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SECOND "FIRST THURSDAY" - 09.09.10 Part II

(with assistance from Clare Coppel)

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Stephen Wirtz Gallery: Dave Anderson - One Block; Barbara Crane - Private Views.

Comment by AB: In the main gallery, Dave Anderson focuses his camera on a single block in New Orleans, the residents still struggling to cope with Hurricane Katrina's incredible devastation and aftermath five years later. In the side gallery, Polaroid portrait photographs by Barbara Crane document attendees at Chicago summer festivals in the 1980s.

Photography by Dave Anderson.

Dave Anderson photographs.

Photos by Dave Anderson.

Dave Anderson photography.

Polaroid photographs by Barbara Crane.

Polaroid photo closer by Barbara Crane.

Barbara Crane Polaroid portrait photograph.

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Corden Potts Gallery: The Burn - Jane Fulton Alt.

Review by RWM: The fire displayed succeeds as a force of natural change, but also as a personal metaphor. Flames are photographed by Jane Fulton Alt in all their wonder. What is left is not merely ash but the surviving life forces that will someday be able to repopulate. The weed and brush will renew despite the onslaught. One can't help but acknowledge the loss, but the end is not in sight. The art is surprisingly uplifting; all will be able to grow again.

Controlled burn photographs by Jane Fulton Alt.

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George Lawson Gallery: Judith Belzer - Order of Magnitude and Order of Things; Nina Zurier - Conditions and Connections.

Comment by AB: Judith Belzer's earthy abstractions appear to approximate geologic formations as seen from above, while Nina Zurier sequences closely cropped shots into arcane yet potentially solvable story lines.

Art by Judith Belzer.

Judith Belzer art.

Art by Judith Belzer.

Photography by Nina Zurier.

Nina Zurier photographs.

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SF Camerawork Gallery: Suggestions of a Life Being Lived. Guest curators - Danny Orendorff and Adrienne Skye Roberts.

Photographers: Steven Miller, Tara Mateik, Killer Banshee, Gay Shame, Kirstyn Russell, Jeannie Simms, Lenn Keller, Chris Vargas, Mercury Vapor Studios, Greg Youmans, Jason Fritz-Michael, Aay Preston-Mynt, Allyson Mitchell, Eric Stanley, Torsten Zenas Burns, Darrin Martin.

Review and images by Clare Coppel: Photography, video, installations, and performance pieces on the subject of being queer. Beautiful portraits.

Photography by Mercury Vapor Studios.

Mercury Vapor Studios photograph.

Aay Preston-Myint live performance art.

Jason Fritz-Michael and his art.

Photography by Jeannie Simms.

Steven Miller photograph.

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Gallery 291: Dan Estabrook Artist; Luis Delgado - Amuse Bouch.

Comment by AB: Dan Estabrook employs antique photographic techniques such as calotype paper negative and salt print to produce images that simultaneously reference the past and bridge to the present. Luis Delgado isolates everyday objects, typically ones with anthropomorphic overtones, photographs them against plain backgrounds, sometimes alone, other times organized into repetitive patterns, and often with a deliciously devilish sense of humor.

Photography by Dan Estabrook.

Photographs by Dan Estabrook in above image closer.

Dan Estabrook and his photography.

Photo by Dan Estabrook closer.

Photograph by Dan Estabrook closer.

Luis Delgado and his photography.

Photographs by Luis Delgado.

Luis Delgado photography.

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Ping Pong Gallery: Josh Podoll - New Work.

Comment by AB: Josh Podoll's ultra modern paintings combine remarkable numbers of seemingly discordant elements into conspicuously coherent wholes... with plenty of pep, I might add. Those who are fluent in the history of abstract art can treasure hunt for stylistic samplings of yesterday's trailblazers.

Art by Josh Podoll.

Josh Podoll art.

Josh Podoll & art in above image closer.

Art by Josh Podoll.

Josh Podoll art in above image closer.

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5 Claude Lane Gallery: No Horseplay In The Train Station - New works by Casey O'Connell and Tricia Choi.

Comment by AB: Cutie-pie fashion plates romp around and about.

Art by Casey O'Connell (left) and Tricia Choi (two on right).

Casey O'Connell and her art.

Art by Casey O'Connell (foreground) and Tricia Choi.

Art by Tricia Choi.

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Needles & Pens: Morph Traits - Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs.

Comment by AB: 44 collaborative works on paper by Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs created over a three-year period are the result of back-and-forth correspondences by mail between the two. The drawings have been published as a limited edition book (500 copies) with the same title as the show-- Morph Traits. The surprise ending? The Berkeley Art Museum purchased the entire show.

Collaborative art by Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs.

Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs collaborative art.

Kyle Ranson & his collaborative with Daniel Higgs.

Collaborative art by Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs.

Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs collaborative art.

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Addendum:

Snippets of images by anonymous photographers at Robert Tat Gallery.

Anonymous photograph closer at Robert Tat Gallery.

Art by Craig Thompson at Art Space 712.

More art by Craig Thompson at Art Space 712.

Last one - art by Craig Thompson at Art Space 712.

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AHEM...

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