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Tonight in Oakland: Aggregate Space, S.H.E.D. Projects

Posted on May 24, 2013 by sfaq

There are a couple promising events tonight, Friday, May 24th. The first is at Aggregate Space for theie group exhibition “ENOUGH ALREADY” featuring works by Jennie Lennick, Mitsu Okubo, Joshua Pieper, and Daniel Yovino. It’s an exhibition of works that are too cute, too normal, too violent, too sexual, and too boring. Instead of isolating and aestheticizing the beauty of the normal and mundane, these artists are shaking hands with the soul crushing banality of day to day life. It’s the extreme irregularity of each artist’s point of view which binds them in their honesty and awkwardness. The opening is 6-10pm. For more information visit here.

The second event we would like to bring to your attention is at S.H.E.D. Projects in West Oakland. The opening statement for the event is pretty amazing. Read below.

MOWOM LIVE:

WHITE RUSSIANS UNDER THE FLOWER MOON, BETWEEN TWO PILLARS

SARDINES AND ORBS THAT ARE CHANGING

BALLOON-TWISTERS AND MUSICAL SCORES

SCOTTY AS SHEILA

PAULETTE AS HERSELF

WET CLAY WITH CANDLES

THE MOON IS A FUCKING YIN-YANG!

TREADMILLS, TIME, AND WOMEN

It’s a one-night project by Bailey Hikawa and Erin Jane Nelson. A play written by Erin Jane Nelson will be performed on a set designed by Bailey Hikawa. S.H.E.D. Projects will be open to the public with an open courtyard with bon fires, music, drinks, and the performing arts. Doors open at 7pm and the performance will begin at 9pm. For more information visit here.

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George Bolling’s recordings from MOCA, San Francisco roadtrip in 1972 on view at SFMOMA

Posted on May 24, 2013 by sfaq

Currently at SFMOMA’s Koret Visitor Education Center at 4:15pm daily (except Wednesdays and Sundays) are screenings of video curator and videographer, George Bolling’s recordings of their 1972 road trip to show at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, traveling with a group of San Francisco artist friends in a 15-passenger airport limousine. Organized by Tom Marioni, director of the Museum of Conceptual Art in San Francisco, the trip itself and its documentation (by Bolling and Larry Fox) were considered to be works in Marioni’s exhibition “The San Francisco Performance,” which included Terry Fox, Howard Fried, Paul Kos, Mel Henderson, Sam’s Cafe, and Bonnie Sherk. Several of the artists drove down together, making stops along the way to Baldasare Forestierre’s Underground Garden in Fresno and Chris Burden’s “Bed Piece” in Venice, California. One sequence features Henderson talking to the police about his intervention of spelling out ATTICA in Christmas lights on a ravine hillside. Art critic Charles Shere narrates the film, discussing key aspects of the significant work being made in Northern California at that time. Bolling produced this documentary in 1979 on the occasion of SFMOMA’s “Space / Time / Sound-1970s: A Decade in the Bay Area,” the first major museum survey of Bay Area Conceptual art and performance.

This screening was organized by Tanya Zimbardo, assistant curator of media arts, SFMOMA.

For more information visit here.

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“Honeymoon Phase” by Kelsey Bennett at DRKRM, Los Angeles

Posted on May 23, 2013 by sfaq

Hypnagogia

“Honeymoon Phase,” is the first West Coast outing for New York based, critically praised photographer, Kelsey Bennett. Up now through June 1st at DRKRM Los Angeles, is a presentation that function’s as part survey/part preview of future exploratory narratives. Many (“Vanity Fair”, being one of those many) have noted her specific styling as “surreal,” indeed it is. But, this is one of the many complexities tackled within her body of work. Each of Bennett’s series’ is a particular investigation into culture and identity. A command of tone and color envelops the frame of these hyper-suburbia slightly asunder settings. However, the emotive command (and common thread throughout this presentation) is clearly that of the cinematic characters, who punctuate each frame with lively conviction.

