Buddy System: A Project of Little Paper Planes

Exhibition dates: July 9 – August 30, 2009; reception date: July 16, 7 - 9 pm

San Francisco design store and gallery, Rare Device, is proud to present Buddy System: A Project of Little Paper Planes (http://littlepaperplanes.com). The work will occupy the Rare Device gallery July 9 – August 30, 2009. A reception for the artists will be held Thursday, July 16 from 7 - 9 pm.

Buddy System will feature artists Aline Cautis, Caitlin Gallupe, Claire Grill, Matt Momchilov, Bridget Moser, Nathaniel Russell, David Wilson, and Jess Wheaton.

Buddy System consists of both the physical artwork contained within the exhibition and the artists' multifarious social landscape that trails out the gallery door. Once four artists were selected to participate in Buddy System, curatorial control was rescinded. Each artist was then asked to invite another artist he or she knows and admires to join the fold, in the interest of honoring real-life influences over thematic idealism. This expanded relationship between the work, and the world brings together 8 artists from both coasts of the US and Canada. Their pieces will hang collectively as one many-faceted entity, rendering Buddy System both a group show and a room in which the ties of real-life friendship and respect rehearse and enhance themselves.

In conjunction with the show, Little Paper Planes has debuted a series of publications featuring the work of each artist.

Rare Device is a store and gallery that features functional experiments and original ideas in art, design, craft and fabrication. Owners Rena Tom and Lisa Congdon constantly seek out objects that are beautiful, evocative, well constructed and thoughtful. We are pleased to bring to our San Francisco store an ever-growing roster of local, national and international artists and designers for a truly "rare" experience.

Rare Device (raredevice.net) is located at 1845 Market Street between Valencia and Guerrero Streets. Store/gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 7pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm.