FIFTY24SF - MICHAEL ROSENTHAL - ADOBE BACKROOM

GALERIA DE LA RAZA - DRIFTWOOD SALON

11.19.11

(with assistance from RWM)



Common artist questions answered, episode II. Click Here.

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Fifty24SF Gallery: Runaways - Sage Vaughn.

Comment by AB: The runaways that Los Angeles artist Sage Vaughn paints are not the ones you might think, but rather those escaped parrots, parakeets and other pet birds you occasionally glimpse in the trees. But in considering these feathered versions, you think about the human ones as well. Also on display are butterfly compositions referencing the ephemeral nature of events. As if that's not enough, he frosts it all off with a rather uncomfortable baseball bat installation in the front window. Check it out.

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Michael Rosenthal Gallery: Seduction - the Second Annual Biennial.

Artists: Amy Casey, Justin Amrhein, Megan Whitmarsh, Jane Fine, Lisa Congdon, Kara Maria, Leslie Murray, Cynthia Ona Innis, Hannah Stouffer.

Comment by AB: Group show, good quality, gallery selections.

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Adobe Books Backroom Gallery: In Brief - a Private Study. Guest curated by Sabina Nieto of Mauve.

Artists: Neil Berrett, Jackie Hancock, Katie Hawkinson, Katie Hoffman, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Alexis Lopez, Dharushana Muthulingham, Pamela Palma, Alissa Polan, Jane Sloss, chandra thuy tran, Mark Wise, Chelsea Ryoko Wong, Amber Jean Young.

Comment by AB: A contemporary perspective on the classic gentleman's study, so contemporary in fact, that I can barely begin to divine a connection between the two.

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Galeria de la Raza: Pachanga 2011.

Artists: Raul Aguilar, Juana Alicia, Efren Alvarez, Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Paz De La Calzada, Marylene Camacho, Monica Canilao, Victor Cartagena, Antonio Castro, Melanie Cervantes, City Lights Books, Lawrence Colacion, Jaime Cortez, Rudy Cuellar, Ali Dadgar, Einar & JamexDe La Torre, Lou Dematteis, emael, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Juan R. Fuentes, Rupert Garcia,Elizabeth Gomez, Roberto Gomez, Guillermo Gomez-Peña, Tirso Gonzalez, CarlosJulio Gonzalez, Crystal Gonzalez, Ester Hernandez, Jason Jagel, Jeremiah Jenkins, Tim Keefe, Tony Labat, Stella Lai, John Leaños, Liz Lerma, Amanda Lopez, Monique Lopez,Geraldine Lozano, Alicia McCarthy,Amalia Mesa-Bains, Geri Montano, Fiamma Montezomolo,Rhode Montijo, Julio Cesar Morales, Michele Muennig, Angelica Muro, Adrienne Pao, Viva Paredes, Carlos Perez, Txutxo Perez, Luis Pinedo, Johanna Poethig, Silvia Poloto, Boyd Richard, Neil Rivas, Calixto Robles, Samuel Rodriguez, Favianna Rodriguez, Josue Rojas,Monica Marcela Sanchez, Santos Shelton, Paul Valadez, Cristina Velazquez, Rio Yañez, Rene Yañez, more.

Comment by AB: Galeria de la Raza's 10th annual benefit fundraiser auction features an impressive array of art by numerous name practitioners, available in both live and silent auctions. Also on the docket-- organic tequila tasting (does it get any better?), a 70s disco Latin funk theme, and revelers galore.

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Driftwood Salon: Liz Mamorsky - A 50 Year Retrospective.

Comment by AB: Liz Mamorsky's been at this art game for some five decades now and has no dearth of oeuvres to show for it-- you can sample pretty much all fifty years of 'em here. She paints, sculpts, draws, assembles and more. One of the Bay Area's more enterprising talents, and by that I mean figuring out how to make it as an artist entirely on her own terms and in her own unique style. Stop on by.

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