Hypnagogia

Upon entering “Honeymoon Phase,” “Hypnagogia,” a series initially debuted at the Christopher Henry Gallery in 2010, is the first dynamic set that jumps off of the wall and at the viewer. Each frame is a glimpse into differing story arcs. These characters’ embody a “John Water’s” cinematic spirit of depravity; yet, each individual is equally shrouded in a seriousness that urges the viewer to engage within the single frame saga. In one shot you see a boy whose world-weary eyes connect with the lens and seer into the viewer. The boy, his mother just out of view, and the cuts of shadow and light seem more accredited to a mid twentieth century “Life” magazine spread. But, look again and see the boys’ breakfast is eyes floating in a thick soup of milk. Scroll a few frames over and encounter a beauty from a bygone era. Flanked by Victorian memento mori antiques and a dummy crow, this woman sits front and center. Enraptured by her casted off gaze, you notice on secondary glance that she is in fact in a child’s crib ala Edith Massey’s Egg Lady in “Female Trouble.” Here, the safe and mundane is fractured, but why?

Hags

Convincingly, Bennett weaves a narrative of off kilter existence- a balance of present yet detached (this is furthered through the use of “Hypnagogia” as the series’ title-meaning transitional states in and out of sleep). Sitting in direct conversation with “Hypnagogia,” is the preview into an ongoing series (slated for completion in Spring 2014), entitled “H.A.G.S.” The artist notes, “H.A.G.S, which stands for Have a Good Summer is a common sentiment in a yearbook.” In H.A.G.S., Bennett brings her cast of characters into the studio replete with a dewy senior portrait haze. These portraits of fellow artists are a representation of, what Bennett calls, “kids from my dream high school.” Here, the function of portraiture is skewed; a narrative is created through attaching the fantasy of a “dream high school.” Stereotypical representations of what one imagines being the high school elite are demolished. The preconceived picturesque is modified to fit what Bennett considers to be an idealized state.

Black Velvet

Next, is a re-visitation of “Black Velvet,” chronicling the eponymously named, Brooklyn based James Brown impersonator Charles Bradley. The Godfather of Soul is resurrected within these frames. Watch the transformation as Bradley curls his hair into that signature ‘do, as synonymous with the late singer as his energetic dance moves. Next, see Bradley (an extremely talented singer in his own right), mid emotion head cocked back- raw, agonized and vulnerable. “Black Velvet,” shows that Bradley as Brown is a pure force. Bennett captures a transformation from the earthly Bradley into the transformative, almost séance state, of “Black Velvet.”

Boregasm

Rounding out “Honeymoon Phase,” is a brief look into a progressive aesthetic departure for Bennett, entitled “Boregasm.” Pairing with visual artist B. Thom Stevenson, an exploration into collaged framework is at play. Textures and colors fold and collapse into one another, preposterous pairings intersect in and out. Bennett and Stevenson’s collaboration erupts into an interesting manifestation of fragmented memories. “Boregasm,” is a brief yet well-articulated preview. As a concluding addition to “Honeymoon Phase,” it leaves the spectator with much to ponder; within the mash up of cultural insignia and textures is a cathartic, pleasurable experience.

For more information visit here.

-Contributed by Bianca Guillen

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Enrique Chagoya’s “Freedom of Expression” opens tomorrow, May 23rd, at Kala Art Institute, Oakland

Posted on May 22, 2013 by sfaq

2012: Super-Bato Saves the World, 2009
Courtesy of Electric Works

Opening tomorrow, 6-8pm, at Kala Art Insitute is “FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION”, an exhibition of the work of Enrique Chagoya. Curated by Peter Selz and Sue Kubly, “Freedom of Expression” is a survey of Chagoya’s artwork from the past thirty years, including large charcoal and pastel drawings, prints, codices and three-dimensional objects, many of them completed since 2000.

