GEORGE LAWSON - JACK FISCHER - DOGPATCH
MARKET STREET - ARTPOINT - DE YOUNG
06.07.14
(with assistance from RWM)
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George Lawson Gallery : Brooklyn Bridge. Curated by Justine Frischmann.
Artists: Andrea Belag, Katherine Bradford, Farrell Brickhouse, Sharon Butler, Clare Grill, Clinton King, Chris Martin, Saira McLaren, Paul Demuro, Mike Olin, Paul Pagk, Jason Stopa, Julie Torres, Wendy White.
Comment by AB: The show surveys the work of fourteen Brooklyn artists, transporting a taste of what's happening mainly in abstraction, particularly "the current resurgence of raw painting in New York neighborhoods such as Bushwick and Red Hook," across the plains and over the Great Divide. Worth a visit.
Art by Andrea Belag at George Lawson Gallery.
Saira McLaren art.
Art by Katherine Bradford.
Katherine Bradford art closer.
Gallery owner George Lawson & exhibit curator Justine Frischmann.
Art by Wendy White (right).
Art by Wendy White.
Wendy White art in above image closer.
Art by Sharon Butler.
Textural art by Paul deMuro.
Long view - Brooklyn artists group show at George Lawson Gallery.
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Jack Fischer Gallery : Natalya Burd & Sarah Ratchye - For Love and Glory.
Review by : Two distinct perspectives on history. Sarah Ratchye focuses her attentions on astronauts and space travel while Natalya Burd reflects on soldiers, wars and battle. Ratchye's art has a lightheartedness and humor about it while Burd's works, looking a bit like Chinese scroll paintings, are done in muted tones and are decidedly more serious in intent.
Comment by AB:
Art by Natalya Burd at Jack Fischer Gallery.
Natalya Burd and her art at Jack Fischer Gallery.
Battle vignette at bottom of art in above image closer.
Natalya Burd battle art closer.
Art by Natalya Burd.
Astronomical assemblage art by Sarah Ratchye (note astronaut wallpaper).
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.
Sarah Ratchye astronaut art.
Art themed on outer space by Sarah Ratchye.
Small format works by Sarah Ratchye.
Art in above image closer.
Bauble assemblage art by Sarah Ratchye with astronaut wallpaper.
Long view - Natalya Burd & Sarah Ratchye art show at Jack Fischer Gallery.
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Dogpatch Cafe & Art Gallery : FaceSpace - 250 small paintings of FaceBook friends and other recent work by Amber Imrie.
Review by RWM: The artist is caught up in social media with this unusual display of 250 profile pictures of people she's "friends" with on Facebook. The display might have one wondering whether all these people consented to this, but then again they're paintings, not photographs. Great to see this reaction to Facebook. It is not generally appropriate to take photographs of strangers, but though these folks in the paintings might seem that way to us, they're probably not to the artist. Much to look at. Maybe too much to absorb. So many different portraits of different people with no understanding of whether to look at them in any particular order.
Facebook profile pic paintings by Amber Imrie at Dogpatch Cafe & Art Gallery.
Art in above image closer.
Amber Imrie paintings of her friends' Facebook profile pictures.
Those might be the member numbers on the sides - Amber Imrie art.
Friends' Facebook profile picture paintings by Amber Imrie.
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Market Street Gallery : Donald Rizzo - Life Rebuilt, A Journey Into and Out of the Depths of Despair.
Comment by AB: Donald Rizzo paints up a tale of challenge and adversity in his life including how he ultimately triumphed over it all.
Art by Donald Rizzo at Market Street Gallery.
Art by Donald Rizzo.
Donald Rizzo and his art in above image closer at Market Street Gallery.
Art by Donald Rizzo.
Donald Rizzo art.
Venue - Donald Rizzo art show at Market Street Gallery.
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ArtPoint at the de Young Museum : Annual Gala Summer Cocktail Soirée - A Mad Men Themed Party.
Comment by AB: In honor of the de Young's current exhibition, "Modernism from the National Gallery of Art - The Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection," this year's episode of ArtPoint's annual spring bash is themed on Mad Men, taking us back to the days when many of the Meyerhoff works of art were brand spanking new. Always a great party; highly recommended. Plus all attendees have complete access to the Meyerhoff Collection exhibition. Join ArtPoint now and make sure you don't miss next year's.
For those of you keeping score at home, ArtPoint's members are mainly young professionals who support the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the de Young and the Legion of Honor, but anyone can join. Their annual programs and events include exhibition-related lectures, gallery parties, and museum galas. Proceeds go to support FAMSF exhibitions and programs.
ArtPoint Annual Gala Summer Soirée at the de Young Museum - always excellent.
Now to the Meyerhoff Collection (Hans Hoffman left, Philip Guston, center).
Art by David Salle.
Jasper Johns art.
Art by Frank Stella (right).
Frank Stella art in above image closer.
L-R, art by Roy Lichtenstein & Jean Dubuffet.
Roy Lichtenstein art in above image closer.
Gallery view - Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection at the de Young Museum.
Eric Fischl art in above image closer.
Frank Stella art.
L-R, art by Frank Stella & Ellsworth Kelly.
Frank Stella art in above image closer.
Large Roy Lichtenstein art.
A pair of nice early works by Ad Reinhardt.
Art by Agnes Martin c/o the Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection.
Brice Marden art.
The Twelve Stations of the Cross by Barnett Newman.
Twelve Stations of the Cross art in above image closer.
Art by Terry Winters from the Robert & Jane Meyerhoff Collection.
Meanwhile, back at the ArtPoint Annual Summer Gala - Joel Garzoli & associate.
Last one from the ArtPoint Annual Gala Summer Soirée at the de Young Museum.
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