Sean Talley at Jancar Jones Gallery: Spare Meets Sparer

Marianna Stark
The Stark Guide
June 6, 2008

The Jancar Jones Gallery itself deserves an award for its supporting performance in Sean Talley's first solo show. The art and the exhibition space happen to be complementary exhibitions in restraint.

Talley's silkscreen prints on paper (in editions of two and five) are distant cousins to Ellsworth Kelly's primary colored shaped canvasses and Kazimir Malevich's stark colored graphic shapes on white background from his Suprematist period.

The clean backgrounds of these prints are startlingly pure. Printed geometric shapes like "Yellow Triangle" and "Orange Rectangle" make their white paper vibrate with energy. Stand outs in the show include: "White Rectangle" (delicate white on white) and her companion, "Black Rectangle." "Green Curve," is an exquisite tease. Framed, $250-$550, floating mount.

Talley's resume and blog list primarily video work. This is the artist's first experience with printmaking and traditional visual art, though the influence of his nine-to-five job as a graphic designer shows through. Talley honed his printmaking skills after receiving his BFA at the San Francisco Art Institute by taking classes at the Mission Cultural Center.

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