New at the Meridian Gallery, 535 Powell, is TRANS: form | color, a traveling exhibition of abstract painters, Meridian Gallery says, a visual conversation and a transformable series in the San Francisco incarnation. Artists from Japan, Germany and the US engage us in a dialogue about painting and abstraction.

According to the gallery the exhibit began online, between several of the artists and has now grown to nine participating artists. A preview glimpse of the show reveals how the interaction between the artists pose questions of cultural, and aesthetic differences. This is indeed a range of abstraction ranging from the minimal to the expressive.

“…These painters, calling themselves TRANS, meeting in person or on the Internet, found that they share a common interest in the painting process, pure, and often not so simple. Unlike previous groups, they share no common ideology and they certainly are not likely to publish a manifesto.  And they all agree that it is the viewer's response, which completes the work…”
—Peter Selz

Exhibiting artists – Kasarian Dane, Stephan Fritsch, Brent Hallard, Leonhard Hurzlmeier, Robin McDonnell, Mel Prest, Richard Schur, Nancy White, John Zurier

Opening Reception Thursday, Nov. 12, 6-9 pm