MARCEL SITCOSKE IS PROUD TO PRESENT BEST IN SHOW, A GROUP EXHIBITION OF GALLERY ARTISTS THAT CELEBRATES AND PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE GALLERY'S FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC EXHIBITION WE WILL HAVE IN SAN FRANCISCO. IN OCTOBER THE GALLERY WILL BE RELOCATING TO LOS ANGELES.

ALTHOUGH THE GALLERY HAS MAINTAINED A COMMITMENT TO ANNUAL GROUP SHOWS, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE THAT IS DEDICATED TO GALLERY ARTISTS. THIS EXHIBITION REINFORCES THE GALLERY'S COMMITMENT TO ABSTRACT PAINTING. IT ALSO FOCUSES ON ARTISTS WHO WORK BETWEEN CATEGORIES: PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY, TRADITIONAL AND DIGITAL MEDIA, AND TWO AND THREE DIMENSIONAL WORK.

IN THIS EXHIBITION WE INTRODUCE NINA ZURIER, SABINA OTT, AND ANDREW MASULLO. THE GALLERY EMBRACES THESE ARTISTS AND RECOMMITS ITSELF TO SUPPORTING THOSE WE HAVE WORKED WITH FOR YEARS: STEPHEN DEAN, ERIN PARISH, ANGELINA NASSO, LINDA GEARY, JOHN KALYMNIOS, RAY CHARLES WHITE, THOMAS ZUMMER, EMIL LUKAS, KIM ANNO, AND ANNE DELEPORTE.

EACH OF THESE ARTISTS REINVIGORATES THE TRADITIONS OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE WHILE CREATING WORKS THAT ARE VISUALLY ARRESTING AS WELL AS THEORETICALLY GROUNDED. EMIL LUKAS PAINTS IN LAYERS, COVERING SECTIONS OF THE CANVAS WITH GLASS PANELS THAT HE LATER REMOVES TO REVEAL THE HIDDEN STRATA UNDERNEATH. STEPHEN DEAN'S TOTEMS OF STACKED BOOKS APPEAR AS BANDS OF SOLID COLOR BELIEING THEIR ORIGIN AS FOUND OBJECTS. SIMILARLY, A NUMBER OF THE OTHER ARTISTS IN THE SHOW REVEL IN CAPTIVATING COLOR. AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF PASTEL BLUES AND PINKS, LINDA GEARY SPLASHES VISCOUS JETS OF GREEN AND RED. ERIN PARISH CONTINUES HER EXPLORATION OF OPACITY AND DEPTH WITH A HAZY, RUBY RED PAINTING. ANGELINA NASSO'S PRISTINE SURFACES SHIMMER WITH CADMIUM AND VIRIDIAN. SABINA OTT INCORPORATES INK JET PRINTED TEXT AND FLOWERS AND WELL AS CHUNKY WAX PROTRUSIONS INTO HER BRIGHTLY CITRUS–COLORED WORK. ANDREW MASULLO'S COMPOSITION FILLED WITH THICK MULITCOLORED RINGS RECALLS A CHILDLIKE FASCINATION WITH THE PHYSICALITY AND PRE-FAB PALETTE OF TUBES OF OIL PAINT.

THE GALLERY HAS GARNERED A REPUTATION FOR BRINGING TO SAN FRANCISCO ART AND ARTISTS THAT HAVE NEVER SHOWN HERE BEFORE. OUR STRATEGY HAS BEEN ONE THAT ENGAGES THE PUBLIC THROUGH GROUP EXHIBITIONS THAT HAVE EITHER COINCIDED WITH SFMOMA EXHIBITIONS OR HAVE HAD TOPICAL AND THEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS. I AM GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS WHO UNDERSTOOD AND EMBRACED THIS PHILOSOPHY. THANK YOU. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR UPDATES ON OUR FUTURE PLANS: WWW.MARCELSITCOSKE.COM.