Exhibition of bronze sculptures by the late artist Stephen De Staebler at Dolby Chadwick Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery announces an exhibition of bronze sculptures by the late artist Stephen De Staebler (March 1933 – May 2011). Made during the last two years of De Staebler’s life, the sculptures featured in this exhibition are indicative of the aesthetic themes and concerns that run throughout this accomplished artist’s oeuvre. Having worked primarily in clay for the first part of his career, De Staebler began experimenting with bronze during the late 1970s. Rather than viewing the two [...]

Exhibition of Photographs by Bill Armstrong at Dolby Chadwick Gallery

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents Renaissance, an exhibition of photography by Bill Armstrong on view from July 1 through August 28, 2010. Working mostly from reproductions of Renaissance drawings featuring the human figure in different states of movement and repose, Armstrong eliminates much of the original perspective by painting over figure and background with a striking set of colors. Enough shading is visible through the paint, however, to give the figures a subtle sense of modeling. By setting [...]

Dolby Chadwick Gallery Presents New Paintings by John DiPaolo

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents “New Paintings” by John DiPaolo, on view from April 1 through May 29, 2010. Non-representational in style, the surfaces of DiPaolo’s canvases articulate a dramatic and varied physical topography. Areas of richly colored, densely applied paints are expertly counterbalanced by the enveloping strokes of blended, more muted hues; the relationships between the resultant forms produce an animated buoyancy that presages the stirring of something new. The arresting addition of silver enamel serves to [...]

Dolby Chadwick Gallery Opens Kirsten Stolle’s “Anatomy of a Future Forest”

SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- Dolby Chadwick Gallery presents the exhibition “Anatomy of a Future Forest” by Kirsten Stolle. For the past 18 months, Stolle has been taking on the role of a future naturalist and documentarian: discovering, cataloging and visually recording potential new generations of flora. Continuing to develop her contemporary vision of an odd, unsettling, and sometimes humorous account of the future, she visually explores the issue of climate change and its potential ramifications on plant life. Stolle asks: With [...]