BAER RIDGWAY - NOMA - 63 BLUXOME
941 GEARY - ICTUS - FABRIC8 - WIX LOUNGE
04.23.11
(with assistance from Clare Coppel
and RWM)
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Baer Ridgway Exhibitions : Sincerely Yours - ALMANAC.
Artists: Jeremiah Barber, Boo Chapple, Amy DaPonte, John Rory Fraser, David Fresko, Jacqueline Gordon, Barbara Greene, Alexander Greenhough, Jamil Hellu, Dorian Katz, Juan Luna-Avin, Sanaz Mazinani, Jerome Reyes, Brion Nuda Rosch, Kristine Samuelson, James M Thomas, and Kenneth White, more.
Comment by AB: Students and faculty working in Art History, Art Practice, Design, and Film & Media Studies at Stanford University (all contributors to the first issue of ALMANAC, Sincerely Yours) come together for an artistic and cerebral wingding.
Art by Stanford students and faculty at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions.
Photography.
Digital images at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions.
Pinkie cam detail of digital art in above image.
The vortex of it all - art, literature, libations.
Art by Stanford students and faculty at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions.
Photography.
Art from "ALMANAC, Sincerely Yours" group show.
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NOMA Gallery : Ryan Thayer - Timemachines.
Comment by AB: St. Louis artist Ryan Thayer takes devices that both take and display photographs, like smart phones and computers, and exposes their screens to photo-sensitive paper. The resulting apparitional photograms, according to the theory behind the procedure, stand as documents that essentially bridge time-- melding elements of the past with those of the future. The good news? They're visually effective as well.
Photography by Ryan Thayer at Noma Gallery.
Ryan Thayer photograms.
Ryan Thayer photo above closer (I'm training a new hand model).
Ryan Thayer and his photography at Noma Gallery.
Photographs by Ryan Thayer.
Ryan Thayer discusses photographic methods at Noma Gallery.
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63 Bluxome St. Gallery : Walt Hall - At the End of the Night, We've All Seen Better Days.
Comment by AB: Walt Hall's art and miscellany of collected objects and artifacts comprise conclusive proof that someone's spending significant time in a strange animated reality.
Art by Walt Hall at 63 Bluxome Street Gallery.
Art & installation by Walt Hall.
Walt Hall art at 63 Bluxome Street Gallery.
Art by Walt Hall closer.
Art & objects c/o Walt Hall.
Long view - Walt Hall art & installation at 63 Bluxome Gallery.
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941 Geary Gallery : Indoor Mural Project.
Artists: Skinner, Erik Otto, Eddie Colla, Ben Eine, Hush, Brett Amory, Neonski, Chor Boogie, Lorenzo Masnah, Blek le Rat, Augustine Kofi, Hugh Leeman, Chris Blackstock, Akut of Herakut, Damon Soule, Apex, Casey Gray, Erik Foss, Chad Hasegawa, D Young V.
Comment by Clare Coppel: Oversized pieces fill the space with color. Beautiful girls, gold teeth, and crazy old men with San Francisco pride.
Comment by AB: Exceptionally impressive group show on a grand scale transforms the 941 Geary space into a breathtaking urban wonderland, the upside of decline. Public murals of the future? See 'em here today. Them times they are a changing.
Mural installation (back wall: Chor Boogie, left - Hush, right.
Mural by Hush in above image closer.
Mural by Chor Boogie in top image closer.
Mural art by D Young V at 941 Geary Gallery.
Mural art by Brett Amory, right, at 941 Geary Gallery.
Detail of mural art above (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Left to right - art by Hugh Leeman, Blek le Rat, Augustine Kofi.
Detail of Blek le Rat mural above (image c/o Clare Coppel.
Art by Augustine Kofi (l), Casey Gray (r) - image c/o Clare Coppel.
Population sample - Chor Boogie (back wall), Eddie Colla (right).
Mural art by Eddie Colla above closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Mural art by Skinner at 941 Geary Gallery.
Not even the floor escapes the spray can.
Mural art, l-r, Chor Bogie, Hush, Eddie Colla.
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Ictus Gallery : Home in the World, An Apocalyptic Travelogue - Joan Osato.
Review by RWM: Here are landscapes, less as subjects, but rather as muse for this personally experienced journey. Through it all, you cannot loose track of the person, the creator of the images, in these sometimes blurry, odd, or juxtopositioned works. This is not necessarily a trip to be jealous of, and even if you took it, you'd likely not come back to tell this particular tale.
Comment by Clare Coppel: Joan Oaato's nature photographs with distorted views make reality look like dioramas.
Photography by Joan Osato at Ictus Gallery.
Joan Osato photograph above closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Wall of small photographs by Joan Osato.
Joan Osato small photos closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Panoramic photographs by Joan Osato.
Photograph by Joan Osato closer (image c/o Clare Coppel).
Out front at Ictus Gallery - photography show by Joan Osato.
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Fabric8 Gallery : Abstract Geometry.
Artists: Apex, Chor Boogie, Damon Soule, Evan Venegas, Jet Martinez, Nome Edonna.
Review by RWM: Fascinating color pyrotechnics. Gorgeous kaleidoscopic schemes. Interesting details and perspectives. Experience motion among the oddly painted shapes. Serious exploration of geometric forms here as motifs.
Art by Chor Boogie.
Art by Damon Soule at Fabric8 Gallery.
Nome Edonna art.
Art by Apex at Fabric8 Gallery.
Evan Venegas art.
Art by Jet Martinez.
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Wix Lounge : Speaking in Puns.
Artists: Alice Koswara, Andrew Statmiller, Ben Walker, Czr Prz, Eric Broers, Ganyan, Grant Gilliland , Greg "Pnut" Galinsky, Josh Herbolsheimer, Kik-e, Lawrence Yang, Leecifer, Lisa Romero, Matt136, Max Eherman, Midred, Pacolli, Reuben Rude, Superdeux, True Visuals, Yosiell Lorenzo. Curated by Eric Broers.
Review by RWM: Fun and play on display. Some dark humor as well.
Art from group show at Wix Lounge.
Art show at Wix Lounge (2 on right by Greg "Pnut" Galinsky).
Incendiary art.
View from the balcony - group art show at Wix Lounge.
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