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ArtSF: Kinky Phylum - A Feast of Erotic Arts, Family Style.

Artists: Anonymous Bosch, Cuba, Garre E, EiMaj, EIRIK, Fitz, Aaron Hawks, Master Hines, David Houston, S.N. Jacobson, K2, Kasper, Kittylac, Rev. Steven Leyba, Mim, Ashes Monroe, Bella Muerte, Dennis Osborne, Rivkah, Sphinx, Chuck Stevens, Blue Stitches, Joe Twisty, Quae Vide, more.

Comment: The final show at this venue for ArtSF-- and one of their best. Before ascending the funky creaky crooked five flights of stairs to get there, I'm handed a half-sheet photocopy explaining, among other things, that the property manager of the building tattled to the SFPD and the ABC (Alcohol and Beverage Control) that a "pornographic kink fest" was in the works, the upshot being no alcohol allowed.

Well, I woudn't exactly call it a kink fest, but the art is darkly carnal, lightened by a nude dude selling raffle tickets. An artfully bare-bound woman dangles from the ceiling, occasionally rotated by her binder. Miscellaneous males stand dopily motionless staring at this roperotica like they're witnessing The Resurrection or something. (Note to men who stare at women under any circumstances anywhere: Catch yourself in the stare, hold the expression, go to the nearest bathroom, and look at yourself in the mirror.)

One of my favorite artists, Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba is showing three superbly unsettling pentagonal portraits. Leyba tells me he's doing commission work now, one of his portraits being commissioned by the musician/progenitor of Industrial music (I forget his name). The rest of the art's worth seeing too. Anyway, bye-bye ArtSF-- hope to see you somewhere new soon.