SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY - ELEANOR HARWOOD

BOOK & JOB - SHOOTING GALLERY - WHITE WALLS

09.08.12 Part III

(with assistance from Clare Coppel)



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SFMOMA Artists Gallery: Real and True - Janet Delaney, Rachel Kline, James Torlakson, Kendall Waldman.

Comment by AB: Are realistic representations art or are they just another form of reportage? This show of paintings and photography would seem to indicate the former.

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Eleanor Harwood Gallery: Laura Paulini - Shimmer.

Review by Clare Coppel: Large acrylic on panel paintings by Laura Paulini kind of remond me of The Matrix except more pretty and big crosses.

Comment by AB: Mindbogglingly meditatively painstaking paintings by Laura Paulini are composed of countless identically sized dots on top of innumerable regimented stripes, every last one of them applied with inconceivable accuracy. Special added bonus-- the artworks gratify either close up or at a distance. The artist tells me that each painting takes months to produce. They're apparently being well received; the show is almost completely sold out as of opening night. Certainly worth a visit (don't forget your magnifying glass).

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Book & Job Gallery: Film Por Vida! Print Exchange Program 2012.

Photographers: Joe Brook, Tobin Yelland, Sam Milianta, Tim Irwin, Dave Schubert, Dan Boulton, Takeshi abe, B.Foneville. J.Siegel, Jai Tanju, Ken Nagahara, Weston Colton, Brad Westcot, Greg Hunt, Dennis McGrath, Bryce Kanights, Amanda Lopez, Isaac Randozzi, Mark Whiteley, Dave Franklin, Kingsley Ifill, Phil Jackson, Eric Antoine, Fabrizio Biviano, Daniel P. Lopez, Tim Pigott, AAdam Dorobiala, Hot Fudge, Nich Kunz, George Cutright, Matt Dobbs, Daniel Piersa, Nate Sweeters, Shawn Whisenant, Mark Waters, Sergej Vutuc, Holly Anderson, Tim Johnson, Matthew Patterson, Ben Gore, Jeremy Tubbs, Michael J Fox, Aaron Frisby, Nikos, Bobby Corns, Espen Stokke, more.

Comment by AB: The ground rules are as follows-- creator/curator Jai Tanju sends out thousands of photographs to photographers, film people and artists the world over and receives over 1500 "responses" in return. Those responses are on exhibit here tonight.

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The Shooting Gallery: See Inside Box for Details - New Works by Ben Frost.

Comment by AB: How pop can Pop art possibly get? This pop.

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White Walls Gallery: Darkest Before the Dawn - New Works by Rone.

Comment by AB: No dearth of sulky sultry come-hither lovelies here.

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