Shows: Word to Mother @ FIFTY24SF Gallery

Image courtesy of Stolen Space

Opening this Thursday July 2nd at FIFTY24SF is “Young Mind, Old Soul” is a solo exhibition by Word to Mother, an illustrator and painter from the U.K.

Inspired by his past and the world around him, Word to Mother transforms one man’s trash into his very own treasure by giving new life to discarded objects. “Young Mind, Old Soul” Young Mind, Old Soul sees Word To Mother’s unique emotive figures existing within a world of carefully selected aged materials and nostalgic items, embodying the artist’s deep affinity with yesteryear. WTM says, “For me, the idea of having a Young Mind and an Old Soul is about retaining the freedom of youth, the creative and unrestricted energy to continue to question things and to educate yourself, whilst living with a respect and understanding of the past.”

“Young Mind, Old Soul”
Opening July 2, 2009. 7-9:30 PM

FIFTY24SF
SAN FRANCISCO
252 FILLMORE ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117

"Relax Your Dome"

Word To Mother’s favored, organic palette is contrasted with splashes of gold leaf and turquoise geometry on a range of salvaged items from old doors to rusted metal tins. Each painting is a combination of new thoughts, applied to carefully selected, aged and distressed items, something that has existed as something else prior to Word To Mother finding it and adding his distinctive touch. “I want to consider what I am painting on, as much as what I am actually painting. The imagery I aim to create is a careful balance of what has already existed; I just try and add a little piece of myself to the natural beauty that is already there.”

“Young Mind, Old Soul”
Opening July 2, 2009. 7-9:30 PM

FIFTY24SF
SAN FRANCISCO
252 FILLMORE ST.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94117

PHONE: 415.252.9144