June 2025
FIRST FRIDAY OPENING: June 6, 5 - 8 pm
EXHIBITION ON VIEW: Saturday, June 7 - Friday, June 27
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday - Sunday, 1 - 4 pm
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CENTER GALLERY
Our Better Angels | Ted Kincaid
Ted Kincaid, Che, 2025, ink, spray paint and acrylic on found object
When we think of political art we tend to think of violent and accusing images drawing attention to the double standards and faults of humanity. Our Better Angels is a show bent on the other half of that argument, the "now what" side of change. Ted Kincaid uses his graffiti-meets-indy comic art style to bring legends out of reality and places them on a pedestal. Better Angels continues on a 2011 body of work as he tries to modernize both the people included but also the style into a more vibrant and punchy multi-media approach.
NORTH GALLERY
The stubborn blindness of optimistic philosophers | Graham Dane
Graham Dane, A garden of earthly delights: a collection of emblems for the ingenious, 2023-24, mixed media painting and sculpture
Painting is a very human activity that can be traced back potentially tens of thousands of years; it’s an ancient activity. In an increasingly tech-orientated world, a world of cell phones, Instagram, of instant gratification and cheap mass production, of being drowned out by the cacophony of social media, what could be more humanizing than looking at art and producing something new, unique, that requires quietude, an intellectual and emotional foundation and physical effort beyond using just your thumb and index finger.
The way I work – of small-scale studies, combining elements from one or several into larger compositions, then allowing the picture to develop is similar to the way jazz and blues musicians improvise. The finished piece is always a surprise.
All abstraction is open to interpretation which is one of its aspects that I find appealing and I rarely go into detailed explanations about meanings of titles or the literary references. What I will say is that the show title references the overly optimistic Doctor Pangloss, the tutor from Voltaite’s Candide. Make of that what you wish.
SOUTH GALLERY
4and2is6: Obsessions | Yulia Kalagaeva and Joshua Demain
4and2is6 is an ongoing, multifaceted collaboration between Yulia Kalagaeva and Joshua Demain. “Obsessions” encompasses our untamable joie de vivre. This collaborative show is the manifestation of the passionate and inspired experiences we share. From the chaos of life to the most vulnerable and intimate moments, our obsession is to reflect upon and record these experiences through artistic expressions. While we continue to explore a variety of different and often mixed mediums, through this collaboration we discovered that drawing has been the heart of our fervent process since we met in the late nineties.
Mt. Denali by j.Reto
IGCA Annex
Open First Friday, May 2 from 5-8 pm and by appointment
“Mt. Denali by j.Reto” was originally created while I was an artist-in-residence at Cyrano’s Theatre Company in 2024. The fabric ‘painting’ was inspired by the iconic Sydney Laurence piece at the Anchorage Museum. I wanted to replicate the work using humble materials such as remnants, rags and thrift store clothing, in contrast to the majesty of the subject.
Originally intended as an ephemera piece, I have reworked the surface for this Annex exhibition and will rework it for future showings in 2026. Accompanying the work is a Mt. Denali diptych made especially for this show.
j.Reto is a multi-disciplinary artist and co-founder of CIRCLE5, an Anchorage based art group.