Edges of Attention
April 16 @ 12:00 pm - May 23 @ 5:00 pm
GearBox Gallery presents paintings by the 2025 Juried Show winner Javier Arizmendi-Kalb, and ceramic sculptures from guest artist Susana Arias, in Edges of Attention, April 16th through May 23rd. Artists’ Reception is Saturday, April 25, 1 – 4pm.
“Edges of Attention” brings together the work of Javier Arizmendi-Kalb and Susana Arias in a shared exploration of structure, gesture, and the threshold between control and intuition. Across painting and sculpture, the exhibition engages in a spatial dialogue where perception shifts—where what is seen directly is only part of what is felt.
Arizmendi-Kalb’s large-scale paintings, each rising to six feet in height, operate as immersive environments rather than images, occupying space with both physical authority and emotional immediacy. Suggesting refracted light and architectural spaces, planes of color, linear scaffolding, and gestural marks collide and cohere, hovering between construction and improvisation.
In conversation with these expansive canvases, ceramic sculptures from Susana Arias’ Tree Series rise from four to over six feet tall. These works do not depict trees; they extract their presence. Minimal yet grounded, they quietly shape and divide the surrounding space while rings, joints, and variations in surface suggest time embedded within the material, evoking cycles of growth without literal narrative.
GearBox Gallery: 770 West Grand Ave, Oakland.
Gallery hours: Noon to 5pm Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays
