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FFDG - NEEDLES & PENS - 1AM

ET AL. - RVCA/VASF - TANK 18

08.16.13

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FFDG: Loading - Ferris Plock & Kelly Tunstall.

Comment by AB: The show's title, Loading, refers to those tortuous Internet hiccups where we're momentarily deprived of our data streams and instantly plummet into the under-connected abyss of misery. What the art has to do with that, I have no idea, other than perhaps as an option for passing the time during those moments. And they would be moments entertainingly passed as we get to follow the heroic adventures of Kelly Tunstall's girly girls and Ferris Plock's colorful cockamamie characters. Worth a visit.

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Art by Kelly Tunstall (2 on left) - Ferris Plock (right) at FFDG.

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Art by Ferris Plock (left) - Plock/Tunstall collaboration (center).

Kelly Tunstall and progeny.

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Ferris Plock (left).

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Art by Kelly Tunstall (except for the Ferris Plock pattern piece, center).

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Long view - Ferris Plock & Kelly Tunstall art show at FFDG.

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Needles & Pens: Something at Every Moment.

Artists: Elizabeth Bernstein, Robin Juan, Gui Komel, James Scheuren.

Comment by AB: Small group show about the marks and mementos people leave behind once they vacate their various spaces.

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Photography by Elizabeth Bernstein at Needles & Pens.

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Photographs by Robin Juan.

Photograph of candles in above image closer by Robin Juan.

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Photograph by Gui Komel.

One more from Needles & Pens group photography show.

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1AM Gallery: Synonymous.

Photographers: Ben Gore, Joseph Staley, Chris Atwood, Jason Henry, Joel Meinholz.

Comment by AB: Survey of the work of five photographers who have been instrumental in documenting Ess Eff's skate and street culture, their contributions helping to influence the course of companies like Benny Gold, FTC, DLX SF, Paradise Wheels, Snack Skateboards, Slap Magazine, Lowcard Magazine, Magenta Skateboards, I Am Your Villain, Theories of Atlantis and Politic Skateboards.

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Photography by Chris Atwood at 1AM Gallery.

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Joel Meinholz photographs.

Photograph by Joel Meinholz closer.

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Jason Henry photography.

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Street culture photographs by Ben Gore.

Ben Gore photograph in above image closer.

Skate culture photography by Joseph Staley.

Joseph Staley photographs closer.

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Wall of affordability - only $5 per photograph.

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Demographics - street & skate culture group photography show at 1AM SF.

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Et al. Gallery: Aaron Finnis.

Comment by AB: In kind of an update on Op Art, Aaron Finnis prints precision vertical, horizontal and criss-cross geometric patterns, some with subtly progressive color changes, onto what appear to be parts of assemble-it-yourself Ikea-esque furnishings. Nicely done. For those of you keeping score at home, the moiré patterns (look it up) in the photographs are not part of Finnis' art, but rather optical effects created by the closeness of the lines in his prints.

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Art by Aaron Finnis at Et al. Gallery.

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Art by Aaron Finnis.

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Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.

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Pattern art by Aaron Finnis.

Art by Aaron Finnis.

Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.

Art by Aaron Finnis.

Relative density - Aaron Finnis art show at Et al. Gallery.

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RVCA / VASF Gallery: Travel The Void - Kylea Borges; Francesco Igory Deiana window display.

Comment by AB: Admirably accurate collages by Kylea Borges, some with perfect symmetry, portions of others embellished with exacting ink perimeters. A selection of hanging prints on fabric and a wall-length installation round out the show. All very well done.

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