SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS
FIRST THURSDAY - 04.04.13 - Part III
(with assistance from RWM and Neal Strickberger)
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Highlight Gallery : Matthew Brandt - Water & Polaroid.
Review by RWM: Interesting psychedelic landscapes. Great to get lost in the canyons. This could be part of a book about the damage we have caused to the natural environment. Here there are fun colors which disturb as well. Such a book could send a message from our landscape artists about what has been lost and damaged, one that does not necessarily have to be about hope.
Comment by AB: "Matthew Brandt presents three bodies of work based on the manipulation of photographic emulsion." Worth a look.
Backlit manipulated photographs by Matthew Brandt at Highlight Gallery.
Photograph by Matthew Brandt above looking straight on.
Matthew Brandt at his Highlight Gallery photography show.
Photograph manipulated with water by Matthew Brandt.
Matthew Brandt manipulated photographs by Matthew Brandt at Highlight Gallery.
Photography by Matthew Brandt.
Out front - Matthew Brandt photography show at Highlight Gallery.
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Visual Aid : Strange Ideas, Time Travel and Reckless Contact with Electric Eels - David Young Allen.
Comment by AB: David Young Allen's involved mixed media compositions pay tribute to Alexander von Humboldt, Simon di Bolivar and Roger Williams among other subjects.
Art by David Young Allen at Visual Aid.
David Young Allen art in above image closer.
Homage to Simon di Bolivar by David Young Allen at Visual Aid.
Art by David Young Allen.
David Young Allen art at Visual Aid.
Art by David Young Allen.
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Hang Art Gallery : Kaleidoscope - Kelly DeFayette, Peter Dimick, DAVe Warnke.
Comment by AB: This one's all about color and pattern with DAVe Warnke going bright, Kelly DeFayette presenting precise hi-gloss geometries on wood panels, and Peter Dimick perhaps riffing on the checkerboard appearance of farm fields observed from the window of a plane.
Art by Peter Dimick at Hang Art Gallery.
Art by Peter Dimick (left & right) - Kelly DeFayette (center).
Art by Kelly DeFayette at Hang Art Gallery.
Kelly DeFayette art in above image closer at Hang Art Gallery.
Art by DAVe Warnke (left) - Kelly DeFayette (right).
Art by DAVe Warnke.
Panorama - DAVe Warnke, Kelly DeFayette, Peter Dimick art at Hang Art Gallery.
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SOMArts Gallery : Dial Collect. Curated by Calcagno Cullen.
Artists: Adriana Atema, Candy Chang, Calcagno Cullen, Mark Harris, Lauren Gilette, Lori Gordon, Joseph Grigely, Paul de Jong, Hugh Leeman, Tom Marioni, Atsuko Morita, Ian Alan Paul.
Comment by AB: Interactive and participatory art installations by thirteen artists include "Silent Karaoke" by Paul de Jong, a wall of interview snippets by Lori Gordon, Adriana Atema's "Yawning Booth," "Before I Die" by Candy Chang where collaborators can manifest their wishes in chalk on a blackboard, and quite a bit more. Check it out.
"Yawning Booth" by Adriana Artema at SOMArts Gallery.
"Yawning Booth" by Adriana Artema in action (image c/o Neal Strickberger).
Installation by Calcagno Cullen (listen here) at SOMArts Gallery.
Calcagno Cullen installation, other side of the wall - record here.
(image c/o Neal Strickberger)
"Snippets" installation by Lori Gordon at SOMArts Gallery.
Lori Gordon snippet newspaper art closer (image c/o Neal Strickberger).
Installation by Lauren Gilette - shared traumatic memories - at SOMArts Gallery.
(image c/o Neal Strickberger)
Installation by Lauren Gilette closer.
Lauren Gilette installation art at SOMArts Gallery.
"Silent Karaoke" by Paul de Jong - you sing the lyrics, but there's no music.
"Before I Die" participatory installation by Candy Chang at SOMArts Gallery.
Add to bucket list here - installation by Candy Chang.
Photography installation by Atsuko Morita at SOMArts Gallery.
Video art from group show Dial Collect at SOMArts Gallery.
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Addendum:
Spring group show at Sandra Lee Gallery
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More from spring group show at Sandra Lee Gallery.
Last one from spring group show at Sandra Lee Gallery.
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