PAULE ANGLIM - HIGHLIGHT - ARTSPAN OPEN STUDIOS
10.10.13
(with assistance from RWM)
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Gallery Paule Anglim : Sight / Vision - The Urban Milieu.
Artists: Wallace Berman, Joan Brown, Cameron, Bruce Conner, Jean Conner, Jay DeFeo, Wally Hedrick, George Herms, Jess, Lawrence Jordan.
Comment by RWM: Nice to get lost here in the city. Crowded show with wonders and surprises. Interesting approaches and side streets.
Comment by AB: Group show of work by California Beat Era artists, themed mainly on urban concerns of the time period, encompasses painting, drawing, works on paper, assemblage, collage, artist books and mixed media art. Some pretty cherry examples by iconoclast bohemians who bucked prevailing trends. Good show; go see.
Art by Wallace Berman (assemblage priced $200K+) at Gallery Paule Anglim.
Wallace Berman collage in above image closer.
Art by Wallace Berman.
Collage by Bruce Conner closer.
Joan Brown works on paper.
Impressive Jay DeFeo painting.
Literature by Wallace Berman.
Wallace Berman book art in above image closer.
Larry Jordan assemblage.
Art by Wally Hedrick.
Collage art by Jess.
Art by Jess (left).
Long view - group art show at Gallery Paule Anglim.
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Highlight Gallery : Facundo Argañaraz - Tonight Tonight.
Comment by AB: Facundo Argañaraz continues his meta-modern exploits with this selection of clean precision mixed media works on aluminum panels, digital prints, and light sculptures. The show is accompanied by one of the more mind-mauling statements I've had the agony of being abused by in a while. Highlights from this pretentious barrage of bombast include, "The exhibition is about itself and the weight of uncountable others-- an exhibition within exhibitions, of conjunction over connection, a translation creating a different version" and "[the art] is aimed at confronting, and living within, the conditions of contemporary aesthetics locked into an ever expanding present-- laying bare (after the future) the banality and entropic characteristic of Modern constructs, the erosion of content through time, and the problems of originality in a thoroughly commodified world." Oy!!
Good art and worth a visit.
Art by Facundo Argañaraz at Highlight Gallery.
Facundo Argañaraz (center) discusses his art at Highlight Gallery.
Art by Facundo Argañaraz in above image closer.
Sculpture by Facundo Argañaraz.
Facundo Argañaraz art.
Circumstance - Facundo Argañaraz art show at Highlight Gallery.
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ArtSpan at SOMArts Gallery: ArtLaunch 2013 - SF Open Studios Exhibition Opening Reception.
Artists: Hundreds.
Comment by AB: Gala kickoff preview party for this year's San Francisco Open Studios features over 400 works of art on display here at the SOMArts main gallery. Over 900 artists will be welcoming visitors to their studios during the annual month-long event, more than have ever participated before. As usual, the available art encompasses pretty much everything under the sun. Don't believe me? Believe this...
Major creative tonnage at ArtSpan SF Open Studios kickoff show.
Art by Andrzej Michael Karwacki (left) - Matthew Frederick (right).
Sculpture by Yu Jean Choi.
Photography/digital art by Jenny M.L. Wantuch (left).
Art by Liz Mamorsky.
Art art everywhere at ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios preview party.
Book art by Elizabeth Ashcroft (nicely done).
Photography by Brett Walker.
Art by Fong Fai (left).
Foot-in-mouth art by Katerina Connearney.
Art by Michael Beckler (upper left) - Gina Jacupke (lower right).
Art by Fernando Reyes (up) - Allison Snopek (down).
Art by Kate Rosenberger (upper left) - Steven Baker (upper right).
Ceramic art by Kate Tool (left) - Jane B Grimm (right).
Art by Janet Seifert.
Here's something you don't see every day - art by Grove Wiley.
Digital painting by Jeremy Sutton.
Art, art, art, art and art c/o ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios.
Watercolor & pencil drawing by David Fiveash (kinda like it).
Art by Suzy Barnard (upper left) - Marti McKee (right).
Relative density - ArtSpan San Francisco Open Studios opening night bash.
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