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Jan Meissner, a New York Photographer. Her photographs are simply painterly. They’re contemporary homages to early Renaissance paintings and frescoes albeit with the aid of a very modern, mechanical and electronic instrument rather than brushes, oils and tincture.
SF/Arts Curator Insight
A pair of pixelated pursed lips. A woman in a black slip half hidden by a sheer curtain. A wine glass on a coffee table. A figure in shadow sitting alone in the dark. A bare thigh against a velvet black backdrop. Photographer Jan Meissner's work feels voyeuristic because it is; over the past two years she has used a long range lens to capture fragments of life through distant windows she can spot from her Manhattan rooftop at night. The colors are deep, like the Dutch masters, but the vibe is a tad more titillating.
Mark Taylor
SF/Arts Curator
COL Gallery
COL Gallery is a project-based, contemporary gallery founded in 2023 by Callie Jones and Julia Li in Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, a bayside landmark since 1862, a Lawrence Halprin-designed community space, and home of Ruth Asawa's first public work. COL is named in honor of the late sculptor Richard Nonas.
COL Gallery is a project-based, contemporary gallery founded in 2023 by Callie Jones and Julia Li in Ghirardelli Square, San Francisco, a bayside landmark since 1862, a Lawrence Halprin-designed community space, and home of Ruth Asawa's first public work. COL is named in honor of the late sculptor Richard Nonas.