ANOTHER MEMORABLE EVENING WENT DOWN LAST FRIDAY AT THE RECENTLY RE-OPENED RVCA FLAGSHIP STORE IN THE HAIGHT-ASHBURY DISTRICT OF SAN FRANCISCO. ANP ARTIST BEN VENOM CURATED A UNIQUE GROUP EXHIBITION ENTITLED ‘DYSFUNCTIONAL’ AND “FEATURING SEVEN ARTISTS WHO ARE REDEFINING HOW WE VIEW CONTEMPORARY CRAFT.” THE CURATION FEATURED CLOTHING, EMBROIDERY, BATHROOM ACCESSORIES AND PRINTMAKING-BASED WORKS, WITH EACH ARTIST BRINGING NEW INTERPRETATIONS OF ESTABLISHED TECHNIQUES AND STYLES.
ARTISTS: BECCA BAROLLI | BOB GORMAN | DENNIS MCNETT | DIRTY NEEDLE EMBROIDERY | JASON REDWOOD | MARY JOY SCOTT | MEGHAN MCALEAVY
WINDOW INSTALLATION: TUL JUTARGARE | CHIHARU JUTARGARE | LUCIEN SHAPIRO | BEN VENOM
THIS SHOW COMES SHORTLY BEFORE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF BEN'S COLLECTION IN COLLABORATION WITH RVCA
PHOTOS BY BRANDON JENSEN