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  • EVER GOLD - MODERN EDEN - 2ND FLOOR PROJECTS

    SF CAMERAWORK - LIGNE ROSET

    02.16.13

    (with assistance from RWM)



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    Ever Gold Gallery: Composed and Performed - Sadie Barnette.

    Comment by AB: Each individual piece in Sadie Barnette's show is as much a way of seeing, interpreting or contemplating an aspect of reality as it is a work of art. A blurred photograph signifies the archtypal rap group, a vintage stereo receiver partially buried in dirt signifies recent advances in how we listen to music, and so on.

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    Art by Sadie Barnette at Ever Gold Gallery.

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    Art by Sadie Barnette.

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    Artist Sadie Barnette at Ever Gold Gallery.

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    Photography by Sadie Barnette.

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    Sadie Barnette art at Ever Gold Gallery.

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    Modern Eden: Bound - Archer Dougherty; Venice - International Group Exhibition.

    Artists for Venice: Melissa Hartley, Kawa, Jaclyn Alderete, Zofia Bogusz, Sandra Yagi, Thea Saks, Lara Dann, Cory Benhatzel, Emilio Villalba, Bradley Platz, Lauren May, Henry Schreiber, Redd Walitzki, Helen Bayly, Debra Gardner Abarca, Mike Bell, Erica Calardo, Cayetano Valenzuela, Melanie Alves, Amy Minchew, Natalia Pierandrei, Kenneth Burris, Larisa Voynova, Daisy Church.

    Comment by AB: Archer Dougherty portrays her heroines and creatures in varying degrees of restraint, both physical and mental. In the back gallery, a group show of small format works is themed on Venice, both in reality and symbolic.

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    Art by Archer Dougherty at Modern Eden.

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    Art by Archer Dougherty.

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    Archer Dougherty and her art at Modern Eden.

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    Works on paper by Archer Dougherty.

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    Archer Dougherty art at Modern Eden.

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    Art in Venice group show.

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    Art about Venice closer at Modern Eden.

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    Art from Venice group show closer at Modern Eden.

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    [ 2nd floor projects ]: Mariah Garnett - Encounters I May Or May Not Have Had With Peter Berlin; Kevin Killian - Eyes on the Prize; Frank Smigiel - The Death of a Disco Dancer (essay, limited edition chapbook).

    Comment by AB: Mariah Garnett runs an endless reel of 16mm film through two opposing projectors and places a rotating mirror ball directly between the two. The reflected projections fill the room with multitudes of swirling mini-movies. In the hallway, Kevin Killian's photo installation consists of men covering their genitals, but in place of the classic figleaf, are using a Raymond Pettibon drawing of a penis instead.

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    Mariah Garnett film installation at 2nd floor projects.

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    Mini-movies by Mariah Garnett in above image closer.

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    Photograph installation by Kevin Killian at 2nd floor projects.

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    Kevin Killian photography closer.

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    Hall of penises - installation art by Kevin Killian at 2nd floor projects.

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    SF Camerawork: T. H. T. K. - A Solo Show by Jason Lazarus.

    Comment by AB: Chicago artist Jason Lazarus displays and discourses on his archive of photographs that people have deemed "too hard to live with." Despite the nuance on basic throwaways, I'm not sure how much the phenomenon is worth investigating, let alone rhapsodizing over. I mean we already know why we get rid of stuff we don't want including stuff we can no longer live with, right?

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    Lecture by Jason Lazarus in progress at SF Camerawork.

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    Jason Lazarus discusses his photographic archive at SF Camerawork.

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    Photographs their owners can't live with collected by Jason Lazarus.

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    Discarded photographs rescued by Jason Lazarus closer at SF Camerawork.

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    Jason Lazarus photographs that their previous owners can no longer live with.

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    Ligne Roset: Raymond Difley.

    Review by RWM: Playful abstracts; the canvasses are on fire in mostly red and orangish. Though not a lot of attention to detail, there is something to explore in these works which provide movement and may be a catalyst for those searching for a release. Without intention, they fascinate.

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    Art by Raymond Difley at Ligne Roset.

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    Raymond Difley art.

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    Art by Raymond Difley at Ligne Roset.

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    Raymond Difley art show at Ligne Roset.

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