ELI RIDGWAY - EVER GOLD
BOOK & JOB - INCLINE
08.17.12
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Eli Ridgway Gallery : No Touch - Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.
Comment by AB: The gallery looks impressive at first glance with precise large-scale geometric bas reliefs lining the walls, but wait. The bulk of the exhibition turns out to be little more than neatly cut and framed panels of acoustic foam, several with insets. The remaining artworks are comprised of various acoustic and soundproofing materials as well. Those that incorporate actual sound emanating from strategically positioned speakers are worth noting, but overall, if you've ever been in a soundproof room or professional recording studio, then what we have here becomes pretty much of a been-there-done-that with a modest artistic twist.
Acoustic foam art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon at Eli Ridgway Gallery.
Sound installation and acoustic art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.
Art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon in above image closer.
Art sound & installation by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon (that's her on the right).
Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon sculpture at Eli Ridgway Gallery.
Acoustic foam art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.
Soundproofing art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon at Eli Ridgway Gallery.
Acoustic foam art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon.
Circumstance - acoustic art by Jacqueline Kiyomi Gordon at Eli Ridgway Gallery.
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Ever Gold Gallery : Tyson Vogel - The Looming Symphonies: Your Streets Are My Song.
Comment by AB: Tyson Vogel transforms the gallery into a comfortable intimate living room installation, dense with art, where visitors are welcome to take a seat and have a listen. "To what?" you ask. Over the past month, Vogel has composed a "symphony" consisting entirely of sounds from The Tenderloin. Nicely done and certainly worth a visit.
Here we are. Installation by Tyson Vogel at Ever Gold Gallery. Shall we? OK.
Art, installation & music by Tyson Vogel.
Tyson Vogel out front at Ever Gold Gallery (image c/o Dennis Kernohan).
Art & installation by Tyson Vogel at Ever Gold Gallery.
Listening to Tenderloin symphony by Tyson Vogel.
Tyson Vogel art & music installation at Ever Gold Gallery.
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Book & Job Gallery : Hero Complex - Josh Nemec.
Comment by AB: Detailed ink drawings and works on paper by Josh Nemec offer up various perspectives on heroes and heroism. Upstairs, enjoy a wall of polaroids and a show of vintage insect anatomy charts likely once used for educational purposes.
Art by Josh Nemec at Book & Job Gallery.
Josh Nemec art in above image closer.
Art by Josh Nemec in top image closer at Book & Job Gallery.
Pinkie cam detail of Josh Nemec in above image.
Josh Nemec and his art at Book & Job Gallery.
Art by Josh Nemec.
Josh Nemec art in above image closer at Book & Job Gallery.
Wall of polaroids upstairs at Book & Job Gallery.
Wall of polaroids in above image closer.
Vintage insect anatomy charts at Book & Job Gallery.
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Incline Gallery : Sean Maung, Daniel Mondragon and Chris Brennan - Fascinations. Curated by Max Allbee.
Comment by AB: Three photographers document the unbridled side of hardcore inner city life... and those who live it to the fullest.
Chris Brennan and his photography at Incline Gallery.
Photographs by Sean Maung.
Sean Maung and his photography at Incline Gallery.
Photographs by Sean Maung.
Photographs by Daniel Mondragon at Incline Gallery.
Daniel Mondragon photography.
Daniel Mondragon & his photo + artist collaborator Eli Lippert.
Photographs by Daniel Mondragon at Incline Gallery.
Photography documenting life in the inner city at Incline Gallery.
Light box photographs at Incline Gallery.
Ambiance - urban photography show at Incline Gallery.
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