Rachel Strum & CHIAOZZA - "Cosmic Bloom"
Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present Cosmic Bloom, a new exhibition by Dallas-based artist Rachel Strum and Brooklyn-based artist duo CHIAOZZA. The exhibition will be debut presentation at our Minnesota Street location.
Opening Night Reception:
Saturday, February 3rd
5pm - 7pm
The artists will be in attendance
Hashimoto Contemporary SF
1275 Minnesota Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
Advance Collector's Preview:
An advance collector's preview will be made available online before the exhibition opens, if you would like to receive a price list, please contact us at sf@hashimotocontemporary.com.
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CHIAOZZA, Bouquet Painting No. 46, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Pulp Bouquet No. 03, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Bouquet Painting No. 45, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Sunset Swim, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Triple Diamond, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Bouquet Painting No. 47, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Bouquet Painting No. 48, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Apple Elbow in Olive & Luminous Red, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Fluorescent Red Mound in Ash Rose, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Two Cool Spheres in Mustard, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Six Green Dots in Pale Peach, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Apple Elbow in Pale Peach & Luminous Yellow, 2024
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CHIAOZZA, Wall Frond, 2021
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Common Vessel Frond), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Peppermint Rain Tree), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Pink Pom Mushroom Tree), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Little Yellow Pot, Inside-Out Pink Umbrella Flower), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Blue Drip Plant in a Leg Lump Vessel), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Two Purple Paw Fronds), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Mushroom Moon), 2023
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CHIAOZZA, Exquisite Plant Collage (Fat Fire Leaf Speckled Pebble Puddle), 2023
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Rachel Strum, WAVEFORMPORTAL, 2024
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Rachel Strum, ULTRASONICWAVEPOOL, 2024
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Rachel Strum, PORTALIZED, 2024
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Rachel Strum, LIGHTFIZZ, 2024
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Rachel Strum, MOONSAFARI, 2024
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Rachel Strum, GLEAMINGLOOP, 2024
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Rachel Strum, BLACKHOLEGLOW, 2024
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Rachel Strum, TANGERINE SLICE, 2024
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Rachel Strum, LAGOON SLICE, 2024
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Rachel Strum, BLUSH SLICE, 2024
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Rachel Strum, HAZE SLICE, 2024
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Rachel Strum, TANGERINE HALO, 2024
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Rachel Strum, LAGOON HALO, 2024
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Rachel Strum, BLUSH HALO, 2024
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Rachel Strum, HAZE HALO, 2024
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Rachel Strum, TANGERINE MONOLITH, 2024
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Rachel Strum, LAGOON MONOLITH, 2024
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Rachel Strum, BLUSH MONOLITH, 2024
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Rachel Strum, HAZE MONOLITH, 2024
Filled with whimsy and calculation, Cosmic Bloom at Hashimoto Contemporary brings together the vibrant practices of the Brooklyn-based duo CHIAOZZA and the Dallas-based artist Rachel Strum. Together, the new paintings, sculptures, collages, and works in between embody dynamic duality and relationality, creating unexpected representations of the world around us situated betwee naturally occurring and artificially manipulated.
Inspired by earthly experiences, CHIAOZZA transmutes familiar bodies into eccentric beings, inviting wonder into the ordinary. Channeling a slow, introspective, and playful lens on the natural world, the artist duo combines their shared knowledge of painting, design, and architecture to alchemize plants, flowers, trees, and bouquets into bulbous bodies with polka-dot limbs and zig zag torsos made of paint, pulp paper, or even tree branches. Through these varied mediums, CHIAOZZA uses brilliant color and soft forms to merge "the meditative and the playful, the manufactured and the natural, the familiar and the curious," reminding us that we can color the world however we please.
Long inspired by the cosmos, Strum's work opens spatial expanses, exploring how invisible laws of physics order the world around us. Her abstract compositions and resin sculptures are desert-like landscapes made of neon acrylic and glitter, with mountainous, jagged peaks and dark, vacuum-like voids in between. About these works, Strum writes: "Within these compositions, energized waves of pattern and various forms of portals emerge, immersing the viewer in an atmospheric world of boundless possibilities. These elements not only serve as visual stimuli but also act as a bridge between the natural and digital realms, blurring and merging the beauty of nature with the limitless artificiality of technology."
Blurring the line between manipulated and organic, the works in Cosmic Bloom evoke a world of subversion: a flower or ray of sunlight becomes extraordinary; known laws of physics are turned upside down. This optimistic reality allows us to think beyond a rose on Mars, a tulip on the moon-to believe in something seemingly impossible, to imagine something entirely different.
The exhibition opens on February 3rd with a reception 5-7 pm. The artists will be in attendance. Cosmic Bloom is on view through February 24th at 1275 Minnesota Street. For more information on the exhibition or exclusive content and images, contact SF@hashimotocontemporary.com.