The light inside Hosfelt Gallery feels almost celestial. Northern California rays flood the space from ample skylights and black-casement windows, bouncing off white epoxy floors and 18-foot walls to settle in a gentle glow.
The large building, a former door factory in San Francisco's Design District, retains traces of its industrial past - exposed rafters, visible pipes, raw edges and architectural quirks - whose character complements the art.
"Art doesn't live in a vacuum," says founder Todd Hosfelt. "One of the mistakes people make is turning spaces like this into white cubes. We left the perimeter walls, ceilings and columns as we found them. The gallery is a metaphor for my belief that you can't understand anything without context."
