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First Friday Oakland Art Walk
Artist Reception: Gina Gaiser - Built Different
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April 11, 2026 at Manna Gallery in Oakland, CA
473 25th St, Oakland, CA 94612
Join us for the reception of Built Different, a series of black-and-white urban studies that examines the constructed world through a distinctly attuned lens. In these photographs, Gina Gaiser documents brick facades, graffiti, industrial textures, and architectural grids—evidence of how humans have reshaped and engineered their environment. Working in monochrome, she strips away distraction to foreground repetition, geometry, and contrast. Individual images are brought together to form converging patterns, reflecting a way of seeing that gravitates toward structure and system. What may appear chaotic or incidental resolves into rhythm and order. In Built Different, the title operates on multiple levels: the city is built, the environment is built, and the mind observing it is built differently. The work suggests that difference in perception is not a flaw but a precision, and an ability to recognize pattern, coherence, and design embedded within the grit of the everyday.
Built Different
New Work by Gina Gaiser
April 3 – May 9, 2026
Artist Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours: Saturdays, 12-5 pm & First Fridays, April 3 & May 1, 5-8 pm
Date:
April 11, 2026
Time:
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Event type:
Art and Culture
Manna Gallery is a small contemporary art space in Oakland’s Uptown neighborhood, on the 25th Street gallery row where several independent galleries and studios share the block. The space is straightforward and easy to navigate, with one main room that usually holds a single focused exhibition, so visitors can take their time with each piece without feeling rushed. more...
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