SFAQ [Project] Space Announces:

Highlights From Past SFAQ [Projects] 2012–2015
Alexandre Arrechea, Chris Burden, Amy Franceschini, Paul Kos, Tom Marioni, Sean McFarland, Mark Mulroney, Barry McGee, Guy Overfelt, Rafael Rozendaal and Tom Sachs

June 11 – June 27, 2015
Reception: Thursday, June 11, 2015 | 7-10pm

449 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Gallery hours: Friday & Saturday 11-5:30

The SFAQ [Project] Space is pleased to announce its third exhibition at 449 O’Farrell Street in San Francisco, Highlights From Past SFAQ [Projects] 2012–2015. This exhibition is meant to celebrate the concept that inspired the programming at the SFAQ [Project] Space over the last four months. SFAQ presents a retrospective of its ongoing in-print project series highlighting original artworks from: Alexandre Arrechea Arrechea, Chris Burden, Amy Franceschini, Paul Kos, Tom Marioni, Sean McFarland, Mark Mulroney, Barry McGee, Guy Overfelt, Rafael Rozendaal and Tom Sachs. In total, eleven artists are represented, each with an artwork that corresponds to their SFAQ [Projects] contribution, along with the resulting pullout project itself.

Over the past three years, SFAQ has incorporated projects by a variety of artists, often in the form of inserts or pullouts in the magazine, meant to be stumbled upon by its readers. Influenced by the self-published artist magazines and periodicals of the 1960s, SFAQ sought to pay homage to this tradition by using its steadily increasing distribution reach to deliver works of art directly into readers’ hands for free.

Surreptitiously slipped among the publication’s pages without much fanfare, SFAQ [Projects] represent a spirit of collaboration between reader and artist, an exploration of the boundaries of the print medium, and a space for established artists to experiment in a non-commercial setting. Thus far, SFAQ [Projects] have hosted a range of artists working in all media and tackling all forms of subject matter, from Tom Sachs to Rafael Rozendaal, from Amy Franceschini to Chris Burden. With Highlights From Past SFAQ [Projects] 2012–2015, we are excited to show the full scope of the project series to date.

Alexandre Arrechea, Box 23-E vedado (left) and Mask vedado (right), 2014. Endura Metallic on aluminum. Edition of 5. 16 x 16 inches each.

Amy Franceschini, Ae, Fe, Ta (Gold, Iron, Tantalum), 2015. Ink, pencil, and gouache on paper. 6 x 11 inches each.

Amy Franceschini, Stock Certificates, 2015. Ink and gouache on paper. 8.5 x 11 each.

Barry McGee, Untitled, 2014. Ceramics, paper mache, gouache, acrylic, wood, and metal. Dimensions variable.

Barry McGee. Installation view.

Chris Burden, Sketch for What My Dad Gave Me, 2008. Signed SFAQ 7 pullout poster. 22 x 31 inches (framed).

Chris Burden, Sketch for What My Dad Gave Me (detail), 2008. Signed SFAQ 7 pullout poster. 22 x 31 inches (framed).

Mark Mulroney, Dead Playmates, 2013. SFAQ 13 pullout poster (front and back). 23 x 29 inches (framed).

Mark Mulroney, 3 Playmates 1 Body, 2015. Collage on wood. 9 x 23 inches.

Sean McFarland, Lighting Strike, July 25, 2013 (vitrine), 2013–15. Artist book (edition of 10), video on iPhone. Dimensions variable.

Rafaël Rozendaal, Colorful folded object with shadows, 2014. SFAQ 16 pullout poster. 21 x 27 inches (in lightbox).

Rafaël Rozendaal, Selected websites, 2009–14. Video loop, 25 minutes. Dimensions variable.

Tom Sachs, Untitled, 2014. Plywood, fiberglass, resin, and hardware. 25 x 10 x 13 inches.

(From left to right) SFAQ [Projects] by Chris Burden, Tom Marioni, and Paul Kos.

Paul Kos, Red Salt Blocks on White Salt (Proposal for red (iron) salt blocks to be placed on the Salt Flats of Utah and Nevada adjacent to Interstate 80), 1969. Ink on chrome coat paper. 9 × 12 inches, 19.25 x 16.75 inches (framed).

Installation view.

Installation view.

Installation view.