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941 GEARY - ELECTRIC WORKS - RECOLOGY - BELLJAR - THE LAB

SECESSION - LOWER HATERS - LAKE GALLERY - PARK LIFE

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART - O1SJ BIENNIAL

09.17.10

(with assistance from Clare Coppel, DeWitt Cheng, GETBIZI and RWM)

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941 Geary Gallery: Mike Shine - Flotsam's Wonder World.

Review by RWM: An amazing staging of artworks for spectacle and performance. The set design alone is impressive and memorable. One should expect a grand show to follow.

Comment by AB: Art as experience-- Mike Shine delivers not one iota less.

Art & installation by Mike Shine.

Mike Shine art & installation.

Mike Shine installation & art.

Bawdy art by Mike Shine.

Overview of installation by Mike Shine>.

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Electric Works Gallery: Ablution - Ana Teresa Fernandez; Left to Swoon - Elaine Buckholtz.

Review by RWM: So nice to go swimming here without getting wet. The water shimmers and is fully in motion. Get cleansed in the aquamarine.

Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Ana Teresa Fernandez tackles an exceptionally challenging subject matter-- water-- and emerges victorious. Check it out; good stuff. For those of you playing the home version, Fernandez tells me she swam competitively for fifteen years. In the side gallery, immerse in Elaine Buckholtz's multimedia installation produced in collaboration with Fernandez. Sound, light, painting and architectural elements come together as one.

Natatorial art by Ana Teresa Fernandez.

Ana Teresa Fernandez swimming art.

Ana Teresa Fernandez and her art.

Art by Ana Teresa Fernandez.

Amphibious art by Ana Teresa Fernandez.

Installation art by Elaine Buckholtz.

Elaine Buckholtz and her art at Electric Works.

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Art at the Dump: Val Britton - Index to Selected Stars; Zachary Royer Scholz - Replay; Tanner Griepentrog - Cogitated Pile.

Comment by AB: Val Britton's weblike mixed media abstractions contrast nicely with Zachary Royer Scholz's neat clean minimalist geometry.

Recycled materials art by Zachary Royer Scholz.

Zachary Royer Scholz recycled materials art.

Art by Zachary Royer Scholz.

Art by Zachary Royer Scholz; art by Val Britton on rear walls.

Art by Val Britton; art by Zachary Royer Scholz on the pedestal.

Art by Tanner Griepentrog.

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BellJar Gallery: Big Hair Dolls - Sara Christian.

Review by RWM, images c/o Clare Coppel: Wild images of women rapt in the throughs of artistic emotion. Sara Christian's colorful and flamboyant personalities express a range of emotions from passion to angst. The works are not only great, they are heartfelt and sophisticated as well. Colors collide to reveal dramas that cannot be hidden.

Sara Christian and her art.

Art by Sara Christian in above image closer.

Detail of art by Sara Christian.

Sara Christian art.

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The LAB: art.tech.

Artists: Kaisu Koski, Boo Chapple, David Bowen, Barney Haynes. Jennifer Parker, Zimoun, Harry Crofton, Chris Basmajian, Ruth Hodgins, Tracy Jacobs, Canner MEFE, Andrew Kleindolph, Kit Rosenberg.

Review by Clare Coppel: At The Lab art.tech, a show about the marriage between art and technology illustrates the relationship though installation pieces. Blimps, projections, projectors, electronics, hot dogs, soda pop, razor blades, rat hair and bread... creatively toasted with a thought bubble.

Comment by RWM: Wild cool contraptions. Here you can get your picture taken. There you can experience bouncing balloons, unusual connections between machines, and odd images on the wall. Interesting connection between technology and the creative process. What the creations lack in beauty they make up for in functionality.

Long view - art.tech at The LAB.

Hotdog hot tub installation art by Harry Crofton.

otdog hot tub installation art by Harry Crofton closer.

Ruth Hodgins & Kit Rosenberg & their installation.

Detail of Ruth Hodgins & Kit Rosenberg installation in above image.

Installation by Boo Chapple.

Detail of installation in above image by Boo Chapple.

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Secession Art and Design: Happy Hour at Secession.

Review by RWM, image c/o Secession Art and Design: Nice mix of art and some San Francisco regulars. The variety does not detract because of the novelty on display. The city comes alive. Battle of the Bridges. Low tech cool.

Art by Nicole Markoff.

Photography by Brittany M Powell.

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San Jose Museum of Art: Leo Villareal.

Review and images by GETBIZI: "Memorizing indoor fireworks that inspire the soul through unpredictable organic colorful formations and smooth transitional flows..." is what I'm thinking as I roam through the Leo Villareal exhibition. This is the first ever museum survey of Leo Villareal, a pioneer in the use of LEDs and computer-driven imagery. I usually cruise through exhibits fairly quickly, however, Villareal's work is so visually captivating it is hard to pull myself away; I find myself walking through the exhibit three times in this one visit.

At first glance, some of the pieces look like florescent light tubes and I'm scratching my head as to how Villareal is able to create these changing colorful flows. But after closer examination of the tubular pieces, I discover that Leo Villareal is ingenious in his design of these LED light tubes making them look like florescent tubes.

Sitting in front of "Chasing Rainbows", I slip into a zone... as the colors transition, so do my emotions... as the flickering patterns change, I feel bursting sensations in the back of my mind... It is a full body experience on many levels.

Still images do not quite capture the Leo Villareal "experience", so I record a couple of videos to give you a better experience....

LED art by Leo Villareal.

Leo Villareal LED art.

LED art by Leo Villareal.

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2010 O1SJ Biennial

Review by DeWitt Cheng: The 01SJ Biennial is an art + science exposition that takes place in a host of venues in downtown San Jose (Anno Domini, Children's Discovery Museum, MACLA, San Jose State University, SJICA, SJMA, SJ Museum of Quits & Textiles, San Jose Stage, Santana Row, SoFA District, The Tech Museum, etc.) and in satellite locations around The Bay (Catharine Clark Gallery, Euphrat Museum, The LAB, Togonon Gallery, Worth Ryder Gallery, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts).

This year's iteration features over 100 artists from 21 countries, already a pretty daunting prospect, but wait, there's more! Add public art installations (at South Hall, City Hall, various transit stations and even the San Jose Airport), music and drama performances, workshops, panel discussions and an underground market, and you have a phenomenon that is clearly beyond mortal ken. These photos were shot at the huge, 80,000-sf South Hall pavilion (tent) on Saturday morning before opening time; later, during the Green Prix parade of sustainable vehicles down South First Street; and, as the shadows and my arches fell, at San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art and the San Jose Museum of Art.

Circumstance.

Trojan horse art.

Green Prix parade.

Green Prix parade.

Green Prix parade.

Art meets technology.

South Hall pavilion.

Technology-based art.

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Addendum:

Art by Mildred & Pacolli at Lower Haters Gallery.

Mildred & Pacolli art at Lower Haters Gallery.

Mildred & Pacolli closer at Lower Haters Gallery.

Nifty pen & inks by Pete Ritchey at Lake Gallery.

Pete Ritchey pen & ink closer at Lake Gallery.

Pete Ritchey pen & ink closer at Lake Gallery.

Art from group show at Park Life.

Art from group show at Park Life.

One more from group show at Park Life.

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