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This article originally appeared on July 10, 2010 in The Island. Michele Ellson, editor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sponsored by the Island Alliance of the Arts<\/a> non-profit, the fourth annual \u201cCross Currents\u201d exhibit at the Alameda Museum is billed as an exhibit of California artists, with one coming from as far away as Bristol in Southern California. But with 22 out of 38 artists from Alameda and the exhibit capably installed by local wood artist Peter Sanderson, it may as well be \u201cThe Alameda Show.\u201d<\/p>\n

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“David” by Feng Jin<\/p><\/div>\n

Some of the best work was also contributed by Alamedans, including Feng Jin<\/strong>. \u201cMy sculpture is an intimacy [sic] dialogue between a human and the boundless strength of metal,\u201d Feng writes in his statement, and nowhere is this more apparent than in his patina-finished stainless steel sculpture \u201cDavid.\u201d<\/p>\n

N. Teddy Goldsworthy-hanner<\/strong>, a professor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, shows two encaustic pieces. The rustic panel adorned with images of wild horses, \u201cLike Wind & Sunsets,\u201d is also inscribed with a quote from environmentalist Aldo Leopold\u2019s \u201cSand County Almanac\u201d:<\/p>\n

Like wind and sunsets, wild things were taken for granted until progress began to do away with them. Now we face the question whether a (still) higher standard of living is worth the cost in things (natural) wild and free.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“Nude with Bonsai” by Gary Comoglio<\/p><\/div>\n

Painter and printmaker Gary Comoglio<\/strong> works in the style of a number of movements, from\u00a0Impressionism to Surrealism. His \u201csoft cubist\u201d acrylic \u201cNude with Bonsai\u201d is gorgeous and inviting, and despite his use of \u201ccool\u201d colors the feeling is warm and lush.<\/p>\n

Work by other Bay Area artists deserving mention includes \u201cNeiman Marcus \u2013 Mannequin,\u201d a photograph by William Van Meter<\/strong> of Oakland. Van Meter has been photographing storefronts for a decade, recording the changes in displays and capturing what he calls \u201cthe haughty to the naughty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Justin Yanke<\/strong> of Emeryville, whose credits include The Columbus Museum of Contemporary Art in Ohio, contributes a remarkable photo-realistic graphite drawing, \u201cClosed Hand.\u201d The detail is amazing, down to the thumb\u2019s slightly ragged cuticle.<\/p>\n

Many attempt to imbue mediocre photos with beauty or meaning by applying \u201cartistic\u201d filters in Photoshop. Maria Foley<\/strong> of Palo Alto states on her website that \u201c(p)hotographs are collaged and heavily manipulated in Photoshop,\u201d which is usually enough to send me running. But Foley\u2019s photo collages are exquisite. An artist in residence at Berkeley\u2019s Kala Art Institute, her work is further enhanced by the printing process, photopolymer etching with a chine-coll\u00e9 layer. Along with Feng Jin\u2019s \u201cDavid,\u201d Foley\u2019s \u201cStar Gazing\u201d is my pick for Best of Show.<\/p>\n

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“Star Gazing” by Maria Foley<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cCross Currents\u201d opens today and continues through July 30 at the Alameda Museum, 2324 Alameda Avenue, with a reception from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 10 and talks by the artists from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on July 24. Their phone number is 521-1233.<\/p>\n

Michael Singman-Aste
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