Jesse Hazelip is currently installing the work for his next major exhibition opening this Saturday, July 10th in conjunction with the SFMOMA Artist’s Gallery. This installation will be on display through November 13th and is visible in the SFMOMA Garage’s street-level windows on both the Natoma and Minna St. alleys between New Montgomery and Third St.
The work for this installation involves large scale mixed media pieces on wooden panels, each commenting on contemporary sociopolitical issues in a cause and effect statement. Topics of waste are addressed through the artist’s use of found, salvaged and repurposed materials. Capitalism and greed are commented on through the artist’s discussion of the recent BP oil spill, and the sort of rugged individualism that defines America while blinding us to our fellow humans’ plight is illustrated in a piece dedicated to the alarming statistic that names suicide as the number two cause of death amongst Native American adolescents.
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Jesse Hazelip (left) and assistant Gustavo Lisama Jr. (right)
Jesse Hazelip
All images by Kimberly Verde
[…] on Saturday July 10th from 2-7pm in the Earth Bar at the Temple Nightclub. Be sure to check out Jesse’s installation that day at the SFMOMA garage windows at 147 Minna and 150 Natoma and then come on by to celebrate […]
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