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    BELLJAR - YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

    02.17.12



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    San Francisco Center for the Book: Left to Chance - The Accidental Book Art. Curated by Hanna Regev.

    Artists: Nick Agid, Aideen Barry, Philip Benn, Barbara Brandt, Macy Chadwick, Julie Chen, Antonio Cortez, Betsy Davids, John DeMerritt + Nora Pauwels, Ffortissimo, Jessica Flemming, Michael Gilbert, Marion Gray, Robin Hill + Ulla Warchol, Janet Jones, Theodora Jones, Kumi Korf, Jon Kuzmich, Carol Ladewig, Mary Laird, Tony May, Barbara Milman, Howard Munson, Penny Nii, Nance O'Banion, Sherry Parker, Melanie Piech, Nigel Poor, Robin Price, Felicia Rice, Tim Roseborough, Saul Rosenfield, Claire Satin, Tessie Scharaga, Yudith Segev, Judith Shintani, Patrick Surgalski, Sandra Taylor, Gail Wight,Kenneth Wilkes, Michelle Wilson.

    Comment by AB: Yet another Hanna Regev spectacular-- oodles of antecedent, oceans of explanatory, and in the end, a relatively rangy confluence of book arts positioned around chance, randomness and technology.

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    Video art by Philip Benn at SF Center for the Book (kinda like it).

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    Sculptural book art by Saul Rosenfield (nicely done).

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    Assorted book-related art at SF Center for the Book.

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    Literary egg art.

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    Show curator Hanna Regev at SF Center for the Book.

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    Video and assemblage art.

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    Here's something you don't see everyday...
    ... an art dealer with a sense of humor (Jack Fischer)

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    Attendance figures - group show about chance at Center for the Book.

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    BellJar: Ghost Images - Jason Aumann.

    Comment by AB: Eloquent artful reincarnated and revitalized vintage photographs by Jason Aumann. Aumann describes his complex process to me which involves physically removing the the images from the original photographs and transferring them onto his art.

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    Art by Jason Aumann at BellJar.

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    Jason Aumann art in above image closer.

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    Jason Aumann and his art at BellJar.

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    Art by Jason Aumann.

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    Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Audience as Subject, Part 2 - Extra Large.

    Artists: Andrea Bowers, Elaine Constantine, Stephen Dean, Jeremy Deller & Nick Abrahams, Andreas Gursky, Alexey Kallima, Gonzalo Lebrija, Ryan McGinley, Rabih Mroué, Paul Pfeiffer, Melanie Smith, Wang Qingsong.

    Comment by AB: We usually sit in the audience and watch the performers; tonight we turn our gaze and instead watch the audience. Perspectives on the matter range from psychological to cultural, political, virtual and electronic.

    In the room just inside the front door (aka Room for Big Ideas), April Banks, Justin Hoover and Chris Treggiari explore various aspects of food and its role in globalization, relocation, war and more in their installation, "The Raw Feed."

    Also on display are several large-scale collages and a sculpture by Mark Bradford.

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    Photograph by Andreas Gursky at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Andreas Gursky photography.

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    Mosh pit photographs by Elaine Constantine.

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    Famous fight video with figures removed by Paul Pfeiffer.

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    Mural art by Alexey Kallima at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Aztec Stadium - video by Melanie Smith.

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    Melanie Smith video art at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Video art by Melanie Smith.

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    Video art by Stephen Dean at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Art from "The Raw Feed" - that's Justin Hoover in the video.

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    Art from "The Raw Feed" in the Room for Big Ideas.

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    Video art from "The Raw Feed" in the Room for Big Ideas.

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    Sculpture and collage by Mark Bradford.

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    Interior of sculpture in above image by Mark Bradford.

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    Art by Mark Bradford at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

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    Mark Bradford art in above image closer.

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    Art from old billboards by Mark Bradford.

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    Addendum:

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    Art by Michael Ross at AdoRe Art Space.

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    Michael Ross in above image closer at AdoRe Art Space.

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    Michael Ross at AdoRe Art Space, 135A Dore St., SF, CA 94103.

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