RANDY SHULL: Crossing Boundaries
July 11 through September 28, 2008is on view July 11 through September 28, 2008 at the
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design, 550 Sutter Street in San Francisco. For more information, please call 415-773-0303, email info@sfmcd.org or visit www.sfmcd.orgwww.sfmcd.org.
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For decades, Randy Shull has been an influential voice in the fields of furniture making, sculpture and design. His elegant and complex body of work breaks through traditional barriers of much contemporary studio furniture. The son of a building contractor, Shull’s work reflects his personal experiences growing up in the southeastern United States and the folk art he encountered through his travels in Europe and Central America. As a result, his pieces often incorporate a striking array of bright, brash colors.
Shull’s work has been presented in many one-person and group exhibitions at contemporary galleries in the South, the Midwest and California, but his work has never been the subject of a one person career survey. Now seems the appropriate time to examine the trajectory of his evolution as a maker. Shull’s pieces inhabit the challenging intersection where form meets function – his materials combine to create a simultaneously personal expression and an entirely usable work. Many of his pieces are thematic, addressing ideas as varied as greed, love, community and the contrast between nature and urban environments.
Randy Shull won a North Carolina Arts Council Fellowship in 1994, an NEA Southern Arts Federation grant in 1995, and a master residency at Oregon School of Arts & Crafts in Portland. His work is included in a number of important museum collections including The Brooklyn Museum; The High Museum in Atlanta; The Renwick Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C.; The Mint Museum of Craft + Design in Charlotte; Racine Museum of Art; The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, and Museum of Art and Design in New York. He has studios in Asheville, NC and Merida, Mexico.
Dr. Suzanne Baizerman, former Curator of Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Oakland Museum of California is the curator for the Shull exhibition. Baizerman, a skilled interpreter of contemporary American craft, and co-author of California Design, has demonstrated her knowledge of the field for the past 20+ years.
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Saturday, July 19, 2008 from 1:00 pm – 3:00 p
Advance registration required
To register, call 415.773.0303.
The workshop starts with a family tour of the exhibition Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries, followed by a hands-on art project so kids can create their own wood piece to take home. This workshop is for ages 6 to 12, and parents. Pre-registration is required. For more details, call the Museum at 415.773.0303.
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Slide Talk and Walk-Through of Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries
Thursday, September 4, 2008 from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design
550 Sutter Street, San Francisco
Join Dr. Suzanne Baizerman, curator of the exhibition, for a slide presentation and exhibition walk-through. Baizerman will focus on the development of Shull’s multifaceted, boundary-challenging career that has embraced studio furniture, art and design and discuss choosing the works for the exhibition.
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Facts about the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design
The San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design is a non-profit organization that explores the role of craft and design in contemporary society through innovative exhibitions and related educational programming.
Exhibition Sponsors
San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design gratefully acknowledges the generous support from Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund.
General information about "Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries"
"Randy Shull: Crossing Boundaries" is on view July 11- September 28, 2008 at the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design. The Museum is located at 550 Sutter Street near San Francisco’s Union Square. The Museum is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm, Thursdays from 10:00 am–7:00 pm, and Sundays from 12:00 pm–5:00 pm. The Museum is closed on Mondays. Docent tours are offered by appointment. Admission to the Museum is a suggested donation of $3 for adults, $2 for college students and seniors 62 and over, and free to members and youth under 18. For more information, please call 415-773-0303, email info@sfmcd.org, or visit www.sfmcd.org.
Upcoming exhibitions at San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design:
"The Thinking Body"
October 17, 2008 through January 4, 2009
The curators will examine ideas about the body’s perceptual relationship to jewelry, functional objects and spaces, and will relate the work of practitioners in the field to that of contemporary artists exploring the conceptual range of forms and objects related to metalsmithing. This will be a small, focused exhibition of contemporary American, European and Asian metalsmiths, jewelers and artists whose work considers the body in relation to its spatial, cultural and intellectual environment. Co-curators: Kate Wagle, Chair Department of Art, University of Oregon and Anya Kivarkis, Assistant Professor (visiting), Jewelry/Metalsmithing, University of Oregon.
