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  • MARKET STREET - ROOT DIVISION

    SIMPLE COLLECTIVE - GUERRERO

    WHITE WALLS / SHOOTING GALLERY - MODERN EDEN

    09.14.13



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    Market Street Gallery: Desiderate - Calcagno Cullen.

    Comment by AB: Curious participatory installation about the way things are versus the way we'd like them to be. Cryptic collage-style prints line the walls, a desk in moderate disarray is positioned in one corner, and dueling typewriters where viewers can type their thoughts are positioned in the center of the gallery floor.

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    Art by Calcagno Cullen at Market Street Gallery.

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    Calcagno Cullen art closer.

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    Type your thoughts here - installation by Calcagno Cullen.

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    This one's for typing "Things to change..."

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    This one's for typing "Things to remain the same..."

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    Calcagno Cullen art.

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    Desk installation by Calcagno Cullen.

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    Attendance figures - Calcagno Cullen art show at Market Street Gallery.

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    Root Division: Introductions 2013.

    Artists: Ryan Carrington, Sara Dykstra, Yvonne Escalante, Laura Fischer, Blake Gibson, Monique Lopez, Steven Vasquez Lopez, Shelley Monahan, Brittany M. Powell, Tim Power, Terry Powers, Kate Rhoades.

    Comment by AB: This year's pu pu platter of promising young talent according to the esteemed triumvirate of jurors, Monica Ramirez-Montagut, Eli Ridgway and Justine Topfer.

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    Big pink/red art by Blake Gibson at Root Division.

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    Art by Sara Dykstra.

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    Yvonne Escalante and her art at Root Division.

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    Intricate linear art by Steven Vasquez Lopez.

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    Pinkie cam detail of Steven Vasquez Lopez art above.

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    Art by Ryan Carrington.

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    Terry Powers art.

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    More art by Terry Powers.

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    Photographs by Brittany M. Powell.

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    Vertical/horizontal art by Shelley Monahan.

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    Shelley Monahan art closer.

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    Complicated wall installation by Monique Lopez.

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    Monique Lopez installation in above image closer.

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    Floor installation by Laura Fischer.

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    Video art by Kate Rhoades.

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    Photography by Tim Power.

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    Relative density - Introductions 2013 group art show at Root Division.

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    A Simple Collective: Mark Baugh-Sasaki - The Uncanny Valley.

    Review by RWM: Amazing creation that will haunt. Never seen anything like this in the back room before. Great to listen to the running waters, but at the same time, you feel like you are being eaten by some creature from the wild in the dark. Fun and unusual. They do let you escape.

    Comment by AB: The back half of the small gallery is walled and curtained off into a darkened room containing a spider-like rock and metal sculpture with a two-screen video installation.

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    Mark Baugh-Sasaki installation behind the curtain at A Simple Collective.

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    Video & sculpture installation by Mark Baugh-Sasaki.

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    What the installation looks like in the light.

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    Installation floor video closer.

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    A Simple Collective CEO Rhiannon Evans MacFadyen & Mark Baugh-Sasaki sculpture.

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    Mark Baugh-Sasaki art & photography.

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    Guerrero Gallery: Ben Venom - Piece of Mind; Lucien Shapiro - Vessel.

    Comment by AB: Ben Venom stitches up a storm in the front gallery. Nothing like a death metal comforter to keep you cozy on those brisk San Francisco nights. In the rear gallery, Lucien Shapiro elevates folk art techniques to a fine art level with is recycled detritus assemblages. Ingredients include bottle caps, pop tops, keys, plastic lighters, and more. For those of you keeping score at home, this is Guerrero Gallery's last show at this location. I'm sure we'll be seeing them again in new digs soon. But in the meantime, this is a good show on both counts and definitely worth seeing.

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    Heavy metal quilt by Ben Venom at Guerrero Gallery (like it).

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    Stitchery art by Ben Venom.

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    Smaller works - Ben Venom art.

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    Art by Ben Venom.

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    Fashion by Ben Venom (nicely done).

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    Art by Lucien Shapiro at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Lucien Shapiro art in above image closer (like it).

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    Art by Lucien Shapiro.

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    Mask art by Lucien Shapiro closer.

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    Lucien Shapiro bottle cap & metal stud art closer.

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    Turnout - Ben Venom & Lucien Shapiro art show at Guerrero Gallery.

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    Shooting Gallery / White Walls: Structurally Sound - Augustine Kofie; Destructionis Hostis Vespa - Ludo; Zone de Confusion - C215; Merge Visible - Kevin Peterson.

    Comment by AB: This month's four-fer features Augustine Kofie's streamlined geometric dynamism in the front gallery, weathered apocalyptic signage by C215 in the center gallery, futuristic insects in sculpture and works on paper by Ludo in the left project space, and Kevin Peterson's sultry urban sirens in the right project space.

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    Art by Augustine Kofie at White Walls/Shooting Gallery.

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    Art/installation by Augustine Kofie.

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    Arted up clipboards by Augustine Kofie.

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    Circumstance - Augustine Kofie art show at White Walls/Shooting Gallery.

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    Art by C215 in the center gallery.

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    C215 art closer.

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    Art by C215 closer.

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    Art by C215 closer.

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    Art by Kevin Peterson.

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    Kevin Peterson art.

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    Art by Kevin Peterson.

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    Futuristic insect art by Ludo.

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    Art by Ludo in above image closere.

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    Ludo art closer.

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    Modern Eden Gallery: Chronicle - Tales of the Sea.

    Artists: Kassie McMahon, Audrey Pongracz, Calvin Ma, Mab Graves, Richard J. Oliver, Leilani Bustamante, Bradley Platz, Erica Calardo, Terry Ribera, Archer Dougherty, Alec Huxley, Catherine Moore, Laura Buss, Lacey Bryant, Helice Wen, Kurtis Rykovich, Lara Dann, Brianna Angelakis, Brenton Bostwick, Amy Katherine Minchew, Matthew J. Price, Ania Tomicka, Danielle Murray, The Royal Loyals, Jackie Gallagher, Zofia Bogusz, Julia Blattman, Elizabeth Caffey.

    Comment by AB: Modern Eden doffs its sailor cap to the America's Cup with this group show themed on the sea.

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    Art by Laura Buss at Modern Eden Gallery.

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    Art in foreground by Ania Tomicka (left), Leilani Bustamante (right).

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    L-R, art by Catherine Moore, Matthew J Price, Brianna Angelakis, Terry Ribera.

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    Brianna Angelakis art in above image closer.

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    Art by Archer Dougherty (right), Amy Katherine Minchew (2nd from right).

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    Kurtis Rykovich art in above image closer.

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    Art by Calvin Ma from group show at Modern Eden Gallery.

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