The Curiosity Shop is an San Francisco boutique shilling “crafts, kits, and curios for the creatively inclined,” as serves as a gallery space for artists from all over the country. SOMETHINGMISTAKENFORNOTHING  is a solo exhibition of new works by artist Scott Albrecht. With his type-based imagery and hand-drawn/ hand-cut lettering style, Albrecht attempts to re-contextualize words and phrases stripped of their meaning through the sheer ubiquity of them in everyday language.

From the artist statement: “If we could only isolate ourselves from how we perceive these phrases, and experience them literally, as if for the first time, we might actually find that they have the potential of expressing something truly heartfelt.’

The show opens this Friday in SF. Stop by if you’re in the bay area!

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