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| Opening Thursday September 9, 2010
(7:00 to 10:00 pm)
at Needles & Pens
A Collaborative Art Exhibition
& Book Release,
~ MORPH TRAITS ~
by
DANIEL HIGGS
& KYLE RANSON
 INFO: The MORPH TRAITS exhibition will display a collection of 44 drawings that are the result of a collaborative exercise between Kyle Ranson and Daniel Higgs. Consummated in 1991 and set aside, this back and forth practice continued intermittently over the next 16 years through brief encounters and the postal system. In 2007, the two geographically separated artists reinitiated the game and it was decided to create a volume of these works. Three years in the making, this assemblage evolved into what became known as the Morph Traits. The Morph Traits Book (a 4-color, 60 page, off-set printed book in an edition of 500 copies), published by Needles & Pens, will also be released the night of the opening. All images from the book will be displayed on the the gallery walls. Both Higgs and Ranson will be in attendance.
SEE YOU THERE!
* On display through October 4, 2010
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Needles & Pens
3253 16th Street
San Francisco, Ca. 94103
OPEN DAILY 12-7pm
WWW.NEEDLES-PENS.COM
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Saturday, September 11th kicks off the official art season and we are all very excited to be hosting Aaron Noble and Greg Lamarche. Both artists will be in attendance and to make this a bigger celebration this evening we are hosting an after party along with artists, Andrew Schoultz and Chris Duncan. Join us for an extraordinary evening of great work, music and great company. Bands go on at 9:30pm.
Guerrero Gallery is pleased to announce Materialism, an exhibition by Greg Lamarche and Aaron Noble. This show presents the unique stylistic design of each artist, where meticulousness, flow and composition are a common characteristic. The artists’ re-appropriation of images through collage work and other mediums, drawing influence from graffiti to comic books, seem to evoke a sense of reminiscent nostalgia. Materialism is an examination of the love and thoughtful consideration that Lamarche and Noble give to the raw materials utilized in their work, all reused and pieced from other items that had been produced for consumption.
Greg Lamarche’s collage work is inspired from many years of writing graffiti in NYC and The City itself, where letters and words are his primary source of imagery. He employs graffiti elements through the deconstruction of letters, movement, repetition and layering. Utilizing vintage paper, Lamarche gives discarded, forgotten things a second life and new meaning. The exhibition will feature new works from his O Series, consisting of controlled graphic collages; Remnant Series, composed of abstract letterforms, created from leftover shards of paper from previous collages, which create the O Series; and Diamond Series, which explores the negative shapes created by letters and their resulting abstract quality. Lamarche’s continued interest in expanding and transforming letterforms into endless possibilities is evident in his featured works.
Aaron Noble’s work is an investigation of superhero cartooning. His practice begins with a literal dissection of contemporary superhero comics, where he looks for interesting forms embedded within printed figurative artwork. He progresses by creating new forms out of those fragments. The resulting collage is the first iteration of the work, and the model for subsequent versions on paper, canvas, and/or wall. Noble developed this practice in the Mission district of San Francisco, as a synthesis of three distinct forms: murals, collage, and comics. The exhibition will feature new works by Noble that consist of multiple iterations of ideas, including, for the first time, the original collages. Several works will appear in at least three forms: as collage; as ink on bristol board; and as gouache on watercolor paper.
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Greg Lamarche, born and raised in New York City, has been making collages since the sixth grade. He began writing graffiti in 1981 and published Skills magazine during the early 90s. His work plays with a profusion of font styles, word fragments and multiple layers and employs characteristics from graffiti such as repetition, bold colors, multiple perspectives and movement. He has worked both as a designer and artist since 2000. His work has been featured in numerous magazines including, New York Times Magazine, Print Magazine, Juxtapoz Modern Painters and Arkitip, among others. His artwork has also been published in several new books including, Graffiti New York, Ornamental Type and Piecebook Reloaded for which he created the cover graphics.
Aaron Noble attended the San Francisco Art Institute in 1981-82. He cofounded the Clarion Alley Mural Project (CAMP) in San Francisco, which he directed from 1997 to 2001. He has done permanent outdoor murals in San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Indonesia, Taiwan and Beijing; and temporary wall paintings at the UCLA Hammer museum in Los Angeles, White Columns in New York and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, among others. He has shown at Blum & Poe and Track 16 in LA, PeerUK in London, Pavel Zoubok Gallery in New York, and many others. He is represented by Kaycee Olsen Gallery in Los Angeles and Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco, and is a member of Brooklyn Artists Alliance and the Artists Pension Trust. Aaron Noble lives and works in Los Angeles.
Guerrero Gallery. 2700 19th Street. San Francisco, CA 94110. 415.400.5168. www.guerrerogallery.com. andres@andresguerrero.com
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CHRIS DUNCAN - EYE AGAINST I
September 11 - October 16, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11th, 4-7pm
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Baer Ridgway Exhibitions is pleased to present EYE AGAINST I, a solo exhibition and large scale installation by Bay Area artist Chris Duncan. Taken from the title of the incredibly influential punk/hardcore record I AGAINST I by the Washington DC based Bad Brains, this moniker references Duncan's early influences of the punk/hardcore community and his current concepts in regards to optics, self-reflection and perception. Building upon op-art and the work of color theorists, this new body of work is about seeing, both literally and metaphorically. While questioning the objectivity of sight, Duncan provides a platform of contemplation of what is real.
For his most elaborate installation to date, Chris Duncan will alter the gallery space through a dizzying array of mirrors, string installations, new walls and scrims. In addition, Duncan has curated a series of readings and performances to be held in the gallery during the course of the exhibition. All are free and open to the public.
SEEING
Wednesday, September 15th, 6-9pm
An Evening of Readings by Whitney Chadwick, Max Goldberg, Colter Jacobsen, Jessica Lanyadoo,Miranda Mellis, Larry Rinder, Ryan Wallace, Lindsey White and Matthew Zapruder
BELIEVING
Friday, September 17th, 7-10pm
Ghost Stories as told by Donal Mosher with musical companionship from Danny Grody
Followed by a screening of October Country, a film by Michael Palmieri and Donal Mosher
BELIEVER
Friday, September 24th, 6-9pm
Live Performance by Believer
Treats will be provided by The Donut Field Research Team
SHOCK and ORBLESS
Saturday, October 2nd, 6-9pm
Live Musical Performances by Shock (a new band by the members of Rubies & Sorcerer) andOrbless.
Very best,
Kent Baer & Eli Ridgway
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
172 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
www.baerridgway.com, info@baerridgway.com
415.777.1366
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COMPOUND EYES ON THE WORLD: NEW WORK BY ANDREW SCHOULTZ SEPTEMBER 11 - OCTOBER 23, 2010 Opening reception for the artist: Saturday, September 11 beginning at 5:00 PM
Website: www.marxzav.com Marx & Zavattero is proud to announce Compound Eyes on the World, Andrew Schoultz's ambitious second solo exhibition at the gallery. Inspired by the shifting nature of history as record in the past, present, and future, Schoultz's latest exhibition alludes to the tornado of information present today and the assumption that we are able to sift through the detritus to find clarity and meaning. The driving force behind this body of work straddles a line of duality between perceived reality and fiction, creating a theatrical tour de force of mixed media paintings, drawings, monotypes, and sculpture.
Schoultz's expansive and sometimes mystical vision continues to investigate the ways in which we receive and process information about the world from a political and social perspective. His acrylic, metal flake, and collage paintings have reached a feverish pitch in both color and density, and he has tellingly chosen the iconic eye found on the American one dollar bill as a recurring image; it permeates this body of work. Toggling between abstraction and graphic imagery, Schoultz creates densely layered images that read abstract at a distance, and become clearer at close range. His new body of work shares an intense sense of action that is cinematic in scope, depicting enveloping worlds, moods, and atmosphere that is as lyrically mesmerizing as it is unsettling. Energetic bursts of bright, full-spectrum color, expansive surfaces, and radioactive lines combine with some of his established imagery - pools of water rippling out, cyclones, broken bridges, and blasts - producing a combination of beauty and chaos, despair and hope that is expressly linked to natural disasters, economic turmoil, war, and misuses of power.
In the middle of the gallery Schoultz will construct a giant brick wall fabricated from wood, installed to appear as if it is tumbling down and crumbling before our eyes. Loaded with historical significance, the wall symbolizes centuries of power, war, and international borders. Schoultz's energy is beautifully devastating and places him at the forefront of a new category of practice in which abstraction and imagery fuse and dissolve before our very eyes. Much like the tenuous state of the world today, Schoultz has created his own aesthetics of imminent calamity.
Schoultz has exhibited in numerous museum and gallery exhibitions in international and national venues, including the 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba; Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY; V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark; Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan; MAMA, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; European Kunsthalle and Linn Luhn, Cologne, Germany; the Torrance Art Museum; and the House of Campari, Los Angeles, CA, among many others. He was the winner of the Campari Art Award in 2009. His work has been featured in Playboy, Whitewall, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Artforum.com, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Juxtapoz, Arrow, Alarm, SF Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle, and several other publications. His work is in the permanent collections of the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles; The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and The Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, OH. His street murals can be found in San Francisco and Indonesia. The artist lives and works in San Francisco.
The Shooting Gallery Presents
We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are
New works by Joshua Petker
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010 7-11pm
On View: September 11 - October 2, 2010
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WE'RE NOT AS COLORFUL AS WE THINK WE ARE: New works by Joshua Petker
View Media Kit
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - July 2nd, 2010 - The Shooting Gallery is pleased to present We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are, a solo exhibition by Los Angeles-based artist, Joshua Petker.
The new body of work continues the artist's ongoing exploration of
color abstraction, negative space, and the human form. The exhibit
will be the fourth solo show with The
Shooting Gallery and will be comprised of 12-18 small to medium pieces
rendered in both mixed media on canvas and gouache and ink on paper.
The opening reception of We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are will
be held at The Shooting Gallery on Saturday, September 11, 2010 from
7-11 pm. The exhibit will be on display through October 2, 2010 and is
free and open to the public.
Strongly reminiscent of Gustav
Klimt's ethereal portraits from the turn of the 20th century, Joshua Petker consciously continues the art historical practice of exploring the nuance of human emotion through the female form. Petker suspends his female figures between intense color fields
and quiet spaces of monochrome, liberating them from the confines of
everyday life and setting them free in a color-laden world of his own
imagination. In We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are,
Petker explores the way humans use color to manipulate their physical
appearance in order to transcend their reality. People use color with
makeup to enhance their beauty, men use war paint to mark their
transformation into warriors, shamans use body paint to demarcate the
transition from body into spirit. Through these new works, Petker's
colors expose the desire for human metamorphosis all the while
reminding us that underneath the layers of color, we are more alike
then we may think. The exhibition will be comprised partly of mixed
media on canvas (acrylic, gouache and ink) and partly of gouache and
ink on paper. This is the first time that the artist will be showing
works on paper in a gallery.
Joshua Petker was
born in Los Angeles, CA in 1979 and received a BA in Western History
from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. After
studying abroad in 2001 at the Lorenzo de'Medici Institute of Florence,
he decided to pursue a career as a fine artist upon completion of his
studies back in the U.S.A. He has exhibited nationally in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, and internationally in London. His work can be found in private collections throughout the world.
Media Opportunities Interview with artist, Joshua Petker Interview with Justin Giarla, Owner/Founder of 941 Geary, White Walls, The Shooting Gallery and G3
Calendar Editors: What: We're Not As Colorful As We Think We Are, exhibition by
Joshua Petker
When: Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7-11PM
Show runs through September 11 - October 2, 2010
Where: The Shooting Gallery
835 Larkin St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT: www.shootinggallerysf.com
The Shooting Gallery
opened it's doors in 2003 to the edgy Tenderloin district of San
Francisco; one known for it's diverse culture and history. Owner and
curator, Justin Giarla, founded the space to offer a welcoming
environment for viewing the art he loves.
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| The Sound of Dust
I didn't know if you came across this video yet, but I ran into my friend Brian Hanson yesterday who helped film and edit it. It's a film short documenting the work and philosophy of Huntington Beach surfboard Shaper Tim Stamps. Super rad and really inspiring! Anyhow take a peek.
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| Murals at Harry Wirtz Elementary
Last year, Eric Caruso a teacher at Harry Wirtz Elementary School (Paramount, CA, near LA) had an idea to invite some artists to paint some murals at the school because there wasn't an arts program for the kids. That brilliant idea resulted in some awesome murals by artists Seitaku Aoyama, Yusuke Hanai, Rich Jacobs, Tim Kerr and Albert Reyes.
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| Ryan De La Hoz @RVCA through 5/25
Ryan De La Hoz' show in the Upper Haight at RVCA runs through this Saturday... And the next time you're in the Mission, be sure to swing through his new shop on 14th St, Cool Try... We need to get over there soon and do a little photo feature for ya.
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| Daniel Chen @The Book and Job Gallery (SF)
The Book and Job Gallery (San Francisco) really stepped it up with the opening of Daniel Chen's loveBlast on May 4th. Complete with a doorman, piano player, old fashioneds, and some really nice paintings, I could hardly believe I was at the Book and Job. The paintings varied in size, and the show was balanced nicely between them, the spray-can work on the walls, and the smaller drawings displayed throughout. The kind notes Chen wrote on the walls are certain to brighten your day, and the rest of the work is definitely worth a look. It was a very classy evening and I hope they continue to intersperse shows like these into their schedule in the future
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG, SF
FFDG opened up the group show featuring original works by the artists of the world famous Skull & Sword tattoo last Friday here in San Francisco. Thanks to the huge crowd who turned out to support these four incredibly talented artists. Here is a taste of the show, and be sure to swing in to view in person. The show runs through June 8th.
