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GALLERY 16 - RAYKO PHOTO - RATIO 3
NEEDLES & PENS - TRIPLE BASE - Y2Y - FABRIC8
(with assistance from Julia Haas and DeWitt Cheng)
11.06.09
Gallery 16: Tucker Nichols.
Review by Julia Haas: Tucker Nichols' new colors and shapes are up at Gallery 16 until December 11. He's showing a wonderful selection of his usual tongue in cheek style drawings and sculpture, and is premiering some experimental wallpaper (books and t-shirts for sale, too, of course). Go see it!
Art by Tucker Nichols.
Art by Tucker Nichols closer (image c/o Julia Haas).
Brion Nuda Rosch - associate - affiliate - Tucker Nichols.
Tucker Nichols art.
Art by Tucker Nichols on the floor (image c/o Julia Haas).
Art by Tucker Nichols closer (image c/o Julia Haas).
Art by Tucker Nichols closer.
Tucker Nichols art.
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RayKo Photo Center: Family of Mine - Photographs by Steve Bliss, Katrina d'Autremont, and Jason Houston; City of Children - Monika Merva.
Comment by AB: Photographs of family by three photographers and photographs of children by Monika Merva, documentary overall, exalt ordinary people living everyday lives, and range in tone from deadpan to sensitive to amusing to touching to mildly Stepford.
Photography by Jason Houston.
Photograph by Jason Houston.
Photos.
Photos by Steve Bliss (I think).
Photography by Monika Merva.
Monika Merva and her photographs.
Monika Merva photography.
Photos by Monika Merva.
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Ratio 3 Gallery: Ara Peterson - Turns into Stone.
Comment by AB: Rhode Island artist Ara Peterson's attenuated kalaidoscopic color bands welcome you to the gallery, as next you encounter vivid geometric renditions of backgammon boards, collaboratives by Peterson and his father, Jack Peterson, laid out on a large low table in the center of the main room. Along the walls and on pedestals are sculptural works comprised of multiple slender painted wood slats cut into complicated patterns that Peterson has designed and produced by computer, and then ahered one after the other in meta-regimented contiguity. The resulting configurations oscillate between two and three dimensions, depending on how you perceive their component parts. And to top it all off, rigorous precision and attention to outcome elevate the experience even more. Superb show. Highly recommended.
Here we are - art by Ara Peterson.
Armature of art in above image by Ara Peterson.
Backgammon-esque art by Ara and father Jack Peterson.
Art by Ara Peterson (like that one on the wall).
Ara Peterson.
The rest of Ara Peterson.
Ara Peterson computer generated sculpture.
Pinkie cam interior of Ara Peterson sculpture in above image (like it).
Ara Peterson computer generated sculpture.
Ara Peterson sculpture in above image from another angle.
Art by Ara Peterson.
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Needles & Pens: Revive - Nikki McClure.
Comment by AB: Nikki McClure has mastered the art of cutting single sheets of paper into astoundingly elaborate and detailed compositions, so free and easy and spontaneous and immaculate, you can hardly believe she does it with your basic everyday x-acto knife. I'm so impressed, that by virtue of the authority vested within me, I hereby bestow the rare and highly coveted "How Do Dey Do Dat?" award upon this entire endeavor. See for yourself; be amazed... and one day tell your children.
Cut paper art by Nikki McClure.
Cut paper art closer by Nikki McClure.
Art in above image pinkie cam close (remarkable, huh?).
Art by Nikki McClure.
Cut paper art by Nikki McClure.
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Triple Base Gallery: I Wanna Be Adored - Serena Cole.
Comment by AB: Serena Cole's two-painting statement is more of a consecration than anything, annointing gorgeous (and apparently psychically afflicted) women to practically "Last Supper" status.
The main course - art by Serena Cole.
Serena Cole.
Art by Serena Cole.
Ambiance.
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Y2Y Gallery: Non-Mart.
Artists: Lauren Davies, Miriam Dym, Kathryn Kenworth, Francesca Pastine, Alison Pebworth, Sasha Petrenko, Stephanie Syjuco, Naomi Vanderkindren, more.
Review by DeWitt Cheng: Non-Mart is an art show, design studio and barter store that will be in operation at Y2Y Gallery aka Jeff King & Company in the Inner Richmond District in SF until January 15, 2010. Book swap, clothing exchange, logo removal, idea recycling, pockets for sale, and more.
Non-Mart, Y2Y Gallery, Balboa at Fifth Avenue.
Y2Y Gallery Proprietor Jeff King and son.
Stuff for sale. barter, exchange.
Claudia Tennyson's repair samples.
Supplementary pockets by Naomi Vanderkindren.
Naomi Vanderkinden.
Francesca Pastine with Artforum collage art.
Lauren Davies' dog-fur dogs have a fan.
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Fabric8 Gallery: Tri-Product - Brett Amory, Adam Caldwell, David Choong Lee.
Comment by AB: Olivia Ongpin and her newly expanded Fabric8 Gallery continues to carve a respectable presence in Ess Eff's urban realm. Stop on by; you won't be disappointed.
Art by Adam Caldwell.
Adam Caldwell painting.
Art by David Choong Lee.
David Choong Lee paintings.
Brett Amory art.
Art by Brett Amory.
Out back.
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