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HAINES - RENA BRANSTEN - JOHN PENCE GALLERY CALIFORNIA MODERN GALLERY - YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS DISTRICT RESTAURANT & BAR - VISUAL AID 04.12.07 Haines Gallery: David Simpson - Light Wells; David Maisel - Oblivion. Comment: In the main gallery, 79-year old David Simpson's depthy irridescent color field paintings work fine head-on, but skirt 'em sideways and the edges are a complete utter unfinished mess. What's Simpson thinking? What's Haines thinking? (Someone else at the opening calls my attention to the edges, by the way.) In the rear gallery, David Maisel aerially documents the sprawl of LA, then flips the images from positives to negatives, casting arid palls of eerie surreality. Art (David Simpson). They look nice, right? Now let's angle it. Uh oh. Less nice, right? Art (David Simpson). Edge art (David Simpson). Erk. Better edges on these (David Simpson). Art (David Simpson). Photos (David Maisel). David Maisel - photography. Photographs (David Maisel). *** Rena Bransten Gallery: Martin Mull - Works on Paper; Tara Tucker - Friend and Foe. Comment: At first I thought Martin Mull was showing some form of manipulated photography, but on closer inspection the curiously out of kilter fauxto-realistic compositions are actually oil paintings, primarily referencing mid-20th century life in America, while on the art front, appearing to homage everything from paint-by-numbers to Charles Sheeler. In the back gallery, Tara Tucker's flawlessly fantastic freak-of-nature pencil drawings are certain to please. Good show; go see. Art (Martin Mull). Art (Martin Mull). Martin Mull (left) - art. Art (Martin Mull). Art (Tara Tucker - like it). Art (Tara Tucker). Art (Tara Tucker). *** John Pence Gallery: Stock Schlueter - Recent Oil Paintings. Comment: Soft placid atmospheric landscapes, mountainscapes, riverscapes, coastal scenes, and more . Art. Art. Art. Art. *** California Modern Gallery: Constructions. Artists: Blair Bradshaw, Sidnea D'Amico, Randall Heath, Thomas Jenkinson, Molly Meng, Mark Paron, Sarah Smith, Laurel true, Matthew Frederick, William Wareham. Comment: Entertaining assortment includes a do-it-yourself de-phobiazation kit by Molly Meng, used up art supply assemblage art by Matthew Frederick, crinkly wrinkly leather and vinyl sculptures by Mark Paron, and more. Curated by Matthew Frederick. Art. Art. Used up art supply art (Matthew Frederick, I think). De-phobiazation kit (Molly Meng - like it). Cure for beetle phobia (Molly Meng). Art. Matthew Frederick (curator) - Risley Sams (gallery co-owner). Art. Art. Art. Art. Expended art supply art (Matthew Frederick - like it). *** Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: The Collective Foundation. Artists: Joseph del Pesco, Scott Oliver, various artist contributors. Comment: The Collective Foundation, a temporary organization established to conceive and propose new forms of support for artists, sets up its temporary international headquarters at YBCA. Events held during the YBCA run include think tank and how-to sessions, investigations into the benefits of networking, "shotgun" art show reviews (hmmm... sounds familiar), and more. Art. Art. Art. Art. Free stuff. Art. Art. *** Addendum: John Waguespack paintings at District. John Waguespack art show at District. The lay of the land at District bar and restaurant. Visual Aid group show at SF LGBT Community Center. Another from Visual Aid group show at SF LGBT Community Center. One more Visual Aid group show at SF LGBT Community Center. *** |
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