pierogi 2000 press: gasworks

yerba buena center for the arts

"Multiple Sensations; series, collections, obsessions"
San Francisco, CA
4 august - 22 october 2000

San Francisco Bay Guardian

Pierogi 2000: Flatfiles
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Pierogi 2000: Flat Files, part of Yerba Buena's new "Multiple Sensations: Series, Collections, Obsessions" exhibit, is a delectable, treasure-filled treat for the curiosity-inclined. In 1994 Joe Amrhein started the alternative space Pierogi 2000 in Brooklyn as a response to the lack of opportunities for artists working outside of the mainstream gallery system. Today the artist-run project is one of the preeminent exhibition venues in the New York area. As part of his inclusive, eclectic vision, Amrhein created "flat files" as a means to display the work of some 600 sketchers, photographers, painters, and text artists all at the same time. The collection at Center for the Arts features more than 300 artists, including 34 from San Francisco, who have been added to the mostly New York-based banquet of abundance. The greatest pleasure here lies in the grazing. Viewers are invited to intimately explore and handle the files at their leisure; I recommend setting aside several hours to fully feast. I discovered Daniel Zeller's delicately detailed, yet abstract, pencil drawings of tracheal organisms; Chris Doyle's tiny watercolors of suburban homes isolated against a sterile white background; Lori Ellison's obsessive peaks, pocks, and dots of blue ballpoint on paper; Leonie Guyer's sensuous, seductive ink drawings on silk; and Cherith Rose's paintings-on-paper that explore the banality and desolation of industrial residue. Other San Franciscans with works in the collection are Alicia McCarthy, Cliff Hengst, Chris Johanson, Leona Christie, Jessica Snow, Michael Damm, and Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton. The upstairs Terrace Gallery features a body of larger works and video selections, giving viewers a taste of some of the featured artists' media and scale outside of the work represented in Amrhein's files.

MEGAN WILSON
August 16, 2000

P I E R O G I 2 0 0 0
177 north 9th street brooklyn, ny 11211 718.599.2144
noon to 6p friday through monday and by appointment
pierogi 2000 is an innovative art gallery in williamsburg, brooklyn, new york

	yerba buena center for the arts "Multiple Sensations; series, collections, obsessions" San Francisco, CA 4 august - 22 october 2000 San Francisco Bay Guardian Pierogi 2000: Flatfiles Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Pierogi 2000: Flat Files, part of Yerba Buena's new "Multiple Sensations: Series, Collections, Obsessions" exhibit, is a delectable, treasure-filled treat for the curiosity-inclined. In 1994 Joe Amrhein started the alternative space Pierogi 2000 in Brooklyn as a response to the lack of opportunities for artists working outside of the mainstream gallery system. Today the artist-run project is one of the preeminent exhibition venues in the New York area. As part of his inclusive, eclectic vision, Amrhein created "flat files" as a means to display the work of some 600 sketchers, photographers, painters, and text artists all at the same time. The collection at Center for the Arts features more than 300 artists, including 34 from San Francisco, who have been added to the mostly New York-based banquet of abundance. The greatest pleasure here lies in the grazing. Viewers are invited to intimately explore and handle the files at their leisure; I recommend setting aside several hours to fully feast. I discovered Daniel Zeller's delicately detailed, yet abstract, pencil drawings of tracheal organisms; Chris Doyle's tiny watercolors of suburban homes isolated against a sterile white background; Lori Ellison's obsessive peaks, pocks, and dots of blue ballpoint on paper; Leonie Guyer's sensuous, seductive ink drawings on silk; and Cherith Rose's paintings-on-paper that explore the banality and desolation of industrial residue. Other San Franciscans with works in the collection are Alicia McCarthy, Cliff Hengst, Chris Johanson, Leona Christie, Jessica Snow, Michael Damm, and Caitlin Mitchell-Dayton. The upstairs Terrace Gallery features a body of larger works and video selections, giving viewers a taste of some of the featured artists' media and scale outside of the work represented in Amrhein's files. MEGAN WILSON August 16, 2000



	P I E R O G I 2 0 0 0 177 north 9th street brooklyn, ny 11211 718.599.2144 noon to 6p friday through monday and by appointment pierogi 2000 is an innovative art gallery in williamsburg, brooklyn, new york