HEDGE - HOTEL TRITON - ROMER YOUNG
PHOTOBOOTH - PUBLIC WORKS
02.16.12
(with assistance from Neal Strickberger)
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Hedge Gallery : Christophe Côme - Alchemies.
Comment by AB: Wrought iron and glass works by Paris furniture designer Christophe Côme include screens, lighting, cabinets and tables. They look so effortless, but if you think about the logistics and challenges involved in their fabrication, you're left with no option but respect. Hedge Gallery consistently exhibits top shelf furnishings and decorative arts by internationally renowned artists and artisans. Always worth a visit.
Decorative art by Christophe Côme at Hedge Gallery.
Low table, fire screen, lighting, buffet by Christophe Côme.
Tall cabinet by Christophe Côme at Hedge Gallery.
Christophe Côme tables at Hedge Gallery.
Decorative art by Christophe Côme.
Buffet and lighting by Christophe Côme.
Circumstance + a folding screen by Christophe Côme at Hedge Gallery.
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Romer Young Gallery : Anna Sew Hoy - Tissues and Trench Coats.
Comment by AB: A two-parter here. Anna Sew Hoy excises everything but the seams from trench coats and then hangs 'em on custom ceramic hangars. That's part one. Part two is that she makes kick-ass ceramic and powder-coated steel tissue dispensers to rival any in the history of tissue dispensers of all time and in all planar dimensions. I'm not sure what the connection between the two aspects of this show are other than the title, however I suppose if you wake up one morning and discover to your dismay that someone's de-trenched your trench coat, you've got easy kleenex access to wipe away those tears. I'm a fan.
Art by Anna Sew Hoy at Romer Young Gallery.
Detail of art in above image by Anna Sew Hoy.
Commendable tissue dispenser art by Anna Sew Hoy (like it).
Kleenex dispenser art in above image closer.
Anna Sew Hoy and her art and progeny at Romer Young Gallery.
De-trenched trench coat art by Anna Sew Hoy.
Tissue dispenser art by Anna Sew Hoy.
Demonstration of tissue dispenser art above by Anna Sew Hoy.
Population sample - Anna Sew Hoy art at Romer Young Gallery.
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PhotoBooth : Plastic Camera Portraits.
Artists: Alex Mizuno, Clare Coppel, Donna Dodd, Gordon Szeto, Arcardio Marianella, Rosemary Noriega, Hiromi Otsubo, Holly Keomany, Hung Tran, Linda Forssman, Maja Pilipovic, Robert Nishihira, Vince Donovan, Susanna Troxler, Laure Bastide, Yelena Zhavoronkova, Lynda Le, Allison Ekevara.
Comment by AB: The title tells the tale.
Plastic camera photography at PhotoBooth Gallery.
Photographs by Hung Tran in above image closer.
Plastic camera photography at PhotoBooth Gallery.
Photographs by Vince Donovan (image c/o Neal Strickberger).
Holly Keomany photographs (image c/o Neal Strickberger).
Plastic camera portraits at PhotoBooth Gallery.
Long view - plastic camera portraiture at PhotoBooth Gallery.
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Public Works : Artopia 2012.
Artists: Baldur Helgason, Laurie Halsey Brown, Jon Kuzmich, Lisa Alonzo, Meklit Hadero, detour dance, Michelle Tholen, Dohee Lee, Eliane Lima, Eric Cohen.
Comment by AB: SF Weekly's annual Masterminds competition awards $1500 grants to two area artists and one dance troupe. At Artopia tonight, works by the ten semifinalists are on display. And this year's winners are Baldur Helgason, Eliane Lima and detour dance.
Photography by Eliane Lima at Artopia, Public Works.
Baldur Helgason art.
Art by Jon Kuzmich at Artopia, Public Works.
Jon Kuzmich art in above image closer.
Art by Lisa Alonzo.
Video by detour dance at Artopia, Public Works.
Laurie Halsey Brown photography.
Two floors of fun at Artopia, Public Works.
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Addendum:
Art by Pamela Keilson at Hotel Triton
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Pamela Keilson art c/o Matt McKinley at Hotel Triton.
One more from Pamela Keilson art c/o Matt McKinley at Hotel Triton.
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