Now showing at Altman Siegel Gallery
Posted September 10th by jeremiah in Anytime things to do, Events, Museums, Straight up free
Fruit Fly by Charley Harper
The influential works of Charley Harper on display at Altman Siegel Gallery.
September 10 - October 31.
From San Francisco Magazine (written by Franklin Melendez):
In the ’60s and ’70s, Cincinnati-based illustrator Charley Harper distilled the essence of nature to a few graphic lines and simple color fields, skillfully evading facile nostalgia (he was born and raised on a West Virginia farm) and opting instead for the stark reduction of cubism, minimalism, and Inuit art. His illustrations for Golden Books and the Ford Times reinvented the aesthetic landscape for an entire generation and spurred many a design vocation, including Todd Oldham’s. Classic tomes like The Giant Golden Book of Biology and The Animal Kingdom have now become cult favorites, routinely sending hipsters into bidding frenzies on eBay.
Altman Siegel Gallery, in conjunction with the Charley Harper Estate, has organized the West Coast’s first comprehensive solo show of the late master’s work, featuring unique paintings and drawings from his commercial and personal oeuvres. In his heyday, Harper termed his inimitable style “minimal realism”—all pragmatic edges and planes. A closer look unlocks the magic geometry behind the flora and fauna.
Cost: Free
Location: Altman Siegel Gallery (49 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA)
Dates: September 10 - October 31
