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Hilary Pecis
Triple Base Gallery

Leave the current modern landscape of the 24th Street corridor behind and enter an imaginary post-modern apocalyptic world created by Hilary Pecis in her solo exhibition, Intricacies of Phantom Content.

Neon primaries cast a shadow on the geometric mountains of bling and goldilocks swirl the credit enshrouded castles of consumption in the dystopian, patterned works. Glossy surfaces and hot colors lure you to closer examine meticulously detailed collaged landscapes, crafted with a DIY charm and a sophisticated contemplation on contemporary concerns (alas, the Stepford wife is fooled by Pecis’s ingenious luring).

Hilary Pecis describes herself as a landscape painter. Inspired by Romantic and Renaissance landscape painters, Hilary first sketches the basics of the landscape and then, with exacto in one hand and inked brush in the other, takes on each structure of the landscape independently with a mutation of form in mind. The effect is a mutated environment inspired by Pecis’s inquiry of “construction of identities through television, advertising and other media forms which suggested a lifestyle that seems limitless, however, proves to be unfulfilling and superficial.”

After the frenzy, crawl through the trap door and down the stairs to discover Elyse Mallouk’s Trickle Down: Yours for the Mining. “Diamonds drift down from the rafters, filling the gallery basement and accumulating in a stack of edition prints, free to take.” Go ahead -- consume and return to the modern world of the 24th Street corridor -- but, hurry, please, before the apocalypse.



Resources: 1. 7x7 review by Kimberly Chun 2. SF Art Examiner: QA with Hilary Pecis by Marisa Nakasone 3. http://www.basebasebase.com/