The Wine Emporium
Wed, January 6th 12:00 PM - Mon, May 10th 6:00 PM
For Immediate Release:
The Wine Emporium Features Tony Speirs graphic depictions of popular culture.
The Wine Emporium Features Tony Speirs graphic depictions of popular culture.
Sebastopol, CA (January 23rd, 2010) The Wine Emporium is pleased to announce Tony Speirs as our featured artist in the Gallery from New Years to May Day.
For the past twenty years Speirs has been successfully painting and exhibiting throughout the Bay Area, including Galleries in Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Sonoma County.
For the past twenty years Speirs has been successfully painting and exhibiting throughout the Bay Area, including Galleries in Berkeley, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Sonoma County.
Tony on Tony. “My current work here reflects my ongoing love of certain graphic forms of popular culture (old advertisements, children’s illustrations, circus posters, cartoons and comics) and my desire to utilize this playful and nostalgic imagery to address contemporary, often politically weighted issues. In addition, I’ve begun to incorporate imagery from a variety of different cultures (Japanese comics or manga, Chinese and Italian advertisements and textiles, and decorative patterns from Asia and the Middle East) to lend a world-view aspect to the narrative.
While I love a powerful statement coupled with a direct, powerful presentation, for me, humor and color and a joy in the juxtaposing of different and varied sources images is my way “IN” to a picture that, at it’s core, may express a documentation or critique of my troubled times.
I guess I’d say that I feel my pictures are most successful when a child looks and smiles at the recognition of familiar imagery (a cartoon character perhaps) and then his or her parents smile, too, but for entirely different reasons.
Just like the posters say, “Fun for the Whole Family!”
Tony Speirs lives and works in Graton, California.
For a preview please click on the following link: Tony Speirs . The show runs New Years through May Day 2010. The artist's reception will be on Friday, February 19, 2010 from 5-8 pm. Plan to meet the artist and enjoy excellent food, wine and music.
The Wine Emporium is located at 125 North Main Street, in Sebastopol. The Gallery features the work of prominent and rising northern California artists, and the store provides wine tasting and sales coast to coast.
Business hours are Wednesday through Sunday 12-6 pm or by special appointment. For more information, please call The Wine Emporium at 707-823-5200 or toll-free at 877-349-2285.