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  • SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS

    FIRST THURSDAY - 04.07.11 Part I

    (with assistance from Clare Coppel)



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    John Berggruen Gallery: Conversations - Los Carpinteros, James Casebere, Iran do Espirito Santo, Callum Innes.

    Comment by AB: James Casebere's antiseptic manicured townscapes look mighty inviting on first encounter, but attraction gives way to apprehension as you quickly realize nobody's home... and you have no idea why. Upstairs, a pair of black cans on a pedestal by Iran do Espirito Santo are actually sculpted granite. Good art on all counts; go see.

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    Art by James Casebere (like it).

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    Art by James Casebere (foreground) - Los Carpinteros (background).

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    Los Carpinteros art at John Berggruen Gallery.

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    Art by Los Carpinteros.

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    Granite sculpture by Iran do Espirito Santo.

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    Art by Callum Innes (left) - Iran do Espirito Santo (right).

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    Callum Innes art.

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    Art by Callum Innes at John Berggruen Gallery.

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    Gallery Paule Anglim: Joan Brown; Robert Hartman.

    Comment by AB: A number of figurative works by Joan Brown are here being exhibited for the first time. Some are familiar in terms of composition, others appear more experimental, yet others perhaps not even complete, but all worth a perusal. In the annex, cogitate on Robert Hartman's magma-like abstract photographs shot with infrared film.

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    Art by Joan Brown at Gallery Paule Anglim.

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    Joan Brown art.

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    Art by Joan Brown.

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    Funky found fabric art by Joan Brown (like it).

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    Joan Brown art at Gallery Paule Anglim.

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    Art by Joan Brown.

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    Photography by Robert Hartman.

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    Infrared photograph by Robert Hartman.

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    Robert Hartman photographs at Gallery Paule Anglim.

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    Haines Gallery: David Maisel - History's Shadow; David Simpson - Nonsense Poems.

    Comment by AB: David Maisel always manages to make it interesting. This time around, he gets us thinking about history and art and the mysteries that lie within by photographing X-rays of antiquities that are on file at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum-- and in so doing, adding his own artistic twist. In the back gallery, David Simpson's little jewel-like paintings on canvas change color and iridesce depending on the lighting and where you stand. Sidle on by.

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    Photographs by David Maisel.

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    David Maisel photography of X-rays at Haines Gallery.

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    Photograph by David Maisel.

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    David Maisel photography at Haines Gallery.

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    Photographs by David Maisel.

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    David Simpson art at Haines Gallery.

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    Art by David Simpson closer.

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    Altman Siegel Gallery: Zarouhie Abdalian, Matt Sheridan Smith, Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3d).

    Comment by AB: According to the fact sheet, three artists wax conceptual with simple materials "used in subversive ways to make cogent political commentary on the state of current cultural issues including terrorism, environmentalism, and immanent (sic) catastrophe." I'll table the interpretive for later.

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    Art by Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3d) at Altman Siegel Gallery.

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    Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3d) art.

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    Art by Keller/Kosmas (Aids-3d) in above image closer.

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    Art by Matt Sheridan Smith at Altman Siegel Gallery.

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    Textual art by Zarhouie Abdalian.

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    Stephen Wirtz Gallery: Kathryn VanDyke - Paint.

    Comment by AB: Kathryn VanDyke's large paintings combine diverse and seemingly discordant shapes, colors, forms and techniques in harmoniously gratifying ways. Her small works on paper, painted over pages taken from book and manuscript auction catalogues, manipulate text in ways that add editorial dimensions to the overall aesthetics.

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    Art by Kathryn VanDyke at Stephen Wirtz Gallery.

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    Kathryn VanDyke art.

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    Art by Kathryn VanDyke in above image closer.

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    Kathryn VanDyke and her art at Stephen Wirtz Gallery.

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    Art by Kathryn VanDyke.

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    Art by Kathryn VanDyke.

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    Kathryn VanDyke art at Stephen Wirtz Gallery.

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    Bekris Gallery: Beyond Axum - Etiye Dimma Poulsen and Mulugeta Tafesse.

    Comment by AB: Etiye Dimma Poulsen's striking ceramic works fast-track African, Greek, South American and Asian effigies from ancient times to today, while preserving every iota of their eminence and integrity. Nicely done.

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    Ceramic art by Etiye Dimma Poulsen.

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    Etiye Dimma Poulsen ceramic art at Bekris Gallery.

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    Etiye Dimma Poulsen and her art.

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    Ceramic art by Etiye Dimma Poulsen.

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    Etiye Dimma Poulsen ceramic art at Bekris Gallery.

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    Art by Mulugeta Tafesse.

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    Mulugeta Tafesse art at Bekris Gallery.

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    Modernbook Gallery: Approaching the Unreal.

    Artists/photographers: Maggie Taylor, Jerry Uelsmann, Tom Chambers, Jamie Baldridge, Brian Taylor, Susan kae Grant, Brent Townshend, Sara Friedlander, Holly Roberts, Mary Daniel Hobson, Julieanne Kost, Sienna Freeman, Jenny Honnert Abell, Brigitte Carnochan, Bill Bishop, Rachel Phillips.

    Comment by Clare Coppel: A group show with lots of mixed media photography stuff, cut up body parts, floating hands and snow in the woods.

    Comment by AB: Fantastic and imaginary realities on film, and in other mediums as well...

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    Mixed media by Mary Daniel Hobson at Modernbook Gallery.

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    Mary Daniel Hobson art in above image closer.

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    Photography.

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    Mixed media (sorta like it).

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    Art at Modernbook Gallery.

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    Photography and art.

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    Photography.

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    Photographs at Modernbook Gallery.

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    Patricia Sweetow Gallery: Jamie Vasta - After Caravaggio; Jeanne C. Finley + John Muse - Manhole 452.

    Comment by AB: This time around, Jamie Vasta works her wizardry in glitter with contemporary parodies of Caravaggio subject matters. In the side gallery, cringe with horror at Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse's dramatic disaster video of urban catastrophes. The surrounding walls are hung with drawings of manhole covers, the kind that occasionally go airborne as a result of underground explosions.

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    Glitter art by Jamie Vasta at Patricia Sweetow Gallery.

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    Jamie Vasta and her art.

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    Art by Jamie Vasta.

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    Jamie Vasta glitter art at Patricia Sweetow Gallery.

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    Art by Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse.

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    Art & video by Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse.

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    Manhole cover art by Jeanne C. Finley & John Muse.

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    Addendum:

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    Gallery selections at Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery.

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    More art from Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery.

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    Last one from Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery.

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    New face at 49 Geary, 4th floor - K Imperial Fine Art.

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    Art at K Imperial Fine Art.

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    One more from group show at K Imperial Fine Art.

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    Ursula O'Farrell figural abstractions at Toomey-Tourell Fine Art.

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    Another of Ursula O'Farrell art at Toomey-Tourell Fine Art.

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    One more from Ursula O'Farrell art at Toomey-Tourell Fine Art.

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    Photographs by Charles Grogg at Corden Potts Gallery.

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    Sewn photograph by Charles Grogg at Corden Potts Gallery.

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    More from Charles Grogg photography show at Corden Potts Gallery.

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