INTERSECTION - THOREAU CENTER - CHANDLER
ZEN CENTER - SILVERMAN (NOT) - FECAL FACE DOT
(with assistance from Libby Nicholaou)
04.21-24.08
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Intersection for the Arts: Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson - How I Learned To...
Comment by AB: A collaborative installation by Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson essays on the current state of America's public education system by transforming the gallery into a tornadic rendition of a typical tawdry, underfunded, ill-equipped, vandalized classroom. Intersection's Program Director, Kevin B. Chen, tells me the response of several attendees at the opening is to whip out their markers and tag desks and chairs-- as if the installation isn't a pathetic enough testimonial on its own. Teruya and Carlson have also garnished the walls with spiffy postmodern random-esque diagrams, portions of which remind me of particle physics. Not sure how they mesh with the rest of the installation, though.
Installation by Weston Teruya and Michele Carlson. Installation art. Editorial vandalism. Installation art. Mural reminds me of particle physics. More classroom chaos installation art.
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Thoreau Center for Sustainability: ReVisions/SF.
Artists: Tschetan Esser, Jan Wurm, Jeff Robinson, S. Deo, Leeann Goya, Gomez Bueno, Meredith Hayes, David Pease, Laura Joelle McTigue, Joe O'Niell, Barry Wolfryd, Joe E. Nimetz, Caitlyn Carridine, GENE, Matt Adrian, Patrick Williams, Dawn Von Flue, Leeann Goya, Kim Bagwill, Keri Rosebraugh, Jason Macaya, Treiops Treyfid, Mear One, more.
Comment by AB: An exhibition of paintings created on sheets of recycled billboard vinyl, the paintings often interwoven with the original advertisements still on the vinyl. Select paintings from the show are currently installed around San Francisco as actual billboards. Peter Schulberg, founder of Eco-LogicalART Gallery in Los Angeles is the brainchild of this ecological affair which originated in LA... and now it's here. Check the Eco-LogicalART Gallery website for dates and locations of the SF billboards.
Art. Art. Art. Art.
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Chandler Fine Art: Jessie Allen - New Work.
Comment by AB: Fanciful visionary watercolors and limited edition prints, ably implemented by the venerable Jessie Allen, a fixture on the Bay Area scene for over forty years, and still going strong.
Jessie Allen - art. Art by Jessie Allen. Art. Art. Long view.
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111 Minna Gallery: Sketch Tuesdays.
Artists: Leanne C. Miller, Chili Bean, Lily Lin, Aiyana Udesen, Matt Furie, Michael Capozzola, Amanda Lynch, Jacqueline Cooper, Chad Eaglin, Rogelio Martinez, Haejin Chun, Michael Mason, Apex, Jessica Whiteside, Nate Van Dyke, Brett Amory, more.
Comment by AB: Artists sketch and socialize with each other and with you, and then put their finished pieces up on the wall for sale at tiny prices, I mean well under $100 in most cases. So bring some pocket change, have a beer, meet the artists, and build yourself a collection.
Art - artists. Jessica Whiteside finishing one up. Chad Eaglin - art. Art - artists. Art - artists.
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Silverman Gallery: Hypnotic Show.
Artists: Julieta Aranda, Deric Carner Asli Cavusoglu, Torreya Cummings, Gintaras Didziapetris, Cerith Wyn Evans, Michael Fliri, Loris Greaud, Joachim Koester, Jennifer Di Marco, Nicholas Matranga & Francesca Bennett, Piero Passacantando, Yuval Pudik, Gareth Spor, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. Curated by Raimundas Malasauskas.
Comment by AB: I have nothing to say about whatever this is because by the time I get there (after driving in circles for 10 or 15 minutes looking for parking and then walking to the gallery in the rain), the door's locked with a sheet of paper taped to it advising that a seance is in progress and "Please Do Not Disturb." Now I scanned the press release ahead of time for specs on this, and NOWHERE did it say the gallery would be locked at any point during the event, so I'm like mildly torqued. To make sure I didn't miss anything, I re-read the mumbo jumbo 800+ word tome when I get home-- no closure notices. Not even the gallery's website mentions it.
Meanwhile back at the lockout, a woman who also has also come to see the show stands there perplexed and wondering what to do. We get to talking and she turns out to be Cameron Kelly, an artist whose Cafe Royale 'hair art' extravaganza I not only covered, but liked (read about it here - about 4/5 down the page). Anyway, we proceed to have a pleasant chat in the doorway OUT OF THE RAIN when this dude comes to the door and motions through the glass for us to be quiet. We oblige and lower our voices. But in a couple of minutes he returns, opens the door, and tells us in no uncertain terms to leave. OK bye.
Beginning - locked out. Middle - meeting and chatting with artist Cameron Kelly. End - leave now.
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San Francisco Zen Center: 1000-Armed Art Auction.
Artists: Rick Dreher, Julia Crothers, Sandy Dinkell, Mary Madia, Cham Cham (Rachel Crothers, Patrick Stockstill, KC Skinner), Meg Schwarzman, Genine Lentine, Laura Shirreff, Ji Hyang, Lewa Mazzadra, Kris Haverson, Jared Michaels, Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Comment by AB: Group show and "light-hearted" auction of works by Zen Center students and advocates-- "cutting-edge art born from American dharma."
Art. Art. Art. Art.
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Fecal Face Dot Gallery: Kottie Paloma and the Daily Strangers.
Review by Libby Nicholaou: Kottie Paloma is drawn to the strangers in his Market Street neighborhood. His current exhibit comprises over two hundred and fifty sketches of their faces, some recurring or perhaps exhibiting characteristics similar to others. It is interesting looking at all the faces, subconsciously thinking, "Maybe I know some of these people or have passed them by." If you live in the neighborhood, you might recognize a few of these folks hanging in Fecal Face Dot Gallery.
Using charcoal to render his drawings, Kottie maintains the distance of a passerby. The graininess and unrefined visuals are absent a layer of detail that might otherwise be present were there actual relationships between artist and subjects. These portraits are in keeping with Kottie's emphasis on social commentary and the overlap of comedy and irony.
Comment by AB: Price per stranger - $100.
Charcoal drawings by Kottie Paloma. Art. Art. Kottie Paloma out front. Kottie Paloma charcoal drawings up close. Kottie Paloma charcoal drawings up close. Art. Art.
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