Transmission Gallery is pleased to present No Laughing Matter, an exhibition of work by M. Louise Stanley with protest poster art by M. Louise Stanley and Friends.
No Laughing Matter will show concurrently with Show and Tell, a solo exhibition featuring three dimensional paintings by Diana Krevsky, also addressing political and social concerns.
All are invited to attend the Opening Reception on Friday, August 2nd from 6-9 pm, held in conjunction with Oakland Art Murmur’s famous First Friday Art Walks.
The artists will speak about their work in a casual gallery walkthrough, Saturday September 14th starting at 2 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
A veteran of protest and social commentary through art since the 70’s, M. Louise Stanley uses humor to draw attention to a wide range of issues that are truly no laughing matter. Tying together classical references, sly inferences and very human responses, her work has long addressed injustices, inequalities and daunting tragedies that resonate with current social media tag lines like Me Too, No More and Never Again.
Stanley paints in the tradition of history and narrative painting, documenting contemporary and fictitious events using myth and allegory. Under her wry scrutiny, the foibles of our society and mores are examined. Recent exhibitions in the Bay Area have highlighted the breadth of her practice. Multiple iterations on her favorite themes range from large scale works to expansive and intensive journals to midsize explorations, each nuance adding to the scope of the work.
In recent months Stanley has joined forces with friends and artists putting their talents to work in protest at the Women’s Marches, Climate March, Gun Violence March and more. While protest is only a small part of activism, it serves to demonstrate the solidarity of those working toward responsive change and energize the effort. Transmission Gallery presents work by M. Louise Stanley and protest poster art by M. Louise Stanley and friends Gael Fitzmaurice, Archana Horsting, Susan Landauer, Therese Lehaie, Linda MacDonald and Susan R. Stanley in recognition and support of equal rights for all persons and a safe and sustainable climate for generations to come.
M. Louise Stanley was born in Charleston, W. Virginia and holds a BA from La Verne College, a BFA and MFA from California College of Arts and Crafts (presently California College of the Arts). She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (2), Fleishhacker Foundation, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation (2), Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2014 and John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015. She has lectured, taught and exhibited nationally and now teaches at Berkeley City College.
Friends include a talented group: painters Gael Fitzmaurice and Linda McDonald, with many exhibitions to their credit; sculptor Therese Lehaie, whose light infused works include multiple public installations; Archana Horsting, printmaker, cofounder and executive https://www.sfada.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/62ea1b4d-ab1c-48e1-b79f-3a41f5857004-1.gif at Kala Art Institute; art scholar, curator and writer, Susan Landauer and sister in creative endeavor, Susan R. Stanley.
