James Gobel: Bear Hunting

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In "Bear Hunting," his first solo exhibition at Marx & Zavattero (formerly Heather Marx Gallery), SF artist James Gobel creates a colorful, mysterious world of portly men in Baroque décor playing a lonely game of hide & seek. Gobel’s trademark bold color, intelligent detail, & verbose figures, some holding lit candelabras in search of something or someone, are set within decadent architectural settings that act as a maze for his subjects to navigate.

Gobel’s work suggests a frolicking yet compassionate farce, painted in a cinematic storyboard fashion, featuring single figures desperately looking for one another & finding various levels of success. Clad in rock t-shirts or plaid flannels, some of his Bears are depicted slumped in a chair, candle wax dripping, signifying that the light will soon be snuffed out and their desires will not be met. A sense of urgency and possible failure permeates the works and leaves the viewer rooting for his characters to connect.

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