We at the Paolo Mejia Fine Art and Design and Jack London Square Realty will be hosting "Urban Cognizance", a duet art show showcasing paintings by Michael Sacramento and Justin Pastores, at our annex facility in Oakland.
Urban Cognizance
is about creative awareness of Justin Pastores and Michael Sacramento's
environment. Justin observes and paints with a social perspective
regarding immigrants and their response to living in a different
culture. Michael acts as a recorder and
interpreter of his immediate day to day surroundings. Being that they
both live in the same environment in the San Francisco Bay Area, they
seemingly share the same aesthetic. However, the effect of their artwork
is nuanced by their subject matter and delivery. Justin tends to focus
on people and with the use of a more figurative painterly style, while
Michael focuses on the collage of surfaces and images. Together, Justin
and Michael's exhibition aims to provide viewers a new lens in which to
see their world and inspire them to look at their surroundings with a
keener eye.
This art show
will further explore and relay the idea of Acculturation theory and the
Fourfold model through minorities who immigrate and raise their families
in a new dominant hosting culture. Individuals, families, and
communities respond with either Assimilation, Separation, Integration,
or Marginalization. Other aspects along with the Fourfold model are
responses to sub cultures, generation disparities, identity,
gentrification, and the results of recession.
art show: October 2 - November 29
Jack London Square Realty
311 Oak Street, Suite 116
Oakland, Ca 94609
