Braunstein/Quay Gallery shows Ana Teresa Fernandez

Friday, 29 June 2007 01:11

San Francisco, CA - Growing up in Mexico, Ana Teresa Fernandez learned at an early age about the double standards imposed on women and their sexuality. Through performance-based paintings, Fernandez explores the territories that encompass these different boundaries and stereotypes: physical, emotional, and psychological. On exhibition at Braunstein/Quay June 28 - July 28, 2007.

Fernandez subverts the typical folkloric representations of Mexican women by changing the protagonist's uniform to the quintessential little black dress, a symbol of American prosperity and femininity and of the Mexican tradition of wearing black for a year after a death. Her paintings portray actual performances where Fernandez takes on the Sisyphean task of cleaning the environment - sweeping sand on a beach, vacuuming a dirt road - to accentuate the idea of disposable labor resources. Ana Teresa Fernandez received her Masters of Fine Art from the San Francisco Art Institute.

Founded by Ruth Braunstein in 1961, the Braunstein/Quay Gallery moved to its current location at 430 Clementina in 1999. Recognized as a "cross over" gallery, Braunstein/Quay Gallery was one of the first in the nation to exhibit sculptural clay, fiber art, art furniture, and glass alongside paintings, drawings, and sculpture in a fine arts environment. The gallery's reputation is based on discovering and promoting Bay Area regional artistic talent along with providing quality art for private, corporate, and museum collections.

Braunstein/Quay is located at 430 Clementina between 5th & 6th St., and parallel to Howard and Folsom. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 – 5:30pm - Phone: 415/278-9850 - Website is www.braunsteinquay.com.