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3.9 ART COLLECTIVE - HIJINKS - Z SPACE

ROOT DIVISION - MODERN EDEN

10.08.11, Part II

(with assistance from Neal Strickberger and RWM)

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Sirron Norris Studio Gallery: 3.9 Art Collective - Still Here.

Artists: Nancy Cato, Rodney Ewing, Sirron Norris, William Rhodes, Ron Moultrie Saunders.

Comment by RWM: Pain. Injustice. Angst. Beauty. Narrative.

Comment by AB: The 3.9 in this show's title refers to the current (and progressively decreasing) percentage of African Americans living in San Francisco, a city that prides itself on diversity. As you might imagine, the participating artists have a thing or two to say about that.

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Art by Sirron Norris (Rodney Ewing's in the back facing the camera).

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Art by Rodney Ewing - 3.9 Art Collective.

Art by Rodney Ewing at Sirron Norris Studio Gallery.

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Art by William Rhodes (left) - Ron Moultrie Saunders (2 on right).

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Ron Moultrie Saunders photograph in above image closer.

Photography by Ron Moultrie Saunders at Sirron Norris Studio Gallery.

Art by Nancy Cato - 3.9 Art Collective.

Head count - 3.9 Art Collective at Sirron Norris Studio Gallery.

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Gallery Hijinks: Pakayla Biehn - (t)here.

Review by RWM: Beauty is appreciated here. You can get lost and immersed in Nature as well. The floral world beckons; the sun provides life energy for the artistically interpreted trees. Easy to experience the transcendental beauty.

Comment by AB: Pakayla Biehn's magic realist portrait renditions on canvas are varying combinations of oils, acrylics, and digital media.

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Art by Pakayla Biehn at Gallery Hijinks.

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Pakayla Biehn art.

That's Pakayla Biehn in the white sweater.

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Pakayla Biehn art at Gallery Hijinks.

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Video art by Pakayla Biehn in the front window.

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Z Space Gallery: Stop & Go Rides Again.

Artists: Reed Anderson & Daniel Davidson, Kathy Aoki, Alessandra Ausenda, Lizzie Black & Anna Maria Murphy, Paz de la Calzada & Michael Rauner, Deborah Davidovits, Almut Determeyer, Owen Gatley & Luke Jinks, Sarah Klein, Evelien Lohbeck, Miwa Matreyek, Tucker Nichols, David O'Kane, Ara Peterson, Mel Prest, Jen Stark, Melinda Stone & Sam Sharkey, Sjors Vervoort, Andy Vogt, Scott Wolniak.

Comment by AB: Mishmash R Us.

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Wall of wonder... as in, "I wonder what this is?"

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Art/photography by Paz de la Calzada & Michael Rauner above closer.

Paz de la Calzada art at Z Space Gallery.

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Art by Andy Vogt.

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Art by Mel Prest - group show at Z Space Gallery.

Art by Kathy Aoki at Z Space Gallery.

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Root Divsion: BUY NOW - Art Auction Preview & Artist Reception.

Artists: Oana Barac-Matei, Jeremiah Barber, Ricardo Becerril, Elisheva Biernoff, Lisa Blatt, Jan Blythe, Amanda Boehm-Garcia, Cody Bratt, Nicholas Bohac, Pegan Brooke, Jamie Brunson, Mary Burger, Amy Cancelmo, Elizabeth Cayne, Fernando Cisneros, Susanna Corcoran, Angie Crabtree, Seth Curcio, Mel Davis, Katie Dorame, Amy Ellingson, Andrew English, Selene Foster, Peter Foucault, Chris Fraser, Adam Friedman, Mariana Garibay R, Blake Gibson, Paul Glenn, Jeffrey Glossip, Adam Green, Sarah HaBa, Nathan Haenlein, Jessalyn Haggenjos, Joanne Hashitani, Shirley Hazlett, Randall Heath, Dana Hemenway, Julie Henson, Sarah Hirneisen, Amy M. Ho, Nif Hodgson, Melissa Hutton, Clint Imboden, Gregory Ito, Rachael Jablo, Jeremiah Jenkins, Patricia K. Kelly, Matt Kennedy, Andrew Kleindolph, Mary Anne Kluth, Liz Koerner, Keira Kotler, Michael Krouse, Lauren Lavitt, Denise Laws, Carrie Lederer, Janis Crystal Lipzin, Mary Lonergan, Cathy Lu, Kija Lucas, Lindsey Lyons, Andrew Mallis, Michelle Mansour, Lily Martine Baxter, Nicole McClure, Michael McConnell, Molly McCracken Kumar, Lisa McCutcheon, Paul Merryman, Masako Miki, Robert Minervini, Tom Mueske, Carson Murdach, Brooke Nelson-Safranek, Ramekon O'Arwisters, Erik Parra, Nigel Poor, Rachelle Reichert, Christopher Reiger, Philip Ringler, Nathalie Roland, Tim Roseborough, Aaron Rosenstreich, Owen Schuh, Emily Sevier, Kyle Sharp, Adam Shaw, Jenn Shifflet, Sarah Smith, Susan Lynn Smith, Kate Stirr, Lisa Stoneman, Julie Sutherland, Mitch Temple, Karen Thomas, Chris Thorson, Amy Trachtenberg, Kirsten Tradowsky, Mr. Ben Venom, Johanna Villamil, Victoria Wagner, Dave Warnke, Darren Waterston, Brooke Westfall, Raymond Wong.

Comment by AB: Root Division's annual fundraiser auction offers works by over 100 established and emerging artists. Plenty to see and buy here, but you gotta sift for the goodies. Probability of bargains? High. This is the preview. The auction's on the evening of October 20.

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Art up for auction at Root Division annual fundraiser.

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Art up for auction.

Art by Gregory Ito (larger one, center).

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Cast weaponry art.

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Art up for auction at Root Division annual fundraiser.

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Hanging art.

Art & live music at Root Division Annual Fundraiser.

Yet another wall of art.

Art by Melissa Hutton (print in the center).

Large art up for auction at Root Division annual fundraiser.

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Modern Eden Gallery: Your Deadly Desserts - Scott Hove.

Review by Neal Strickberger: Combining classic cake decoration colors and textures evoking a formal celebration with rogue taxidermy and a bit of macabre humor, these cakes take a bite out of you. Its easy to imagine displaying one at a slightly twisted society event, snapping at the guests.

Comment by AB: Normally we eat dessert. At this show, it eats us. Who needs a Pit Bull when you can chain one of these babies to your wall? See for yourself; art doesn't get much wilder. That Scott Hove is a cake decoratin' dervish. Like it.

If you need a bonbon to chase down your cake, peruse the group show in the back gallery, Bite-Sized Monsters.

Scott Hove artist art