We loved hosting Bunny Tobias in the gallery today for a truly inspiring talk.
Thank you to everyone who came out — and thank you, Bunny, for sharing your work and your voice with such clarity and heart. 🤍
Join us for an Artist Talk: Bunny Tobias
Saturday, February 7, 1–2 p.m.
đź“Ť 435 S. Guadalupe St.
Interdisciplinary artist and Bay Area surrealist pioneer Bunny Tobias joins us for an artist talk in conjunction with her solo exhibition, Invisible. In conversation with the audience, Tobias will share insights into her creative process and the literary influences that shape her work—from Eastern poets Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa, and Laozi to Western writers Jack Kerouac, Fernando Pessoa, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf.
Photo: Bunny Tobias. Photography: Audrey Derell
Artist Talk: Bunny Tobias
Saturday, February 7, 1–2 p.m.
đź“Ť 435 S. Guadalupe St.
Join us for an artist talk with interdisciplinary artist and Bay Area surrealist pioneer Bunny Tobias, as she walks us through her solo exhibition, Invisible. Tobias will share her process and inspirations, drawing from Eastern literati—Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa, Laozi—alongside Western literary voices like Jack Kerouac, Fernando Pessoa, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf.
This is a conversational talk—audience feedback and interpretations are encouraged.
We hope you’ll join us for an inspiring hour of art, poetry, and shared reflection.
Made in 1981, "Noh Mask" 🎠by Bunny Tobias (@galleryzipp ) represents the early stages of what would become a recurring subject throughout her artistic career: masks.
Used for protection, performance, and ritual, masks help us don new personas to participate in intangible cultural heritages, like religious rites or the recitation of myths. They help us navigate social interactions, but they may also carry psychological risks like disassociation, as in the diplomatic mask of a politicianđź•´đź—Ł
Crafted more than four decades ago, today, "Noh Mask" invites us to consider how the reverence and power of masks has changed or stayed the same. What role does a mask, physical or abstract, play in our digital culture, where performative self-expression is rewarded with likes, shares, and reposts?
On 2.7.26, 1–2 P.M., we will have the special opportunity to perhaps glean an answer to questions like this as Tobias walks us through her exhibition, "Invisible," on view through 2.7.26.
Tobias, never one to impose an interpretation, seldom gives talks on her work, so be sure to save the date đź–Šđź—“!
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Photos by Marylene Mey, courtesy of form & concept
Pictured: BUNNY TOBIAS | "Noh Mask," 1981. Ceramic and mixed media, 12 1/2 x 10 x 3 1/2 in (31.8 x 25.4 x 8.9 cm).
Dear Friends and Community,
Today, form & concept is closed in solidarity with the ICE Out of Everywhere National Day of Action.
As a result, our opening reception at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art for “Balancing Acts: Janet Abrams,” originally scheduled for today, has been postponed until tomorrow, Saturday, 1.31.26 | 5–7 P.M. We look forward to seeing you then!
Thank you for your understanding and for standing with us.
In Solidarity,
form & concept
Artist Talk: Bunny Tobias
Saturday, February 7, 1–2 p.m.
đź“Ť 435 S. Guadalupe St.
Join us for an artist talk with interdisciplinary artist and Bay Area surrealist pioneer Bunny Tobias, as she walks us through her solo exhibition, Invisible. Tobias will share her process and inspirations, drawing from Eastern literati—Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa, Laozi—alongside Western literary voices like Jack Kerouac, Fernando Pessoa, Walt Whitman, and Virginia Woolf.
This is a conversational talk—audience feedback and interpretations are encouraged.
Photo: BUNNY TOBIAS | The Lure, 2025
Acrylic paint and collage
16 x 16 x 2 in (40.6 x 40.6 x 5.1 cm)
We hope you’ll join us for an inspiring hour of art, poetry, and shared reflection.
Bunny Tobias on view through February 7
“Invisible” is a journey across cultural borders, featuring mixed media paintings, watercolor on paper, and ceramics adorned with found objects by New Mexico–based artist Bunny Tobias. Moving between materials and traditions, the works reflect layered histories, personal memory, and the quiet presence of what often goes unseen.
Thank you to Guy Michael Davis of Future Retrieval for a thoughtful and engaging artist talk, and to everyone who joined us for the conversation around “Underground World Experience.” We’re grateful for the curiosity, questions, and shared appreciation for the layered histories, materials, and processes behind the work.
Artist Talk: Future Retrieval
Saturday, January 24 | 2–3 p.m.
435 S. Guadalupe St.
Join Guy Michael Davis of Future Retrieval (Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker) for an artist talk on “Underground World Experience,” the collaborators’ debut solo exhibition in New Mexico. Davis will discuss the origins of their practice, their engagement with museum collections and art history, and the materials and processes behind the exhibition’s hand-cut paper assemblages, textiles, and ceramic works inspired by botanical illustration and Southwest desert masonry.
đź“· Future Retrieval, left: Guy Michael Davis, right: Katie Parker, photo by Marylene Mey, courtesy of form & concept
“Underground World Experience”
Future Retrieval (Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker)
In this walkthrough, Carina Evangelista, Director of Zane Bennett Contemporary Art, introduces “Underground World Experience,” an exhibition by Scottsdale-based collaborators Future Retrieval. Drawing inspiration from rare 18th-century botanical illustration books, the artists reinterpret historical imagery through hand-cut paper, textiles, and ceramic works.
Their deeply iterative practice moves from archival end papers to cut-paper flora, from patterned rugs to ceramic vessels—tracing a continuous visual language that bridges centuries, materials, and disciplines.
“Underground World Experience” closes 24 January.
Artist Talk: Future Retrieval
Saturday, January 24 I 2–3 P.M.
435 S. Guadalupe St.
Join Guy Michael Davis of Future Retrieval (Guy Michael Davis and Katie Parker) for an artist talk on “Underground World Experience,” the collaborators’ debut solo exhibition in New Mexico. The exhibition features hand-cut paper assemblages, a hand-knotted wool textile, and ceramic works inspired by 18th-century botanical illustration books and Southwest desert masonry.
During the talk, Davis will share how Future Retrieval began, their engagement with museum collections and art history, and insights into their choice of materials and technical processes. This is a rare opportunity to explore the intersection of fine art, design, craft, and research through the contemporary practice of two of the Southwest’s most compelling interdisciplinary artists.
