MODERNISM - CREATIVITY EXPLORED - FIFTY24SF
RED POPPY ART HOUSE - SOAP
06.30.11
(with assistance from Neal Strickberger and RWM)
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Modernism Gallery : Sheldon Greenberg - New Paintings; Edith Baumann - New Paintings.
Review by RWM: In the front gallery experience Sheldon Greenberg's representations with figures caught in contexts that require one's attention, their dramas heightened by astute applications of color and architectural elements. Narratives pervade these vivid intrigues. In the rear gallery, Edith Baumann's unusual elemental abstracts hold your attention while jogging your minimalist memory.
Art by Sheldon Greenberg at Modernism Gallery.
Sheldon Greenberg art at Modernism Gallery.
Art by Sheldon Greenberg.
Art by Sheldon Greenberg.
Art by Edith Baumann at Modernism Gallery.
Edith Baumann art.
Art by Edith Baumann at Modernism Gallery.
Modernism Gallery owner Martin Muller in the office.
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Creativity Explored : SMALL - Artwork that Fits in the Palm of Your Hand.
Artists: James Miles, Mary Belknap, Daniel Green, Michael Bernard Loggins, Duc Nguyen, Laron Bickerstaff, Gordon Chin, Sara O'Sullivan, Kevin Chu, more - over 40 artists in total.
Review by RWM: Small but still amazing. Guttural and sometimes heart wrenching. The art takes special effort to look at; you draw close in order to really see it.
Small art at Creativity Explored.
Small format art.
Art you can hold in the palm of your hand at Creativity Explored.
Small art.
Small art for the curio cabinet at Creativity Explored.
Tunes - they're good.
Population sample in the artist studio area.
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Red Poppy Art House : Mission Maldives - Jenna North.
Comment by RWM: Jenna North's images shimmer and shake, captured here with precision.
Comment by AB: Jenna North tells me that the highest point on the Maldive Islands is 7 feet above sea level, so with the impending effects global warming, this atoll nation will be among the first to submerge. Her art is about that.
Art by Jenna North at Red Poppy Art House.
Art by Jenna North in above image closer.
Jenna North and her art at Red Poppy Art House.
Art by Jenna North.
Red Poppy Art House proper - art by Jenna North.
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Fifty24SF Gallery : See you in Croatan - A San & Escif Road Show.
Review by Mairead O'Connor: 'See You in Croatian' documents the travels of Spanish duo San and Escif as they spend fifteen days traveling through California. They left their mark in the form of written word and beautifully executed paintings in various public places along the way.
Review by RWM: Nice trip to the country, but not for everybody. Get caught up in the rustic, but maybe don't get lost here for too long.
Comment by AB: Spanish artists San and Escif travel the American Western countryside. This show recounts that journey, or so I'm told. I guess you had to be there. Fortunately, several nicely rendered graphite drawings keep the ship afloat.
Art by San & Escif (image c/o Neal Strickberger).
Graphite drawing by San & Escif at Fifty24SF Gallery.
Drawing and installation by San & Escif.
Me trying to decipher this show - art by San & Escif.
Art by San & Escif at Fifty24SF Gallery.
San & Escif installation & art.
Art and installation by San & Escif.
San & Escif art and installation in above image closer.
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Addendum:
Soap Gallery
officially closes. Bye-bye Soap. We'll miss you.
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