Author Archives: Satri Pencak

About Satri Pencak

Independent Curator, art writer

Linda Connor; From Two Worlds @ di Rosa

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Satri Pencak

The amazing thing about experiencing locations with deep or powerful histories is realizing that you are also there in the present living, breathing moment. While you contemplate the stories of the past you notice their influence is still very present, … Continue reading →

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Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang @ Gallery Route One

Posted on April 10, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Currently showing at Gallery Route One, in Point Reyes Station is an exhibition of work by Richard Lang and Judith Selby Lang. The show, titled The True Cost of Plastic, is part of a larger, ongoing collaborative project by the … Continue reading →

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Hung Liu: Offerings @ Mills College Art Museum

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Satri Pencak

A taste of the Bay Area’s East-West cultural fusion can be seen at Mills College Art Museum in Oakland, where the current exhibition, Hung Liu: Offerings, is on view. The exhibition consists of two large-scale mixed media installations along with … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Island: Tales of Cuban History and Culture @ Sonoma Valley Museum of Art

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Cuba, a small island nation located in the Caribbean, is just 200 miles South of Miami across the Straits of Florida. Yet the name alone conjures up so many things, from food and music, to cigars and baseball, as well … Continue reading →

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Inez Storer @ Seager Gray Gallery, Part II

Posted on January 25, 2013 by Satri Pencak

I originally posted this article on January 10, 2013, but recently I discovered a painting by Edouard Manet, called The ‘Kearsarge’ at Boulogne, 1864. I found it on the Metropolitan Museum of Art website. I don’t know if Inez ever … Continue reading →

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Terry Sauvé @ RiskPress Gallery; Inez Storer @ Seager Gray Gallery

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Satri Pencak

The new exhibition at RiskPress Gallery in Sebastopol is Scenic Journey: Sonoma County and Beyond, paintings by Terry Sauvé. Terry begins her landscapes by painting en plein air, which is a French expression that means “painting out-of-doors”. Typically when an … Continue reading →

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2012 in review

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Satri Pencak

Thank you to all my readers for making 2012 a fun and satisfying year to write and share. Here is the annual report from W.P. of my most popular posts and other details. The WordPress.com stats prepared a 2012 annual … Continue reading →

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Larry Thomas & Handmade Paper @ Sonoma Valley Museum

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Satri Pencak

Tree bark and leaves, seed pods and grasses can be a source of creative inspiration for artists as well as the components of papermaking. Being both delicate and tough, such fibrous elements are the focus of two inspiring exhibitions at … Continue reading →

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Sound, Image, Object: The Intersection of Art and Music @ SSU

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Satri Pencak

The hills are filled with the sound of art, or . . . is it the sight of music? Actually it’s both, at least at the Sonoma State University Art Gallery, where currently on view is Sound, Image, Object: The … Continue reading →

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Adela Akers @ Quicksilver Mine Co.

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Satri Pencak

Currently on view at Quicksilver Mine Co., in downtown Forestville, is Adela Akers, Threads of Illusion. The exhibition features large and small-scale hand-woven tapestries created over the past ten years, including work completed just this year. Adela’s beautifully crafted weavings … Continue reading →

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