Mildred Howard / John Beech June 6 - July 7, 2023 Mildred Howard Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by Mildred Howard. The artist will show a variety of freestanding and wall sculptures constructed from found objects in combination with sculptural and painterly media. Howard will present a series of cast sculptures incorporating Billie Holiday records. Other works pair a grasping cast arm with a small glass cast of an 'Aunt Jemima' figure, or couple dark-skinned store-mannequin legs with a caged glass mammy figurine. Her works, composed of iconic objects from the past, are symbols for the way in which we construct memory and form racial, family and cultural history. The pieces have a quiet formal beauty that explores psychological and social meaning. Her works are reminders that objects are containers for associations both charming and painful. Mildred Howard has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Adeline Kent Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, The Eureka Fellowship and a fellowship from the California Arts Council. A large sculptural commission for the new San Francisco International airport was just inaugurated. Her work has been exhibited internationally including shows at City Gallery, Leicester (catalog) and the University of Bradford, England, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C. (catalog), Creative Time in New York, The New Museum in New York and private galleries in Boston, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego and Santa Fe. The artist has created installations for the Capp Street Project building in San Francisco, the re-opening of renovated galleries at the San Jose Museum of Art, and at inSITE in San Diego.
	John Beech Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by John Beech: Rotating Paintings. The show will feature painted wall sculptures from a series the artist has developed over the past year. Roughly cut circles of Plexiglas and wood are painted and mounted on armatures that protrude from the wall. The suspended painted surfaces are attached with ball-bearing mounts and can be rotated by the viewer. Playful examination of the conventions of painting and sculpture is a pastime of commitment for Beech. In 1998 he was awarded a residency at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas where he created a body of work borrowing from the vernaculars of minimalist sculpture and functional industrial design. Beech is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Award (1999) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's SECA Award (1992.) In the last two years his work has been exhibited at the Sculpture Center in New York, at the Fondation de la Tapisserie des Arts in Tournai, Belgium and at the San Jose Museum of Art. There will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, June 7th, from 5:30 to 7:30pm.