Miles Jackler, I Reached out Into the Terminus of Night and Day, Sea and Sky, to Find a Cold and Beautiful God

Mirrors is a group exhibition curated by David Muller whose concurrent solo show, Between You and Me is in the main gallery. Mirrors features nine artists; Alex Kopps, Dana Shaw, Iris Robert, Kanoa Zimmerman, Lex Santos, Miles Jackler, Paul Ferraris, Perry Gershkow, and Stephen Amato-Salvatierra.

The artists are knit together by the geography of San Francisco’s Outer Sunset (the neighborhood by Ocean Beach, a surfing spot characterized by big waves and vicious undertow) and their collective love of the ocean. Many of the artists are surfers and are deeply entrenched in California surf subculture. The culture shares a sense of risk and aesthetic appreciation of the sea as well as a deep respect for the intrinsic smallness and fragility of “us”, both bodily and in relation to the massive scale of the ocean. 

Muller’s criteria for the work selection was aimed at highlighting the “off cuts” or b-roll photos or stills that deviate from the artists’ typical, more commercially viable work. Mirrors includes images that celebrate the ephemeral nuances of accidental circumstances and unpredictable materials (such as expired/fried film).