Avenue 12 Gallery

“Tensions” Anthony Kyle Hall

Something resonates deeply when viewing the work of Anthony Kyle Hall. He speaks to the collective uneasiness that many of us are feeling. ‘Artist as messenger’ balances these tensions between the public and individual/private in a way that can lead to growth and recognition.

Anthony Kyle Hall Avenue 12 Gallery Window

Anthony Kyle Hall Embrace (Moonlight)

Anthony Kyle Hall Preservation

Anthony Kyle Hall Room

Anthony Kyle Hall Figment

Anthony Kyle Hall CHALLENGES (detail)

Anthony Kyle Hall WILD

Avenue 12 Gallery
1101 Lake Street
at 12th Avenue
San Francisco CA 94118

415-750-9955

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Tuesday – Thursday 1-5pm

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“Tensions” Paintings and Drawings by Anthony Kyle Hall. Up Through December 6. www.avenue12gallery.com

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We are proud to extend our current exhibition, Tensions, and have it reviewed by art critic and curator Dewitt Cheng. For full review and detailed photos, visit link in bio. Please contact avenue12gallery@icloud.com for pricing.
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"One of the Surrealists, probably André Breton, declared that everything is connected by invisible lines, a dictum that we ubercapitalist extraction-miners might do well to reaffirm as disaster stalks the planet. Many contemporary artists are making the case for sociopolitical engagement—and implying that art should be judged by its politics. The opposite point of view holds that art is pure expression, and should be judged only in its visual merits. Neither argument seems indisputable, yet much art explores this tension between style and content, the visual and the implied verbal, to great effect. The paintings and drawings of Anthony Kyle Hall in Tensions are abstract expressionist in general affect, with calligraphy and neuromuscular shapes/gestures set atop white grounds, recalling Frans Kline, Adolph Gottlieb and others, including the graffiti-influenced expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat. But Hall includes little fragments of reality, as the Cubists occasionally did: drawn renderings of objects and persons, and even strips of paper bearing text: scholarly footnotes, clipped memoranda, or cookie fortunes. We view the compositions holistically, but the fragments assert themselves, causing a push-pull between modes of perception and interpretation.

Hall writes:

At the center of my work is documenting my personal narratives in response to current cultural and social climates. Through exploring the gap between existing and perceived spaces of existence, reality vs. channels of distorted information - the goal is to highlight substance in the human experience at large. Themes and subject matter dictate the visual aesthetics and materials used, and over time this is to be the vehicle for visual ideas to deepen and evolve...”
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“Tensions” new paintings and drawings by Anthony Kyle Hall. Check website for all work available for sale and hours. “Something resonates deeply when viewing the work...he speaks to a collective uneasiness many of us are feeling. ‘Artist as messenger’ balances these tensions between the public and individual/private in a way that can lead to growth and recognition.” See full press release on website. #sfartdealers #sfartist #sfart #artcollector @anthonykylehall #contemporaryartgallery #painting #bayareaartist #avenue12gallery

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Established in 2016 by Vince Meyer and Rachel Murray Meyer, Avenue 12 Gallery is located in the Lake District of San Francisco and focuses on contemporary art created by Bay Area artists.