SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS
FIRST THURSDAY - 05.05.11 Part II
(with assistance from Kathryn Arnold
and RWM)
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Dolby Chadwick Gallery : Suhas Bhujbal - Pune to San Francisco.
Review by Kathryn Arnold: From flat surfaces of muted disturbed grids and color, buildings/residences like slabs of planes appear. The urban subject matter ranges from India to SF, my understanding from the title of the exhibition (from Wikipedia, "Pune, also known as Punya-Nagari, is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai..."). Suhas Bhujbal perhaps suggests that regardless of who we are or where we live, we really don't look or feel so different. Crowded structures-- beautiful paint handling.
Review by RWM: Here again is the ethnic town, but seen also here is San Francisco. Wonderful color schemes and pastels. Watch out for the rain in the images.
Art by Suhas Bhujbal at Dolby Chadwick Gallery.
Art by Suhas Bhujbal.
Suhas Bhujbal (left) explains his art.
Art by Suhas Bhujbal at Dolby Chadwick gallery.
Suhas Bhujbal art.
San Francisco cityscape art by Suhas Bhujbal.
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Modernism Gallery : Jacques Villegle - Décollages from the 1960s to 1990s.
Review by Kathryn Arnold: A retrospective of the decollages of Jacques Villegle (from Wikipedia, "Décollage, in art, is the opposite of collage; instead of an image being built up of all or parts of existing images, it is created by cutting, tearing away..."). Using the names of French streets and other locations for titles, the works convey a sense of layers and layers of paper ads near metro walls or billboards coming undone, layer after layer-- as in an unpeeling of the city street and its reference to the culture/events it portrays over time. I notice a quoting of Dubuffet in the use of one of the red/white/blue images.
Comment by AB: Good show; check it out.
Decollage art by Jacques Villegle.
Art by Jacques Villegle at Modernism Gallery.
Jacques Villegle and his art at Modernism Gallery.
Art by Jacques Villegle.
Noted Dada author & scholar Marc Dachy in da house.
Art by Jacques Villegle at Modernism Gallery.
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111 Minna Gallery : Presence of Absence.
Artists: Tim Schafer, Rockford Orvin, Jhina Alvarado, Sergio Navaro-Duran.
Comment by AB: What's presence of absence, you ask? The presence of the absence of color. At least that's what I think.
Art by Sergio Navaro-Duran at 111 Minna Gallery (like it).
Art by Rockford Orvin.
Jhina Alvarado art.
Art by Tim Schafer at 111 Minna Gallery.
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Spoke Art Gallery : Rod Luff - The Moleskine Project.
Comment by AB: Australian artist Rod Luff fills a Moleskine notebook with sketches, drawings, paintings and more during the course of a year, and then takes the pages and shows them here. The verdict? Good artist; good art.
Sketchbook art by Rod Luff at Spoke Art Gallery.
Art by Rod Luff in above image closer.
Rod Luff and his art at Spoke Art Gallery.
Art by Rod Luff.
Spoke Art Gallery proper - art by Rod Luff.
Art by Rod Luff.
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Ever Gold Gallery : Adam Parker Smith - Crush.
Comment by AB: This dude, New York artist Adam Parker Smith, is kinda like the Weird Al Yankovic of art. Art's so serious all the time, so why not have a little fun? Here, it's fun. Amble on by and have a chuckle on Smith.
Ouch art by Adam Parker Smith at Ever Gold Gallery.
Adam Parker Smith and pizza with sausage art.
Reconfigured grandfather clock art by Adam Parker Smith.
Adam Parker Smith art at Ever Gold Gallery.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image by Adam Parker Smith.
Amusing art by Adam Parker Smith at Ever Gold Gallery.
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12 Gallagher Lane : Introducing Artist Joey DeRuy.
Comment by AB: A diverse stylistic compositional mix likely reflects artist Joey DeRuy's equally multifaceted upbringing in Hong Kong, Kenya, Montana and Maine.
Art by Joey DeRuy at 12 Gallagher Lane.
Joey DeRuy art.
Joey DeRuy art at 12 Gallagher Lane.
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Lush Life Gallery at the Jazz Heritage Center: Presenting Bill Graham.
Comment by AB: Extensive Bill Graham documentary retrospective includes posters, photographs, announcements, concert tickets, and much more. A true icon of San Francisco rock history.
Bill Graham career memorabilia at Lush Life Gallery.
Documentary photographs commemorate Bill Graham's career.
Vintage Bill Graham concert tickets (right).
Vintage Bill Graham concert posters.
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FFDG : Henry Gunderson Solo Show.
Comment by AB: Henry Gunderson's impressive colored pencil work shines here, but he offers up a little bit of everything including a bulletin board assemblage, "art" for as little as $1, and an work on paper framed in a wrapped Ace bandage.
Colored pencil art by Henry Gunderson (nicely done).
Art in an Ace bandage frame by Henry Gunderson.
Henry Gunderson art at FFDG.
Henry Gunderson and his art at FFDG.
Bulletin board art by Henry Gunderson.
Goo TV - art by Henry Gunderson at FFDG.
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Addendum:
Art by Chiyomi Taneike Longo at Sandra Lee Gallery
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Chiyomi Taneike Longo and her art at Sandra Lee Gallery.
Painting by Chiyomi Taneike Longo at Sandra Lee Gallery.
Seen on the street while in transit from opening to opening.
Art about places at Hang Art Gallery
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Location, Location, Location - group show at Hang Art Gallery.
One more from group art show at Hang Art Gallery.
Gallery selections at Nieto Fine Art
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One more from group show at Nieto Fine Art.
Last one from gallery selections show at Nieto Fine Art.
"Unhealthy" - art by Mayumi Tanaka at Kokoro Studio
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Art by Mayumi Tanaka in above image closer at Kokoro Studio.
One more from art show by Mayumi Tanaka at Kokoro Studio.
Art by Whatever at Cafe Royale
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One more from art show by Whatever at Cafe Royale.
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