IN COLOR 2 - UCSF ART FOR AIDS - MEDICINE AGENCY
08.28.09
(with assistance from DeWitt Cheng)
In Color 2 : Some Kinda Summer Show. p>Photographers: Amy Auerbach, Melissa Borman, Joe Brook, Christopher Hall, Jason Karpman, Dennis Letbetter, Joe Brook, Jeff Gros, Kerry Mansfield, Kristine Mendoza, Susan Sims-Hillbrand, Constance Smith, Heidi Yount.
Comment by AB: In Color 2's second annual juried exhibition of color photographs themed on the topic of summer. Entries are submitted by photographers across the country. My faves? Recent Poloroids by Joe Brook that have been so convincingly vintaged up, they look look like they were taken decades ago. Check 'em out; you won't believe it either.
Vintage-ized Polaroid photography by Joe Brook (like it).
Photography.
Photos.
Photos at In Color 2.
Photos.
Photographs at In Color 2.
More Polaroids in the front room by Jeff Gros.
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Art For AIDS at Bonhams & Butterfields Auction House : Art for AIDS 2009.
Artists: Loads.
Review and images by DeWitt Cheng: UCSF's Art for Aids Auction benefits the AIDS Health Project. Now in its twenty-fifth year, this event brings together artists (140 this year), galleries, collectors, corporate sponsors and a public-spirited audience; it's also a great party, with top-tier food and drink and the fine-art vibe of Bonhams & Butterfields. A Very San Francisco evening (live and silent auctions, light schmoozing and boozing) benefiting a great cause. (Full disclosure: I've served as a volunteer juror for several years.)
Everyone's first stop, the vodka toboggan.
Jesse Gottesman and cliché verre print, "Rise Above (Green)."
Paul Madonna and ink-watercolor drawing, "Coffee, Why?"
Peter Kupfer and B&W photographs, "Graffiti" and "Folsom St. Fair."
Adam Cahoon and oil painting, "Diamond."
Leah Lau and color photo, "Buddha Nature."
Martine Jardel and oil painting, "Site #44."
Bill Dietch and archival pigment print, "Good Morning Alley."
Charles Anselmo and archival ultrachrome print, "Bernaza y Brasil, Havana."
The dapper Antonio from ArtZone 461 Gallery.
Doug Minkler and screen print, "Bankers Trust."
Jenny Robinson and etching, "Bay Bridge."
David Avery and etching, "Awaiting a Time like the Present."
Jon Wessel and mixed-media painting, "Detour."
Non-art donations .
Three of UCSF's fabulous interns.
Strategy huddle around Charles Stinson's bronze/resin "Ife Buddha."
Purple Section, mixed media.
Scott Mickelson and mixed-media painting, "Life in Prison for a Microwave Mom."
Yellow Section, Paintings.
Auction action, Patrick Walsh at the podium..
Happy campers.
Art for AIDS's Brian Griset is the lucky guy.
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Medicine Agency : "The Indie Rock Coloring Book" Launch.
Artists: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Devendra Banhart, Of Montreal, Rilo Kiley, The Shins, Wolfmother, many more.
Comment by AB: Published by the Montreal-based nonprofit Yellow Bird Project, "The Indie Rock Coloring Book" is the organization's latest fundraising and consciousness raising venture-- harnessing the talents of artists and musicians to advance the agenda of the greater good. Special added bonus - live coloring at the event.
Guest of honor - The Indie Rock Coloring Book.
Participatory coloring book coloring.
Even I get into it.
Coloring book art.
Coloring book art.
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