Archived Exhibition
Bean and Alan Finneran | Three Decades of Sculpture, Performance & Photography
October 15 – November 14, 2009
Reception: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 3:00 – 5:00pm
Artist Biography

Bean and Alan Finneran moved to San Francisco in l972 and began to develop a "hybrid style" of visual theatre that gave equal weight to projected imagery, large kinetic sculpture, original music, and live performers. A group of collaborators was formed and worked under the name SOON 3.

An historical presentation of Soon 3 will be shown at the Braunstein/Quay Gallery, leading up to new photographs by Alan Finneran and new ceramic work by Bean Finneran.

Since l999, Alan Finneran, influenced by his past work in SOON 3, continues to photograph the isolation of the individual in their psychological and physical landscapes.

Bean Finneran a past performer who created sculptural landscapes as a component of Soon 3 Theater begins her sculpture installations with an 'empty stage'. Braunstein/Quay Gallery will exhibit new sculptures composed of thousands of individual ceramic curves that Bean Finneran used in recent sculptures in an ancient chapel in Vallauris, France and at an invitational biennale in Seoul, Korea.

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Winter 2
Alan Finneran
Winter Part I, 2000
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 57" x 47"

Alan Finneran
Winter Part II, 2000
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 57" x 47"
Alan Finneran
Penelope, 2000
C-print (edition 2 of 5); 53" x 40"
Water Wings
Alan Finneran
Dialogue, 1999
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 47" x 68"
Alan Finneran
Water Wings, 2003
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 57" x 47"
Alan Finneran
Lucy, Anna and Makanakai (S.F.), 2005
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 49" x 54"
Favorite Hat
Alan Finneran
Favorite Hat, 2006
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 57" x 47"
Alan Finneran
In Front of the Green Door, 2005
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 46" x 36"
Alan Finneran
Julie and Alexa, 1999
C-print (edition 1 of 5); 31" x 40"

Bean Finneran
Installation in Korea; 2009
Bean Finneran
Red with Black Tips, 2009
Earthenware glaze and acrylic stain; 9 x 17 x 17 inches
Bean Finneran
Black Ice, 2009
Earthenware glaze and acrylic stain; 30 x 35 x 35 inches
Bean Finneran
White (with designs), 2009
Earthenware glaze and acrylic stain; 9 x 17 x 17 inches; sold
Bean Finneran
White Ring: Red/Black, 2009
Earthenware glaze and acrylic stain; 14 inches diameter
White Ring: Red/Black (detail)
Installation shot
Soon 3
Poison Hotel, 1988
Theater Artaud, San Francisco
Bean Finneran
Black with White Tips, 2009
Earthenware glaze and acrylic stain; 9 x 17 x 17 inches
 
 
 
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