SAN FRANCISCO ART GALLERIES OPENINGS
FIRST THURSDAY - 07.07.11 - Part II
(with assistance from Clare Coppel
and RWM)
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Toomey Tourell Gallery : Jeffrey Long - Birds of California, the West and Other Places.
Review by RWM: Interesting birds doing some interesting things. Not all wildlife spectacle, but also context, encounters and politics. Not quite wild, but informative and contemplative.
Comment by AB: John James Audubon never made it out West, Jeffrey Long tells me, so he fills in some of Audubon's blanks with this show, updating his environments to reflect the not-so-wild West of today, plus commentary on what's happening to our land and wildlife, as appropriate. Pick of First Thursday Runner-up.
Extinct woodpeckers - art by Jeffrey Long (nicely done).
Art by Jeffrey Long at Toomey Tourell Gallery.
Jeffrey Long and his art in above image closer.
Art by Jeffrey Long at Toomey Tourell Gallery.
Jeffrey Long wildlife art.
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111 Minna Gallery : Risk (Kelly Graval) and Cooz (Nathan Ota) - That Was Then, This is Now.
Comment by AB: Risk and Cooz paint up a kinder gentler urban stomping ground. You still have to watch your ass, but the decor is really agreeable.
What it is - art by Risk and Cooz at 111 Minna Gallery.
Risk and Cooz art at 111 Minna Gallery.
Art by Risk and Cooz.
Risk paints live at 111 Minna Gallery.
Art by Risk and Cooz.
Risk and Cooz art closer.
Art by Risk and Cooz at 111 Minna Gallery.
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Hang Art Gallery : The Whimsical, Weird and Wonderful World of DAVe Warnke.
Comment by AB: The happiest art on the planet c/o Dave Warnke. Prices start at $20 (that's pretty happy too). Permanently elevate your mood on the cheap.
Art by DAVe Warnke at Hang Art Gallery.
DAVe Warnke art closer.
Art by DAVe Warnke.
DAVe Warnke art closer at Hang Art Gallery.
Art by DAVe Warnke.
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Kokoro Studio : Summer Group Show.
Artists: Catrine Bodum, William Emmert, Alex Braubach, Courtney Johnson, Yuriko Katori, Hyesu Lee, JiandYin, Ignacio Murua, Mayumi Tanaka, and Jonathan Wallraven.
Review by Clare Coppel: I like the Drunken Girl making the phone call by Mayumi Tanaka. I know I am not the only person to ever drunk-dial someone...
The perfect woman - art by Mayumi Tanaka (photo c/o Clare Coppel).
Macho Man Randy Savage Art - R.I.P. (sold).
Art in above image closer (photo c/o Clare Coppel).
Scary art - group show at Kokoro Studio.
Art at Kokoro Studio.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.
Art - group show at Kokoro Studio.
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Ever Gold Gallery : Theta Pegasi - Tahiti Pehrson.
Review by Clare Coppel: Cut paper design art by Tahiti Pehrson in straightforward organized patterns. Then you look at the pile of exacto blades that have been used to create them, and that is truly something to think about... so much work goes into what at first appears so simple.
Art by Tahiti Pehrson at Ever Gold Gallery.
Tahiti Pehrson art in above image closer (photo c/o Clare Coppel).
Expended exacto blades in top image closer (photo c/o Clare Coppel).
Tahiti Pehrson and his art at Ever Gold Gallery.
Art by Tahiti Pehrson.
Pinkie cam detail of Tahiti Pehrson art on right in above image.
Cathedral-style ceiling at Ever Gold Gallery c/o Tahiti Pehrson.
Art by Tahiti Pehrson.
Tahiti Pehrson art at Ever Gold Gallery.
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Addendum:
Summer selections at Scott Nichols Gallery
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One more from summer group show at Scott Nichols Gallery.
Multi-author/photographer book signing at Modernbook Gallery
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One more from group book signing event at Modernbook Gallery.
Gallery selections at K. Imperial Fine Art
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One more from group show at K. Imperial Fine Art.
Barbara Traub & her book Desert to Dream - signing at The McLoughlin Gallery
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Art by Gina Martynova at Cafe Royale
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