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\u201cSo I traveled a great deal. I met George, Ebbe, Joy, Philip, Jack, Robert, Dora, Harold, Jerome, Ed, Mike, Tom, Bill, Harvey, Sheila, Irene, John, Michael, Mertis, Gai-fu, Jay, Jim, Anne, Kirby, Allen, Peter, Charles, Drummond, Cassandra, Pamela, Marilyn, Lewis, Ted, Clayton, Cid, Barbara, Ron, Richard, Tony, Paul, Anne, Russell, Larry, Link, Anthea, Martin, Jane, Don, Fatso, Clark, Anja, Les, Sue, and Brian<\/a>,\u201d a group exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery, is up through August 18. Organized by Vincent Fecteau and Jordan Stein, the show includes six Northern California artists, and it aims to capture \u201cthe lesser-known, the ahead-of-its-time, the hard-to-classify, the ecstatic, the hermetic, and the strange.\u201d Works by two of the artists, Isabella Kirkland and Jack Mendenhall, are below.<\/i><\/p>\n

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Isabella Kirkland, Egg Cases<\/em>, 2014, oil and alkyd on wood panel, 7 3\/4″ x 7 3\/4″. \u00a9Isabella Kirkland, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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Isabella Kirkland, Appendages<\/i>, 2014, oil and alkyd on wood panel, 7 3\/4″ x 7 3\/4″.\u00a0\u00a9Isabella Kirkland, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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Isabella Kirkland , Nudibranchia<\/i>, 2015, oil and alkyd on polyester over wood panel, 48″ x 60″.\u00a0\u00a9Isabella Kirkland, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jack Mendenhall, Yellow Tulips<\/i>, 1973, oil on linen, 76″ x 80″.\u00a0\u00a9Jack Mendenhall, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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Jack Mendenhall, Mirrored Table with Decanters<\/i>, 1981, oil on canvas, 72″ x 68″.\u00a0\u00a9Jack Mendenhall, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery<\/p><\/div>\n

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