THOREAU CENTER - TOGONON - PAULE ANGLIM

MUSEUM OF CRAFT AND FOLK ART - RAYKO - A.MUSE

06.16.11

(with assistance from Clare Coppel and RWM)



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Thoreau Center for Sustainability: Cathy Richardson & Anneliese Vobis - Synthesia Natura, Exhibition as Experiment; Tony Maridakis - Constructs.

Comment by AB: Anneliese Vobis and Cathy Richardson present an artistic science lab of sorts that examines consequences of environmental degradation. Tony Maridakis photographs structures we're all familiar with, but at night, the results suggesting that perhaps we don't know them quite as well as we think we do.

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Togonon Gallery: Crosscurrents.

Artists: Mitsu Okubo, John Y. Chang, Norberto Roldan, Kira Greene, Grace Munakata, Gerardo Tan, Ben Needham.

Comment by AB: Compare and contrast art from Asian artists with art from Asian-American artists.

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Gallery Paule Anglim: Jim Melchert - Misfits; John Roloff - Phantom Herd & Selected Works.

Comment by AB: Jim Melchert tells me he takes ceramic tiles, shatters them on the sidewalk in front of his studio, applies glaze to the individual pieces, glues them back together, then completes the composites with inked circular grids. The good news? It works.

In the side gallery, the star of John Roloff's graphic proposals and plans for environmental projects is a plough-like device designed to travel the land and leave "elk tracks" along its path.

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Museum of Craft and Folk Art: Wrapping Traditions - Korean Textiles Now.

Artists: Risa Benson, Molly Bullick, Leonie Castelino, Young Kyu Cha, HaeHong Chang, Kuzina Cheng, Nancy Crasco, Judilee Fitzhugh, Gerdur Gudmundsdottir, JungSook Ham, Karen Hampton, Judy Harmony, Marla Hattabaugh, Alie Dijk-Hartlief, Armi Heikkinen-Daum, Inyul Heo, Alice Hill, Ji-Yeon Hwang, Jiseon Lee Isbara, Hyun Jung, YeaGeum Jung, HyunSook Kang, ChungIm Kim, HyungJoo Kim, Jeeun Kim, Juunsik Kim, OkHyun Kim, YoungSoon Kim, Youngja Kim, Patti King, Karin Kunori, Bokhee Lee, Eunsil Lee, EunSook Lee, Ji Young Lee, Mikyung Lee, So-La Lee, SungSoon Lee, Sharon Lin, Hanne Lukka, Ruth Marchess, Alicia Merrett, SukHyun Min, Nami Minaki, Sang Jae Nam, Kirsi Niinimäki, Lyn Nixon, Catherine O'Leary, Myunghee Oh, Seung-Ah Oh, Soonhee Oh, Hyangsook Park, KyoungHee Park, YoungLan Park, Marianne Penberthy, Kumhee Ryu, Yolanda Sanchez, Elisabeth Schubel, Barbara Shapiro, Mary Ruth Smith, Sonjie Solomon, Robi Szalay, Kyungae Wang, Elizabeth Wassermann, Victoria-Gail White, Jinja Kim Woollard, Hee Soon You, MeKang You.

Review by RWM: Contemporary Korean textiles presented in wondrous and sometimes abstract designs. Cloth stitched to evoke a variety of styles. Beautiful display even with no message other than the medium.

Comment by AB: Fascinating range of works to be appreciated here. If you're a fan of textile arts, this one's a definite yes.

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RayKo Photo Gallery: No Mirrors - A Juried Show of Camera-less photography.

Artists: Sue Abramson, Darryl Baird, Alison Brooks, Brian Buckley, John Carr, Martha Casanave, Mary Celojko, Chris Colville, Clare Coppel, Amber Dienst-Scott, Danielle Ezzo, Susan Felter, Alison Heath, Marie-Luise Klotz, Peter Krotin, Kent Krugh, Donna Levreault, Jenn Libby, Stan Lipsitz, Tracy Longley-Cook, Sam Manera, Anette Marweld, Avril McHugh, Marilyn K. Moore, Julia Nelson-Gal, Jenny Nordquist, Heather Oelklaus, Pat Owens, Laura Parker, Maja Pilipovic, Jeffrey Robinson, Patricia Russotti, Gwen Samuels, James Schenk, Betsy Schneider, Leah Sobsey, Zus Stapel, John Steck Jr., S. Gayle Stevens, Kevin Tadge, Daryl Tebbutt, Naomi Vanderkinden, Mariana Vieira, Greg Wilson, Rachel Wolf, Claudia Wornum.

Review by Clare Coppel: No-Mirrors is a exhibit of photographic works made without the use of cameras, employing a wide variety of media and techniques, both old school and new. In the right side gallery are works by high school students in the program Out of Sight.

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a.Muse Gallery: Sampled Layers of Meaning - Urban Quilts by Amy Ahlstrom.

Review by RWM: Interesting to see cloth and stitching being used to create art. Though not paint on a canvas, the works presented have bright and wonderful color schemes. There are also great associations and symbols. The assembled works present various motifs in splendiferous forms.

Comment by AB: Amy Ahlstrom's urban quilts incorporate all manner of San Francisco neighborhood landmarks. Our city artified here. Plus entertainment by Conspiracy of Beards.

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