FIFTY24SF Gallery in San Francisco announces the opening of Therapy Dropout, an exhibition by German street artist Hera (the female half of Herakut) in their ground level gallery space (Descriptive Verse by Ala Ebtekar and Rene Almanza will simultaneously occupy the upper level gallery.) Therapy Dropout, Hera’s first solo show, will showcase a new body of work including paintings, drawings and installation. Hera’s new works reflect her use of graffiti as an outlet for her restlessness. Using graffiti as a method to reach out to people that would otherwise not listen to her, as well as a form of therapy, Hera believes quitting her “regular therapy” saved her creativity.
“If you paint what you feel, you drag it out of yourself and put it in front of you, where you can see it and deal with it. Once that’s done you can turn your back on it and leave it behind. Others will eventually paint over it, but that doesn’t matter, because you had never planned on keeping it anyway. You’re moving on. That’s it,” states Hera of the meaning behind her Therapy Dropout exhibit. Hell yeah. Why pay a shrink to solve your problems when you can spray your issues all over the place and have others deal with them for you? Therapy Dropout opens Thursday, July 3rd at FIFTY24SF and will remain up thru July 24th. Say goodbye to your therapist and come get healed with Hera.
