Posts in category Feature
SFAQ visits “Open House” at Headlands Center for the Arts
By Ariel Rosen I open Albert Camus’s The Fall to a random page and read these words: “A doll’s village, isn’t it? …
“Artists’ Magazines” at 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco
By John Held, Jr. It’s really difficult to successfully show printed works as opposed to strictly visual works of art in a gallery …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: SUZANNE HUSKY
by Mark Van Proyen “Avalanche” published their last number in the Summer of 1976. The previous Spring, the inaugural issue of “October” …
In Conversation with THE SHED, Beverly Hills: Jake Eisenmann and Paige Marton
Interview by Alberto Cuadros Alberto Cuadros: Let’s talk about the last show. The first show and it’s not the last show, but …
In Conversation with Severine von Tscharner Fleming, a Young Farmer and Activist
I first met Severine von Tscharner Fleming when she was a student at UC Berkeley. Her bubbling, nay BOILING energy was a pleasant surprise for …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: MICHAEL MERSEREAU
By Glen Helfand It’s difficult to resist cinematic seduction, and Michael Mersereau doesn’t bother to try. His primary art interest is in …
Matt Gonzalez’s “Things I Didn’t Know I Loved” at Park Life, San Francisco
By John Held, Jr. Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are normally cited as the originators of collage in modern art, a term …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: CHRIS DUNCAN
By Ashley Stull The 1960s and 70s were the championing era for initiatives that localized artist efforts outside of the institution. Conceptual …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: GUY OVERFELT
By Andrew McClintock The first time I met Guy he asked me if he could drive his Trans-AM through the front of …
SFO – San Francisco/International Part 2
July 10,2013 The Artist in Public Life: Lessons from Istanbul, in context and uncertainty. By Peter Dobey Monday evening marked …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: NATE BOYCE
by Daelyn Farnham With only thirty years under his belt, the San Francisco based Nate Boyce balances an artistic practice that jumps …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: JULIEN BERTHIER
by Paul Kos In 1998, I met young French artist Julien Berthier, (born 1975, right handed and left brained). He had …
SFAQ Issue 13 Highlight: EMMA SPERTUS
by A. Will Brown Emma Spertus’ work can be found just around the corner from the Lake Merritt Bart station at “Real Time and …
The Real Threat to Freedom
By Chris Rusak There has been a lot of talk about George Orwell’s classic book 1984 recently and for good reason. Edward Snowden catalyzed …
SFO – San Francisco/International
July 1, 2013 By Peter Dobey In the past decade or so, the art world has worked hard to portray …
Spiritual Sanctuary in a New Setting
By John Held, Jr. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s “On the Go” project got up and went plein air with …
“your motion says you are in the mood” solo exhibition of new work by Christopher Füllemann at n/a, Oakland
Bright, natural, clean light fills the pristine, white room. A bed with a white duvet is nestled in the back, the kitchenette to the …
Head Over Heels: Greg Gossel at White Walls, San Francisco
By Chris Rusak Hard, it is, to stare beyond brandished, half-naked pinups and ponder the effects of an over-saturated visual culture slathered across streets …
The Diebenkorn is in the Details
By John Held, Jr. Richard Diebenkorn was something of a painting prodigy, having his first major exhibition at the Legion of Honor, while attending …
Paul McCarthy: “White Snow” at the Armory, New York
Speeding around the Matterhorn, that beautiful fake mountain, in a run-away mining cart, I was thinking of Paul McCarthy. I spent a large part …