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    FIRST THURSDAY - 01.05.12 - Part II



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    Haines Gallery: Kota Ezawa - The Curse of Dimensionality; Taha Belal - The Atmosphere from before the Step Down Returns to the Square.

    Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Kota Ezawa plays with perspective, flattening 3-D images to 2 and upgrading 2-D images to 3-- in stills, videos, photographs, collages, and light boxes. I suppose it's an artful way of saying that there's more than one way to look at anything. Along similar lines, Taha Belal lays meticulous cut-paper grids over Middle Eastern newspaper coverage of political events, reminding us that the news we read depends on whose perspective we're reading it through.

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    Collage art by Kota Ezawa at Haines Gallery.

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    Kota Ezawa art in above image closer.

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    Video art by Kota Ezawa at Haines Gallery.

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    Stereoscope art by Kota Ezawa at Haines Gallery.

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    Kota Ezawa art in above image closer.

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    Kota Ezawa stereoscope art in use at Haines Gallery.

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    Shadowbox art by Kota Ezawa.

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    Yosemite shadowbox art by Kota Ezawa at Haines Gallery.

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    Art by Taha Belal at Haines Gallery.

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    Taha Belal art at Haines Gallery.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art by Taha Belal in above image.

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    Demographics - Kota Ezawa & Taha Belal art at Haines Gallery.

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    Hmmm. What have we here? I'm game; let's go for it.

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    Robert Koch Gallery: Shai Kremer - Fallen Empires.

    Comment by AB: Shai Kremer photographs ruins in Israel, both ancient and recent. Nothing but destruction. Is all that fighting really worth it? Plenty of people seem to think so.

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    Photography by Shai Kremer at Robert Koch Gallery.

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    Shai Kremer photographs.

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    Photographs by Shai Kremer at Robert Koch Gallery.

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    Shai Kremer photography.

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    Photographs by Shai Kremer at Robert Koch Gallery.

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    Hang Art Gallery: Piece by Piece - David King, Anthony May, Aleksandra Zee.

    Comment by AB: Tasteful abstracts by Anthony May, meticulous mixed-media and collage works by David King, and a lengthy installation by Aleksandra Zee.

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    Art by David King at Hang Art Gallery.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art by David King in above image.

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    Art by Anthony May (left) - David King (2 on right).

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    Aleksandra Zee art (left) - art by Anthony May (right).

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    Installation by Aleksandra Zee at Hang Art Gallery.

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    Ambience - David King, Anthony May, Aleksandra Zee at Hang Art Gallery.

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    Spoke Art Gallery: The First Annual Supersonic Electronic Invitational.

    Artists: Barnaby Ward, Angie Wang, Tatiana Suarez, Joao Ruas, Conrad Roset, James Jirat Patradoon, Mike Mitchell, Rik Lee, Steve Kim, Erik Jones, Allan Innman, Michael C. Hsiung, Cam Floyd, Jeremy Enecio, Sam Wolfe Connelly, Scott C.

    Comment by AB: Gallery cram.

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    Sticky art at Spoke Art Gallery.

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    Scary art at Spoke Art Gallery.

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    Art - group show at Spoke Art Gallery.

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    Space suit art.

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    Black & white art.

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    Hand on a head art.

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    Group art show at Spoke Art Gallery.

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    Relative density - group art show at Spoke Art Gallery.

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    Art Meets Architecture: Muses Meet - Inés Alonso Ares, Sculptures, and Rick Mendoza, Photography.

    Comment by AB: Photography for your walls; sculptures for your pedestals and curio cabinets.

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    Art by Inés Alonso Ares at Art Meets Architecture.

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    Inés Alonso Ares sculpture.

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    Photography by Rick Mendoza (Karl Blossfeldt lives).

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    Rick Mendoza photographs at Art Meets Architecture.

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    Addendum:

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    Winter group show at Modernbook Gallery.

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    More from group photography show at Modernbook Gallery.

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    Last one from group photo show at Modernbook Gallery.

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    Group photography show at Corden Potts Gallery.

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    More from group photo show at Corden Potts Gallery.

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    Last one from group photography show at Corden Potts Gallery.

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