IAN ROSS - DIVISADERO ART WALK
08.15.13
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Ian Ross Gallery: Tension Blooms - Rachelle Reichert & Brenton Bostwick.
Comment by AB: This one's all about humanity and nature-- how we relate, overlap, balance and coexist. Rachelle Reichert replaces facial features with floral arrangements and bouquets in paintings and drawings. Brenton Bostwick treats skulls in a similar manner, embellishing them with floral flourishes. He also sculpts with materials like pieces of shells and found wood, mainly twigs and branches, that he meticulously sands, polishes and combines in ways that make them look like they were always meant to be together.
Art by Rachelle Reichert at Ian Ross Gallery.
Art by Rachelle Reichert.
Rachelle Reichert and her art in above image closer at Ian Ross Gallery.
Art by Rachelle Reichert.
Rachelle Reichert art.
Polished found wood art by Brenton Bostwick (nicely done).
Brenton Bostwick art in above image closer.
Found materials art by Brenton Bostwick.
Pinkie cam detail of Brenton Bostwick art in above image at Ian Ross Gallery.
Paintings by Brenton Bostwick.
Brenton Bostwick art closer.
Overview - Rachelle Reichert & Brenton Bostwick art show at Ian Ross Gallery.
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A scenic smattering of the goings on at the Divisadero Art Walk...
Comment by AB: This isn't exactly a gallery district. In fact, I'm not even sure there's a single dedicated art gallery anywhere along the Divisadero Strip. But there is art-- leaning against buildings along the sidewalk as well as in a number of the neighborhood shops, restaurants and bars. Regardless of what this event may or may not be, tons of people show up to eat, drink, congregate, socialize, mill about and just plain partake in the scene (average age range seems somewhere in the twenties).
Art along the Ave - Divisadero Art Walk.
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Madrone Art Bar: Best show of the night is this retrospective survey of Bay Area surf photographs and film taken by Fred Windisch during the mid-1960s, before wetsuits and when Fort Point was still an off-limits military base.
Photography by Fred Windisch at Madrone Art Bar.
Fred Windisch 1960s surfing photographs at Divisadero Art Walk.
Relative density - Fred Windisch photo & film show at Madrone Art Bar.
Vintage surfing collectibles in the front window at Madrone Art Bar.
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The Harry Dean Stanton Museum, 848 Divisadero St., SF CA 94117 features a group show of art by Katie She-Welds Wakeman, Mark Adamusik, Pete Doolittle, Todd Murdock, Sam Young, Spencer Gray.
Group show at the Harry Dean Stanton Museum.
Walls packed with art - Divisadero Art Walk.
Urban trophy head art by Katie She-Welds Wakeman (I think).
Long view - Harry Dean Stanton Museum at Divisadero Art Walk.
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San Franpsycho: J Astra Brinkmann photography show.
Kitty cat photograph by J Astra Brinkmann at San Franpsycho.
J Astra Brinkmann photography at Divisadero Art Walk.
Another packed space - J Astra Brinkmann photos at San Franpsycho.
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