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daria gabriel : "Alliance Française de San Francisco is proud to present Coeur Noir, Os d’Ivoire-a six-week exhibition of recent work by Daria Gabriel. A collection of two series, the paintings of Coeur Noir, Os d’Ivoire explore an unsettled space in which richly layered and painted surfaces offer a distinct reflective and flickering quality. Dense with references to the oldest architecture and legends tied to the street it was named after, the group Rue de la Tombe-Issoire presents poetic and ephemeral meditations on temporal ambiguity. The second series, Les Contes des Fées, frequently alludes to the nature, folklore, and history experienced by the artist in the South of France. Though the work is finely detailed and heavily structured, energy is allowed to manifest within the obscure interrelation of buildings, walls, fairytales, language and archetypal imagery. An exchange that typically occurs out of sight, it is only though the gradual comprehension of the layers, textures, and bold use of colors that one can view such an element of enchantment transposed from one material state to another. They are not so much paintings as they are objects of magic and mystery.More information: www.dgabriel.com