When Paradise Arrived, 1988
Courtesy of the di Rosa collection

Chagoya’s work incorporates historic and political subject matter to cast new interpretations of Mexico’s history and current political events. It follows in the grand tradition of the great 20th Century Mexican muralists; But it is most indebted to the legendary exponents of art of social satire: José Guadalupe Posada and Francisco Goya.

Pyramid Scheme, 2009
Digital prints on cans, silkscreen cardboard storage box
Courtesy of Electric Works

His work invokes elements of pre-Columbian mythology, western religious iconography, and American popular culture, to address issues of Colonial conquest and its destructive wake, the problems of the border and the legacy of Mesoamerican culture. Chagoya approaches these subjects with a sharp but playful visual and verbal language, fusing a sense of irony with an incisive political and personal commentary. His innovative use of traditional media adds poignancy and surprise to his work, which are hallmarks of his art practice.

For more information visit here.

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“Several Species of Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict” group show at Et al. gallery in Chinatown, San Francisco

Posted on May 22, 2013 by sfaq

Installation view, image courtesy of Et al. gallery

“Reversed Left to Right” Digital print on MDF, ~50″ x 30″, 2013. Image courtesy of Et al. gallery

If not familiar, the title of the exhibition is also the title of a progressive, spoken word cut-up and ambient audio track by Roger Waters of the seminal 1970s band Pink Floyd. Curious, I try to find connections with the work and the title, only to be drawn repeatedly to the concept that the works are unequivocally here together – in visual conversation with each other.

“The Woodcut”, aluminum, fluorescent light fixture,
plexi-mounted Fujitrans, 30″ x 24″, 2013. Image courtesy of Leora Lutz

“1/2 WIOH” Acrylic on paper mounted on plexiglass, 30″ x 22″, 2013. Image courtesy of Et al. gallery

Tony Discenza’s “The Woodcut” is a written piece of fiction describing an encounter with a gloomy and approaching figure – perhaps a ghost, while Andrew Chapman’s “1/2 WIOH” subtle grey washes echoes this mystery. Chris Hoods’ “Line of Sight” is a painted canvas with kitty cats, birds and dogs falling topsy-turvy in a white-washed field making for playful visual antics. In contrast, the buzzing line-work of Aaron Finnis’s “CHROMA III (10MB data)” creates an optical illusion to the eye.

Aaron Finnis
“CHROMA III (10MB data)”, 80″ x 30″, acrylic on door panel, 2013, Image courtesy of Leora Lutz

“Untitled (Building Walls, #1) Archival prints mounted on dibond, 15″ x 20″, 2013. Image courtesy of Et al. gallery

In particular, the work of Cybele Lyle and Kate Bonner seemed the most complimentary. Both artists use collage and photographic images to abstract the landscape as it becomes juxtaposed with architecture. Bonner’s “Reversed Left to Right” is a photo-collage sculpture situated on the floor, forcing the viewer to bend down to look at it head-on, thus reconsidering its location in the gallery and how this work is disrupting that for us. The images are photocopies of architectural photos, and they appear as slices or portals for places that are familiar but cannot be entered into. In comparison, Lyle’s “Untitled (Building Walls, #1)” seems to reiterate dislocation by rearranging photographs into architectural configurations which she then re-photographs. The images are much like a tableau vivant, with places to explore and to imagine.

In hindsight the show is not a departure from the title, since “Several Species…” has been equated with the late past mid-century avant-garde concrete sound poem/progressive music genre. Likewise, the work in the show leans toward fragmented, edited abstraction that all lend themselves to a poetic, visual vocabulary forming a cohesive thread, similar to a concrete poem. The show continues until June 14.

For more information visit here.

-Contributed by Leora Lutz

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Last chance to attend “Wednesday Night Salon Series” at Mills College Art Museum, May 22nd

Posted on May 21, 2013 by sfaq

Tomorrow, May 22nd, is the last evening of a 3 week noise series at Mills College Art Museum. The event is 4pm – 7pm, but try to arrive early due to limited space. The selection of sound artist will play their compositions through the Oculus as part of the MFA 2013 Wednesday Night Salon Series.

