WHITE WALLS / SHOOTING GALLERY - ET AL - STUDI0 17
ROOT DIVISION - 2ND FLOOR PROJECTS
02.08.14 Part II
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White Walls & The Shooting Gallery : City of Eternal Springtime - Jet Martinez; I Haven't a Single Explorer on My Planet - Olek; Hunting Season - Melanie Alves; Re-imagination of the Book - Kerry Miller.
Comment by AB: This month's artful episode at the White Walls / Shooting Gallery Quadraplex features kaleidoscopic cascades color by Jet Martinez in the two main spaces, crazy rainbow crochet by Olek covering the entire interior of the front right project room, animal sculptures made from toy soldiers and guns by Melanie Alves in the rear right project room, and fancifully imaginative altered antique books by Kerry Miller. Worth seeing.
Art by Jet Martinez at White Walls / Shooting Gallery.
Jet Martinez art.
Art by Jet Martinez.
Jet Martinez art.
Art by Jet Martinez.
They start 'em early here in Ess Eff - a two fisted teether.
Crochet paradise by Olek. See the people?
Floor to ceiling crochet by Olek.
Toy gun sculpture by Melanie Alves at White Walls / Shooting Gallery.
Melanie Alves & progeny and her art in above image closer.
Painted toy soldier sculpture by Melanie Alves.
Pinkie cam detail of Melanie Alves sculpture above.
Carved out antique book art by Kerry Miller.
Butterflies burst from the pages - art by Kerry Miller.
Carved antique book art by Kerry Miller.
Kerry Miller book art in above image from the side.
Attendance figures - group art show at White Walls / Shooting Gallery.
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Et Al : other thans - Collaborative and Solo Works by Mitzi Pederson, Laurie Reid and Alexander Wolff.
Comment by AB: The show statement consists of a freeflowing stream-of-consciousness poem which perfectly reflects the art itself in this controlled meander of a group/solo smorgasbord. I kinda like it, especially the stitched/dyed/painted canvas works by Alexander Wolff.
Stitched/dyed/painted canvas art by Alexander Wolff at Et Al Gallery.
Alexander Wolff art.
Pinkie cam detail of Alexander Wolff art in above image.
Art by Mitzi Pederson.
Art by Laurie Reid.
2 Coors & a Tecate - Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff & Laurie Reid at Et Al.
Innovative lighting.
Maybe collaborative, maybe Mitzi Pederson.
Not sure who this one's by.
Overview - Mitzi Pederson, Alexander Wolff & Laurie Reid art show at Et Al.
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ARTRA Curatorial at Studio 17, 3265 17th Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110: MAS ATTACK >> San Francisco.
Artists from LA: Shiva Aliabadi, Kireilyn Barber, Nick Brown, Daniela Campins, Miri Chais, Emily Counts, Lisa DeSmidt, Mark Dutcher, Clifford Eberly, Helen Garber, Rema Ghuloum, Paul Gillis, Kio Griffith, Michelle Carla Handel, Elana Melissa Hill, Ben Jackel, William Kaminski, Bessie Kunath, Claudia Morales McCain, Chris Mercier, Lisa Oxley, Calvin Phelps, Max Presneill, Jason Ramos, Rachel Stiff, Chris Trueman, Mike Vegas, Tessie Whitmore, Steven Wolkoff.
Artists from SF: Elisabeth Ajtay, Marisa Aragona, Josh Barone, Carissa Potter Carlson, Ann Diener, Robert Donald, Larry Gipe, John Graham, David Marc Grant, Casey Gray, Scott Greenwalt, Jennie Lennick, Leora Lutz, Whitney Lynn, Andrew McClintock, Andréanne Michon, Robert Minervini, Nicky Nargesian, Mitsu Okubo, Thomas Ortiz, Michelle Ramin, Jovi Schnell, Tamra Seal, Jenny Sharaf, Sarah Tell, Mark Van Proyen, Ingrid V. Wells, Katherine Westerhout, Michal W. Wisniowski, Sandy Yagi.
Comment by AB: Thirty artists from LA and another thirty from SF converge their perspectives into a bewildering conniption of aesthetic anarchy.
Best of Show - cosmic phenomenon art by Scott Greenwalt at Studio 17.
Pinkie cam detail of Scott Greenwalt art in above image.
Nice piece of work by David Mark Grant.
A bit of digital surrealism by Marisa Aragona (right).
Globular art by Michelle Carla Handel.
Reaching in art by Paul Gillis.
Miri Chais
Perplexing art/installation by Max Presneill (left).
Orderly abstraction by Chris Trueman.
Vortex art by Miri Chais.
Long view - group LA/SF art show at Studio 17.
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Root Division : MFA Now 2014 - Juried Exhibition and Archive Project Release. Juried by Donna Napper, Curator, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
Artists: Brittany Acocelli, Michael Bartalos, Leslie Bock, Rachel Bussieres, Irene Carvajal, Alyssa Eustaquio, Ninh Filip, Danielle Genzel, Sofia Gonzalez, Chandler Holmes, David Mohr, Felicita Norris, Mark Pinto, Brittany M. Powell, Biagio Scarpello, Edward Setina, Brittany Watkins.
Comment by AB: "According to the US News and World Report survey from 2013, the Bay Area is home to seven of the top one hundred MFA Programs in Visual Arts in the country: California College of the Arts, Mills College, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco State University, San Jose State University, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley." Some promising young talent from those institutions is on exhibit here.
World map made from mass-market clothing by Irene Carvajal at Root Division.
Hanging toy soldier paratrooper installation by Mark Pinto.
Excellent intense contemplative fetish painting by Felicita Norris.
Labor intensive cyanotype installation by Danielle Genzel.
Danielle Genzel art in above image closer.
Intricate sewn ceramic sculpture by Leslie Bock.
Rather gruesome video by Edward Setina.
Your basic expressionless portraiture. Enough is enough already.
Art by Brittany Acocelli.
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[ 2nd Floor Projects ] : RECENT ARRANGEMENTS - Mary MacDougall & Jordan Stein.
Comment by AB: A phalanx of wood sculptures-- cult, drilled, altered and painted 2x4s and 4x4s-- claim a corner of the gallery floor while Mary MacDougall's glazed tile grids and frenetic works on paper grace the walls.
Squadron of sculpture by Jordan Stein at 2nd Floor Projects.
Tile art by Mary MacDougall.
Mary MacDougall tile art.
Works on paper by Mary MacDougall.
Art by Mary MacDougall closer.
Tile art by Mary MacDougall.
Relative density - Mary MacDougall & Jordan Stein art at 2nd Floor Projects.
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