Sunday, May 18, 2008

Starship "Written on spiders"

New - photos from Martin Ebner:









Starship: Our second opening at our new space, 804 Sutter Street. Ariane, Marin and Hans-Christian were in town and the opening was the perfect hot summer night. Here it is from last to first.




Selection of Starship publications for view and sale.


Set of posters are for sale - $25 each or $400 for the set. Limited quantity.


Text by Ariane Muller - the beginning of the story.




Bird silkscreen by Adam Prince. Original concept by Starship

Front of Silverman Gallery // Look Boutique






Starship: Hans-Christian Dany, Martin Ebner, Ariane Müller presents "Written on spiders"

May 15 - June 14, 2008

Silverman Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of film, sculpture and wall-mounted works by Starship: Hans-Christian Dany, Martin Ebner, Ariane Müller, on view from May 15 – June 14, 2008. Titled "Written on spiders" this, their first West Coast exhibition, also marks their inaugural exhibition at Silverman Gallery.

Starship Magazine was established in Berlin in 1998 and is to be produced for the final one hundred years of mankind, with the last issue expected in 2098. The rules and regulations of Starship Magazine subject its contributors to refrain from alcohol, cigarettes and drugs in order to meet this timeline. Starship is also responsible for presentations, exhibitions, a gallery space, a cinema, a concert hall and publishing houses in Berlin, Hamburg, London, Paris, Cairo, New York. They are currently working on an Arab issue.

For Silverman Gallery, Starship artists Hans-Christian Dany, Martin Ebner and Ariane Müller have produced new works as well as a site-specific installation with multiple projections. In the space and around San Francisco, Starship will install a series of posters under the title "Seinesgleichen geschieht/The like of it now happens," a visual research project on excess and sustainability. Other artists included are: Simone Gilges, Judith Hopf, Daniel Pflumm, Bless, Nils Norman, Stefan Dillemuth, Christof Schaefer, Nina Rhode, Sebastian Lütgert, Henrik Olesen, 4000, Michaela Eichwald, Can Altay, Gunter Reski, Klaus Weber, Deborah Schamoni, Ariane Müller, Martin Ebner and Hans-Christian Dany.

On the day after their opening reception we hope you will join us once again for a very special presentation, Plusplusplus: Introducing Starship Magazine and Shuffle, May 16, 4pm.

804 Sutter Street @ Jones, San Francisco CA, 415.255.9508, www.silverman-gallery.com

Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11-6pm and by appointment.

For further information and images please contact Adam Prince at 415.255.9508 or info@silverman-gallery.com

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