform that brings the Bay Area art world together.
Our mission is to maintain a vibrant gallery scene, despite restrictions on travel, celebrations and other larger gatherings. We want to support our artists by informing and entertaining curators, collectors and critics with potent online exhibitions of their work.
On the first Thursday of every month, we will launch 8 shows of artists relevant to the Bay Area. They may be working in this place, long considered an epicenter of change, or deeply engaged in the conversations the Bay Area holds dear, whether it’s related to technology, the environment, social justice or sexual identity, to name a few. In addition, each month will highlight the crucial work of a Bay Area non-profit arts organization.
Claudia Altman-Siegel, Kelly Huang, Sophia Kinell, Micki Meng, Daphne Palmer, Ratio 3, Sarah Wendell Sherrill, Jessica Silverman, and Elizabeth Sullivan
Sayre Batton & Maja Thomas, Joachim & Nancy Bechtle, Matt Bernstein, Sabrina Buell, Wayee Chu & Ethan Beard, Natasha Boas, Douglas Durkin, Carla Emil, Matt & Jessica Farron, Lauren Ford, Ali Gass, Stanlee Gatti, Brook Hartzell & Tad Freese, Pamela & David Hornik, Katie & Matt Paige, Putter Pence, Becca Prowda & Daniel Lurie, Deborah Rappaport, Komal Shah & Gaurav Garg, Laura Sweeney, The Battery, Robin Wright, Sonya Yu & Zack Lara
Lobus, The Space Program
Mel Bochner’s Thesaurus paintings transform loaded or banal words into graphic arrangements, often piling synonyms into a mass that moves from respectable language to vulgarity. The paintings blur the lines between looking and reading, leaving viewers to bring their own associations.
Bochner works across a wide variety of media including photography. This exhibition focuses on his paintings and prints, a celebration of the artist’s range of technique and palette.
$#!+, 2014
Oil on velvet mounted on panel
Signed panel verso in ink
9 x 12 inches
$20,000
Obliterate, 2018
Silkscreen in 12 colors
Signed recto in image
11/30 (edition of 30)
50 x 40 inches
$12,000
Obliterate, 2018
Silkscreen in 12 colors
Signed recto in image
11/30 (edition of 30)
50 x 40 inches
$12,000
No, 2012
Oil on velvet
Signed verso on stretcher in ink
62 3/4 x 42 1/2 inches
$110,000
Obscene, 2017
8 color silkscreen
Signed, dated & numbered recto in pencil
Edition of 30
61 3/4 x 46 1/2 inches
$15,000
Obscene, 2017
8 color silkscreen
Signed, dated & numbered recto in pencil
Edition of 30
61 3/4 x 46 1/2 inches
$15,000
Scoundrel, 2010
136 color silkscreen
Signed recto in pencil
Edition of 20
60 x 45 inches
$12,000
Scoundrel, 2010
136 color silkscreen
Signed recto in pencil
Edition of 20
60 x 45 inches
$12,000
Amazing, 2020
Oil on velvet
Signed recto in ink
29 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches
$50,000
Oh Well, 2014
Oil on velvet
Signed verso in ink
12 x 9 inches
$20,000
Obscene, 2018
Oil on velvet
Signed verso on stretcher in ink
20 x 13 3/4 inches
$28,000