Lincart : At Home. Curated by Lawrence Rinder.

Artists: Brian Chippendale, Ajit Chauhan, Dieter Roth, Franklin Williams.

Comment by AB: I'm not quite sure what the deal is here. The art's all good, but wrestling an overriding theme out of it-- that's something of a challenge. According to the briefing, "the art draws on similar energies and themes," but then they don't give you any hints or clues or anything. I guess you have to read between the lines... or maybe it's every man for himself (or woman for herself or bisexual person for themselves-- gawd... it's so complicated these days). None of this, however, compromises the quality of the opening night festivities. Good show; worth a visit.

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California Modern Gallery : Reflections of the Bay - First Annual Juried Exhibition. Juried by Alan Bamberger, DeWitt Cheng, Inga Fischer.

Artists: Lucie Abdalian, Carlo Abruzzese, Neda Akhondan, Stefanie Atkinson, Suzy Barnard, Mariana Barnes, Allison Baske, Nikoletta Bersentes, R. Parker Blackburn, Lisa Bostwick, Janet Brugos, Manli Chao, Paola Coda, Scott Courtenay-Smith, Pauline Crowther Scott, Larry DeDionisio, Raymond Difley, Natasha Dikareva, David Dion, Peter Dreyfuss, Rebecca Fox, Virginia R Garcia, James Gayles, Isobel George, Kellyann Gilson-Lyman, Pearl Glass Mosaics, Lucia Gonnella, Sargam Griffin, Jane Grimm, April Hankins, Lenny Hanson, William Harsh, Patti Heimburger, Irene Hendrick, Yao-pi Hsu, Courtney Jacobs, Jack Jacobson, Martine Jardel, Debra Jewell, Andrzej Michael Karwacki, Rajiv Khilnani, Mike Kimball, Irena Kononova, Joy Kuo, Monte Leach, Matthias Leue, Grayson Malone, Kay Marshall, Lenore McDonald, Sonia Melnikova-Raich, Erika Meriaux, Scott Mickelson, Reiko Muranaga, JoAnneh Nagler, Russ Osterweil, Zoe Patane, Vlada Raicevic, Sally Rayn, Fernando Reyes, Samuelle Richardson, Thierry Rosset, Astrid Rusquellas, Kazuyo Sato-Leue, Dickson Schneider, Teresa Seran, Dene Shelton, Mariangela Smania, Mariangela Smania, Sandra Speidel, Sylvia Sussman, Celia Taupin, Marlene Tobias, Othmar Tobisch, Leigh Toldi, Cynthia Tom, David Jay Trachtenberg, Laura Varich, Victoria Veedell, James Vogel, Sherry Wacker, Patricia Warren, Jennifer Wasson, Martin Webb, Kelly White, Marlene White, Jennifer Wildermuth, Georgia Wilson, Karen Wong, TheArthur Wright, Patti Zimmer.

Comment by DeWitt Cheng: Reflections by the Bay is a juried show at the huge California Modern Gallery featuring 156 works by 91 local mid-career artists. ?The artworks, evenly divided between figurative and abstract, employ a variety of approaches, excepting perhaps only conceptual art. Gigantic space, lots of great work up until December 2.

Comment by AB: Juried group show of Bay Area Artists-- that simple and no more complicated.

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GarageGallery : trans Mission.

Artists: Philip Hall,Troy Paiva, Chris Peterson, Bill Silveira, Lulu Torbet.

Comment by AB: "Art inspired by the automobile." Any questions?

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Live Worms Gallery : Lucky 13.

Artists: Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Matt Gonzalez, George Long, Fanny Renoir, John Dowling, Jessica Snow, Rebecca Peters, Ronald F. Sauer, Richard L. Perri, Harriette Ferraguto, Blake More, Anna Poole, Mery Bernard, Robin Savinar, Cees Nouwens, Frans Willebrands.

Comment by AB: According to the poop sheet, what we have here are "thirteen notorious artists and more at North Beach's most exciting modernist gallery." Expanding on that, the joint's wiggy with characters, there's scrillions of exceptionally affordable works of art for sale, the libations flow freely, and so on and so forth and yes, it's a party. Uh oh... you missed it. One night only. I know, I know, my darlings-- you're crestfallen-- but enough blubbering. Thanks to producers Rebecca Peters and Ronald Sauer, there'll be plenty more where this one came from.