ANDREA SCHWARTZ - PROJECT ONE

MISSION CULTURAL CENTER - HEADLANDS CENTER

06.06.12



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Andrea Schwartz Gallery: Summer In South Park (Again).

Artists: Cara Barer, John Belingheri, Tom Bolles, Jamie Brunson, Alex Couwenberg, Albert Dicruttalo, Ferdinanda Florence, Wynne Hayakawa, Gordon Huether, Kim Squaglia, Melinda Tidwell.

Comment by AB: Group show; gallery artists.

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Project One Gallery: Sex, Money & Power - Nick Flatt.

Comment by AB: Oversized photorealistic black & white portraits of women in lewd come-hither poses and a life-sized cardboard Lamborghini highlight Nick Flatt's over-the-top surrender to corporeal materiality. Good art; check it out.

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Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts: La Quebradora - Lucha Libre in Contemporary Mexican Art. Curated by Amy Pederson.

Artists: Carlos Amorales, Gina Arizpe, Artemio, Juan Bastardo, Edgar Cobian, Christian Franco, Enrique Hernandez, Nina Hoechtl, Felipe Manzano, Israel Martinez, Antonio Monroy, Ruben Gutierrez, Joaquin Segura.

Comment by AB: A rousing artistic tribute to Mexican professional wrestling and all that it signifies socially, culturally, politically and historically. Opening night festivities include an appearance by the famed luchador (wrestler) Mil Máscaras, and a live "mini-match" in the theater titled KKK vs BLACK PANTHERS, which I unfortunately missed (I heard it was good).

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Headlands Center for the Arts: 2012 Benefit Art Auction - Headlands at 30.

Artists: Zina Al-Shukri, Michael Arcega, Miguel Arzabe, Tauba Auerbach, Chris Ballantyne, Richard Barnes, Lisa Bartelson, Dan Bayles, Ray Beldner, Leo Bersamina, Linda Besemer, Debra, Bloomfield, Gina Borg, Val Britton, Elaine Buckholtz, Thomas Campbell, Julie Chang, John Chiara, Kirk Crippens, Reed Danziger, Lauren Davies, Gail Dawson, Francesca DiMattio, Kota Ezawa, Sam Falls, Judy Fiskin, Aimee Friberg ,Laurie Frick, Chitra Ganesh, Sid Garrison, Pablo Guardiola, David Gurman, Sally Heller, Todd Hido, Salomon Huerta, David Huffman, Misako Inaoka, Cynthia Innis, Kerry James Marshall, Pamela Jorden, Eske Kath, Margaret Kilgallen, Zak Kitnick, Mary Ann Kluth, Shio Kusaka, Steve Lambert, Jean Claude Langer, Ruth Laskey, Michael Light, David Liittschwagger, Hunter Longe, Nathan Lynch, Martin Machado, David Maisel, Vanessa Marsh, Rebecca Martinez, Chris McCaw, Sean McFarland, Tom McKinley, Kelly McLane, Martin McMurray, Christina McPhee, Danielle Mourning, Jeanette Mundt, Eadweard Muybridge, Shaun O'Dell, Gina Osterloh, Jennie Ottinger, Francesca Pastine, Joan Perlman, George Pfau, Hayal Pozanti, Emily Prince, Kristina Quinones, Fay Ray, Ry Rocklen, Clare Rojas, Analia Saban, Paolo Salvagione, Paul Santoleri, Erik Scollon, Christina Seely, Mike Shine, Leslie Shows, Allison Smith, Alec Soth, Eva Struble, Youngsuk Suh, Larry Sultan, Stephanie Syjuco, Hadi Tabatabai, Hank Willis Thomas, Bruce Tomb, Chip Lord, and Curtis Schreier, Kim Turos, Barry Underwood, Miller Updegraff, Kathryn Van Dyke, Ned Vena, Andy Vogt, James Welling, Leigh Wells, Lindsay White, Noah Wilson, Jonas Wood.

Comment by AB: The Headlands annual benefit art auction is probably my favorite such fundraiser of the year-- the people, the art, the atmosphere, the excitement, the Sloppy Joes-- everything. You can always count on a terrific selection of art to bid on at both live and silent auctions, plus on this year's docket, the auction item to end all auction items-- a weekend for you and six of you closest cronies in Marfa, Texas, including the finest in dining, tours and accommodations, and to top it all off, round trip travel on a private jet. Sold for around $35000 if I recall correctly. (Note to auctioneer-- go easy on the shush admonitions.) What a night!

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