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  • BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY - CATHARINE CLARK - PAUL MAHDER

    ROOT DIVISION - STEVEN WOLF - GUERRERO - SOAP

    HUNGRYMAN - SHOOTING GALLERY - WHITE WALLS

    MARKET STREET - MANIAC - SPACE - LOPO

    04.09.11

    (with assistance from RWM)



    Want to leave the big city & make art in the country? Read this.

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    Braunstein/Quay Gallery: Jane Rosen - Wild Life.

    Comment by AB: Jane Rosen was raised in New York City, but has since gone rural, now living on a ranch near the Central California coast. You can learn plenty about people by living in the big city, and you can learn plenty more by observing animals in their natural habitats way out in the wild. This exhibit has to do with what our furry and feathered friends have to offer, and as you gaze at Rosen's serene meditative sculptures in glass, stone and marble mix, you can almost feel what she means.

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    Art by Jane Rosen.

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    Art by Jane Rosen at Braunstein/Quay Gallery.

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    Jane Rosen and her art.

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    Art by Jane Rosen at Braunstein/Quay Gallery.

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    Jane Rosen art.

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    Art by Jane Rosen.

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    Jane Rosen art at Braunstein/Quay.

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    Catharine Clark Gallery: Sandow Birk with Elyse Pignolet - American Qur'an; Al Farrow - New Reliquaries; Media Room - James Pollack.

    Review by RWM: Powerful work that finds blame and presents not only an American narrative. You can't help but be impressed by the fine details and bold materials. Tough tales are told with revelations.

    Comment by AB: Sunday school will never be the same after witnessing the critical supercharged assessments of the sacrosanct by Al Farrow and Sandow Birk. The truth can hurt in more ways than one.

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    Ammunition art by Al Farrow at Catharine Clark Gallery.

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    Another view of art by Al Farrow in above image.

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    Art by Al Farrow.

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    Al Farrow art at Catharine Clark Gallery.

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    Art by Al Farrow.

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    Art by Sandow Birk with Elyse Pignolet.

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    Sandow Birk discusses his art at Catharine Clark Gallery.

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    Art by Sandow Birk with Elyse Pignolet closer.

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    Sandow Birk with Elyse Pignolet art.

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    Paul Mahder Gallery: Yisrael Feldsott - Still Standing.

    Comment by AB: Yisrael Feldsott's petroglyphic primitives come off as colorful and upbeat at a glance, but you're soon to be whiplashed by the raw emotion and intensity of the personality and politics behind certain of the works.

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    Art by Yisrael Feldsott at Paul Mahder Gallery.

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    Yisrael Feldsott art.

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    Art by Yisrael Feldsott.

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    Yisrael Feldsott art at Paul Mahder Gallery.

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    Root Division: Second Saturday - TASTE 2011 Preview Reception.

    Artists: Alexis Arnold, Christin Boggs, Jay Dion, Rebecca Foster, Lou Haney, Emily Heller, Beth Jacobson, Cathy Lu, Monica Martinez, Vincent Romaniello, Surabhi Saraf, Kristen Spickard, Jen Susman, Hui Y. Tsai, Cristina Victor, Raymond Wong. Curated by Dana Hemenway and Cathy Lu.

    Review by RWM: Sometimes tasty, other times gruesome. You can't help but be bothered by the artificial carcasses hanging from the ceilings. As the saying goes, you are what you eat. There are also wonderful still lifes and ceramic pieces; the food works are also fun at times, inspiring interesting ruminations. Not a lot of animals or fish to speak back at this one. The animal spirits were not invited to this dinner table.

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    Art for carnivores at Root Division.

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    Dessert art with personalities.

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    Video art (I like this artist's videos; name please?).

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    Art about food at Root Division.

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    Photography.

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    Surveillance photos of people eating (kinda like 'em).

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    More dessert art at Root Division.

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    Installation art.

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    Petrified wiener art (they never go bad, do they?).

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    Steven Wolf Fine Arts: Derek Boshier in the '70s.

    Comment by AB: Fascinating array of artworks, knick knacks and memorabilia not only speak to the vanguard brain of Derek Boshier, but also wend viewers along a most peculiar and circuitous route to the twilight-zone junction of art, music, video, concept and commercialism. Recommended viewing. And make sure you check out the video in the rear gallery.