The Oculus is an installation by Kate Short that engages with the acoustic space of the tower in the Mills College Art Museum. As a sound sculpture, the piece plays an undulating soundscape of brown noise, the lower frequencies within the audible sound spectrum.

This 12 channel sound installation was also constructed with the hope that others would also utilize the piece to create compositions that engage with the specific nuances of the space. This series presents the work of eleven sound artists who were given the opportunity to work within the Oculus to develop their own interpretations of the space.

*Due to limited space there will be 3 presentations of these works each evening. They will begin at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm.

May 22nd performances by:

Shanna Sordahl
Michael Mersereau
Ryan Page
Chris Duncan

For more information visit here.

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Orly Genger at Madison Square Park and Larissa Goldston Gallery in New York

Posted on May 21, 2013 by sfaq

: Red section of Orly Genger’s, “Red, Yellow and Blue” Madison Square Park, May 2013. Photo credit: Kelly Inouye

Perhaps a short blog post is not adequate to capture all that Orly Genger has going on right now, but it’s worth a try. Genger has transformed Madison Square Park with 1.4 million feet of hand-painted, intricately knotted and layered nautical rope pulled from all over the eastern seaboard.

People resting on the yellow section of Orly Genger’s, “Red, Yellow and Blue” Madison Square Park, May 2013. Photo credit: Kelly Inouye

Her installation titled “Red, Yellow and Blue” is staggering in scale and ambition, yet it’s very inviting. In spite of weighing in at over 100,000 pounds and utilizing more than 3,000 gallons of paint, Genger’s handiwork undulates through the park creating comfortable little sections and pockets of tranquility.

Part of the blue section of Orly Genger’s, “Red, Yellow and Blue” Madison Square Park, May 2013. Photo credit: Kelly Inouye

Detail of yellow knots in Orly Genger’s, “Red, Yellow and Blue” Madison Square Park, May 2013. Photo credit: Kelly Inouye

Up close, it becomes apparent that the installation is actually a gigantic macramé project. Anyone who has ever tried that particular craft will realize the absurd amount of work the creation of this piece must have involved. If you can’t imagine it, you can read about how she and her studio assistants spent two years picking lobster claws and seaweed out of the rope here. The scale of this work rivals that of super-masculine icon of minimalist sculpture, Richard Serra. The colors and title give a nod to Barnett Newman.

Orly Genger, Untitled, 2012.  cast bronze.  8 x 8 x 9 1/2 inches
Image courtesy Larissa Goldston Gallery

Orly Genger, Untitled, 2012 . cast bronze.  8 x 8 x 9 1/2 inches
Image courtesy Larissa Goldston Gallery

Though she’s best known for showing large accumulations of rope like those in “Red, Yellow and Blue” Genger’s studio work is diverse and offers interesting context for the rope installations. In her solo show titled, “Iron Maiden” at Larissa Goldston Gallery in Chelsea, she’s currently exhibiting cast bronze and aluminum sculptures of knots and superhero-ish figures. The knotted sculptures are convoluted and full of struggle: puzzle-like if trying to trace the path of the rope from one end to the other.

Orly Genger, Digs, 2011.  ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper.  73 x 112 inches
Image courtesy Larissa Goldston Gallery.

In her 2011 solo show titled “Big, Open, Empty” with the same gallery, she showed a series of large works on paper certainly inspired by the physical work involved in making the colossal piles of rope currently occupying Madison Square Park. These works depict disembodied arms of the muscular comic book variety, punching and struggling against each other.

Orly Genger, Nymphs, 2011 . gouache on paper . 61 x 81 1/2 inches
Image courtesy Larissa Goldston Gallery

As if all this weren’t enough, she’s also collaborated with jewelry designer Jaclyn Mayer to create an elegant line of rope-inspired accessories, so everyone can wear a little part of the struggle.

