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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Tracing Passages

Summer Gold

(SOLD)

My work has been showing in the exhibition, Tracing Passages, at the Gray Loft Gallery. The exhibition will be closing this weekend. As a gesture of thanks to all who have supported my work over the years, I will be offering a 10% discount on the work in the exhibition during the closing reception to be held that day. The reception will be from 5 to 7:30 PM with a special preview from 3 to 5.

Closing Reception 5 to 7:30 PM

Special Preview from 3 to 5 PM

Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, Third Floor
Oakland, CA 94601

photos by Styrous®
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Whirling Dervish

Tis not I but this ole world is sick and soon must die

Sharp & Shiney

Pastiche to Modernist Masters

Night Watch

(SOLD)

Memories of Duchamp

Masked Etruscan
(SOLD)

Love Flower

La Sonámbula

El Abraso

Dream Cycle

December Violets

Coletrain On Flute

Carnivál

Closing Reception 5 to 7:30 PM

Special Preview from 3 to 5 PM

Gray Loft Gallery
2889 Ford Street, Third Floor
Oakland, CA 94601

Butom, Thursday, November 9, 2023

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Gray Loft Gallery ~ 2020 Summer Salon

de Stijl
acrylic on Arches paper, framed 36”x28”

I am showing my work in the exhibition, Summer Salon, now being presented at the Gray Loft Gallery in the Jingletown section of Oakland.

"Butoh drawing is a dialog between Japanese Butoh* and the evolution of drawing, writing and thinking. The way in which images (ideas) of all sorts emerge, and how these images are deployed is the thesis of Butoh Drawing.

In theory, when a child begins to crawl, he/she is developing a part of the brain that will later read, write and think. Our experience with Butoh Drawing is that we re-live this childhood development as adults. We re-learn, and are able to re-express ourselves in a more fulfilling way."

photos by Styrous®

Stepps

gouache/paper, framed 15”x12”

Speakeasy

gouache/paper, framed 15”x12”

Chat with Kafka

monotype on etching paper, 30”x22”

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Gray Loft Gallery 

2889 Ford Street, third floor
Jingletown
Oakland, CA, 94601
United States

grayloftgallery@gmail.com
510-499-3445

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Thursday, December 26, 2019

RollUp Project ~ Escaparates mios extended

Pleased to say that the #rollupproject.com

has extended my installation, Escapartes mios,
until 2 January 2020.

Hope people will drive by to see the work or find a quick parking space to do a stroll-by of the two windows.

The Third Street window visible 24/7
around the corner The 217 Harrison window
Mon - Fri 10 AM - 5 PM

These pix, by Styrous®, are from 5:26 pm tonight,

the 26th of December, Boxing Day.

217 Harrison Street

around the corner of windows on Third Street near the train station and Jack London Square.

Please see my blog at

https://butohdrawing.blogspot.com

and the website#RollUpProject.com

bUtom
Tom White

Professor Emeritus

California College of the Arts CCA
tomwhite94601@yahoo.com
http://www.butohdrawing.blogspot.com

Sunday, November 17, 2019

RollUp Project intro

Tom White ~ Journal 2

photo by Styrous®

We installed the RollUp Project windows today. It was super fun and looks great. I was able to have a couple of chats with Squeak, and Julia was an excellent assistant ( she did most of the actual work and I’m very happy she did since my age is making it difficult. Styrous® helped me with a rather tedious installation of BoogieWoogie, so both of us are very exhausted this evening at home with our cocktails and nibbles.

The RollUp Project has boosted me in numerous ways, motivating me to continue the work I started when a dear friend suggested that I go through my journals to see what I could throw away. This suggestion came about a year ago when I began going through the journals, page by page, to see what might be tossed. But instead of tossing I found that with the help of my phone cam and social media platforms I would look at a page as it was reduced in size in a photo, and if there was something wrong with the image, it was easier to see a formal solution and attempt to “fix” it by adding something, re-photographing, posting, re-posting the image on Facebook; then continuing the process and making further changes until the piece morphed itself into a satisfactory resolution.

What interested me in this process gave me an answer to the question: what does ‘my story’ mean on social media? Besides it being autobiographical, it became a game or process that interfaces real-time artistic editing process using the media — sustained motivation, cycling, recycling.

So we were interested to see that my blog site was getting more hits than ever before because I was using my process on social media, and it was interesting enough to people that they linked to my blog: a lot cheaper than “boosting” on FBook or promoting on Instigram.

Net link:

Squeak Carnwath




TW aka bUtom

Tom White
Professor Emeritus
California College of the Arts (CCA)

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