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SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS

FIRST THURSDAY - 02.07.13 - Part I

(with assistance from RWM)

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Dolby Chadwick Gallery: The Fox and the Hedgehog - Alex Kanevsky.

Comment by AB: Alex Kanevsky seamlessly blends representational with nonrepresentational elements. His figures play against abstract backgrounds, yet the compositions inevitably resolve into completely convincing realities. Go see.

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Art by Alex Kanevsky at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.

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Art by Alex Kanevsky.

Alex Kanevsky (in red) discusses his art at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.

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Art by Alex Kanevsky closer.

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Alex Kanevsky art at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.

Art by Alex Kanevsky.

Art by Alex Kanevsky at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.

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Caldwell Snyder Gallery: Geometry of Gravity, Realigning the California Landscape - Deladier Almeida.

Review by RWM: Back to the farm in these wonderful pictures of the farm fields and streams as seen from the heights. Nice to connect with the green spaces that support and nourish us. One can breathe the fresh humid air coming from these fields.

Comment by AB: Unapologetic simulations of Wayne Thiebaud Sacramento Delta landscapes.

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Art by Deladier Almeida at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.

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Deladier Almeida art.

Deladier Almeida art at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.

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Ambiance - Deladier Almeida art show at Caldwell Snyder Gallery.

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Haines Gallery: Poetics of Construction.

Artists: Ai Weiwei, Pierre Cordier, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Buckminster Fuller, Andy Goldsworthy, Patsy Krebs, David Nash, Yoshitomo Saito, Leslie Shows, Camille Utterback.

Comment by AB: This aesthetic adventure transits the more technical side of art, focusing on structure, pattern, chemistry and ingredients.

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Art by Ai Weiwei at Haines Gallery.

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Ai Weiwei art in above image closer.

Art by Leslie Shows at Haines Gallery.

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Mirror glass art by Monir Farmanfarmaian at Haines Gallery.

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Monir Farmanfarmaian art in above image closer.

Art by Pierre Cordier at Haines Gallery.

Pinkie cam detail of Pierre Cordier art in above image.

Sculpture by David Nash at Haines Gallery.

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Jack Fischer Gallery: Options - New Work by Richard Bassett.

Comment by AB: Photorealism is not a term typically applied to needlepoint, but it's spot on here. As if Richard Bassett's impeccably stitched kitty and puppy pillows aren't astonishing enough, check out his trompe l'oeil pencil drawings of braille sayings on the wall. While I'm at it, I might as well slap a rare and highly coveted "How Do Dey Do Dat" award on Bassett's thread works. They're impossibly good. Definitely worth a visit.

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Needlepoint art by Richard Bassett at Jack Fischer Gallery.

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Art by Richard Bassett in above image closer.

Pinkie cam detail of Richard Bassett art in above image (whoa!).

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Richard Bassett pillow and braille drawings at Jack Fischer Gallery.

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Braille art by Richard Bassett closer at Jack Fischer Gallery.

Pinkie cam detail of art by Richard Bassett above (like it).

Needlepoint puppy art by Richard Bassett at Jack Fischer Gallery.

Setting - Richard Bassett art show at Jack Fischer Gallery.

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Toomey Tourell Gallery: Stephanie Weber - Enfolding.

Comment by AB: Diverse multicolored bands oscillate between abstraction and reality.

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Art by Stephanie Weber at Toomey Tourell Gallery.

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Art by Stephanie Weber.

Stephanie Weber and her art at Toomey Tourell Gallery.

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Art by Stephanie Weber.

Stephanie Weber art show at Toomey Tourell Gallery.

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Bekris Gallery: Textura - A Group Show.

Artists: Nnenna Okore, Etiye Dimme Poulsen, Abdoulaye Ndoye.

Review by RWM: Great work from the African continent. Nice sculptures from our origins in Ethiopia. Interesting use of materials for colorful displays which fascinate as we wonder what they are made of.

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Art by Nnenna Okore at Bekris Gallery.

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Nnenna Okore art in above image from the side.

Detail of Nnenna Okore above at Bekris Gallery.

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Wall art by Nnenna Okore, ceramic by Etiye Dimme Poulsen.

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Nnenna Okore art in above image closer at Bekris Gallery.

Nnenna Okore art (left and right) - Abdoulaye Ndoye art (on wall, center).

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Highlight Gallery: (Dis)Location - Filip Dujardin.

Comment by AB: Filip Dujardin digitally materializes a marvelous architectural realm, so believable that you patently assume his structures actually exist. Stop on by.

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