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DESCRIPTION:A secret language of stories combining sculpture and photography suggests 
 New Work by Teri Claude & Kirstyn Russell.  Claude’s sculptures express a 
 longing for outdoor landscapes from the confines of interior materials 
 while Russell highlights the color within the seemingly bleak through 
 photographs; both create partial narratives with room for the viewer to 
 project their own stories.  Femina Potens Gallery presents Claude & Russell 
 from February 3rd-24th, 2006.  The show combines sculpture and photography, 
 approaching a similar subject matter using different media. The sculptures 
 recreate objects from the landscape while the photographs explore the 
 potential for the landscapes to be gendered. Kirstyn Russell’s work 
 includes images from the series Outposts; photographing gay and lesbian 
 bars in rural areas, the photos contain very few clues that let you know 
 the true identity of these spaces.  Teri Claude’s sculptures combine a 
 feeling of benign domesticity with an aggressive phallic shape and attempts 
 to express the paradox of this aggressive (phallic) domesticity.   The 
 public is invited to a free reception with the artists on Friday February 
 3rd, 7-10pm at Femina Potens Gallery.  Teri Claude’s combination of 
 domesticity and symbols of aggression “best describe what it’s like 
 growing up on a military base, feeling safe in your military tract-housing, 
 with jet aircraft tearing through the sky overhead everyday.”  Claude 
 utilizes her experience as a lesbian single mom in a similar manner, as 
 characterized by “masculine” and “feminine” elements combining in 
 unexpected ways.    Kirstyn Russell returned to San Francisco four years 
 ago after living on the East Coast for 10 years. Searching beyond 
 geographic boundaries into psychological, historic, and identity based 
 understanding of the areas being photographed.  “I am interested in 
 looking at queer spaces where the expected signifiers are very subtle.”   
  Femina Potens is a nationally recognized art gallery and performance space 
 dedicated to the advancement of women and trans-folk through art.  
 Sponsored by Sister Spit and the Queer Cultural Center, with support from 
 the San Francisco Arts Commission and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, 
 Femina Potens is one of the leading queer organizations in San Francisco. 
 Femina Potens has been featured on the Australian television show, Out and 
 About, Q-Television, the documentary TranArchy, Japan's Foil Magazine, 
 Bitch Magazine, and the San Francisco Guardian, which called Femina Potens 
 a crucial bit of justice.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/13/84963.php
SUMMARY:Artistic Explorations of Queer and Gendered Landscapes
LOCATION:Femina Potens Gallery  465 S. Van Ness at 16th St.  San Francisco, CA 94110 
  Gallery Hours: Thurs-Sun Noon-6PM  Opening Reception: Feb. 3rd 7-10PM  
 Event is Not Wheelchair Accessible
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/01/13/84963.php
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