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MERIDIAN - ARC STUDIOS - GRAVEL & GOLD - 1988

TIMEZONE - INCLINE - QUEENS NAILS PROJECTS

12.04.10



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Meridian Gallery: Speak, Memory - Heike Liss, Ruth Eckland, Vera Kachouh.

Comment by AB: One the main floor, drawings by Heike Liss call to mind primitive life forms or perhaps single-celled organisms. The second floor features videos by Ruth Eckland that breathe life into expressionist art, while on the top floor, Vera Kachouh takes us on an eerie yet artful trip through a bombed out Lebanese home... reminding us how good we have it here in America.

Art by Heike Liss.

Heike Liss and her art.

Art by Heike Liss.

Video art by Ruth Eckland.

Bombed out Lebanese house tour video art by Vera Kachouh.

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Arc Studios & Gallery: Dollhouse - Bay Area Juried Exhibition.

Artists: Richard Bolingbroke, Jan Brugger, Elizabeth Cayne, Taylor Crawley, Miles Epstein, Kat Flyn, Felicia Forte, Paul Gibson, Kevin Grady, Audrey Heller, Liesa Lietzke, Erin Malone, Stephani Martinez, Kristine Mays, Jessica McCoy, Kaitlin McSweeney, Beth Mullins, Camilla Newhagen, Danielle O'Malley, Celena Peet, Archil Pichkhadze, Lucky Rapp, Anne Ross, Maja Ruznic, Tracy Sengillo, Kirsten Stolle, Yuriko Takata, Rusty Tea, Stephen C. Wagner, Linda Wallgren, Sharon Wickham, Greg Wilson.

Comment by AB: According to the ground rules, this extravaganza's all about dolls-- what they signified when we were young, what they mean now, how they haunt us, whether they'll eventually rule the planet, and basically everything else. Who wins? I have no idea. But I do know this... it's just a little bit creepy. Stop on by. It warrants a perusal.

Art by Liesa Lietzke.

Art by Kristine Mays (knit wire dress, second piece from left).

Doll art at Arc Studios & Gallery.

Sharon Wickham and her photograph (not sure which is which).

Hmmm. What if I look in the peep hole?

Diorama art via the peep hole in above image.

Art.

Art.

Art.

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Gravel & Gold: New Work by Aaron Rodriguez.

Comment by AB: Intriguing black & white collage works by Aaron Rodriguez engage with repetitive imagery, and resolve nicely both close in and at a distance. Good stuff; check it out.

Collage art by Aaron Rodriguez.

Aaron Rodriguez and his art.

Collage art by Aaron Rodriguez.

Pinkie cam detail of collage art by Aaron Rodriguez in above image.

Gravel & Gold panorama featuring collage art by Aaron Rodriguez.

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Incline Gallery: Something from Nothing - Grand Opening.

Artists: San Pancho Art Collective and friends.

Comment by AB: The gallery is situated down a really skinny alley off Valencia St. and then you go inside and there's this incline which zigzags its way back and forth, up and up, for three floors, and all along the walls all the way up is art. That's the deal. The alley alone puts you instantly in the mood... and it's all uphill from there. I like it.

Here we are... Incline Gallery. Looks interesting. Shall we?

Beginning of the incline at Incline Gallery.

Continuing up the incline - group show at Incline Gallery.

Incline Gallery principals - Brian Perrin & Christo Oropeza.

Art on the incline at Incline Gallery.

Art & incline.

One more from Incline Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

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Gallery 1988: Sailing Through Shadows.

Artists: Allison Reimold, Ayami Kawashima, Irma Rivera, Juri Ueda, May Ann Licudine, Megan Kimber, Raquel Aparicio, Veronica Hebard.

Comment by AB: This is the swan song show for Gallery 1988 in San Francisco; the Los Angeles headquarters will carry on the tradition. Sorry to see you go...

Art at Gallery 1988, San Francisco.

Art.

Art.

Art.

Group show - art at Gallery 1988, San Francisco.

Art.

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Queens Nails Projects: Suzy Poling - Zone Modules.

Comment by AB: Energized multimedia installation by Suzy Poling stimulates the senses, particularly that of sound. Tough to photograph this one... sorry.

The main gallery - art & installation by Suzy Poling.

Suzy Poling art & installation at Queens Nails Projects.

Multimedia installation art by Suzy Poling closer.

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Addendum:

Group show a la feminine at Timezone Gallery.

One more from group show at Timezone Gallery.

Discussion in progress at Timezone Gallery.

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