Velvet da Vinci Gallery : The Pendant Show.

Artists: Dina Abargil, Jane Adam, Carmen Amador, Marianne Anderson, Thelma Aviani, Talya Baharal, Brooke Battles, Ela Bauer, Sofia Beilharz, Jesse Bert, Sofia Bjorkman, Allyson Bone, Laia Borrell, Douglas Bucci, Raissa Bump, Klaus Burgel, Kathy Buszkiewicz, Phillip Carrizzi, Pierre Cavalan, Claude Chavent, Min-Jung Cho, William Clark, Andy Cooperman, Claudia Costa, Jim Cotter, Jacqueline Cullen, Lisa & Scott Cylinder, Donna D'Aquino, Jaclyn Davidson, Jennaca Davies, Peter Deckers, Dana Driver, Diana Dudek, Beate Eismann, Katherine Ely, Sandra Enterline, Suzanne Esser, Don Friedlich, Yael Friedman, Mark Garbarini, Natalie Gillihan, Aliyah Gold, Christina Goodman, Gesine Hackenberg, Belinda Hager, Jennifer Hall, Castello Hansen, Arthur Hash, Hanna Hedman, Tom Hill, Leonor Hipolito, Tomoyo Hiraiwa, Mike Holmes, Chris Irick, Rob Jackson, Daniel Jocz, Jin Jung, Beppe Kessler, Soyeon Kim, Birgit Laken, Gunilla Lantz, Lorena Lazard, Sari Liimatta, Kristin Lora, Deborah Lozier, Bronwynn Lusted, Sharon Massey, Mayumi Matsuyama, Leslie Matthews, Susan May, Judy McCaig, Edward Lane McCartney, Karen McCreary, Christina Miller, Jacqueline Myers, Dawn Nakanishi, Poly Nikolopoulou, Barbara Nimke, Mirjam Norinder, Harold O'Connor, Suzanne Otwell-Negre, Michelle Pajak-Reynolds, Linda Kindler Priest, Kathleen Prindiville, Ramon Puig Cuyas, Anette Rack, Todd Reed, Spring Rees, Vina Rust, Elin Ryd, Philip Sajet, Yuki Sasaki, Cornelia Sautter, Marianne Schliwinski, Claude Schmitz, Gary Schott, Frederike Schurenkamper, Biba Schutz, Agnes Seebass, Karen Seufert, Michal Bar-on Shaish, Sondra Sherman, Yoko Shimizu, Susan Skoczen, Steven Smith, Gail Splaver, Deb Stoner, Boline Strand, Rebecca Strzelec, Rudee Tancharoen, Cynthia Toops, Silke Trekel, Fabrizio Tridenti, Annie Tung, Jessica Turrell, Niki Ulehla, Silvia Walz, Kiwon Wang, Katheryn Wardill, Karol Weisslechner, Lisa Wigger, Roberta & David Williamson, Lawrence Woodford.

Comment by AB: This time around, over 500 pendents are on display at Ess Eff's premier venue for artist jewelry (at least in my opinion). You won't believe the selection-- and this is in addition to their regular stock plus there's a special display of reconstituted recycled jewelry. No matter what the occasion, there's always a copiously abundant abundance to choose from at Velvet da Vinci.

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Ratio 3 Gallery : Lutz Bacher - ODO.

Comment by AB: The press release is a mildly editorialized recipe for Butterscotch Pudding. The art consists of several videos and an eye-level line of photographs running uninterrupted along the walls of the gallery from beginning to end and back again, and that includes around the corners and through the doorways. Plus there's a cacophonous soundtrack to raucous it all up. I have no clue what the deal is, but it twists me up kinda nice, and I gotta say I like it.

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Babylon : C3 - Within This Institution...

Comment by AB: Tight miniature graphite drawings on found file folders are shown alongside graphite and white charcoal drawings on mint green card stock-- items one might come across while perusing the "institution"-- and well done. For the curious amongst you, C3 is short for Christopher C. Curtis. And for those of you keeping score at home, that was the seventh time I've used the word "amongst" in the entirety of my writing on artbusiness.com, and the one in quotes is the eighth. Meanwhile back at the gallery, I gotta whip out the pinkie cam for this one.

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