After 7 years in business, San Francisco’s Shooting Gallery celebrated their anniversary with a stellar solo show by Oakland based artist Aaron Nagel this past weekend. Entitled “Marks” (previewed), Aaron’s show features a bounty of breast-baring buxoms, many of whom have been impaled by arrows, carefully combining a controversial mix of religious iconography and contemporary portraiture, certain to leave a mark on the viewer. Surprisingly enough, Nagel is completely self taught and though his mastery of oils would lead you to assume otherwise, we here at AM look forward to seeing what new directions both Aaron and the Shooting Gallery have in store for the years to come.
More photos after the jump.
Aaron adding some last minute touches.
"Faith in Fallacy" detail
"A Swan Among Ducks"
"Floater" detail
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- “Floater” detail
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- Some last minute touches.
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- “Marks”
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- “Faith in Fallacy” detail
