TOGONON - RECEIVER - STUSSY
05.23.09
(with assistance from RWM and Kristin Farr)
Togonon Gallery in collaboration with Hallway Projects: San Francisco Art Institute Revisited.
Artists: Deborah Remington, Peter Forakis, Leo Valledor, Younhee Paik, Julius Hatofstky, William Morehouse, Younhee Paik, Servando Garcia, Steve Baibak, Xuchi Naungayan Eggleton, Lori del Mar, more.
Comment by AB: Group exhibition celebrates artists who have either studied or taught at SFAI within the past sixty years, and is presented in conjunction with the San Francisco Decorator Showcase exhibit, "History of San Francisco Art Institute."
Art.
Art.
Art.
Art.
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Receiver Gallery : Soft Core new haptic works by Sarah Applebaum.
Review by Kristin Farr: Sarah Applebaumıs new installation at Receiver Gallery is Soft Core, as the title suggests. Her work is a sort of stream-of-consciousness sculpture loosely based on dreams and archetypal imagery, and it often involves some kind of togetherness. In her portfolio are a group sweater, and a conjoined Yeti suit wearable by three people at once. Her new installation is a cozy explosion of rainbow colors and softness. Applebaum also created a geometric cave in an empty room in her home and then transferred it to the gallery for your viewing pleasure.
Comment by AB: Sarah Applebaum transforms Receiver Gallery into a psychedelic fantasyland, enlisting pieces of kitsch crochet as her primary device, like Granny Squares and Afghans for example. She finds them languishing in places like thrift and secondhand stores, unites them with their long lost languishing compadres, and hence... art.
Comment by RWM: Color, knitting craftsmanship, geometry, life, movement. Nice and dynamic use of the space. Great Expectations.
Art by Sarah Applebaum (note costumed person on left).
Sarah Applebaum - art.
Felt weaponry art.
Looking up.
Overview.
Out front.
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Stussy SF : Jeff Luger and Alex Martinez - Be All End All.
Comment by AB: Gutsy urban slice-of-life mix by photographers Jeff Luger and Alex Martinez.
Photography.
Photographs.
Alex Martinez - Jeff Luger.
Photography.
Photos.
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