BRAUNSTEIN/QUAY - HOSFELT - SILVERMAN
MISHIN - FREY NORRIS - HEIST - ARTZONE 461
FOUR BARREL COFFEE - MISSION COMICS AND ART
STAINED GLASS STUDIO
12.18.10
(with assistance from Clare Coppel
and RWM)
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Braunstein/Quay Gallery : Robert Brady - New Work.
Review by RWM: You'll see art here on display that you've never seen before and will surely be impressed by the novelty-- so unusual it defies style. You can't help but appreciate the originality. The sculpture, appearing as though on canvas, is emotionally involving.
Comment by AB: Great show; highly recommended. Positively not the same-old same-old.
Art by Robert Brady.
Art by Robert Brady.
Robert Brady and art in above image closer.
Art by Robert Brady.
Robert Brady explains his art.
Art by Robert Brady.
Robert Brady art.
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Hosfelt Gallery : EINFLUSS: 8 from Düsseldorf, Introducing the Next Wave from Germany - Part 2.
Artists: Stefan Ettlinger, Jutta Haeckel, Luka Fineisenm, Driss Ouadahi, Bernard Lokai, Stefan Kürten, Cornelius Völker, Birgit Jensen.
Review by RWM: A wild variety of art presented here. The most memorable are sculptural bubbles that are positioned on the floor. It is not clear what they are made of. You can easily imagine them as soap bubbles; they're that convincing. Cool not to have to worry about someone bursting your bubble, but you'll likely be reluctant to touch these; they look like they can go either way.
Comment by AB: Certainly worth a visit.
Art at Hosfelt Gallery.
Bubble sculpture (like it).
Art.
Art.
Art.
Art - group show at Hosfelt Gallery.
Art.
Art at Hosfelt Gallery.
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Silverman Gallery : Job Piston - We Took A Family Portrait.
Comment by AB: Job Piston sensitively essays on his family property in Taiwan, once rural, now surrounded by high-rises. The dilemma? Either yield to the developers (and their attractive cash offers to buy the family out) or stand your ground and honor your past. Hmmm. I'll have to cogitate on that.
Photographs of the family property by Job Piston.
Job Piston & photograph - view from his family's backyard.
Installation by Job Piston.
Job Piston photography.
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Gallery Heist : Let's Party - Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
Review by Clare Coppel: A collaborative show of works created by Mike Giant and Mike Keshnar called "Let's Party" consists primarily of black and white images on wood and other materials such as skateboards and bottles. Compositional options include girls with tattoos, teepees, Coit Tower, horses, owls and guns. Very much a slice of San Francisco.
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar in above image closer.
Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar art (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar art closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar art (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
Art by Mike Giant and Mike Kershnar.
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ArtZone 461 Gallery : Terry Thompson - Urban Signs.
Review by RWM: Nice to see the vast variety of work on display here, both memorable and accomplished. In the side gallery are the impressive paintings of Terry Thompson. He evokes the past in his paintings of commercial signs that still survive from a bygone era. You may well remember different times here. The signs depicted were art objects themselves when constructed, showcasing neon lights and stylish designs. Marvel at their commemoration expressed in these paintings. We have not all outgrown this time.
Art by Terry Thompson.
Terry Thompson art.
Art by Terry Thompson.
Art by Terry Thompson.
Christmas tree made from PVC hose and tomato cages (like it).
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Mission Comics and Art : CLUSTER F@#K - a group show featuring hellafine art.
Artists: Matt Ritchie (aka Anybody), Domingo Daquioag (aka Nobody), Philip Eggleston (aka Sumbody), Matt 136, Ben Walker, Michelle Ritchie, Super Ugly, Ginger Pop, Patrick O'Connell, more.
Review by RWM: Fun. Surprising. Novel connections to be decifered. One need not find it terrific, but it is unexpectedly captivating.
Art by Michelle Ritchie.
Ben Walker art.
Art by Philip Eggleston (aka Sumbody).
Matt 136 art.
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Stained Glass Studio, 152 Helena Street, San Francisco, CA 94124: Virtuoso Visual and Musical Extravaganza.
Artists/Musicians: Prairie Prince, Pete the Painter, Nick Lukas, Moira Lukas, Kiki Smith, Amandalynn, Margaretta, Lucien Shapiro, Anna Delis, Eric Joyner, Wythe Bowart, David Bataglia, Trevor Tubelle, Holly Ellis, Charlie O'Hanlon, George Mead, Doris Jean Brown, Devon Raphael, Kai Eide, Stan Peskett, Winston Smith, Iris, Mihalis Papafrangou, Paul Knotter, Robin Grass, Jin Chon, Sharon Collins, Steel, Reyes, Ashley Despain, Joan Mangano, Monique, Rob Morgan, Anne Herbst, Michael Holman, Jean Lannen, Josh Powell, Polly Bettencourt, Sean Bringas, Nick Portiluppi, Taco, Susan Cervantas, Oliver Fader, Jaime VJ Cat, Georgia Peskett, Barbara Golden, Cyril Jordan, Hugh Brown, Bill Spooner, Diana Mangano, Walter Medeiros, Satty, Liz Hall, David Denny, Kathy Peck, Reuben Raphael, Rael Razor, Scott Mathews, Geoffrey Knoop, Jim Thomas, Keith Graves, Jennifer Burns, Fee Waybill, Roger Steen, Atom Ellis, Dave Medd, Zachary Blizzard, Brittany Gale, David Freiberg, Bobby Vega, Pollo Enfermo, Pete Mc Coy, Dave Oliver, Phil Parks, Kelso Martinis, Cannons and Clouds, CVS, Rick Anderson, Jeff Tamilier, Titan Ups, Paul Koph, Magic Christian, Martyn Jones, Mermen, Michael Ward, Dogs and Fish, Joe Mirante, Mike Nelson, Marshall Holmes, Howard Danchik, Allyson Lovejoy, Keith Dion, The Tubes, and special guests...
Comment by AB: Visual and auditory artist Prairie Prince (painter and founding member of The Tubes) celebrates his 60th year, so let's have one bodaciously unrestrained mega mungo art & music party around that. The crowd is so hip my self-esteem gets a contact high. And it's so dense, making any headway towards either the art or the stage is pretty much out of the question. But then you might expect that with a star-studded docket that includes The Tubes, The Charlatans, The Merman, and much much more. All told, they tell me, sixteen name bands play well into the wee wee hours of the morning. Yo!!!
The guest of honor - Prairie Prince.
See? I told you it was crowded.
Art.
Art.
Art by Amandalynn.
Here's something you don't see every day - art by Keith Graves.
Buffet.
Out front - Prairie Prince party time at Stained Glass Studio.
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Addendum:
Colors of the Universe group show at Mishin Fine Arts
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Another from Colors of the Universe group show at Mishin Gallery.
Mishin Gallery - one of the cherriest exhibition spaces in town.
Frey Norris Gallery
closing party for their Geary location.
Reopening soon in the Yerba Buena Arts District.
Group show - Modern Myth - at Four Barrel Coffee
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