Review: “CULM” group exhibtion at Night Gallery, Los Angeles
When a fictional sci-fi future comes into mind the surroundings are likely to be one of two-pronged possibilities: is it a mechanically pristine, totalitarian …
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Review: “Painting in the 2.5th Dimension” group exhibition at the Zabludowicz Collection, London
Strap on your helmet and fasten your seatbelt because we’re going to the 2.5th dimension, a place where the boarder of painting and sculpture merge. …
Review: “Haptic Translations” group show at OHWOW gallery, Los Angeles
Haptic –as a direct translation- refers to any one country or region’s customary greeting (think, handshake or double cheek peck). When a secondary …
“An exhibition which comes and goes as it pleases,” group exhibition recently at Et al. gallery, San Francisco
Et al., of the most recent curatorial projects turned physical gallery, opened “An exhibition which comes and goes as it pleases” last week in the …
My Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
By John Held, Jr. When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to …
“Kota Ezawa: Boardwalk” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
Kota Ezawa, best known for remaking images from popular culture and history, has created a sculptural tribute to Funtown Pier, the Seaside Heights, New …
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 …
“Confronti” at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy
On view till July 21st at Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy is the exhibition, “Confronti” featuring works by Enrico Castellani, Dan …
Erika Lynne Hanson’s “// Iconic – Ambiguous Landscape//” tonight, July 11th at Little Paper Planes, San Francisco
Tonight, July 11th at 7pm is an event at Little Paper Planes, San Francisco titled “// Iconic – Ambiguous Landscape//” by Erika Lynne Hanson …
Mathew Zefeldt and Chris Pew at Hatch Gallery, Oakland
Mathew Zefeldt confronts the remaking of classical ideas at the juncture between the original and the replica. The heads of Greco/Roman sculpture are subjects …
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 …
Vishal Jugdeo‘s “That Thing That Precedes The You” at Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles
On view through August 3rd at Thomas Solomon Gallery is Vishal Jugdeo‘s “That Thing That Precedes The You.” This latest solo venture from 2012’s “Made …
Matthias Merkel Hess’s “Anvils” at Acme Gallery, Los Angeles
When one thinks of this object, operated in its originally intended, utilitarian manner, a picture begins to form in the minds eye. A strong-armed …
Brian Standeford’s “Amature Hour” at Land Management, Seattle
Land Management is a multi-purpose arts space in Seattle’s North Capitol Hill Neighborhood. This side of Capitol Hill is like a mixture of subcultural …
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 …
“JJJJound Correspondence” at HVW8 Art & Design Gallery, Los Angeles
JJJJound, the scarcely worded, image based blog founded by Justin R. Saunders in 2006, is an internet treasure trove of the hip, off …
Yelena Zhelezov: “Ghost Development” at The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles
“Ghost Development” was an intimate, participatory lecture/performance by Yelena Zhelezov recently performed this month at The Fowler Museum at UCLA in Los Angeles. The …
Bill Viola: “Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures” at Blain|Southern, London
Blain|Southern gallery located just off Regent Street on Hanover Square, presents internationally renowned American artist Bill Viola’s exhibition entitled ‘Frustrated Actions and Futile Gestures’ …
Sameness and Discrepency
Susan Parker, “Recent Paintings.” Ronald Chase, “New Painting.” June 1 – July 20, 2013 Don Soker Gallery 80 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA By …