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FIRST THURSDAY - 09.06.12 - Part III

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The McLoughlin Gallery: Who's Afraid of Color?

Artists: Brian Moore, Kristina Quinones, Meghann Riepenhoff.

Comment by AB: Depthy high-gloss acrylics on panel by Kristina Quinones entice with fluid spontaneity. Cosmic chromogenic prints by Meghann Riepenhoff overflow with energy. Naive compositions with youthful subject matters and abundant cupcakes by Brian Moore confound my aesthetic sensibilities.

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Art by Kristina Quinones at The McLoughlin Gallery (kinda like 'em).

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Kristina Quinones and her art at The McLoughlin Gallery.

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Art by Kristina Quinones.

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Meghann Riepenhoff art at The McLoughlin Gallery.

Art by Meghann Riepenhoff (image c/o The McLoughlin Gallery).

Art by Brian Moore at The McLoughlin Gallery.

Babar art by Brian Moore.

Cupcake abundance art by Brian Moore at The McLoughlin Gallery.

Statistical sample - three-person show at The McLoughlin Gallery.

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Highlight Gallery: Jesse Schlesinger.

Comment by AB: Jesse Schlesinger, Highlight Gallery's August artist-in-residence, constructs an oversized overpowering timber installation specific to the space.

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Scale model of Jesse Schlesinger timber installation at Highlight Gallery.

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Real life version of Jesse Schlesinger timber art.

Resident artist Jesse Schlesinger at Highlight Gallery.

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Wood beam sculpture by Jesse Schlesinger.

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Art by Jesse Schlesinger at Highlight Gallery.

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Gallery Wendi Norris: Howie Tsui - Radiant Specters; Dana Harel - Wrestling God; Stellar Orbits - Lovers and Intellectuals Among Surrealists and Their Peers.

Artists in the surrealist show: Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning, Gordon Onslow Ford, Wolfgang Paalen.

Comment by AB: Inaugural triple-bill for Gallery Wendi Norris, formerly Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern. In the center gallery, Howie Tsui's got that apocalyptic thing goin' on with a sort of Masami-Teraoka-meets-Manuel-Ocampo blend. In the left side gallery, Dana Harel's unsettling oversized graphite drawings are inspired by the biblical account of Jacob wrestling an Angel. In right side gallery, enjoy an impressive selection of Surrealist and Surrealist-inspired works, several on exhibit directly from the artists' estates.

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Art by Howie Tsui at Gallery Wendi Norris.

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Sculpture by Howie Tsui.

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Howie Tsui apocalyptic art at Gallery Wendi Norris.

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Art by Dana Harel at Gallery Wendi Norris.

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Dana Harel graphite art.

Nice early Gordon Onslow Ford from 1943 (too rich at $350K).

Relative density - group art show at Gallery Wendi Norris.

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Art People Gallery: Yari Ostovany - Paintings.

Comment by AB: Earthy organic abstractions invite the outdoors in.

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Art by Yari Ostovany at Art People Gallery.

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Art by Yari Ostovany.

Yari Ostovany and his art at Art People Gallery.

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Art by Yari Ostovany.

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Panorama - Yari Ostovany art show at Art People Gallery.

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Sherwood Gallery: Cheese Box - New Work by Clint Imboden.

Comment by AB: Knickknacks, baubles, tchotchkes, heirlooms and remnants of the past are combined in curious ways and displayed in vintage wooden cheese boxes. Components include false teeth, trowels, religious figurines, sunglasses, shaving brushes, lavatory keys, a magnifying glass, faucets, an 8 ball, and quite a bit more.

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Cheese box assemblage art by Clint Imboden at Sherwood Gallery.

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Cheese box assemblage art by Clint Imboden.

Ambiance - Clint Imboden art show at Sherwood Gallery.

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Hang Art Gallery: Addie Shevlin - Indeterminate Pathways.

Comment by AB: Land, water and cities are ably rendered in abstract.

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Art by Addie Shevlin at Hang Art Gallery.

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Addie Shevlin abstract art.

Art by Addie Shevlin at Hang Art Gallery.

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Art by Addie Shevlin.

Playing field - Addie Shevlin art show at Hang Art Gallery.

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Spoke Art Gallery: Fade and Finish - Jessica Hess.

Comment by AB: Jessica Hess paints up a crackerjack batch of her signature graffiti-laden cityscapes in gouache on paper. Difficult to decide which she paints better-- the architecture or the murals and tags that cover it. Good work; check it out.

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