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  • 31 Rausch - Peanut - Shooting Gallery

    White Walls - Gallery Three

    SOMArts - Heist - Guerrero - Femina Potens

    03.06.10

    (with assistance from RWM)

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    31 Rausch Street Gallery: I Got 5 On It - Photographers Respond to 5 Touchstone Subjects.

    Photographers: Adam Wier, Amanda Boe, Ashley Taylor, Ayline Olukman, Chris Koperski, Craig Stokle, David Luraschi, Jeff McElroy, Jennilee Marigomen, Jesse Pollock, Kurt Manley, Laura Johnson, Mark Wickens, Mathew Scott, Matthew Shain, Phillip Maisel, Yuta Nakajima, more.

    Comment by AB: Satisfying group photo show in the skinniest gallery in San Francisco. The best part? Prices range $20-$50 and plenty to choose from. I'm slappin' a buy on this baby.

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    Altitudinary.

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    The Peanut Gallery: The Grande Bacchannalia - Taurus Evans.

    Review by RWM: Large in scale, the paintings of Taurus Evans present not the usual icons in this exploration of mythology. The works are grand and astounding. These are new figures cast in a classic way, some surprisingly recognizable, and others part of the corruption, but all are important in their own ways.

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    Outside looking in - Peanut Gallery - art by Taurus Evans.

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    The Shooting Gallery: Marks - New Works by Aaron Nagel.

    Comment by AB: Erotica never looked so good, plus special added bonus-- it's actually tasteful. I'm rating this one a fully engorged erection.

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    Aaron Nagel & his art.

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    White Walls Gallery: Temporal Surfaces - New Works by Kevin Cyr and Jessica Hess. Guest Curated by Lainya Magaņa.

    Comment by AB: Two artists explore "decay and abandonment in urban environments"; Kevin Cyr finds it on the sides of vans and Jessica Hess, on buildings and trains. The pessimism of American art contrasted with the optimism of Chinese art, for example, becomes progressively more striking. I suppose the ability to discern beauty in demise is about as positive as you can spin the American Dream (or maybe nightmare?) at this point, but the message is clear-- maintaining the status quo has limited upside. The depictions, however, are true. And as we all know, truth has no downside.

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    Graff van art by Kevin Cyr.

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    Graff van art by Kevin Cyr.

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    Kevin Cyr and his art (nicely done).

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    Art by Kevin Cyr (right) - Jessica Hess (two on left).

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    Jessica Hess and her art.

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    Gallery Three: Jessica Whiteside - Innocence Perceived.

    Comment by AB: It's good girls vs bad girls. But guess what? They're both the same girl.

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    Going up - Innocence Perceived - art by Jessica Whiteside.

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    Art by Jessica Whiteside.

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    Jessica Whiteside and her art.

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    Art by Jessica Whiteside.

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    Gallery Heist: So Much Is Burning.

    Artists: Coro, Mike Giant, David Young V, Satyr 1, David Ball, Brad K Alder, Megan Wolfe, Anil Duran, Andrew McClintock, Alex Braubach, Greg Ito, Christian Ebert, Matt Granberg, Akira Beard, Helen Bayly, C3, Nolan Yelonek, Hugh Leeman, Aaron Lawrence, Shaun Roberts, Rex Waters, Micheal Mason, Greg Speck.

    Comment by AB: The Tenderloin School is now in session. Art by artists living and working in The Tenderloin.

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    Art by Megan Wolfe.

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    Megan Wolfe chugs one for posterity.

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    Statistical sample.

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    Guerrero Gallery: Grand Opening.

    Artists: Brian Willmont, Christopher Russell, Richard Colman, Aaron Noble, Ryan Scott Shaffer, Tim Diet, Ryan Wallace, Rogelio Martinez, Adam 5100, Hilary Pecis, Mark Mulroney, Ala Ebtekar, Eric Yahnker, AJ Fosik, Mike LeSage, Allister Lee, Cleon Peterson, Ryan Travis Christian, Marissa Textor, Shepard Fairey and Bill McRight.

    Comment by AB: Andres Guerrero's Guerrero Gallery is officially open for business, debuting the space with one auspiciously bodacious group show. Guerrero, formerly a partner at White Walls Gallery, now captains his own ship.

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    Art by Hilary Pecis.

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    Guerrero Gallery owner Andres Guererro.

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    Really twisted Regis and Kelly art.

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    Femina Potens Gallery: Bestiary.

    Artists: Melissa Steckbauer, Molly Schafer, Danielle de Picciotto, Monica Canilao.

    Comment by AB: "Mystical positions of power, the primal sensuality of the beast, the conception of a newborn carnal mythology" and more...

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    Art by Monica Canilao.

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    Monica Canilao and her art.

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    Here's something you don't see every day. Perfect for the curio cabinet.

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    Addendum:

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    One Hundred Performances for the Hole at SOMArts Gallery.

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    Michael Zheng reads at One Hundred Performances for the Hole - SOMArts.

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    One more from One Hundred Performances for the Hole - SOMArts Gallery.

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