Sarah Cain
I’ve Come To Talk With You Again, 2006
Latex, spray paint, pencil, gouache, watercolor and ink on paper
80 x 166 inches
WHITE LIGHT, 2006
Watercolor, gouache, spray paint, latex, ribbons and thread on canvas;
5 latex and enamel canvases
38 x 18 inches overall
like a butterfly in strong wind, 2006
Latex, gouache and watercolor on 59 gold leaves sprayed with archival varnish;
29 color copies sprayed with archival varnish; 33 tiles
Dimensions variable
Approximately 55 x 22 ½ x 7 ½ inches
locket, 2006
Latex, glitter and paper on canvas
16 x 12 inches
Untitled (Chain), 2006
Aluminum foil, glue and thread
34 ½ x 14 inches
Untitled, 2006
Spray paint, latex, gouache and watercolor on brick
Site-specific work in fireplace and crest above
Untitled, 2006
Spray paint, latex, gouache and watercolor on brick
Site-specific work in fireplace and crest above
Detail view
Untitled, 2006
Spray paint, latex, gouache and watercolor on brick
Site-specific work in fireplace and crest above
Detail view
falling, 2005
Latex, watercolor and gouache on canvas; spray paint and latex on paper
16 ¾ x 15 ¼ inches
Hello Darkness My Old Friend, 2006
Latex, spray paint, pencil, gouache, watercolor, thread, bells and Eucalyptus seedpod on paper
97 ½ x 80 inches
the universe, 2006
Watercolor, spray paint, gouache, bells, mirrored fringe, Velcro and thread on paper
Paper size: 39 x 54 ½ inches
Framed size: 44 1/8 x 59 5/8 inches
Believers #4, 2006
Spray paint, latex, ink, gouache and watercolor on paper
Paper size: 74 x 61 inches
Framed size: 80 3/8 x 66 7/8 inches
Think of me as the night sky, 2005
Latex, thread and beads on canvas; spray paint on wood
48 ½ x 12 inches
Believers #1, 2006
Latex, gouache, watercolor, colored pencil, ink and pencil on paper
Paper size: 75 x 63 inches
Framed size: 81 ¾ x 69 ¾ inches
PRESS RELEASE
Sarah Cain: I Believe We Are Believers
12 September – 13 October 2006
Opening reception: Friday, 8 September, 6 to 8 pm
Anthony Meier Fine Arts is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by San Francisco artist Sarah Cain. Exhibiting at the gallery for the first time, Cain’s work is defined by an investigation of space; psychological, physical and emotional. She creates an intuitive translation of the poetics of life. Her varied practice encompasses works on paper, paint on canvas, sculpture and site-specific installation, with much cross-pollination between.
The composition of Sarah Cain’s work is often simple; bold blocks of color, geometric forms, surfaces broken into quadrants, focused areas of dense detail. These formal characteristics are balanced by bursts and splashes of unconstrained color, found objects such as feathers and bells, and an adept use of negative space.
Believers #4, a large work on paper, showcases many of the above characteristics. The piece is dominated by four sections of color, the largest black, then gray, red, blue and yellow. These color sections are bisected by fine lines, breaking up their dominance on the page. Blazing orange spray paint is deftly applied, two small fans of rainbow detail nestle in on the top and bottom left. Cain creates a dynamic surface tension and energy that explodes beyond the actual dimension of the work. She has a light, lyrical hand that manages to populate her surfaces densely without weighing them down.
In her site-specific piece on view, Cain has installed a mélange work in an early 20th century fireplace. The piece is juxtaposed across the room from a 14-foot long, unframed work on paper, I’ve Come to Talk to you Again. Between the artist’s space and the architectural space, the pieces speak to one another and this conversation is an important aspect of Cain’s work. She strives to extend limits of language, putting a visual to a feeling or a mood that is beyond words.
Cain received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and her MFA from UC Berkeley. She is a recipient of the 2006 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art SECA award and will be included in the Busan Biennale in Korea, opening 16 September. Cain is currently an affiliate artist at the Headlands Center for the Arts.