Mike KelleyNovember 3, 2018 – February 16, 2019 View Gallery The 500 Capp Street Foundation is proud to present one of the most influential artists of our time: Mike Kelley (1954–2012). The David Ireland House at 500 Capp Street is a body in question, the former home cum museum of late Bay Area conceptualist David Ireland. 500…
Kevin KillianThursday, July 19, 2018 The 500 Capp Street Foundation is proud to present two plays, The Pre Poetic and The Lenticular, by San Francisco poet and playwright, Kevin Killian. In The Pre-Poetic, set in Berkeley, a young artist undergoes a séance with his psychic sister in order to approach the layer of consciousness that…
Tony MatelliWednesday June 27, 2018 New York based artist Tony Matelli discusses his work and practice at 500 Capp Street. Tony Matelli creates highly produced, representational artworks using materials such as bronze, marble, and silicone. The end result is anything but traditional sculpture. Matelli’s artworks are lifelike, seductive, and beautifully wrong. His hyper realistic sculptures…
Tony MatelliJune 23 – October 13, 2018 View Gallery The David Ireland House is pleased to present, I hope all is well…, Tony Matelli’s first solo exhibition in San Francisco. I hope all is well…, presents a series of highly produced, representational artworks using materials such as bronze, marble, and silicone. The end result is…
Joey Enos Thursday May 17, 2018 Joey Enos discusses the iconic Emeryville Mudflats Sculptures that majestically appeared along Highway 80 from the 1960s until 1980s. The anonymous Emeryville Mudflat Sculptures began as an exercise in fine art pedagogy and bloomed into a self-governing public art for the people. It was chaotic folk art environment that gave…
San Francisco Cinematheque at The David Ireland HouseThursday, April 19, 2018 “Your eye, first of all, would glide over the grey…” — George Perec San Francisco Cinematheque presents Your Eye Would Glide Over the Grey, a series of film and video works that explore the secret lives of objects, the interplay of intimacy, identity and…