Review: Ben Venom – “Piece of Mind” solo exhibition at Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco.
When I arrived at Guerrero Gallery on a Wednesday afternoon to check out Ben Venom’s show, “Piece of Mind,” there was a construction crew inside …
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Review: “The New Bay Bridge” group exhibition at Vessel Gallery, Oakland
In case you haven’t noticed, there is a new bridge in town. “The New Bay Bridge” at Vessel Gallery, Oakland, features the work of two …
“This Is The Sound of Someone Losing the Plot” group exhibition at Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco. Curated by Anthony Discenza.
“This Is The Sound of Someone Losing the Plot” opens the new Utah St. Catharine Clark Gallery with a show curated by Anthony Discenza entirely …
Review: “Heightened Subjectivity” group exhibition at Interface Gallery, Oakland
“Heightened Subjectivity” is a group show at Interface Gallery in Oakland featuring recent work by Claire Colette, Teresa Baker and Lana Williams. Through titles that …
Disillusioned – The Art World In Review 1: The Brits Speak Out to the Spoken For.
By Peter Dobey September 27, 2013 Judging by the discussions in the British press this week, it would seem more people are beginning to …
Review: “The Mutant and the Melody” solo exhibition by Joel Dean at Jancar Jones Gallery, Los Angeles.
As a spectator entering a gallery or museum, anticipation of aesthetic elation is internalized. Once upon these works, viewing an interesting something or other …
SFAQ Pick: Asian Contemporary Art Week – ACAW, Virlani Hallberg’s “Alter-Circuit” exhibition at Et. al gallery, San Francisco. Opening Wednesday, September 25th.
Opening this Wednesday, September 25th at Et. al gallery in Chinatown, San Francisco is “Alter-Circuit: Virlani Hallberg” featuring the single-channel video “Receding Triangular Square” …
Review: Uri Tzaig’s “Sustainable Art” exhibition at refusalon, San Francisco
Uri Tzaig “Sustainable Art” refusalon JW Marriott San Francisco Union Square 500 Post Street San Francisco, California By John Held, Jr. …
A Richard Berger Appreciation
A couple things lately have made me think of Richard Berger, not the least of which was seeing one of his sculptures from …
SFAQ Pick: Lecture by Rinko Kawauchi at the California College of the Arts – CCA, San Francisco. Tomorrow, September 24th.
Lecture by Rinko Kawauchi Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7pm Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 …
Review: “The Outside World” by Richard Learoyd at Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
When Richard Learoyd describes his experiments with the camera obscura as “an anti-digital therapy,” he sets himself opposite the compulsive image takers and re-takers. This …
Review: Yang Fudong’s “Estranged Paradise” at the Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive
Yang Fudong: Estranged Paradise, Works 1993-2013 Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive August 21 – December 8, 2013 As the Berkeley Art Museum …
Art as Case Study 1: “Fault Lines” at Kadist.
Feature by Peter Dobey All too often I encounter visual art that has been butchered by theoretical exposition. A particularly egregious variety of …
In Conversation with Zarouhie Abdalian
Interviewed by Sarah Thibault Zarouhie Abdalian and I met for drinks recently to discuss her current show MATRIX 249 at the Berkeley Art Museum, her …
Review: Ryan McGinley’s “Yearbook” solo exhibition at Ratio 3, San Francisco
The studio portraits in Ryan McGinley’s solo exhibition “Yearbook” at Ratio 3 Gallery are irreverent and sexy. They build on the artist’s decade-long tradition …
Review: Ward Schumaker’s “YEARS OF PRETTY: Selections from Ten Years of Work” at Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco
The title “Reason Drifts Far From The Shore” is printed in black acrylic on a grey background, centered on the left side of the 48 …
Review: “Open Cube” curated by Adriano Pedrose at White Cube, Masons Yard in London
I’m not sure whether to be happy or sad that I am getting older within the arts. On one hand I feel like …
SFAQ Pick: “ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND” group exhibition highlighting the Mission School at SFAI’s Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco. Opening tonight, September 12th.
Opening tonight, September 12th, 7-10pm is “ENERGY THAT IS ALL AROUND,” a group exhibition featuring early and formative work by five artists—Chris Johanson, Margaret …
Review: Jillian McDonald’s “Valley of the Deer,” at the Ontario College of Art & Design
Here’s a scary movie to play at your avant-garde haunted house. Jillian McDonald’s “Valley of the Deer,” recently shown at Ontario College of Art …
Review: “Zwischerliecht” group exhibition at LxWxH Gallery, Seattle
LxWxHx gallery (pronounced Length Width Height, but you probably already gathered that) in Seattle’s isolated Georgetown neighborhood boasts a fitting sense of aloofness, considering …