BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY - VISUAL AID - GUERRERO

2ND FLOOR PROJECTS - MOLLUSK - HEIST

SHOOTING GALLERY - WHITE WALLS - DIRTY THIEVES

11.13.10

(with assistance from Clare Coppel and RWM)



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Braunstein/Quay Gallery : Mary Snowden - Down on the Farm.

Comment by AB: It's harvest time and in honor of that, Mary Snowden paints, draws and stitches herself up a bona fide bucolic bonanza. Rural living never looked so good. Worth a visit.

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SOMArts Gallery : Big, Big Deal Annual Fundraiser for Visual Aid .

Artists: Christo, Jeremy Morgan, Robin Denevan, Jerome Caja, Rex Ray, Monica Steiner, Mel Prest, David Liittschwager, Allyson Hollingsworth, Ian McDonald, Marianne Kolb, Tim Yankosky, Mimi Plumb, Silvia Poloto, Mark Paron, Lucy Puls, Pamela Wilson-Ryckman, Jorge Colombo, Addie Shevlin, Martin Eugene Freeman, Margaret Herscher, John Wood, Elena Zolotnitsky, Joel Hoyer, Yvette Molina, Martine Jardel, Angela Simione, David King, Jennifer Bain, David Dashiell, Jessica Abraham, Larry Aleshire, Kent Alexander, Don Anderson, Lynne K. Anderson, Bob Aufuldish, Margie Babon, Oana Barac-Matei, Lisa and Lee Barnes, Julie Blankenship, Richard Bolingbroke, Lisa Bostwick, Johnny Botts, Matthias Brandt, Tim Burns, Robert Byler, Elizabeth Blakeley, Rene Capone, Joshua Chaney, Amy Charles, Joie Rey Cohen, Joie Rey Cohen, Isabelle Courtault, Daniel Dallabrida, Renee de Cossio, Joey DeRuy, Angelo Di Pietrantonio, Richard Dodds, Darin Donovan, Chuck Drees, Anna Efanova, Bernadette Emrick, Virginia Erdie, Jamie Erfurdt, Georgianne Fastaia, David Faulk, Megan Fi! ster, Rebecca Fox, Taiko Fujimura, Jack Fulton, Janet Gawthrop, Hadass Gerson, Stephen Gibson, Daniel Goldstein, dk haas, Marc Ellen Hamel, Colette Hannahan, Jeanne Hauser, Heather Sparks, Joel Hoyer, Phillip Hua, Matthew F. Hudson, Scott Idleman, Mary Isham, Ivy Jacobsen, Doyle Johnson, Jordy Jones, Mike Kabler, Sara Kahn, Alan Kelchner, Doug Kennedy, Natasha Khoruzhenko, Heidi Klauser, Barbara Kleinhans, Lisa Knoop, Leah Korican, Clare Kuo, Peter Max Lawrence, Kurt Lee, Katja Leibenath, Kyle Levinger, Hava Liberman, Emily Loen, Steven Vasquez Lopez, Michael Lownie, Cathy Lu, Leslie Lusardi, Kara Maria, Mary V. Marsh, Jack Mattingly, Tom McCarthy, Robin McCloskey, Barbara Milman, Leslie Morgan, U.B. Morgan, Robert Morgan, Leroy Morvant, Kevin P. Mosley, Jeremy Novy, Jann Nunn, Suzanne Olmsted, Russ Osterweil, Karah Parks, Pamela S. Peniston, Frank Pietronigro, Bruce Pizzichillo & Dari Gordon, Robert Reed, Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn Superstar, Samuelle Richardson, Fred R! inne, Marie Roberts, Veronica Rojas, Thierry Rosset, Christine! Rossi, Alex Rothwell, Kimberly Rowe, Ashley Lauren Saks, William Salit, Pauline Crowther Scott, Lilia Scott, Mike Shriver, Karen Slovak, Annie Sprinkle, Howard Steiermann, Emma Schacter Sterling, Stefanie Stowers, James Strickland, Angela Summers, Andrea Traber, Barb Traub, Warren Travis, Amanda Triplett, Linda Trunzo, Trish Tunney, Muriel Schmalberg Ullman, Eddie Valentine, Victoria Veedell, Nuella Walter, Gillian Wee, Marcia Weisbrot, Paulette Wellington, David Wilson, Ginny Wilson, Jokie X Wilson, Laurie Wyman-Heron, James Wyman-Heron, Jade Zabrowski, hundreds more.

