Silverman Gallery is pleased to present Tesserae of Venus, a new body of work by Christina McPhee, on view from October 23 – December 5,  2009. Opening reception: October 23, 7–10 PM. Tesserae of Venus imagines a strange future through dynamic photomontages of energy-producing landscapes and related drawings. Silverman Gallery presents Tesserae of Venus, a new body of work by Christina McPhee, on view from October 23 – December 5, 2009. Opening reception: October 23, 7–10 PM. 804 Sutter Street at Jones, SF, CA Tesserae of Venus imagines a strange future through dynamic photomontages of energy-producing landscapes and related drawings. McPhee borrows from the tectonics of Venus-tesserae, or ‘complex ridged folds,’ in order to structure her images of imagined future sites and present a spatial and political critique of our toxic, increasingly-carbon saturated environment. The photomontages are sourced on location in remote parts of California where biological systems clash with technological landscapes, such as natural gas installations in the Sacramento River Delta, geothermal plants in the Salton Sea, and the San Ardo oil fields in the Salinas River Valley. Rendered through her fractured images these sites become haunting, science-fictive visions of a possible future. http://silverman-gallery.com/exhibition/view/1770

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