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DESCRIPTION:ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday January 2014\n\nThe Tools\nCurated 
 by: Nora Rodriguez\nSecond Saturday Reception & Event: January 11, 2014, 
 7-10 pm\n\nSAN FRANCISCO, CA- Root Division presents \n\nThe Tools is a 
 look through the wrong end of the telescope, examining art as apparatus and 
 instrument. The show contains tools artists have constructed in view of 
 executing their work, along with work that itself functions as a tool. What 
 kinds of devices do artists create in the process of making? And how can 
 the work itself become a tool for critique, education, or expression? 
 \n\nThe Tools functions in two parts: In the first, utensils, models, and 
 devices that artists have crafted specifically for their working process. 
 How does preparation for work become part of the piece itself? How are 
 aesthetic concerns manifest even before an artist touches the “final” 
 piece? \n\nThe show’s second part turns the concept of tool on its head, 
 presenting work that is in dialogue with the function or aesthetic of 
 tools. These works blur the line between objects made and objects made to 
 make, object as ends and object as means. \n\nThe show pushes against the 
 notion of tool as a primarily physical aid. In the words of Robert Irwin, 
 “The act of art is a tool for extended consciousness.” In some sense, 
 then, all art is a metaphysical tool. From here, the challenge may be 
 finding a big enough toolbox. \n\nArtists \nEvan Barbour*\nJosh 
 Blackwell\nBrad Brown\nAnna Craycroft\nMarshall Elliott\nRuben 
 Gutierrez\nPhyllis Ma\nRachel McFarlane\nMie Horlyck Mogensen*\nMichael & 
 Rosie O’Gorman\nJeana Poindexter\nZin Taylor\n* Root Division Studio 
 Artist\n\nOpening Reception: Saturday, January 11, 7 – 10 
 pm\nIncluding CREATIVE STATION, free all-ages art activities in our 
 Studio 2 Classroom\nExhibition Dates: January 8 – 25, 2014\nGallery 
 Hours: Wednesday- Saturday, 2–6 pm (or by appointment)\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/11/18747628.php
SUMMARY:ROOT DIVISION PRESENTS: Second Saturday January 2014 - The Tools
LOCATION:Root Division\n3175 17th Street (between South Van Ness & Shotwell)\nSan 
 Francisco, CA 94110\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/12/11/18747628.php
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