Elise Ferguson, C-90 Stare, 2010, Mixed Media. Image Courtesy of Morgan Lehman

Making my way through New York’s metropolitan street grid I discovered a scattering of Bay Area artists, former Bay Area artists, and New Yorkers in Default State Network at Morgan Lehman Gallery curated by Ryan Wallace. And this exhibition perhaps best exemplifies the potential of current interconnected relationships between the two regions. In 2004 Wallace, along with Joseph Hart traveled from New York to California for an exhibit in San Francisco. Connections were made between the artists involved with Mimi Barr Gallery and Adobe Books leading to a supportive network of shared critical discourse while also offering opportunities to participate in projects that related to those discussions. Relationships such as these have expanded the boundaries for each locality. Rather than seeking an external validation from other art centers, many artists, curators, writers, etc… have been embracing the strengths within each local demographic, thus sharing a varied perspective of intertwined art activities to an audience ranging between a multitude of regions.

The Grass is ALWAYS Greener AND that is OKAY.