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Public Reception
March 22, 2013
Exhibition Dates
March 23, 2013 - April 20, 2013
Tara Smith
Cover Your Neighbor 2, 2008
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches
SOLD
Jessica Hess
Citrus Camper, 2011
Oil on canvas
22 x 28 inches
$2,900
Tara Smith
Thermo King, 2009
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 inches
$4,000
Tara Smith
Fallen (Group Dynamics), 2013
Watercolor on paper
13 x 19 in. (33.02 x 48.26 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Teddy Bear (Sam), 2013
Watercolor on paper
15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.72 cm)
$450 (FRAMED)
Tara Smith
Teddy Bear (Alfred), 2013
Watercolor on paper
17 1/2 x 14 in. (44.45 x 35.56 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Teddy Bear (Chelsea), 2013
Watercolor on paper
15 x 15 in. (38.1 x 38.1 cm)
$450 (FRAMED)
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Blue Brushes), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
SOLD
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Young Things), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
11 x 11 in. (27.94 x 27.94 cm)
SOLD
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Adam Mug), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
$1,100 (FRAMED)
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Mixing Spoons), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
SOLD
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Watercolor Palette), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Galactic Gobbler, 2009
Oil on canvas
60 x 90 in. (152.4 x 228.6 cm)
$6,000
Jessica Hess
Eureka Night, 2008
Oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches
$6,000
Jessica Hess
House of Brakes, 2013
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 in. (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
$3000
Jessica Hess
Death Van, 2013
Oil on canvas
22 x 28 in. (55.88 x 71.12 cm)
SOLD
Jessica Hess
Objects of Desire (Orange Trowel), 2013
Watercolor and gouache on paper
14 x 11 in. (35.56 x 27.94 cm)
SOLD
Jessica Hess
The Sunset II, 2013
Oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
$2,600
Jessica Hess
The Sunset III, 2013
Oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
$2,600
Jessica Hess
Allston Trespass, 2010
Oil on canvas
12 1/4 x 24 in. (31.12 x 60.96 cm)
$2000
Jessica Hess
The Sunset I, 2013
Oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.88 x 40.64 cm)
$2,600
Jessica Hess
Ocean Beach Plow, 2013
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 in. (40.64 x 40.64 cm)
$2000
Tara Smith
Untitled (Garbage Truck), 2013
Oil on canvas
45 x 60 in. (114.3 x 152.4 cm)
$3,600
Tara Smith
Untitled (Chopper), 2013
Oil on canvas
74 x 68 in. (187.96 x 172.72 cm)
$5,600
Tara Smith
Untitled (Self-Portrait), 2013
Oil on canvas
60 x 45 in. (152.4 x 114.3 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Fallen 3, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Fallen 5, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Fallen 6, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Fallen 7, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
Fallen 8, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
Tara Smith
The Happy Couple, 2009
Watercolor on paper
28 x 28 in. (71.12 x 71.12 cm)
$1,285 (FRAMED)
Tara Smith
Cover Your Neighbor 3, 2009
Watercolor on paper
28 x 28 in. (71.12 x 71.12 cm)
$1,285 (FRAMED)
Tara Smith
Fallen 1, 2013
Watercolor and thread on paper
5 1/2 x 7 in. (13.97 x 17.78 cm)
SOLD
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS presents PLANES, TRAINS, & AUTOMOBILES
New Work by Jessica Hess and Tara Smith
Opening Reception: Friday, March 22 • 8 PM – 11 PM
Exhibition Dates: March 23 – April 20, 2013
SUBLIMINAL PROJECTS is proud to present Planes, Trains, & Automobiles, an exhibition featuring new work by California-based artists Jessica Hess and Tara Smith. In this exhibition, both artists provide a unique perspective on the state and decay of various objects and tools existing within the contemporary, urban environment.
Smith’s ‘Mobile Vehicles’ series are large-scale paintings that portray man-made objects as creatures with human identities. Garbage trucks, helicopters, big-rigs and tanks become portraits of individuals, couples and personalities. Smith’s works combine color field painting and abstraction with figuration, oscillating between ambiguity and discernible imagery, between subjective narrative and everyday objects. Smith expands on her technique of attributing human identity to non-human forms in her ‘Road Kill’ series. These small-scale watercolors depict perished birds and discarded stuffed animals striped of context, each with a narrative or nostalgia informed by the viewer’s interpretation.
Hess is a photorealistic painter who presents graffiti, decay, and the urban environment in the guise of traditional landscape paintings and still life works on paper. Her depictions document everyday street life and celebrate the art of graffiti and the artist’s tools. Her crisp, vibrant paintings and her small-scale ‘Objects of Desire’ works pop of hyper-realistic figuration, highlighting the character inanimate objects and locations can acquire as a result of human presence, interaction, use, abuse, and neglect.
Tara Smith currently serves as Oceanside Museum of Art’s Deputy Director and has been in the museum industry for over five years. Born and raised in Southern California, Smith earned a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from Goldsmiths College in London, graduating with distinction.
Jessica Hess is a graduate of RISD (Rhode Island School of Design) and a recipient of the Trent Burleson Painting Prize, the Faber Birren National Color Award, and the Stamford Art Association Award for Excellence. Hess has been exhibiting nationally since 2002. Her work has been featured in print publications including New American Paintings (Northeast #74) and Harper’s (April 2009). She currently resides in San Francisco.