Hespe Gallery, SomArts, Le Trianon, Shooting Gallery, White Walls: October 14, 2006


SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES - OPENINGS
HESPE - LE TRIANON GALLERY - SOMARTS
SHOOTING GALLERY - WHITE WALLS
10.14.06

Hespe Gallery: Erin Cone - Secrets.

Comment: Santa Fe artist Erin Cone tells me she combines portrait partials with abstract geometric elements. Why? She dialogues on the relationship of abstract to representational-- reality vs conjecture-- plus, via varying degrees of deliberately omitted details, she blends in mystery, suggestion, implication-- or enigma as Cone puts it-- about her subjects. And who are those subjects? People she knows.

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Erin Cone - art.

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Le Trianon Gallery: Sense Modern - Gallery Selections and Fashion Show.

Artists: Various.

Comment: Le Trianon Gallery specializes in period art, most dating between 1890 and 1970. Apparently they'll be showing more contemporary artists soon. Stay tuned. In the meantime, tonight is a melding of gallery selections with contemporary fashions by Los Angeles designer Inga Nataya. Fine wine, period art, and models wafting about the gallery's circuitous rooms and corridors. I can dig it.

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Art - fashion.

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Art - fashion.

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Looking back from the front of the gallery.

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Essence.

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SomArts Cultural Center & Gallery: The Light of the Heart for the Shadow of the Soul - La Luz del Corazon para las Sombras del Alma - The 9th Annual Day of the Dead Exhibit 2006.

Artists: Elizabeth Addison, George Aguilar, Susana Aragon, Adrian Arias, Nathaniel Bolton, Pam Bolton, Mara Brown, Carla Caletti, Cindy Cleary, Deborah Cohen, Rudy Cuellar, John Aragon, Kathy de Rosas, Denhi Donis, Annamarta Dostourian, Caleb Duarte, Francisco Gomez, Susan Greene, C.J. Grossman, Heinrich Heinbach, Carlos Loarca, Dean MacCannell, Juliet MacCannell, Ivan Mancera, David Manzanares Tafolla, Victor Mario Zaballa, Susan Matthews, Betsie Miller-Kusz, Mary Molly Mullaney, Carla Oden, Pilar Olabarria, Aydasara Ortega, Tania Padilla, Silvia Parra, Ernesto Paul, Michelle Peckham, Yolanda Raes, Brenda Rasmussen, Fernando Rossia, Jos Sances, Anne Schnake, Lisa Siewert, Carol Stewart, Kana Tanaka, Lia Tealdi, Cynthia Tom, Cynthia Vasquez, Ellen Vogel, Marcy Voyevod, Alan Waeber, more.

Comment: Embrace life, welcome the spirits of the dead. Celebrate the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. All via art. Altars, installations, performances. Reverence everywhere; no one goes home unmoved. Without question one of my favorite art events of the year. Runs through November 4th, 2006.

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Performance.

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Art - tunes.

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Entire installation done by fifth graders.

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Reflection refraction art.

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"Return to Sender" art. Thanks Mr. President.

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White Walls Gallery: Mescalito.

Artists: Mars-One, Oliver Vernon, Damon Soule.

Comment: Three dudes sneak preview life on the flip side of reality. How? Simple. With paint. Magical intricate excursions deep into fantasticality without a hint of hesitation. Usually I type "(like it)" after stuff I really like, but I'll save myself a little time and tell you up front that I like everything. Excellent on all counts-- triple transcendence-- go see.

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Mars-One - art.

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Oliver Vernon - art.

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Damon Soule - art.

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Art (Damon Soule).

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Art (Mars-One).

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Art (Oliver Vernon).

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Art (Mars-One).

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Installation (Damon Soule, I think).

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Art (Oliver Vernon). Woah! Check that frock...

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Frock art + art (Oliver Vernon)

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Art (Damon Soule).

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The Shooting Gallery: Looking In - New Works by Sas Christian.

Comment: What Margaret Keane started, Sas Christian finishes. Hot, seductive, and a little bit dangerous. Watch out.

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Sas Christian - art.

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Sas Christian - art.

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