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  • ROSS MIRKARIMI - MINA DRESDEN - BELLJAR

    GALLERY 1988 - FREEGOLDWATCH

    06.18.10

    (with assistance from RWM)

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    Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi: June Quarterly Art Party.

    Artists: Alexis Arnold, Michael Fleming, Lacey Haslam, John-Mark Ikeda, Jon Kuzmich, Mick Lorusso, David Pena Lopera, Carling McManus, Roby Saavedra, Roxane Schlumberger. Curated by Seb Hamamjian.

    Comment by AB: Group show; mainly photography.

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    Photography + Ross Mirkarimi.

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    Photographs.

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    Strange framed freeform concrete curio art.

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    Concrete curio art closer.

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    Photographs.

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    Photos at San Francisco Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi offices.

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    Mina Dresden Gallery: Stripped - Todd Laby.

    Review by RWM: Though presented in Todd Laby's statement as a fabrication or something to think twice about, you can't help but be impressed by his workmanship with plywood. You can ask whether this is painting or sculpture-- the lines mildly blurred here in this meld of structural works, most mounted on the walls like paintings. The way the wood is cut and assembled into flowing forms is definitely impressive. Does everything really need to have another meaning, or can it not simply be appreciated on it's own?

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    Sculptural art by Todd Laby.

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    Todd Laby art.

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    Todd Laby and his art.

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    Art by Todd Laby.

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    Art in above image by Todd Laby as seen from the side.

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    Todd Laby art.

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    Art by Todd Laby in above image closer.

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    Wood sculpture art by Todd Laby.

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    BellJar: These Souvenirs - Embroideries by Marin Camille Hood.

    Comment by AB: Nifty little embroidered works by Marin Camille Hood, mainly bones and skeletal compositions. But my faves are her renditions of cuts of meat. Yummy!

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    Embroidered art by Marin Camille Hood.

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    Embroidery art by Marin Camille Hood in above image closer.

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    Marin Camille Hood and her meat art (kinda like it).

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    Embroidered slice of ham art by Marin Camille Hood.

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    Gallery 1988: Mark Brown - Daydreams.

    Comment by AB: Boise, Idaho artist Mark Brown indicates through his paintings that he has an eminently unfettered imagination.

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    Art by Mark Brown.

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    Art by Mark Brown closer.

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    Mark Brown and his art.

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    Art by Mark Brown.

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    Mark Brown art.

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    Art by Mark Brown.

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    FreeGoldWatch: Cali Love - Amanda Lopez.

    Comment by AB: Amanda Lopez tells me she has a cosmetic artist decorate her friends; then she photographs 'em. It's precisely that simple... and with pleasantly compelling results. Most are $375 each. Reasonable.

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    Photography by Amanda Lopez.

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    Photographs by Amanda Lopez.

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    Photographer and artist Amanda Lopez.

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    Backlit photograph by Amanda Lopez.

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    Attendance figures for Amanda Lopez at FreeGoldWatch.

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