ANTHONY MEIER - CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS
05.16.14
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Anthony Meier Fine Arts : Yuh-Shioh Wong - Calling Across the Watermelon Field For You.
Comment by AB: I'm not sure whether the fact that these paintings by Bay Area artist Yuh-Shioh Wong were created in the famed Texas art town of Marfa has any impact on their gravitas, but their effortlessness and fluid spontaneity are more than enough to satisfy.
Art by Yuh-Shioh Wong at Anthony Meier Fine Arts.
Art by Yuh-Shioh Wong.
Yuh-Shioh Wong and her art at Anthony Meier Fine Arts.
Art by Yuh-Shioh Wong.
Yuh-Shioh Wong art closer.
Art by Yuh-Shioh Wong.
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California College of the Arts : 2014 MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Artists: Alexandra Fine, Juan Correa, Susannah Dotson, Kyle Wolf, Emily Rupert, Mariam (Lara) Amin, Leora Lutz, Amanda N. Simons, Alexis Alicette Bolter, Vida Riahi, Greg Zulkie, Daniel Bouthot, Beatrice Hunt, Sofia V. Gonzalez, Sarah Goodin, Billy Jacks, Matthew Kotzin, Dani Neitzelt, Victoria Jang, Erica C. Gomez, Edward Setina, Kristine Eudey, Yu-Wen (Mark) Liang, Mike Rothfeld, Irina Contreras, Anysa Saleh, Wioleta Kaminska, Maral Hashemi, Manuel Angeja, Calen Russell Barca-Hall, Tonje Vetleseter, Dave Tipton, Ramune Rastonis, Patrick A. Gainer, Francesca Cozzone, Elizabeth Moran, Laura Arminda Kingsley, Dorothy Santos, Benjy Blanco, Anton Stuebner, Lex Kosieradzki, Alex Maldonado, Brittany Nichole Watkins, Micah Benons, Tim Carpenter, Megan Atherton, Maureen Burdock, Rachel Sakai, Lisa Jonas Taylor, John Kildahl, Omar Mismar, Sarah Raj, Hongsun Yoon, Shalini Sardana, Di Meng, Emily K. Holmes, Melissa Miller, Leah Thomason Bromberg, Christopher Yamane, Vanessa Kauffman, Catherine (Keehyun) Lee, Jacqueline Ho, Diedrick Brackens, Agustín Plancarte Fexas, Clare Rickman.
Comment by AB: I can't say I'm overly impressed with this endeavor. There were standouts to be sure, but there was also no shortage of slapdash. I don't care how brilliant your concept, if you can't match it with a well thought out plan, deliberateness, technical skills and attention to every last detail, then it simply ain't gonna work. You can do better. Please email me to either augment or correct captions.
Entrance to the show - do we really want this to be the face of CCA?
Accoutrement art in above image closer.
Art by Annie Hagar (there's potential here).
Annie Hagar art in above image closer.
Art by Alex Maldonado.
Waltzing office chairs by Calen Russell Barca-Hall
(sorta like it except for the haphazard cords).
Calen Russell Barca-Hall video in above image closer (kinda like it).
Installation by Calen Russell Barca-Hall (sorta like it again).
Dry erase marker on melamine by Daniel Bouthot (nicely done).
Kelly Marie Moore homages herself with video and rotating portrait busts.
Engaging small paintings by Leah Thomason Bromberg.
ALeah Thomason Bromberg art in above image closer.
Urban intrusion in the academic realm - art by Alex Bargas.
Alex Bargas art in above image from another perspective.
Installation by Patrick A Gainer.
Art/installation by Sofia V Gonzalez. But didn't Liam Everett already do this?
Random installation by Francesca Cozzone. Better scripting next time, please.
Thoughtful and labor intensive work by Jose Luis Iniguez.
Jose Luis Iniguez art in above image closer.
Video installation by Benjy Blanco & Nicole Hall.
Cast nipple art with occasional frayed edges by Benjy Blanco & Nicole Hall.
Video installation at California College of the Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Neon art by Omar Mismar (nicely done).
Textual installation by Andrea Roberts (like it).
Attendance figures - California College of the Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition.
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