Comment by AB: For $165, you get your pick of hundreds of works of art, first come first served-- Visual Aid's monumental annual San Francisco fundraiser event to benefit artists with life-threatening illnesses. Now if you wanna forego the $165 fixed-price frenzy, you can always come later (for a mere $50), join in the fun and bid on a select group of artworks at the live auction. Either way, everybody wins!

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Guerrero Gallery : AJ Fosik, Ben Venom, Erin Riley.

Comment by AB: Wild polychromed wooden creatures by A. J. Fosik-- big game trophies for urban outdoorsmen... and women too. Also on the docket, Ben Venom slices up vintage heavy metal T-shirts and transforms 'em into domestic cozies like quilts, afghans and pillows. Cozy up and rage! Erin Riley, not to be outdone, purloins renegade raunch off the Internet and weaves it into hand-dyed wool tapestries. It's a recommended three-fer. Amble on by.

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[ 2nd floor projects ] : Math Bass - Elisheva Biernoff; Masha Tupitsyn (Liquefaction, limited edition).

Review by RWM: See landscapes in the fog by Elisheva Biernoff. Are we looking at Nature from a San Francisco perspective? The images in the film suggest such-- probably a good thing. The indeterminate ever-changing landscapes are discernable in the haze, but not fully recognizable, hence universal in some inscrutable way.

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Mollusk Surf Shop : Surf Art - Orion Shepherd.

Review by RWM: A nice variety of art about an American pastime, with images of our flag on display even. Good old fashioned emotions evoked to the tunes of The Beach Boys and others. More about the scene than the ocean for these marine mammals caught on land and taken with the muse.

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The Shooting Gallery : Dave Schubert - Vision is a Dream.

Review by Clare Coppel: Dave Schubert's photographs in color and black and white proffer slices of modern life as we know it. Blood, sex, lips, tags, kittens and such. It is what it is and that's what makes it fascinating.

Review by RWM: What wild scenes displayed. Here one has lived the life and captured it for retelling.

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White Walls Gallery : Ganas 20/20 - New Works by Ernesto Yerena Montejano.

The revolution is upon us again, depicted here with style, contemplation and love. The roles are depicted and described, showcasing all who are involved. No anger here, rather commitment.

Review by Clare Coppel: Ganas 20/20 features works by Ernesto Yerena Montejano about a proactive Latino community of the future. Thats cool. The future is always a good subject. Complete with stories about each of the characters in the images and how they interconnect. Wait-- is there a movie coming out?

Comment by AB: What do you get when you cross Shepard Fairey with a color consultant?

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Gallery Heist : One Year Anniversary Show - Till Death Do Us Part.

Artists: Ryan de la Hoz, Adam Rozan, Brett Amory, Adam Caldwell, Seth Armstrong, Mario Wagner, David Choong Lee, Oliver Vernon, Sean Desmond, Mike Giant, Mike Kershner, Gaia, Adam Flores, Justin Lavato, Ryan De La Hoz, Henry Gunderson, Mario Ayala, Roman Koval, Adam Rozan, Maja Ruznic, Ludo, Doodles, Helen Bayly, Miso, Daryll Pierce, Debra Yoon, Allison Buxton, Garrison Buxton, Ezra, Bunnie Reise. Guest curators Allison and Garrison Buxton.

Review by Clare Coppel: Really Heist Annex, I think you might be moving kinda fast in the relationship and all... it's cool, though we all get a little crazy sometimes. Then again, that's what keeps life interesting, right? Wow. A lot of crazy rooms full of crazy art, like being in someone's subconscious! Awesomeness, me gusta mucho. Particularly Adam Rozan, the security guard.

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