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BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY - CATHARINE CLARK - SFMOMA GARAGE - SFAI

GALERIA DE LA RAZA - ROOT DIVISION 0 MISSION COMICS AND ART

FABRIC8 - WHITE WALLS - SHOOTING GALLERY

07.10.10

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Braunstein/Quay Gallery: Dennis Luedeman - New Metal Sculptures.

Comment by AB: Sleek clean mastery in metal here-- rusted steel, stainless steel, copper and bronze sculptures by Dennis Luedeman. Stop on by.

Sculpture Dennis Luedeman.

Dennis Luedeman sculpture.

Sculpture by Dennis Luedeman.

Dennis Luedeman and his sculpture.

Sculpture by Dennis Luedeman.

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Catharine Clark Gallery: Scott Greene - Capitulare de Vita; Marina Zurkow - Elixir Series.

Comment by AB: Accomplished apocalyptic we're-going-to-hell-in-a-handbasket art by Scott Greene features a flame thrower, rapacious cell phone antenna towers, and garbage gone wild. One breathtaking painting of a three masted ship going over a waterfall does bear a curious resemblance to Ed Miracle's cover illustration for Thomas L. Friedman's book, The World is Flat. In the video parlor, a dreamy mirage on the high seas multi-screen adventure courtesy of Marina Zurkow. Good stuff on both counts and certainly worth a visit.

Art by Scott Greene.

Scott Greene art.

Art by Scott Greene.

Scott Greene art.

Scott Greene art.

Cell phone antenna tower art by Scott Greene (like it).

Art by Scott Greene.

Video art by Marina Zurkow (each screen measures about 14 by 22 inches or so).

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San Francisco Art Institute: San Francisco Arts Quarterly Release Party.

Comment by AB: It's a party in honor of the new improved enlarged San Francisco Arts Quarterly magazine-- a major league earnest attempt to catalog the extensive extent of Ess Eff artland action.

The guest of honor-- SF Arts Quarterly. Available everywhere.

On the piazza looking west at San Francisco Art Institute.

Above the piazza looking east - SF Arts Quarterly release party.

Above the piazza looking down at SFAI.

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Root Division: Borders. Juried by Julio Cesar Morales, Lucy Kalyani Lin, Michelle Mansour.

Artists: Michael Boonstra, Jessica Cadkin, Venetia Dale, Crisanta de Guzman, Dean Dempsey, Fiamma di Montezemolo, Susan Doyle, Gaby Esteves, Hyeon Kim, Cathy Lu, Annabel Manning, John K. Melvin, Leigh Merrill, Susannah Mira, Mimi Moncier, Scott Polach, Maggie Preston, Tori Purcell, Maja Ruznic, Kyle Sharp, Ian Treasure, Scott Tsuchitani, Kit Yi Wong.

Comment by AB: Art about borders-- what they are, what they signify, who sets them, how we interpret them, how we misinterpret them, what happens if you cross them, and so on and so forth ad infinitum.

Photography - Borders exhibit at Root Division.

Cross covered with cut and nailed sections of aluminum soft drink cans.

Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.

Here's something you don't see every day.

Video art.

Sculpture.

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Galeria de la Raza: YTREBIL Prints and Drawings - Enrique Chagoya.

Comment by AB: I would hope we all know by now how brilliant an artist Enrique Chagoya is. In case you don't, this exhibition makes for a spankin' good primer. His drawings, lithographs, etchings and rivetingly provocative multi-panel narratives take on everything from war, politics and power to race, religion and the oppression. No topic too sensitive or sacred for Chagoya to weigh in on. The dude is the real genuine bona fide bodaciously unadulterated deal. Must see.

Art by Enrique Chagoya (like it).

Art by Enrique Chagoya.

Enrique Chagoya.

Art by Enrique Chagoya.

Enrique Chagoya art.

Art by Enrique Chagoya.

Enrique Chagoya art.

Art by Enrique Chagoya.

Enrique Chagoya art.

Enrique Chagoya art.

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Fabric8 Gallery: Inside Outside - Daniel James Burt and Romanowski.

Comment by AB: My favorite here? Chia pet AK-47 by Romanowski. If only we could grow crops on all of our weapons. Then again, how fun would life be if you couldn't mow down your enemies and then gloat over their pools of freshly spewed blood?

I'm a perennial fan of Romanowski. Joseph Cornell with a designer's eye. Who's gonna be the first to challenge him with a significant solo show? I bet he's up to it.

Assemblage art by Romanowski (nicely done).

Romanowski assemblage art.

Art by Daniel James Burt (upper); Romanowski (lower).

Art by Daniel James Burt.

Daniel James Burt art (upper center assemblage by Romanowski).

Out back in the patio.

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White Walls Gallery: Ill Romantic - New Works by Casey Gray.

Review by Clare Coppel: Spray paint stencil on wood works by Casey Gray. Bright colorful repetitive urban pop images both soothing and disturbing.

Comment by AB: Casey Gray ratchets stencil art up a notch... or maybe two... or maybe three. Good stuff. Check it out.

Stencil art by Casey Gray.

Casey Gray and his art.

Motorpsychadelic 2 by Casey Gray - spray paint, stencil on wood
(photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Her Fume by Casey Gray - spray paint, stencil on wood (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Stencil art by Casey Gray.

Casey Gray stencil art.

Stencil art by Casey Gray.

Detail of stencil art by Casey Gray (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Population sample (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

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The Shooting Gallery: Fur and Feathers - Chris Pugliese and Van Arno.

Review by Clare Coppel: Shooting Gallery presents Fur and Feathers (July 10-August 7) oil on canvas paintings by Chris Pugliese and Van Arno. Pugliese produces gorgeous images of gorgeous women with fur and feathers (and a self portrait). Van Arno explores alternate views of historical heroines with more nudity and shades of purple the I had previously associated with these "great works of fiction." Awesome.

Art by Chris Pugliese.

Art by Chris Pugliese in above image closer (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Chris Pugliese and his art.

Art by Chris Pugliese.

Detail of Chris Pugliese frame in above image (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Art by Van Arno.

Detail of art by Van Arno in above image (photo c/o Clare Coppel).

Art by Van Arno.

Van Arno art.

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Addendum:

Jesse Hazelip window art at SFMOMA parking garage.

One more from Jesse Hazelip window art at SFMOMA parking garage.

Pickles Labrador at Mission Comics and Art.

Pickles Labrador and her art at Mission Comics and Art.

Art by Pickles Labrador at Mission Comics and Art.

One more art by Pickles Labrador at Mission Comics and Art.