SURF
November 13, 2021 – December 18, 2021

Et al. Gallery
620 Kearny St.

Et al. presents

SURF
Bailey Anders
Saif Azzuz
Schuyler Beecroft
Brown Girls Surf
Fiona Duerr / Brella
Chris Duncan
Emocean
Josh Edwards
Katsu
Justin Kohlberg
Jason Leggiere
Barry McGee
Yuji Watts / MUNI SF
Oakland Surf Club
Savannah Rusher / IDEAL Surf
Seawitches (Margaret Seelie & Leah Koransky)
Lex Santos
Lark VCR
Kanoa Zimmerman

November 13 - December 18, 2021
Et al. (Chinatown)

Opening reception: Saturday, November 13, 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. 
Masks required

There is an art world writ-large, all-of-it-all, but no one is talking about that really, they are usually talking derogatorily about 'The Art World', that shadowy sphere of capitalism amok under the guise of culture. But there are multiple art worlds, small local scenes, crafting communities on reddit, community-centric project spaces, mega-galleries, the disparate couple hundred galleries Et al. considers its aspirational peers. But the line between these is fuzzy, with artists navigating curators and gallerists and collectors to display/sell their work, with the artists themselves sometimes wearing one or all of those hats.

Likewise, who we are maybe could fall squarely into a single category, but rarely is this the case. We are artists, but also (pet and small human) parents, gamers, painters, writers, drinkers, readers, friends, supporters of social causes, home chefs. We have day jobs maybe, or more than one.

It struck us that among those folks we knew as artists or art-world adjacent, a number had become surfers. And, of course, the opposite is true: there are plenty of surfers that make art.

SURF is an expression of those duel energies. Neither fully an exhibition nor a shop, SURF represents a necessarily incomplete snapshot of the making habits of the local surf community.