ANTHONY MEIER - ROBERT KOCH - ALTMAN SIEGEL
PAULE ANGLIM - SF ART INSTITUTE
COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS
09.11.14
(with assistance from RWM)
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Anthony Meier Fine Arts : Michael DeLucia.
Comment by AB: Michael DeLucia creates a conceptual residence of sorts using a computer controlled router to carve precision images of decorative and functional items typically found around the house (lamps, TV, table, etc) into formica covered panels and forms. Nicely done; stop on by.
Art by Michael DeLucia at Anthony Meier Fine Arts.
Michael DeLucia art.
Pinkie cam detail of computerized router art in above image.
Art by Michael DeLucia.
Michael DeLucia and his art at Anthony Meier Fine Arts.
Art by Michael DeLucia.
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Robert Koch Gallery : Web on the Wall.
Photographers: Josh Begley, Douglas Coupland, Doug Rickard, Joachim Schmid, Penelope Umbrico, Michael Wolf.
Comment by AB: Six photographers harvest images from the Internet and transform them into art. Good show.
Broken flat panel TV photos by Penelope Umbrico at Robert Koch Gallery.
Google street view photography by Michael Wolf.
Digital aerial Internet images by Josh Begley.
Aerial images above closer.
L-R, photography by Joachim Schmid, Doug Rickard, Douglas Coupland.
Doug Rickard Google street view photograph by Doug Rickard above closer.
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Altman Siegel Gallery : Shannon Ebner - Public Surface Pattern.
Review by RWM: Fascinating exploration in a way of what a photograph is. It is not clear if these are actual photos or representations of photos. Unusual works, not in a beautiful way, but in one that's compelling and makes you wonder what the medium is. The subjects seem secondary to the style and composition.
Comment by AB: Admirable artistic subversions of street and highway signage, chain link fencing, hastily scrawled words on dusty surfaces, and the like. Worth a visit.
Photography by Shannon Ebner at Altman Siegel Gallery.
Shannon Ebner photograph.
Photo by Shannon Ebner.
Shannon Ebner photography.
Demographics - Shannon Ebner photography show at Altman Siegel Gallery.
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Gallery Paule Anglim : Annabeth Rosen & Dean Smith - Paintings and Sculptures.
Comment by AB: Dean Smith's paintings from the 90s combine oil and wax to impart texture and dimension. Close in, the surfaces appear almost like polished granite or manmade formica. Anchoring down the pedestals are sumptuously glazed ceramics that look like oversized morsels of sugary dessert. Quality art on both counts. Check it out.
Art by Dean Smith at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Dean Smith art closer.
Wax and oil art by Dean Smith.
Pinkie cam detail of art in above image (like it).
Luscious ceramics by Annabeth Rosen.
Annabeth Rosen thickly glazed ceramic art.
Head count - Annabeth Rosen & Dean Smith art show at Gallery Paule Anglim.
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San Francisco Art Institute : Javier Téllez - Games Are Forbidden in the Labyrinth.
Comment by AB: Javier Téllez focuses his art on mental illness and psychiatric confinement. The centerpiece of the show, Chess 2014, is a way-larger-than-life replica of a chess board, the pieces replaced with implements and symbols found in mental institutions and hospitals. Periodically throughout the exhibition, famous chess matches will be reenacted in real time with gloved "orderlies" making the moves. Highly recommended.
Psychiatric chess installation by Javier Téllez at SFAI.
Conceptual chess pieces in above image closer.
Captured chess pieces - a match is in progress - art by Javier Téllez.
Chess match in progress - orderlies move the pieces - Javier Téllez art.
Psychiatric assemblage by Javier Téllez.
Diagrams of famous matches with mental institution references by Javier Téllez.
Video by Javier Téllez plays on the upper level of the gallery.
Altitudinary - chess game installation by Javier Téllez at SF Art Institute.
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Coalition on Homelessness at SOMArts Gallery: Art Auction 14.
Artists: Plenty.
Comment by AB: Bid on art by over 100 artists at both live and silent auctions. Proceeds from this annual fundraiser go to support the Coalition and its efforts to increase local housing options, to protect the rights of the poor and disenfranchised, and to create alternatives and solutions to homelessness.
Black & white art by Sanaa Khan (center) at coalition on Homelessness auction.
Gentrification art by San Francisco Print Collective.
Action at the live auction - Coalition on Homelessness annual fundraiser.
Digital image by Thomas M Ferrainolo.
Activist art.
Overview - Coalition on Homelessness annual fundraiser art auction.
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