“Red, Yellow and Blue” will be on view in Madison Square Park in New York through September 8, 2013. “Iron Maiden” is on view at Larissa Goldston Gallery through June 22, 2013.

-Contributed by Kelly Inouye

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ArtMRKT San Francisco Highlights Part 3 of 3

Posted on May 20, 2013 by sfaq

This is the final post covering ArtMRKT 2013, part 3 of 3. The fairs are all done this year in San Francisco and all the galleries are packed up and one their way to their respective homes. ArtMRKT proved to be a success this year with record attendance and sales. 2013 marks a new chapter for art fairs in San Francisco. ArtPad SF also made an impact this past weekend with a solid performance at their venue the Pheonix Hotel in the Tenderloin/Lower Polk area. We will power through these images to give you an idea of what was on view. Enjoy.

Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco

Paul Wackers

FOR-SITE Foundation, San Francisco: Booth #305

Amandamayi Arnold

Shin Gallery, New York: Booth #113

Cynthia Corbett Gallery, San Francisco

Andy Burgess

Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #221

Brett Amory

Modernbook Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #311

Venus Kawai

Spoke Art, San Francisco: Booth #207

Gail Severn Gallery, Sun Valley: Booth #213

Hung Liu

Bean Finneran

p l m Gallery, Toronto: Booth #206

Wil Murray

Keith W. Bently

Seager Gray Gallery, Mill Valley: Booth #217

Jessica Drenk

SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #122

Willard Dixon

Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco

Barry McGee

Richard Shaw

Fouladi Projects, San Francisco: Booth #205

Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley: Booth #121

Paul Norwood

Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco: Booth # 203

Todd Hido

Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #107

San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose: Booth #103

Walter Bischoff Galerie, Germany: Booth #123

Hans Rentschler

Shark’s Inc., Colorado: Booth #102

Matthew Palladino

Timothy Yarger Fine Art, Beverly Hills: Booth #219

SLATE Contemporary, Oakland: Booth #420

Carol Inez Charney

Diane Rosenblum

Gallery Sam, Oakland

Roy Lerner

Karl Zerbe

Meyerovich Gallery, San Francisco

John Baldessari

Frank Stella

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #115

All done! Hope you enjoyed the coverage from the fairs, and next year make time to visit them in person and experience the fairs first hand.

For more information on ArtMRKT visit here.

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ArtMRKT San Francisco Highlights Part 2 of 3

Posted on May 20, 2013 by sfaq

The fairs are all done this year in San Francisco and all the galleries are packed up and one their way to their respective homes. ArtMRKT proved to be a success this year with record attendance and sales. 2013 marks a new chapter for art fairs in San Francisco. ArtPad SF also made an impact this past weekend with a solid performance at their venue the Pheonix Hotel in the Tenderloin/Lower Polk area. This post is part 2 of 3 of ArtMRKT. We will power through these images to give you an idea of what was on view. Enjoy.

Attendance at ArtMRKT 2013

Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles: Booth #509

Alejandro Cartagena

Katrin Korfmann

Andy Freeberg

Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #507

Muriel Guepin Gallery, New York: Booth #505

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo

Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla: Booth #401

Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco

Hung Liu

Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston: Booth #403

Taravat Talepasand

Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco: Booth #405

MODERNISM INC., San Francisco: Booth #507

Mel Ramos

James Hayward

Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York: Booth #209

Hung Liu

Michele Pred

K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco: Booth #409

Masako Miki

Tahiti Pehrson

Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco and New York: Booth #411

Scott Fraser

Lalla Essaydi

Skidmore Contemporary Art, Santa Monica: Booth #215

Tom McKinley

Forum Gallery, New York: Booth #201

David Mach

Davis Cone

Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco: Booth #303

Part 3 of 3 coming soon. For more information visit here.

