{"id":3200,"date":"2014-09-11T01:13:15","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T05:13:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/?p=3200"},"modified":"2014-09-08T22:26:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-09T02:26:41","slug":"marsha-balian-artspacewhrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kolajmagazine.com\/content\/content\/collage-exhibitions\/marsha-balian-artspacewhrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsha Balian at ArtSpace@WHRC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"big-girls-in-little-garden-marsha-balian\"<\/p>\n

8 September 2014-4 January 2015
\nOpening reception: Sunday, 14 September, 3-5PM<\/p>\n

Marsha Balian: “Fabrications and Other Notions”<\/p>\n

For “Fabrications and Other Notions”, mixed media\u00a0artist Marsha Balian<\/a> avoids the literal and engages the imagination of the viewer to create delightful, often humorous, narrative works on panel. Making use of embroidered clothing from India, upholstery samples, necktie pieces, remnants of curtains and other scraps, Balian\u2019s figures (girls with bangs and bows) play with scale (giant dogs with little houses) and surroundings (trees growing three-dimensional sewn leaves). Though given a needle and thread at the age of five by her grandparents, both of whom were in garment production, Balian was unwilling to carry on the tradition. \u201cI instantly hated it, and to this day my reaction hasn\u2019t much changed.\u201d Instead, she shows her\u00a0appreciation by incorporating offcast materials of the industry into her work: fabric scraps, pieces of embroidery, unworn clothes,\u00a0along with ephemera and found objects she\u2019s amassed in her studio. \u201cNo needle or thread passed my hands in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Admitting great difficulty following instructions, Balian is self-taught, frequently inventing her own techniques. Her artwork has\u00a0been shown throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in many parts of the United States. It has also been seen in The Permanente Journal<\/em>, American\u00a0Art Collector<\/em>, Studio Visit<\/em>, and Gathering Clouds<\/em>, and she was recently featured in an issue of Scrubs<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n

(text adapted from materials provided by the gallery)<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/h3>\n

ArtSpace@WHRC<\/strong>
\nWomen’s Health Resource Center
\nCalifornia Pacific Medical Center
\nLobby Level
\n3698 California Street
\nSan Francisco, California 94118
\n(415) 600-0500<\/p>\n

Hours:<\/strong>
\nMonday-Friday, 9:30AM-1PM and 2-4:30PM
\nSaturday-Sunday, 10AM-2PM<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nBig Girls in Little Garden<\/em>
\nby\u00a0Marsha Balian
\n10″x10″
\nmixed media: acrylic paint, assorted papers including images from antique German paper dolls and Player’s cigarettes, upholstery samples, necktie remnants, pencil, coloured pencil, oil paint and shoe polish on wood panel
\n2014
\nCourtesy of\u00a0the artist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

8 September 2014-4 January 2015 Opening reception: Sunday, 14 September, 3-5PM Marsha Balian: “Fabrications and Other Notions” For “Fabrications and Other Notions”, mixed media\u00a0artist Marsha Balian avoids the literal and engages the imagination of the viewer to create delightful, often…<\/p>\n

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