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Dear Friends,
We are delighted to announce that Blue Tangerine Art is expanding. Please join me in welcoming Anne Trott who has recently joined Blue Tangerine Art to support our art consulting operations and run our San Francisco SoMA Gallery events.
This month we feature Nicola Wood's abstract series of mixed media works on canvas. These paintings draw on Wood's early experience as
a textile designer, incorporating vivid colors and making dramatic
statements.
San Francisco is an art mecca this summer with the blockbuster Frida Kahlo exhibition at SFMoMA, Hans Hofmann at Berkeley Art Museum, the The Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury at the newly renovated Oakland Museum of California, as well as the opening of the brand new Jewish Contemporary Art Museum.
We look forward to seeing you at the Gallery this summer.
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Nicola Wood
Abstract Paintings
 Nicola Wood's new series of abstract paintings are influenced from her early career as a textile designer in London in the 1960's. While studying textile design at the Royal College of Art in London, Wood begain experiementing with painterly materials; she was profoundly impacted by the American pop art movement and a book called 'Art since 1945'.
"It was a terribly exciting time. Painting had seemed very ordinary up until then," explains Wood. "I developed a technique using anything I could lay my hands on including stovepipe enamel, oil paint, crayon, scratching, palette knife, sticks, watercolor dyes - you name it!"
Bringing texture, color and a boldness to this series, Wood discovered her own style of abstract painting that differs dramatically from the photorealist oil paintings of vintage automobiles and Americana that she is more widely known for.
"They've been a great success," adds Wood. "After years working as a photorealist painter, these abstract paintings recreate the freedom and exuberance of London in the '60s." See Nicola Wood's series online.
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New Gallery Manager
Anne Trott joins Blue Tangerine Art
 Anne Trott joins Blue Tangerine Art from New York City where she spent
the last 3 years working as Assistant Director at the Louis. K. Meisel
Gallery, a preeminent gallery focusing on photorealist painting.
Prior
to her gallery work, Anne spent a year at Sotheby's Auction House in New
York. Anne's art education began at the University of
Pennsylvania, where she studied both Political Science and Art
History. In her senior year, she interned for the Institute
of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia and decided to continue her studies
in London.
She was accepted to the University of London, Goldsmiths
College to do a Master's degree in 20th Century Art Theory where many
of the now famous 'young British artists' held their first gallery show
as students. During her studies at Goldsmiths, she also worked at a
small gallery in South Kensington and frequently visited the museums
and galleries through out London.
Anne will be running the Blue Tangerine Art gallery and also supporting our art consulting operations. Welcome Anne!
Anne Trott can be reached at: anne@bluetangerineart.com
(415) 508-5740
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Art Diary Dates
Upcoming art events
Switzerland celebrated Art Basel 39 last week, the highest profile event in the art calendar year. There was a noticeable decline in American participation this year, with many dealers claiming the contemporary art market was still bubbling, buoyed by European buyers and the absence of competitive events (the UEFA soccer cup, next week or the Venice Biennial last year). This year's fair featured 300 exhibiting galleries and attracted 60,000 visitors. Interest and attendance at the boutique satellite fairs, including Volta, Scope and Balelatina which feature work by emerging artists, was as strong as ever.
2008 Art Fair Calendar:
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We look forward to welcoming you in our new gallery space in San Francisco's SoMA district. Please email us to make an appointment.
Happy Collecting!
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Trudy Montgomery
Blue Tangerine Art
237 Clara Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Open 10-2pm Tues-Friday and by appointment
www.BlueTangerineArt.com
trudy@bluetangerineart.com
(415) 515-6094
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