“Curious Constructions” Art Opening: Detailed, Large Scale Installations | SF

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The Midway, SF’s new 40,000 sq.ft. creative complex, presents Curious Constructions, a group exhibition by Mike Shine, Clint Imboden and Eric Staller. Equal parts fabricators and creators, these artists strive to build their own unique forms to engage the public. With new, found and manipulated objects, these artists do not confine themselves to standard 2D gallery work, and instead come together to engage viewers with the juxtaposition of intimately detailed work combined with large scale constructions.

The exhibition is on view Sept 01 – 30, 2015 with an opening reception on Friday, Sept 11 from 6-10 pm.

About the Artists

Mike Shine is the resident barker and design aid of The Midway, who will create a permanent installation and custom design elements within the venue’s main event space. Shine is a self-taught artist living and working in Bolinas, California. The artist created the noted Art Shack in Bolinas, a live art installation and environment that mirrors his lifestyle and full immersion in surf and skate culture.

Clint Imboden is a mental health professional and artist based out of Oakland, California. Imboden specializes in the transformation of found objects – usually from local flea markets – into highly detailed assemblage sculptures. Combined with new materials such as resin, wood, and metal, the artist’s pieces explore the relationships between the past and present.

Eric Staller is an internationally recognized multi-media artist currently based out of San Francisco. With a background largely in public art, Staller seeks to reach his audiences by creating humorous works that straddle the line between the everyday and the otherworldly. The nature of his experimental concepts call for the use of materials as varied as live goldfish, manipulated bicycles, and handmade robotics.

About The Midway
Equal parts creative laboratory and performance space, The Midway is a sprawling 40,000 square-foot venue for the public to engage with a variety of exhibitions, workshops, performances and special events. The Midway is one-of -a-kind space, dedicated to bringing art, entertainment, and education under one synergistic and collaborative roof. Equipped with performance venues, art galleries, a teaching kitchen, and an emerging technologies workshop, The Midway is a new space for San Francisco’s most celebrated creative outlets to collide.

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