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Inner State Gallery of Detroit, curator of the California show, tweets this scene from Saturday's opening.
Update, 9 p.m. Monday: West Coast interest in Detroit artists goes beyond curiosity.
At least 17 paintings and other works that went on display Saturday evening were sold by Monday afternoon, according updates on the group exhibition's online catalog.
Michelle Tanguay, 28, is particularly popular, selling six of the seven oil paintings of women that she had in the four-week show.
Remaining works are priced at $50 for a mixed-media construction to $11,500 for a a painted wood panel by Glenn Barr.
Original article, Monday morning:
The narrative that Detroit is hip continues to play out around the country. Here's the latest:
"Relics," an installation by Scott Hocking of Detroit, is near the San Francisco gallery's entrance. (Twitter photo by Inner State Gallery)
Mark Stryker of the Detroit Free Press attended the opening reception in San Francisco for a one-month exhibit of works by Detroit artists:
When the party's crescendo reached its peak around 11 p.m. Saturday, about 800 people rocked back and forth to the intense thumpa-thumpa beat of Detroit electronic music star Matthew Dear in a blocked-off alley outside of Heron Arts. Inside the gallery, perhaps an additional 150 crowded elbow to elbow exploring the work of about 50 visual artists, nearly all of them from Detroit.
The opening of “The Detroiter,” a group exhibition on view through Aug. 27, brought a jolt of Motown's hippest contemporary export — culture — to the South of Market neighborhood in this city by the bay. An estimated 1,400 people made their way through the eight-hour block party Saturday. With its techno soundtrack, the exhibition made the case that when it comes to trumpeting the changing fortunes of Detroit, the city’s nascent renaissance has no more effective sales pitch than its vibrant arts scene. . . .
The show features a diverse cast in terms of race, gender, artistic style and reputation. On display are internationally celebrated artists like Scott Hocking, whose massive archaelogical pyramid installation of urban detritus greets viewers like a stiff shot of whiskey; brisk-selling veterans like Glenn Barr, whose pop-surrealism seemed to delight and disturb viewers at the same time; and emerging talents like Nic Notion, whose ambiguous painting of two shadowy figures pushing a car has some wondering if they were stealing it or just trying to get it home after running of out gas.
The exhibit is curated by Detroit's Inner State Gallery, which shows some of the works here with prices.
