DARREN WATERSTON: A Life in Fields
May 2–June 13, 2024
Solo Exhibition
Curated by Melanie Ross.
Image: Darren Waterston. The Gathering, 2024. Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Berggruen Gallery
10 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
+1-415-781-4629
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Berggruen Gallery Hours
| Monday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Wednesday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Thursday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Friday | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
Overview
DARREN WATERSTON: A Life in Fields features 30+ oil and watercolor paintings by the New-York based artist. It is his first solo show with Berggruen Gallery.
“Darren Waterston’s A Life in Fields envisions the landscape genre as an enigmatic investigation of human consciousness. Through symphonic sweeps of color, Waterston creates “devotional” paintings and works on paper that rely on the sublime to survey the human psyche. Each painting embraces the unresolved nature of conscious experience, using color as a stepping stone towards investigating our psychological interiorities. Describing this body of works as “palette-driven,” Waterston experiments with bursts of explosive color—crystalline cyans, mossy greens, and hot pinks—that mirror the complexities of an inner psychological world, refracting emotion and sensation through color. Colors are paired to exist slightly outside the purview of visual accord, demonstrating Waterston’s ongoing interest in beauty and terror’s reciprocity.”
Preview of DARREN WATERSTON: A Life in Fields. Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
A Life in Fields is a dreamy amalgamation of kaleidoscopic landscapes. Pretty, yes. Creepy, yes. Absolutely hypnotic. The details in these paintings are stunning in their beauty, a strong homage to Mother Nature. This collection of works also screams, or rather, whispers yōkai, the enigmatic spirits of Japanese folklore. Will they confuse lost travelers, leading them to their doom, or merely playfully guide them through the twists and turns of the labyrinth?
🗓 Darren Waterson: A Life in Fields runs until June 13, 2024 at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.
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Quick Guide: Berggruen Gallery
⭐ LOCATION: Berggruen Gallery is located at 10 Hawthorne Street between 2nd and 3rd streets (7 min walk from Montgomery Station and across the street from SFMOMA’s Howard Street entrance) in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood.
⭐ HOURS: Monday–Friday 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
⭐ NEARBY ART: MUSEUMS: SFMOMA [Howard Street entrance] (2 min walk), YBCA (4 min walk), MoAD (6 min walk), CJM (8 min walk). PUBLIC ART: Revelation, the Martin King Jr. memorial fountain and several others at Yerba Buena Gardens (4 min walk) [see LINK for Yerba Buena Gardens self-guided art tour].
⭐ NEARBY FOOD/DRINK: My nearby FAVES are Fang [Cantonese] (1 min walk), Yokai (7 min walk), Wise Sons (8 min walk) and Oren’s Hummus (6 min walk). [*Check out their AMAZING HAPPY HOUR Monday–Thursday 3 p.m.–5 p.m.] and Grace [SFMOMA’s public street-level restaurant] (4 min walk).
💌 More nearby suggestions are always welcome. Feel free to add in the comments!
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