Shorepound Lost and Found
Mark Cunningham & Jonathan Steinberg
SAN FRANCISCO – The Great Highway Gallery is pleased to announce its first summer exhibition
Shorepound Lost and Found, featuring work by artists Mark Cunningham and Jonathan Steinberg. On view from July 11 – August 29th
, the exhibition will feature assemblage from artist and world champion
bodysurfer Mark Cunningham’s extensive scavenging from
the North Shore of Hawaii and will also include photography and an
installation by artist Jonathan Steinberg. The opening reception will be
held on July 11 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
About Mark Cunningham
Made in Hawaii, born in
Massachusetts, Mark Cunningham has been in love with Hawaii’s ocean and
surf for 59 years and is recognized as one of the best bodysurfers in
modern history. While
living and lifeguarding on the North Shore, this Ocean Ambassador was
helping and assisting locals, visitors and international surfers both in
and out of the water for nearly 20 years at the world famous Banzai
Pipeline.
“When the conditions
allow, I don mask, fins and snorkel and make the most out of exploring
and scavenging reefs and impact zones for exercise and treasure.
Archaeological beachcombing
between Makapuu and Kahuku on Oahu’s Windward shoreline, provides
pieces of life, stories and adventures. Remains of a wipeout, a
forgotten wallet brought into the inviting waters, the shiny and new
becoming corroded and encrusted in their underwater resting
place are resurfaced and brought back to land to question what
happened.”
About Jonathan Steinberg
Jonathan Steinberg was born in 1959 in Glen Cove New York. He lives, works and surfs on the Westside of Santa Cruz.
“I am interested in the character and personality
that common consumer items acquire with use and age. This exhibition has
portraits and an installation with bodysurfing swim fins
as their subjects. The fins are beautiful and functional when new and
then as they are used, abused, loved and lost gain a quiet dignity and
world-weary melancholy. The portraits are of individual fins that have
gained narrative with age. The installation
here is made out of fins I have collected over the years. Most of my
fins are orphans, found on the beach, at the dump, or at yard sales. I
make pairs and give them away. If someone loses a fin they can come to
me and find a match. Surfing comes before collecting
and art.”
About the Gallery
The Great Highway is a fine-art gallery and working
studio located in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset district. The gallery
was founded by John Lindsey, a resident of the city with
a deep appreciation for images and ideas that explore the intersection
of land and water in contemporary work. The Great Highway Gallery’s
mission is to seek, analyze, support, and promote the work of a diverse
group of artists who seek sincere beauty, challenge
conventional thinking, amuse us, and push the boundaries of today’s
creative media. The studio collaborates with these artists in
developing, printing, and presenting their work in a way that encourages
the ongoing conversations in San Francisco’s many microcommunities.
To learn more about the gallery, visit
www.thegreathighway.com.
For Further information and Press Enquiries contact the gallery at
info@thegreathighway.com or call +1 (415) 680-3891
Contact:
John Lindsey
3649 Lawton St.
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: (415) 680-3891
Email:
info@thegreathighway.com
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