CAIN SCHULTE - NOMA - MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA

INTERNATIONAL FINE PRINT DEALERS ASSOCIATION

MINA DRESDEN - PROJECT ONE

01.28.11

(with assistance from RWM)



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Cain Schulte Gallery: Lars Theuerkauff - One.

Comment by AB: The title of Berlin Germany artist Lars Theuerkauff's exhibit-- One-- here at Cain Schulte Gallery signifies, among other things, that this is his first show in America, and that each of his sensitive atmospheric muted-palette paintings contains a single subject.

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NOMA Gallery: Control Group. Curated by Chris Fallon and Jasmin Lim.

Artists: Nate Boyce, Joshua Churchill, Chris Fitzpatrick, Colter Jacobsen, Jennifer Locke, Sean McFarland, Keegan McHargue, Emily Prince, Paul Schiek, Leslie Shows, Margaret Tedesco, Paul Wackers, Lindsey White, David Wilson.

Comment by AB: Artists are asked to abandon their preferred modes, mediums and subject matters, and to make something entirely different and unfamiliar for a change. I must say I like the concept, the upshot making for a rather engaging display. The flip side, of course, being that way too many artists opt for the path of least resistance and end up making pretty much the same thing over and over again.

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Museum of the African Diaspora (MOAD): Textural Rhythms - Constructing the Jazz Tradition, Contemporary African American Quilts.

Artists/quilters: Michael Cummings, Edjohnetta Miller, Tina Brewer, Jim Smoote, Marion Coleman, Alice M. Beasley, more.

Comment by AB: Superb selection of jazz-themed quilts by some of America's and the Bay Area's finest African American quilters. Stop on by; worth a vist!

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International Fine Print Dealers Association at Fort Mason: The 2011 San Francisco Fine Print Fair.

Exhibiting IFPDA members: Armstrong Fine Art, Catherine E. Burns, Childs Gallery, Conrad R. Graeber Fine Art, Davidson Galleries, Dolan / Maxwell, Egenolf Gallery Japanese Prints, Jan Johnson Old Master and Modern Prints, Inc., Joel R. Bergquist, M. Lee Stone Fine Prints, Inc, R. E. Lewis & Daughter Original Prints, Roger Genser : The Prints and the Pauper, The Annex Galleries, The Art of Japan, Warnock Fine Arts, William P. Carl Fine Prints, Worthington Gallery.

Comment by AB: If you like fine prints from all time periods and nationalities, and by many of the best printmakers on the planet (alive and otherwise), this would be the place to go. The IFPDA's (International Fine Print Dealers Association) membership roster includes leading international dealers, galleries and publishers of fine limited edition prints-- a number of whom are exhibiting here this weekend.

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Mina Dresden Gallery: Saudade.

Artists: Anne-Julie Aubry, Jeannie Lynn Paske, Jeremiah Ketner, Kendra Binney, Naoko Stoop.

Review by RWM: Beauty tinged with a bit of sadness, people whose expressions reveal their states of mind. Melancholic images here, but also with a sense of wonder and the search for connection. Elements of the fantastic and sometimes strange natural world are apparent as well. Nice variety in the artworks assembled. Some say that melancholy is death, but it is also an emotional place which allows us to really remember and appreciate what we once had. Sadness always respects the value of the past.

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Project One Gallery: Everything is Beautiful II - René Garcia Jr.

Comment by AB: Glitter-meister René Garcia Jr. proffers yet another sparklingly splendiferous set of paintings laced with pop iconography and cheesecake. And just to show he's no one-trick pony, he weaves up a pretty peppy atom bomb throw rug. This is the closing party; too bad it's over.

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