Andrea Schwartz Gallery - SEAM Studio - 608 Folsom St. - Lincart - San Francisco Art Galleries: February 9, 2005


SAN FRANCISCO GALLERY OPENINGS
ANDREA SCHWARTZ GALLERY - SEAM STUDIO - 608 FOLSOM - LINC ART
02.09.05

Andrea Schwartz Gallery : John Bonick, Patrick Dintino.

Comment: Andrea Schwartz Gallery shows some of the safest art in town. Like a seasoned poker pro, their art gives away nothing. You buy it, hang it anywhere, and rest assured that your innermost proprietary machinations shall remain undetectable to any who attempt to jugde you by your art. And we all know that people judge us by our art, right? That's one reason why so few of us step out and buy what we really love-- because we're afraid somebody's gonna say something. So if you inhabit that large percentage of the population who like life safe, but good, then Andrea Schwartz Gallery, and this time around, artists John Bonick and Patrick Dintino, are for you.

Photo

Art (Dintino).

Photo

Art (Bonick).

Photo

Patrick Dintino.

Photo

John Bonick (center).

Photo

Steve Dolan (left) - Andrea Schwartz (right center).

Photo

Art (Dintino).

Photo

Art (Bonick).

Photo

Art.

***

Photo

Sightseeing between Andrea Schwartz and 608 Folsom.

***

608 Folsom Street: Valentine's Day Art and Gift Show.

Artists: D.O.R.K.S. United, The Vagina Lady, Caren Idy, others.

Comment: The show includes "vagina art"-- they say so up front-- and that's newsworthy. You see, the difference between this vagina art and the multitudinous mounds of "other" vagina art, originally introduced by Georgia O'Keeffe, is that the other vagina art artists rarely use the v-word in their descriptives. Vaginality tends only to be broached in back rooms and hushed tones. So when someone shouts it loud and clear, namely the Vagina Lady herself, I'm there.

D.O.R.K.S. in D.O.R.K.S. United stands for Dozens of Revolutionary Kids. They fund their mission to "discover new talent" by selling T-shirts designed by local artists.

This event happened because the woman whose warehouse space this is knows the DJ who knows some of the artists who know the rest of the artists, and they all decided to have an art party around Valentine's Day. Add massage, gourmet refreshments, crafts, photography, even a dash of grafitti, and you've got one of the quirkier agglomerations I've had the pleasure of enjoying.

Photo

Caren Idy and box men (her first show EVER).

Photo

Vagina Lady and product.

Photo

D.O.R.K.S. and Dorkwear.

Photo

Layout.

***

SEAM Studio : Kristin Jakob, Botanical Artist.

Comment: SEAM Studio is the whimsical shop that fronts the office/workspace of reknowned artist and landscape architect Topher Delaney. Tonight, the feature attraction is plant artist, Kristin Jakob, showing her precise delicate detailed originals (most $850-$1250), and limited edition prints ($150-$250). Now that we have cameras, not that many artists do botanical art anymore, which makes Jakob's art relatively unique. If you appreciate finesse, care, softness, living things, and extreme hand-eye coordination, stop on by and have a look.

Photo

Art.

Photo

Kristin Jakob - art.

Photo

Selection.

Photo

Access.

***

Linc Art : Andreas Reiter Raabe; Desert Monochromes.

Comment: The postcard announcement shows a desertscape photo, referencing time the artist spent near Joshua Tree, California. However, the art is primarily paintings-- drippy, pooly, stripey, and/or thick-- plus a glued painted off-white newspaper pile sculpture on the floor, comprised of art sections from the New York Times, if I recall correctly ($2800), and a neat shadow-box piece made with paint cans, like "Let's make a painting without actually opening the paint." Artist Andreas Reiter Raabe is from Austria and is here with his wife and child. What a fun family vacation-- come to San Francisco; show your art.

I used to not understand each Linc show in varying degrees, but now I don't understand them all equally well, and that's a step in the right direction. Who says you have to understand anything anyway? Huh, huh? I know that owner/artist Charles Linder is intent on broadening the scope of what we consider art, and that he does a relatively canny job of it. There are precarious pinion points, of course, most notably the circuitous intertwining of art and explanatory necessary to advance a sale, but perhaps the idea is more that, as a buyer, you must take it on faith that your act of coughing up dough contributes to a broader evolutionary agenda and/or to the owner's unyielding efforts in that regard. Plus, if you look at it that way, it's like getting the art free.

Photo

Paintless paint can painting.

Photo

Newspaper pile art sans pedestal.

Photo

Andreas Reiter Raabe and family.

Photo

Art.

Photo

Art.

Photo

Catalogue of Raabe's work.

Photo

Art.

Photo

Charles Linder (right).

Photo

Show window art.








Articles © Alan Bamberger 2005. All rights reserved.
View Site in Mobile | Classic
Share by: