The African American Art & Culture Complex : Milton Bowens - Gonna Lay My Burdens Down.

Comment by AB: Potent and impressive display of paintings, mixed media works, and collage by Bay Area artist Milton Bowens. The show is divided into three sections-- "Blood on the Fields," "What Becomes of a Broken Soul," and "Trying to Find My Way Home." Bowens tells me he's in an upcoming show on censorship at the San Francisco Center for the Book, and has a solo show opening soon in Atlanta, GA. Good stuff; the dude lays it out. Definitely worth a visit.

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Good Vibrations Polk Street Gallery : Terry Furry.

Comment by AB: Stylized figure paintings emphasize the crochetal regions of the male anatomy.

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Dolby Chadwick Gallery : Central City Hospitality House 23rd Annual Art Auction.

Artists: Kymberly Agresti, Gilbert Joseph Alexander, Jesse Allen, AMP, Jonathon Angelini, Yann Applequist, Jose Arenas, William Bacon, Jenny Balisle, Bryan Bancroft, Michael Barber, Cara Barer, Francesca Berrini, Timothy Berry, Sandow Birk, Charles Blackwell, Michael Blakemore, Ross Bleckner, Tom Bolles, Donald Bradford, Iris Brightwater, Elisha Brown, Irving Brown, J.C. Brown-Miller, Jamie Brunson, Mark Bulwinkle, Brent Bushnell, Steve Miranda Byer, Marsha Campbell, Sofia Carmi, Thomas Carney, Gregg Chadwick, Kuan Chang, Philip Chanin, Paul Chatem, Diem Chau, Larry Clark, Tyrell Collins, Marshall Crossman, Timothy Cummings, Vicki Daniel, Rick Darnell, Ken Davis, Brian Dettmer, Devo, David Di Gangi, Esteban Cruz Diaz, Lauren DiCioccio, Patrick Dintino, Catherine Dudley, Alma Escobar, Fanee, Roni Feldman, Adam Flores, Miguel Flores, Gianluca Franseze, Kim Frohsin, Greg Gandy, Doug Giovaski, Charlene Godard, Michael Goodman, Greg Gossel, Scott Grabowski, Louis Gwerder III, Errol Hawkings, Wynne Hayakawa, James Henderson, Alexander Herbst, Monroe Hodder, Hector Ibarra, Cynthia Ona Innis, Christopher Jernberg, Tom Jirasek, Mitch Jones, Orlando G. Lacro, Niana Liu, Jane Loveall, Gwen Manfrin, Jeremy Mann, Gil Mares, Jessica Martin, Mike Maxwell, Michael McConnell, Barry McGee, Melissa McNeil, Saundra McPherson, Betty Merken, Neila Mezynski, Charlie Mirador, Anita Missin, Morrissey, Richard Nagler, John Randall Nelson, Manuel Neri, Anne Faith Nichols, Nuvaro, Jen Ocide, Erik Otto, Jonathan Parker, Wilma Parker, Dennis Parlante, Michael Pauker, Lad Peete, Joshua Petker, Silvia Poloto, Freya Prowe, Proehl Studios, Khalid Rasool, Gregg Renfrow, Hunt Rettig, Tony Risaliti, Roaddawgz, Donna Rodriguez, Ken Rosenthal, Gary Ruddell, Harvey Rushing, Elizabeth Schiff, Harriet Sebastian, Shag, Addie Shevlin, Akemi Shira, Margaret Silverman, Angela Simione, Emanuel Smith, Jr., Jennifer Starkweather, Kirsten Stolle, James Irvine Taylor, Kevin E. Taylor, Rab Terry, Oscar Val Verde, Maria Van Elder, Anne Veraldi, Tina Vietmeier, Rodney Allen Visooni, Charlotte Webb, Stephanie Weber, Sharon Wickham, Heather Wilcoxon, Nick Wilton, Wilton Woods, Ute Zaunbauer, more. ?

Comment by AB: Annual fundraiser art auction for Central City Hospitality House, serving the homeless community in San Francisco's Tenderloin district since 1967. Great cause; plenty of worthy art on the block. Of note here, Justin Giarla, owner of The Shooting Gallery (located on the edge of the Tenderloin), donated 15 works of art to the event.

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Art Engine : Raylene Gorum - New Constructions.

Comment by AB: Raylene Gorum uses her training as an architect to present cities the way they hopefully one day will be-- more vegitation, more bird and animal life, clean car-less streets, more inviting, more human, and ideals like that. Her mixed-media techniques encompass orgami, tape, mylar, spraypaint, and more. A number of pieces are framed under non-glare glass which somewhat blunts their impact.

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