The Cañada College Art Department Presents "Empty Promises"
Thu, 25 February, 2016 at 9:41 am
MICHAEL
J. RYAN
EMPTY
PROMISES
Cañada
College Art Gallery
The Cañada College Art Department is proud to present
"EMPTY PROMISES," an exhibition of paintings by Bay Area artist,
Michael Ryan. The exhibit is in the Cañada College Art Gallery, located on the
ground floor of Building 9, Room 9-152. It runs from February 16 - March 24.
Gallery hours are Monday & Wednesday, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., and Tuesday &
Thursday, 9 a.m. - Noon.
The present exhibition consists of nine oil paintings
representing plastic packaging, in a way that, at times, can be seen as both
eerie and beautiful. The artist thus takes this mundane symbol of our
throw-away consumerist culture, and causes the viewer to see the beauty in the
form and how it takes the light.
Michael received his training in Painting and
Printmaking at Virginia Commonwealth University and San Francisco State
University. He has exhibited his work extensively in the Bay Area since 2005,
including the ATA Gallery in San Francisco and the Institute for Contemporary
Art in San Jose.
