In September 2023 Brandon Joseph Baker released a series called Painted Ladies at Molotov’s in San Francisco. Painted Ladies is a series of mixed media collage artworks about the ever adapting concept of “home” and the places and people which define that for each individual. Baker photographed the popular tourist attraction houses on Steiner Street in San Francisco and added symbolic references to other locations around the city to create an abstract narrative defining home in each piece. He weaved into each of the artworks figures, editorial art and ads photographed from my collection of vintage Playboy magazines to reinforce and conjure a nostalgia for memories of the past. Each piece has highly intricate details and hidden “easter eggs” of symbolic references to his other works, other San Francisco artists in his community, past and current lovers, corner stores, donut shops and dive bars. This series was on display through December 2023.
The series of 18 x 24 originals are available to purchase in the shop. Baker also included a 9 x 12 limited release archival signed series of 5 prints per piece of the series. Also available in the shop.
