Artsource Consulting

When we curate collections for our clients, common threads among works arise and offer deeper meaning to the collection overall. Recently installed works here question how do systems carry human experience, and where does meaning actually take shape?
 
Yinka Shonibare’s British Library Collections (Inventors) transforms the familiar form of the library into a space of revision. Books wrapped in Dutch wax fabric, stamped with the name of a British inventor, tell the story of migration, exchange, and overlooked contribution. Knowledge feels layered, incomplete, and always in motion.
 
In Jim Campbell’s Memory/Recollection Revisited, the viewer’s interaction is captured and ‘remembered’ – your image slides into the past and slowly dissolve, while the work’s memory overlays images of past viewers. Memory emerges through encounter, proximity, and return. While the system remembers endlessly, understanding remains human.
 
In Loriel Beltrán’s Color Systems (triptych), language becomes a living structure. Characters from hundreds of written traditions, expressed through black & white, CMYK, and RGB, reveal how simple systems expand into complex fields through collective use. Meaning builds through repetition, adaptation, and shared labor.
 
 
 
Yinka Shonibare
British Library Collections (Inventors), 2022
215 hardback reclaimed books covered in Dutch wax Batik fabric, gold foiled names, wooden shelves and index box
 
Jim Campbell
Memory/Recollection Revisited, 1990/2024
camera, five LCD screens, five Raspberry Pi units, shelf
Edition of 10 plus 1 artist’s proof
 
 Loriel Beltrán
 Color Systems (triptych), 2025
 latex paint on panel

On view now to May 8 at the Mills Building in San Francisco:

Earth, Air, Fire, Water
Curated by Artsource Consulting

An exhibition featuring Bay Area artists Francis Baker, Tanja Geis, Hughen/Starkweather, Cynthia Innis, Andrew Owen, Lordy Rodriguez, and Arngunnur Ýr. Through photography, drawing, painting, and collage, the artists reflect on climate change by focusing on elemental forces such as earth, air, fire, and water. Using data, direct observation, and materials including sun and soil, their works translate environmental systems into artworks that emphasize accumulation, erosion, transformation, and time.

1. Andrew Owen “‘eep, Soda Springs, CA” 2023 pigment print
2. Cynthia Ona Innis “Swells” 2016 acrylic, ink and fabric on wood panel
3. Tanja Geis “Sea Otters” 2024 (detail) charcoal on paper
4. Lordy Rodriguez “Lake Tahoe” 2014 (detail) ink on paper
5. Francis Baker “Atmospheric Microplastic v3” 2023 (detail) collages gelatin silver print, gold tone, iron tone
6. Hughen/Starkweather “Ruins and Monuments” 2023 (detail) ink, sand, salt, gouache and paper on wood panel
7. Arngunnur Ýr “ Shelter I” 2025 oil on canvas

The Mills Building is located at 220 Montgomery Street in San Francisco. Viewing hours M-F, 7am-6pm, weekends by appointment.

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January ushers in a new year, and an especially exciting month for the arts in the Bay Area. SF Art Week will be in full swing from January 17-25, and we’ve selected our favorite exhibitions and events you won’t want to miss. Mark your calendars and join us in supporting artists, galleries, and arts organizations by experiencing art in person.

1. Sky Hopinka: Sonic Transmissions
2. Anthony McCall: First Light
3. Tara Donovan: Stratagems and Lily Kwong: EARTHSEED DOME
4. Henna Vainio: Opposite Knots
5. FOG Design + Art Fair
6. Atrium Art Fair
7. Chris McCaw: Reversals and Revolutions

The December is here! Finish the year supporting the Bay Area ecosystem by visiting these exhibitions in person!

1. How It Is Nowadays
2. Bookness
3. Mathew Brandt: From The Ashes
4. Carolina Jiménez and John Anderson
5. Jasmin Narkita Wiley: leitmotif
6. [Obstructed view of the house through the trees with the road visible on the left side in the foreground] or ‘black point reinterpretive site’ .c

The November to-do list is finally here! This month offers many opportunities to engage with art by attending openings and events. Take time to visit galleries, experience art in person, and support the vibrant ecosystem her in the Bay Area.

1. Pamela Jorden: Holds
2. Libby Black: Tracing Time
3. East Bay Art Yesterday: 100 Years of Bay Art Photography & Ceramics
4. Muzae Sesay: Domestic Demo .2gallery
5. Shinpei Kusanagi: It is not far to the sea
6. Love Letters to Aliens presented by Southern Exposure .hamadeh.1 .cordova
7. Rupy C. Tut: The Eighth Color

Our October is live! Begin fall by immersing yourself in art, from performances to panels there is lots to see this month!
1. Jim Melchert: Where the Boundaries Are
2. Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe
3. Benefit Art Auction at the Bolinas Museum .t
4. Monster Drawing Rally presented
5. Art Auction
6. To Bright Disturbances
7. Nu.dos by Ektor Garcia

Our October is live! Begin fall by immersing yourself in art, from performances to panels there is lots to see this month! 1. Jim Milchert: Where the Boundaries Are
2. Unbound: Art, Blackness & the Universe
3. Benefit Art Auction at the Bolinas Museum .t
4. Monster Drawing Rally presented
5. Art Auction
6. To Bright Disturbances
7. Nu.dos by Ektor Garcia

Installation day sneak peek of this exciting collection in California. More to come!




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Art isn’t static, it’s meaning grows and shifts as our lives and spaces change.

magazine recently featured our client’s new home in Las Vegas, where the art collection is the focal point.

This collection reflects a deep appreciation for materials rooted in nature, and thoughtfully brings together both emerging voices and established artists whose practices are conceptually rigorous.

Learn more about the artwork in this collection at the link in our bio above ^

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A few standout artworks from September in NYC

Just as summer ends our September has arrived! Catch up with all the openings and events at the link in bio!

1. The Fall Invitational at 500 Capp Street hosted by , , and
2. Kelly Ording: Calling You Back to Me; Alicia McCarthy and Brett Flanigan: Melt .2gallery
3. Micheal Hall: Song Cycle; Helia Pouyanfar: Addendum; and Elizebeth Estrada at Recology Art Studios
4. SUPERFLEX: Powered by Alter Egos and Shadowed Selves
5. Julio César Morales: My America
6. Julio César Morales: OJO 7. PULLEY
8. Lee ShinJa: Drawing with Thread
9. Bay Area Then