MAY 17, SATURDAY, 2008
Kala Art Institute and SF Camerawork co-present
Ryudai Takano: Artist Talk
Introduction by Ayelet Zohar Ph.D. (The Freeman Spogli Institute at Stanford University
7:00 pm in the Kala Gallery

Please join us for the Artist Talk by Ryudai Takano, leading contemporary Japanese photographer. His work address the ambiguity of sexuality
using portraits and peculiar body expressions. Takano received several
prestigious prizes in Japan including the The 31th Kimura Ihei Commemorative
Photography Award in 2006. His work has been shown at international venues
such as Shanghai Art Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,
The Ueno Royal Museum and others.

MAY 7, WEDNESDAY, 2008
Kala Fellowship Talk: Malcolm T. Smith and Petra Vargova
7:00 pm in the Kala gallery

Kala’s Fellowship program includes a series of artists’ talks by our current Fellows. Over the next several months, each of the eight artists will give a brief presentation of their work and discuss their current residency projects at Kala. On Wednesday, May 7 at 7:00 pm. Kala will host the first in our 2008 series of gallery talks with presentations by Fellowship Artists Malcolm T. Smith and Petra Vargova.

APRIL 29, TUESDAY, 2008
Interplay: Artist Talk
7:00 pm in the Kala gallery

Please join us for a Gallery Talk with the Artists on Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm. This event is free and open to the public. Artists, David Kwan and Nora Pauwels talk about their artworks and Taro Hattori, curator talks about Steve Reich's and Bartosz Posacki's work as well as his curatorial idea.

APRIL 17, THURSDAY, 2008
Interplay
Opening Reception
6:00 - 8:00 pm in the Kala gallery

Work by David Kwan, Nora Pauwels, Bartosz Posacki and Steve Reich
Curated by Taro Hattori

Artist Talk on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 at 7 pm in the Kala Gallery

INTERPLAY showcases work in which musicality plays an important role and is translated into visual representation. In their two-dimensional and video works, these artists employ or imply some of the compositional approaches in contemporary music that spur our perception of synchronous events. Motifs such as landscapes, everyday objects and urban noises are exquisitely transformed into visual compositions.

MARCH 5, WEDNESDAY, 2008
Casual Labor: Gallery Conversation with the Artists
7:00 pm in the Kala gallery

Please join us for a “Gallery Conversation” with the artists featured in Casual Labor on Wednesday, March 5 at 7:00 pm. The Kala Gallery’s current exhibition presents new work in sculpture and photography by Bay Area artists Alex Clausen, Zachary Royer Scholz and Kirk Stoller. The three artists share a working process perhaps best described as material collaboration. This approach involves surprising combinations of furniture, building materials, barrels of water and disparate household supplies. To learn more about the work in this exhibition, please join Casual Labor curator, Lauren Davies, and the three artists for an informative evening in the Kala Gallery. The public is invited to this free-of-charge event. Refreshments will be served.

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