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ArtPad SF Highlights Part 2 of 2

Posted on May 18, 2013 by sfaq

We have one more day (Sunday) to see the fairs while they are in town. It’s your chance to get an idea of the programming from local, national, and international galleries all in one, actually two locations in San Francisco. This is part 2 of 2 of the highlights from ArtPad SF 2013. Enjoy the images below, and make it out to the Tenderloin/Lower Polk area to hang out by the pool, have some drinks, and enjoy some artwork by hundreds of artists. More coming soon from ArtMRKT San Francisco.

Also we would like to congratulate the graduating class of 2013 from CCA, SFAI, and Mills College. Stay connected to you artistic practice and make your mark in art history!!!

What is Art? Live!!! is at ArtPad SF again this year and they have a booth dedicated to their television/online show displayed on flat screens as well as some artwork on the walls. If you haven’t seen their show before find it online. It’s g-r-e-a-t stuff.

Queens Nails Gallery is at ArtPad too, one week after being in New York for NADA art fair. Their jet setting lifestyle shows how dedicated they are to their artists as well as their curatorial duties. Queens Nails has been pushing the bar for progressive experimental art in the Bay Area for years and they don’t plan on stopping anything soon. Their room has some really great works that need your time and attention. Visit them and say hi.

Oakland is at ArtPad SF and is making sparks fly with their video and photography program. Krowswork is one of the most experimental spaces in Oakland pushing the digital and photographic art forms. Installation and sculptural works make their way into the program but are sometimes necessary and attractive accents to the exhibitions. Krowswork really did a great job at their booth this year.

Johansson Projects is back for their 3rd year at ArtPad SF. Johansson Projects has been an anchor for the Oakland art community and were one of the first galleries who promoted experimental works and installation, working incredibly hard to make their mark in the East Bay. Check out their booth at ArtPad SF to see what they have in their annual program.

Blythe Projects came up from Los Angeles again. Here are a couple works that i saw people huddled around during the opening party. Good to see LA in San Francisco. Welcome, come again soon.

One gallery I was particularly excited to see at ArtPad SF was Moniquemeloche Gallery from Chicago. Chicago has an incredible art scene right now. They are slowly branching out to surrounding cities and it is a pleasure to have a Chicago gallery in San Francisco. The sensibility of art is very different from the Bay Area and is refreshing to see in the city. Make your way to visit this room, a must see.

Steven Wolfe is another San Francisco gem. Their room is well articulated with some interesting work that will hold your attention for more than a quick glance. Their window display is very eye catching, peeking from behind some palms on the second floor of the hotel. Another booth re recommend you to spend some time in this weekend.

Unspeakable Projects from San Francisco are at ArtPad and brought some interesting flat and sculptural works. It was pretty crowded in their room when I went in and could only get a couple good images. Find you way to their booth to see more.

Mark Wolfe Contemporary is a local gallery in downtown San Francisco who has been exhibiting work seen seldom in the Bay Area. Some of the paintings they had on view I never seen before an was completely thrilled to see their inclusion in their programming. They killed it this year, returning back to ArtPad in 2013. Visit Mark Wolfe Contemporary’s booth to see some really amazing paintings.

New Image Art from LA came up to join us again in San Francisco art ArtPad SF. Their booth is the largest at the fair bringing some of the largest works on view at the fair. The production of their efforts is admirable, and can be easily detected when stepping into their space. More and more LA in San Francisco.

Last but not least is beta pictoris gallery and Maus Contemporary from Birmingham, Alabama. I’ve heard of these galleries before but haven’t had the opportunity to see the work they show in person. I don’t see a trip to Alabama in the near future, so thank you for making it convenient for us Bay Area dwellers. Below are a few amazing paintings that need to bee seen in person and not on a computer screen… but ill upload them anyways to make it easy. Enjoy.

This concluded the coverage for ArtPad SF 2013. Hope you enjoyed the photographs and get inspired to see the fair for yourself. Good excuse to hang out by a pool for a few hours. A very rare opportunity in this rain and fog plagued city.

For more information visit here.

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