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Felicia Chiao: Not Too Sweet
Solo exhibition by San Francisco-based artist Felicia Chiao at Harman Projects (Hashimoto Contemporary).
In Go Outside, Felicia Chiao's faceless figure sits on a pier in the sun while a cloud reaches down a comforting hand. In the water below, geese paddle among a scatter of objects, and the gallery says it's unclear whether the figure threw them in or they drifted there.
This is 22 new watercolor and colored-pencil works on toned paper, most of them 10 inches or smaller, with Zodiac Parade the widest at 33. The patterns run off the paper and onto the mats. From across the room you get candy colours; up close, the dark bean-shaped creature Chiao uses for anxiety turns up in every piece. The title is dessert praise, and in plenty of Bay Area families "not too sweet" is the highest thing anyone says about a mooncake.
No critic has reviewed it yet. Entry is free. Harman Projects is Suite 106 at 1275 Minnesota St, open Tuesday to Saturday, 11am to 6pm, until Saturday 24 October.
Look for
Go Outside
Look for the two characters resting on a pier under a sun and a cloud with an outstretched hand, while geese float among stray objects in the water below.
The patterned mats
Look at the edges: Chiao's vibrant patterns spill past the toned paper and continue onto the photo mats holding each picture.
The bean creature
Chiao's dark, bean-shaped character, her symbol for anxiety and depression, sits beside a featureless figure in every work in the show.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Locals Who've Seen It All
Skip if
You want big canvases: these are works on paper, and most of the 22 are 10 inches or smaller.
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Image credits
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- Felicia Chiao: Not Too SweetCourtesy of Minnesota Street Project
- Martin Venezky: Process WorkLetterform Archive
- Type for All! Ten Years of Type WestLetterform Archive
- Caguiat Delacruz: The TrampCCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
- Minnesota Street ProjectPigeonChickenFish / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Letterform ArchiveClyde Charles Brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary ArtsMariwlqs / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0