Amos Beaida; formerly of Mountain Home, ID *

                      Jim Campbell; American, lives in San Francisco, CA

       Emilio Chapela; Mexican, lives in Mexico City, Mexico

             Allan de Souza; British (born in Kenya), lives in San Francisco, CA

          Joy Garnett; American, lives in New York, NY

                                      Adrienne Klein; American, lives in New York, NY

                  Elliott Linwood; American, lives in Palm Springs, CA *

       Warren Neidich; American, lives in Berlin, Germany

Hermes Payrhuber; Austrian, lives in New York, NY

                                 Taras Polataiko; Ukrainian, lives in Vancouver, Canada

   Aaron Ross and Anna Geyer; Americans, live in San Francisco, CA

           Anne Senstad; Norwegian, lives in New York, NY

                              Kumar Kanti Sen; Indian, lives in Delhi, India

            Anne Stoddard; American, lives in Spartanburg, SC

                                    Steed Taylor; American, lives in New York, NY

Seeing as

    by Guest Curator

            Kóan Jeff Baysa M.D.

Phosphene Visions

December 5th, 2009 - January 24th, 2010

Axis Gallery
1517 19th Street, Sacramento, CA 95811

An exhibition that brings together issues of consciousness, neuroscience, and perception by examining the phosphene: the perception of light in the absence of light entering the eye. Works included are those that address this entoptic (within the eye) phenomenon and expanded criteria on literal, metaphorical, and lyrical levels through paintings, drawings, videos, sculptures, and photo-based works.

Preview Party: Thursday, December 10th, 2009, 7-8 pm
2nd Saturday Reception: December 12th, 2009, 6-9 pm

Related Events:                                                                                                                       

Lecture:    "Sensory Curating" by Kóan Jeff Baysa, M.D.
                    Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, 3–4 pm         

                    California State University Sacramento, Art Department, Rm 145, Kadema Hall
                    Contact 916-278-6155 for further information
                 

Panel Discussion:    

                    Curating Contemporary Art with Kóan Jeff Baysa, M.D. (Medical Curator), Kim Curry-Evans
                    (Director of 40 Acres Art Gallery) , and Renny Pritikin (Director of “The Nelson”, University of California,
                    Davis).  Moderated by Chris Daubert (Professor, Sacramento City College).                                                                                                              

                    Thursday, December 10th, 2009, 6 pm; Preview Party to follow
                    Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento (CCAS)
                    1519 19th St, Sacramento, CA 95811-5202, (916) 498-9811
                    Admission is free to members of CCAS and students, $5 for non-members

                   

* Amy Sadao and Nelson Santos of VisualAids offered the archives of HIV positive artists for the discovery and research of work by artists Amos Beaida and Elliott Linwood.

Lecture sponsored by The Art Department and the Center for Teaching and Learning, CSUS.

Panel sponsored by CCAS and Axis Gallery.

Publicity produced by students at Art New Media, American River College with generous support from Art New Media and the UC Davis Design Program.