Opening: May 23, 2008 7-11pm

DECOY

Decoy, a group exhibition of sculpture, painting, video, and works on
paper, engages the political and psychological aspects of deception,
perception, cognition and abstraction at the Lobot Gallery in Oakland,
CA.  The exhibition will feature recent works by Patrick Blaeser,
Robert Burden, Ross Campbell, Diane Derr, Robert Jackson Harrington,
Claire Jackel, Whitney Lynn, Jana Rumberger and Brian Stinemetz.  The
Tea Set and other musical guests TBA.

Objects and animals in the natural world often take on environmental
elements to conceal or emphasize form and shape.  Similarly, humans
mimic surfaces and forms to convey contrary information, as with
counterfeit objects or misleading advertising.  The artists in this
exhibition create 'decoys' that reference actual forms, but bring
attention to the way(s) that surfaces often convey contrary
information, and how art objects often stand-in for what is already
out in the world.

Admission is free and open to the public