
Curated by Rohan DaCosta
Image by Naima Green
Open Call:
The Night Is Young
The night offers a different energy than the day. Most of us tend to dedicate our daytime hours to the labor it takes to sustain our lives and all of the miscellaneous chores that it takes to maintain order in our lives. Often, we look to the night hours for a sense of relief from this labor. It is for this reason that the night presents boundless opportunity for excitement, stimulation, partying, and debauchery. We gasp when we hear that a heinous crime was committed in "broad daylight". The night offers cover. The night is a cloak. The night is a mask. A person could assume a totally different personality by night. The night holds the potential for lawlessness, a recklessness, unfiltered human expression. Some might say that all of this is consistent with a youthful energy, an energy that throws caution to the wind, because consequences tend to arrive in the morning.
This exhibition, curated by Rohan DaCosta, features 41 artists and their relationship with creatures of the night.
A LUCKY LATE NIGHT IN OSAKA BY ADRIAN ACU
ECLIPSE BY AIDAN HARPER
GREAT HORNED OWL IN PALM BY ALAN KRAKAUER
MIDNIGHT SPIN BY ALDO JORDAN
LATE NIGHT SNACK BY ALEX WU
SPARKLERS BY ALEX WU
NIGHT RIDERS BY MATTHEW KRUPOFF
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL BY PHILIP KRAYNA
WEDDING, TEL AVIV BY GEOFF HOUSE
BOOTY POPPIN' BY DANIEL DANZIG
DAY OF THE DEAD BY MARILYN CITRON
MOON RING TRIPTYCH, 12/26/2020 BY KIMBERLEY CAMPISANO
I HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT BY SHARON WICKHAM
3 FATES BY ROHAN DACOSTA
HOUSE SHOW BY VIVIEN QIAN
MOY'S CANTINA AND COZY MOTEL BY HERNANDO CONWI
UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON
BIRTHDAY, SAN FRANCISCO BY GEOFF HOUSE
PARTY AT THE BETAS BY HERNANDO CONWI
CROSSING LIGHTS BY BEATRICE THORNTON
U.S LIQUOR (OBSCURITY OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE) BY EDGUARDO CERVANO SOTO
SKYLINE BLVD, OAKLAND BY DEAN SNODGRASS
1AM ON W 86TH BY KAITLYN ZORILLA
NERVOUS ENERGY BY CHAD AMORY
LUCHADORES LOCOS BY SCOTT AARON BULLEIT
INTAKE BY RUSTY WESTON
BURNING AWAY BY KAITLYN ZORILLA
DOWNTOWN OAKLAND WALGREENS UP FROM THE ASHES BY CARL W. LANTZ
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY BY SUSAN HARDING
TAKE OUT BY RUSTY WESTON
DISQUIET BY SAM MAC ADAMS
TURKEY LEG BY RAMI LEVINSON
OUTSIDE OUTSIDE, SUNSET AFTER SUNSET BY VISHESH VIKRAM SINGH
END OF THE NIGHT, END OF THE ROPE BY PAIGE LE
A NIGHT ON THE TOWN BY KATHY WALTON
UNTITLED BY NAIMA NAZ
US BY HEIDI KNEZ
ALL MY FRIENDS BY JAMES GROSSI
MIDTOWN BLUES BY LUCAS YAN
SWING LOW BY MILISA COLEMAN
MIDNIGHT WALK BY STEPHANIE WILLIAMSON
FALSE IDOL BY STUART BASS
DANCING ON EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS BY PAUL KESSINGER
AMBER BY SAM MAC ADAMS
UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON
MIDNIGHT HOT DOGS BY SHERRY KARVER
BEFORE THE PARTY, TWILIGHT IN MORCOM ROSE GARDEN BY VICTORIA REMLER
MIDNIGHT RODEO BY SCOTT AARON BULLEIT
PALM SPRINGS BY CALDER ANDERSON
NO CAPTAINS BY BOB SHONKOFF
UNTITLED BY JEREMY AUSTIN DE LEON
RIGHT DOWN MY ALLEY BY VISHESH VIKRAM SINGH
APPARITION BY GENE DOMINIQUE