HACKETT MILL - GAUNTLET - SF CINEMATHEQUE

1AM - FFDG - YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS

10.18.13

(with assistance from Tania Seabock)



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Hackett Mill Gallery: Jules Olitski - The Early Spray Paintings 1965 to 1969.

Comment by AB: Legend has it that Clement Greenberg insisted Jules Olitski keep these stylistic departure "spray paintings" to himself. And so, the legend continues, he did. Until now. Here they are, on display for the first time from the artist's estate. Check 'em out. Worth seeing.

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Gauntlet Gallery: Music Sounds Better With You - A Group Show Celebrating Music Icons.

Artists: Johannah O'Donnell, Rene Garcia, Ruben Ireland, Jenny Liz Rome, Will Arvin, Sam Spratt, John Wentz, Craig Drake, Sam Ho, Tracy Piper, CranioDsgn, Brooke Grucella, Benjamin Clarke, Benjamin Clarke, Marie Bergeron, Steve Seeley, Akira Beard, Cuyler Smith, Mike Bell, Kate Zambrano, Stanley Chow, Jenny Liz Rome, Famous When Dead, Phillip Ellering, Claudia Bicen, Daniel Valadez.

Comment by AB: The show's title tells it all-- artists homage music icons.

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San Francisco Cinematheque / Center for New Music: Francisco Cinematheque Third Art Auction & Benefit.

Artists: Miya Ando, Craig Baldwin, Bonnie Banks, Tommy Becker, Sarah Cathers, Tom Chambers, Paul Clipson, Bruce Conner, Randy Colosky, Bill Daniel, C. Wright Daniel, Christian Davies, Nathaniel Dorsky, Lauren Douglas, Tara Foley, Jason Fulford, Brynda Glazier, Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian, Desirée Holman, Kelly-Lynn Jones, Miranda July, Kevin Killian, Kerry Laitala, Jeanne Liotta, Janis Crystal Lipzin, Walter Logue, Jodie Mack, Anne McGuire, Kim Miskowicz, McIintyre Parker, Luther Price, Kathleen Quillian, Dick Ramsey, Ben Rivers, Christina Seely, Dean Smith, Phil Solomon, Emma Spertus, Chris Thorson, Andrew Norman Wilson, Vanessa Woods, Karen Yasinksy, more.

Comment by AB: San Francisco Cinematheque is the "premiere showcase for personal and experimental film and video" in the city, founded in 1961. Throw a little financial support their way and get some pretty peppy art in exchange for your generosity. This year's event is history, but you've got plenty of time to get on their email list for next year's. Here's a sampling...

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1AM Gallery: Connotations - A Tattoo Inspired Art Show.

Artists: Jesico, Tony Duong, Mark Heredia.

Comment by AB: The title tells it all-- a tattoo inspired art show. Direct, unequivocal and to the point. Plenty to see here.

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FFDG: Sense of Wonder - Tiffany Bozic.

Comment by AB: Tiffany Bozic melds imagination, aesthetics and environmental awareness into striking and wondrous compositions simultaneously grounded in both fantasy and reality. Yes, I'm a big fan. Go see.

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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Dissident Futures.

Artists: Neïl Beloufa, Heman Chong and Anthony Marcellini, Peter Coffin, Revital Cohen and Tuur Van Balen, Brody Condon, Future Cities Lab, Melanie Gilligan, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Shane Hope, David Huffman, Paul Laffoley, Basim Magdy, Dan Mills, The Otolith Group, Trevor Paglen, Katie Paterson, Kamau Amu Patton, Connie Samaras, Cauleen Smith.

Review by Tania Seabock: Dissident Futures opening tonight at YBCA is a success! Great imaginations decorate the walls and oh so many pretty people show up with their friends for a night of fun. The show is about visualizing the future, of what it "might be" someday. Artists and designers use elements from the occult, science fiction, philosophy, and outer space in their works.

Comment by AB: If you like both art and technology, you'll love this. Season it up with prognostication, conjecture, augury, science fiction, visionary thinking and artistic license, and you get this show. Best of show goes to the incredible simulated systems of Paul Laffoley, mostly dating from the early 1970s.

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