Showing: August 7-August 31, 2008
111 MINNA GALLERY presents
COMMON DESCENT: A GROUP EXHIBITION OF NEW PAINTINGS
A DEBUT EXHIBITION WITH RISING STARS BRETTY AMORY, SETH ARMSTRONG, ANDREW HEM, JOHN WENTZ!
A group show featuring works by four emerging California talents. The Gallery will host an art opening Thursday, August 7th at 6pm. The art opening is FREE and open to the public.
The exhibition will be on view from Thursday, August 7th through August 31st. In a debut Minna exhibit, the four emerging artists navigate both interior and exterior landscapes to contemplate the notion of journey and observance within the framework of a dynamic cultural matrix.

FEATURED ARTISTS
Consisting of a provocative collection of new works in a debut exhibition of four emerging California artists.
BRETT AMORY, a San Francisco-based artist, tackles the cacophony and estranged anonymity of urban life in his “Waiting” and “Passport” series and collection of new works.
www.BrettAmory.com
SETH ARMSTRONG is a Bay Area artist whose painting layer diverse urban and exotic landscapes populated with citizens and tourists masquerading as nondescript superheroes.
www.SethArmstrong.com
ANDREW HEM, the exhibition’s sole Los Angeles artist, portrays thoughtful hipster geishas against the backdrop of iconic landmarks and exposes the urban landscape as fresh, real and complex.
www.AndrewHem.com
JOHN WENTZ, a Bay Area artist, features grey-scale illustrations of post-apocalyptical scenes transforming iconic scenes of childhood by punctuating the atmosphere with vintage superheroes.



Qoöl’s home of 12 years (yes, we’ve been doing it that long), the 111 Minna Gallery, has a brand new state of the art sound system, which is way better at rocking butts than the old one. The extremely butt rocking new sound comes from JK Sound, an outfit that has provided sound for some of the most butt rocking venues on the West Coast. The butt rocking power of the new system is not only due to increased number of butt rocking amplifiers and speakers, but also due to the revolutionary new butt rocking speaker design of the EAW AX366’s which are installed in the main dance area. A forthcoming acoustic treatment of the space will complete this most butt rocking project.






