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  • FINE PRINT FAIR - YBCA - JESSICA SILVERMAN

    ROMER YOUNG - RECOLOGY

    01.24.14



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    San Francisco Fine Print Fair: Preview Benefit for Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts.

    Exhbitors: The Annex Galleries, Joel R. Bergquist Fine Arts, Catherine E. Burns Fine Prints, William Carl Fine Prints, Davidson Galleries, Egonolf Gallery, Pia Gallo, Roger Genser, Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Jan Johnson Prints, Kiechel Fine Art, R.E. Lewis & Daughter, M Lee Stone Fine Prints, Ruiz Healy Art, Stoney Road Press Ireland, The Tolman Collection, Warnock Fine Arts, The Verne Collection.

    Comment by AB: Fans and connoisseurs of fine prints love this show. See the best of everything here-- contemporary, antique, Old Master, American, European, Asian, etchings, engravings, lithographs, serigraphs, woodcuts, color, black & white, and plenty more. More of the good stuff in greater concentrations than you'll see anywhere else in Ess Eff all year long.

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    Intaglio by William Crozier at Stoney Road Press Ireland ($1850).

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    Plenty to choose from at Davidson Galleries - San Francisco Fine Print Fair.

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    Rare Giorgio Ghisi engraving at R E Lewis & Daughter priced at $38K (I think).

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    Detail of Giorgio Ghisi engraving in above image.

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    Wall of vintage prints, many by California artists at Roger Genser.

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    Superb Millard Sheets 1930s LA lithograph - $9500 at The Annex Galleries.

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    Japanese prints at Egonolf Gallery.

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    Ricky Armendariz print ($2400) at Ruiz Healy Art.

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    One of two exhibition rooms at the San Francisco Fine Print Fair.

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    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Room for Big Ideas: The Chasm Arena.

    Artists: Zeina Barakeh with Michal Gavish, Cece Carpio, Cybele Lyle, Dennis Kim with Michelle Lee.

    Comment by AB: The Internet through populist movements can impact, influence and even alter the course of history. This exhibit is mainly about that. Options include a sideways waterfall, phone bank along a wall, you getting to see yourself in garbs of other cultures and religions, and more. Stop on by.

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    Sideways waterfall video at the entranceway by Cybele Lyle.

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    Cybele Lyle out front at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Installation by Zeina Barakeh and Michal Gavish.

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    Video art by Zeina Barakeh and Michal Gavish.

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    Zeina Barakeh and Michal Gavish video art.

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    Participatory installation by Cece Carpio.

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    See yourself as someone else - looking inside Cece Carpio installation.

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    Installation by Michelle "Mush" Lee and Dennis Kim at YBCA.

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    Jessica Silverman Gallery: Tammy Rae Carland - Live From Somewhere.

    Comment by AB: Performing live can be simultaneously petrifying and fantastic in all kinds of ways. The focus is totally on you and requires you to believe to the core of your soul that you have a message to deliver. It's either now or not. And for those who succeed, not is never an option. Quality show; go see.

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    Photography by Tammy Rae Carland at Jessica Silverman Gallery.

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    Megaphone art by Tammy Rae Carland.

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    Photography by Tammy Rae Carland.

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    Tammy Rae Carland and her art at Jessica Silverman Gallery.

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    Video by Tammy Rae Carland.

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    Tammy Rae Carland art.

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    Photograph by Tammy Rae Carland.

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    Megaphone sculptures by Tammy Rae Carland.

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    Romer Young Gallery: Excavator - Joseph Hart.

    Comment by AB: According the the explanatory, this mixed-media proliferation has to do with "relics from Hart's youth" considered as sort of tributes to change. Not easy to see this in the work, though it doesn't stop me from enjoying the show. Some say difficult art is the only art, and difficult explanatories are the qualified bona fide art collectors' meow. I'm aware of all that, but just between you and me, sometimes I need a better grip. As much as artists may detest copping to the fact that they're all perfectly capable of describing their art in everyday street-speak terms, give it a shot on occasion. It only takes a moment to thrill me.

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    Art by Joseph Hart at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Art by Joseph Hart.

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    Detail of art in above image.

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    Joseph Hart and his art at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Art by Joseph Hart closer.

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    Ambiance - Joseph Hart art show at Romer Young Gallery.

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    Recology Artist in Residence Program: Stephanie Syjuco - Modern Ruins (Popular Cannibals); Yulia Pinkusevich - The Glory of a Tool is Seldom Judged by Its Handle; Brittany Watkins - The Time Objects Tell.

    Comment by AB: Stephanie Syjuco whips up a mid-century modern design frenzy every bit as engaging as you might see at galleries selling the genuine articles. We've got ersatz homages to Herman Miller, Harry Bertoia, Alvar Aalto, Mies van der Rohe, Bauhaus textiles, Isamu Noguchi and more-- all made out of trash, all so real you think they're functional (which they're not). Directly behind this designer Hall of Fame is an aesthetically assembled array of grey-painted throwaways, the totality every bit as engrossing as the most complex Old Master still life. This is definitely among the best shows I've ever seen here.

    In the rear gallery, Yulia Pinkusevich concocts an impressive projected shadowy metropolis out of miscellaneous discards plus a display of regimented cement encased shovels, cassette tape wall art, and more. Also on the dance card are sculptures and installations by Brittany Watkins.

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    Modern design extravaganza art by Stephanie Syjuco at Recology (like it).

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    Faux Bertoia chair in above image closer by Stephanie Syjuco.

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    Vintage vertical bookshelf rendition art by Stephanie Syjuco.

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    Furniture, textile and lighting by Stephanie Syjuco.

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    Refuse still life installation by Stephanie Syjuco (like it).

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    Full wall shadow projection art by Yulia Pinkusevich.

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    Here's what's being projected - art by Yulia Pinkusevich.

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    Curious 360 degree sewing machine sculpture by Yulia Pinkusevich.

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    Art by Yulia Pinkusevich.

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    Yulia Pinkusevich regimented cement & shovel art in above image closer.

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    Unravelled cassette tape art by Yulia Pinkusevich closer.

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    Art by Brittany Watkins.

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    Walk-in art by Brittany Watkins.

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    Long view - Brittany Watkins at Recology Artist in Residence Program.

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