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    Original vintage Clash art by Derek Boshier.

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    Art by Derek Boshier at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Altered photo art by Derek Boshier in above image closer (like 'em).

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    Derek Boshier & art at Steven Wolf Fine Arts Gallery.

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    Candid photography by Derek Boshier.

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    Examples of published artwork by Derek Boshier.

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    Relics c/o Derek Boshier.

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    Video art by Derek Boshier (like it).

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    More from Derek Boshier video art.

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    Demographics - art by Derek Boshier at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Guerrero Gallery: Freedoom - Cody Hudson; The Golden Land - KC Ortiz.

    Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Cody Hudson treats us to an array of freeform forays in two and three dimensions. In the rear gallery, KC Ortiz presents a dark disturbing assessment of day-to-day life in Burma.

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    Art & installation by Cody Hudson at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Cody Hudson art.

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    Sculpture, drawings and paintings by Cody Hudson.

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    Art by Cody Hudson in above image closer.

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    Art and installation by Cody Hudson at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Photography of Burma by KC Ortiz.

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    Burma photographs by KC Ortiz.

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    Soap Gallery: I Heart Ponyrides - Lisa Mendelson.

    Comment by AB: Artist and Soap Gallery owner Lisa Mendelson materializes the profusion of oddments that abound in her brain and splays 'em out for our amazement, amusement and contemplation.

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    Art by Lisa Mendelson at Soap Gallery.

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    Elaborate sewn garment label collage art by Lisa Mendelson.

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    Art by Lisa Mendelson (kinda like that balanced cig pack dealie bob).

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    Lisa Mendelson (center) & models wearing her embroidered fashion.

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    Shelves of miscellany art by Lisa Mendelson.

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    Lisa Mendelson art at Soap Gallery.

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    Art by Lisa Mendelson.

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    HungryMan Gallery: Really Something - Joel Dean, Alex Heilbron.

    Review by RWM: Art devoid of color with nice images and picture schemes nonetheless. This minimalism of sorts holds your attention despite the monotone.

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    Art by Joel Dean & Alex Heilbron at HungryMan Gallery.

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    Joel Dean & Alex Heilbron art at Hungry Man Gallery.

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    Art by Joel Dean & Alex Heilbron.

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    Overview - art by Joel Dean & Alex Heilbron at HungryMan Gallery.

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    The Shooting Gallery: Island of the Colorblind - New Works by Paul Chatem.

    Comment by AB: Paul Chatem lets loose with yet another wild ride, freak show slew of mechanical paintings. Grab the handle, turn in either direction, and watch the whole painting move. But wait; there's more. Each composition includes a complimentary test for colorblindness. Appreciate art and diagnose possible vision afflictions at the very same time. Does it get any better than that? I doubt it. Fun stuff! Check it out.

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    Art by Paul Chatem at The Shooting Gallery.

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    Kinetic art by Paul Chatem.

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    Paul Chatem and his art at The Shooting Gallery.

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    Art by Paul Chatem.

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    Paul Chatem art at The Shooting Gallery.

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    White Walls Gallery: New Works - ROA

    Comment by AB: Weathered wood and sheet metal paintings by ROA spotlight on animal life ravaged and mutated by an increasingly hostile environment. They're the first to feel it; guess who's next?

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    Art by ROA at White Walls Gallery.

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    ROA art.

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    Art by ROA at White Walls Gallery.

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    Art by ROA.

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    Art by ROA at White Walls Gallery.

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    Addendum:

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    Art by Tamara White at Market Street Gallery.

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    More art from Tamara White at Market Street Gallery.

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    Another from Tamara White paintings at Market Street Gallery.

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    Lotta butts art by Kristofferson San Pablo at Maniac Gallery.

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    More art by Kristofferson San Pablo at Maniac Gallery.

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    Last one from Kristofferson San Pablo art at Maniac Gallery.

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    Art by Serge Gay Jr. at Space Gallery.

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    Art by Albert Reyes (left) - Bo Heimlich (right) at Space Gallery.

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    Erik Parra art at Space Gallery.

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    More from group art show at Space Gallery.

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    Art in above image closer at Space Gallery.

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    Art by Helen Bayly at Lopo Gallery.

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    Peter Adamyan art at Lopo Gallery.

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