ArtBusiness.com logo

Artist/Gallery search:
Art Business The Web

  • << Back to San Francisco Gallery Openings
  • SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS

    FIRST THURSDAY - 01.08.15 - Part I

    (with assistance from Teri Goodson and RWM)

    Art Consulting from Alan Bamberger

    Do artist agents really exist? Find out now. Click Here.



    ***

    Scott Richards Contemporary Art: Florilegium - David Michael Smith.

    Comment by AB: Magnificently executed paintings capture youth, beauty, sensuality and subtle sensations of motion-- human, animal and floral-- as they transit territories from Old Master still-lifes to tattoos and androgyny. Hypnotic encounters with perfection and well worth a visit.

    David Michael Smith artist art

    Art by David Michael Smith at Scott Richards Contemporary Art.

    art

    David Michael Smith art.

    Photo

    Art by David Michael Smith.

    David Michael Smith art

    Art by David Michael Smith.

    art

    David Michael Smith & his art above closer at Scott Richards Contemporary Art.

    Photo

    Art by David Michael Smith.

    Photo

    David Michael Smith art.

    Photo

    Art by David Michael Smith.

    ***

    John Berggruen Gallery: Clare Kirkconnell - Juxtapositions.

    Comment by AB: At a distance, Clare Kirkconnell's paintings look like soft impressionist scenes of land, sky and water for the most part. When you move in close, you see that they resolve into well-ordered grids, related to her experience with patterns in weaving. Another fascinating aspect of her work is that she mixes all her paint on the canvas.

    Clare Kirkconnell artist art

    Art by Clare Kirkconnell at John Berggruen Gallery.

    art

    Art by Clare Kirkconnell.

    Photo

    Clare Kirkconnell and her art in above image closer at John Berggruen Gallery.

    Clare Kirkconnell art

    Art by Clare Kirkconnell.

    art

    Clare Kirkconnell art.

    Photo

    Floor plan - Clare Kirkconnell art show at John Berggruen Gallery.

    ***

    Haines Gallery: Goethe's Chamber.

    Artists: Linda Connor, Patsy Krebs, Won Ju Lim, David Maisel, Tokihiro Sato, David Simpson.

    Comment by AB: Science and technology, both new and old, and interactions with light are utilized to create the art in this group show. Stop on by.

    Won Ju Lim artist art

    Light art by Won Ju Lim at Haines Gallery.

    art

    Backlit photography by Tokihiro Sato.

    Photo

    Art by David Simpson.

    art

    Linda Connor photography.

    art

    Photography by David Maisel.

    Photo

    David Maisel photograph.

    Photo

    Art by Patsy Krebs.

    Photo

    Demographics - group art show at Haines Gallery.

    ***

    Gregory Lind Gallery: Off the Shelf - Mass-Market Multiples, Objects from the Collection of Lawrence Banka & Judith Gordon.

    Review by RWM: Wonderful trip through times past. One can see all sorts of artists being remembered and honored in a show that captures the waves they made and the visual impressions they created. Fun to look for memorable styles in art objects they have given to the mass audiences. Fun also to see the ways these collectors appreciate artists and find value in their expressions. This can be sort of a walk down memory lane.

    Comment by AB: I love objects, products, editions and ephemeral items conceived, inspired or produced by artists for the purpose of reaching larger markets. Certainly an affordable way to collect rather famous names. Oodles of entertainment here. Check it out.

    Lawrence Banka & Judith Gordon artist art

    Artist multiples c/o Lawrence Banka & Judith Gordon at Gregory Lind Gallery.

    art

    Vintage and contemporary artist multiples.

    Photo

    Lawrence Banka & Judith Gordon & Alex Katz beach towel at Gregory Lind Gallery.

    art

    All kinds of artist multiples.

    art

    James Turrell slippers, Kenneth Noland mousepad, more.

    Photo

    Mel Ramos watch, Roy Lichtenstein plate, Keith Haring radio, more.

    ***

    Caldwell Snyder Gallery: Jason Rohlf and Cole Morgan.

    Review by Teri Goodson: In the front gallery, artist Jason Rohlf's hi-fidelity abstract acrylic paintings-- complex compositions of shape, texture and color-- have a transcendent or spiritual quality about them. The artist states that basic energies like magnetism and wind form a starting point for his art. In the rear gallery, Cole Morgan works in mixed-media on canvas, presenting evocative arrangements of space and shapes.

    Jason Rohlf artist art

    Art by Jason Rohlf at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.

    art

    Art in above image closer (photo c/o Teri Goodson).

    Photo

    Jason Rohlf and his art at Caldwell Snyder Gallery (photo c/o Teri Goodson).

    Jason Rohlf art

    Jason Rohlf art.

    art

    Art in above image closer.

    Photo

    Art by Cole Morgan.

    Photo

    Art in above image closer.

    Photo

    Up close detail of Cole Morgan art (photo c/o Teri Goodson).

    Photo

    Head count - Jason Rohlf and Cole Morgan art show at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.

    ***

    Addendum:

    art

    Annual Holiday Group Show at Sandra Lee Gallery.

    Photo

    One more from Holiday Group Show at Sandra Lee Gallery.

    ***

    Countless thousands of hours go into producing and maintaining this extensive San Francisco art scene coverage, continuously posted for your edification and enjoyment since May 9, 2003. Should you ever care to support the cause, you are more than welcome to do so by clicking here.

    ***

    First Thursday - December 4, 2014

    First Thursday - November 6, 2014

    ***