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| Gary Baseman Interview
Gary Baseman's retrospective "The Door is Always Open" at the Skirball in LA opened recently to massive crowds in a huge celebratory opening party. The exhibition is so complex and personal, delving into Baseman's background, family history, and all the layers of prolific work that he has done over the years. After the opening festivities winded down, I caught up with Baseman for an interview. We discussed the underlying meaning to some of the components of the show and how it felt for him, coming from such an honest personal perspective in putting this massive show together.
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| Mark Mulroney at Ever Gold (+Photos)
Fertile Menace, a new show of Mark Mulroney's (NY) work opened at Ever Gold on May 4th and it's not one to be missed. It is intelligently hilarious, with jokes riffing off sex, Foucault, and the body, and while it makes you laugh it's also going to make you think.
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| Sanjay & Craig Premieres Saturday
Our buddies Jay Howell, Andreas Trolf, and Jim Dirschberger are hyped as their show, which they've been working on for like 2 years, premieres on Nickelodeon Saturday. From the trailers we've seen so far and from what Jay has told us about, the show is going to be pretty epic. Congrats to those radical fellas.
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG, Friday (7-10pm)
Here's a little taste of work by the artists of the world famous The Skull and Sword tattoo shop who open their show at San Francisco's FFDG on Friday, May 17th (7-10pm).
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| Amir H. Fallah Studio Visit
Following his solo exhibition "The Collected" at Gallery Wendi Norris, painter Amir H. Fallah is in the throes of developing more new works for upcoming international exhibits. We spent some time in his studio in Highland Park, Los Angeles recently, discussing his process and inspiration.
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| Bubi Canal's "Chrystelle" (+video)
We were first introduced to the photography of Spanish born NYC based Bubi Canal when he emailed us his great video Trust in Me a couple years ago. His solo show Special Moment recently ran at NYC's Munch Gallery in February, and he recently released his newest video Chrystelle below.
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| Michael Garlington & The Metaphysical Fundraiser at 111 Minna
Although I missed the opening of Northern-California photographer Michael Garlington's newest show, Constructed Realities, I was fortunate enough to see the work still up during the Metaphysical fundraiser a couple weeks back at 111 Minna. Metaphysical fundraiser, an auction to benefit Wayne Ernzer. --- The ghoulish photographs in their heavy, hand-made frames are reminiscent of photos from the old west, and the glass crucifixes, complete with fetuses and guns, emphasize the accumulated time within the works themselves. Whether you're looking at the frames, the photos, or both, this show deserves a visit, and a walk through the golden archway Garlington constructed around the front door.
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| John Felix Arnold III in Japan (Part 3)
Fecal Face contributor Rachel Ralph (rachel(at)fecalface.com) has been profiling this Oakland based painter as he travels about Japan. In this segment, we feature some photos as he prepared for this show and residency at Spes-LaB in Tokyo which opened last weekend. Arnold will be featured in SFMoMA's Minna Street windows on June 8th.
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| Alex Lukas & Richard Colman @Guerrero Gallery
Last Saturday, here in SF's Mission district, Guerrero Gallery opened two new shows with Philly based Alex Lukas and SF based Richard Colman respectively. Colman's work occupied the project space while Lukas' work and foliage was presented in the main space. Worth getting to if you haven't already.
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| High 5s: Mexico-Land
Just got back to SF after a little trip south to Sayulita, Mexico. After 10 years without a vacation, me and the Mrs. headed south for some mental time off sitting in the sun, swimming and enjoying the watery Mexican beer. Here are some photos as we get back into the swing of things again.
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| High 5s: Puttin' The Pee in the Pod
For 13 years I've been blogging up randomness. Here's more of it.
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| Dimitris Polychroniadis (+Greece)
Athens, Greece based designer, architect and artist Dimitris Polychroniadis emailed over more of his work which consists of mixed media, pop-humorous diorama sculptures that make a comment on the harsh realities my country and much of the world is facing at the moment.
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| Skull & Sword at FFDG Featuring: Grime, Henry Lewis, Yutaro, and Lango
FFDG will open a group show with the artists from the famed Skull & Sword Tattoo on Friday, May 17th (6-9pm). Artists: Grime, Henry Lewis, Yutaro, and Lango. Below are a series of videos on Grime for Vice's Tattoo Age produced in 2011. Fascinating look at one of the greatest tattoo artists alive today.
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| ARYZ at Fifty24SF
ARYZ (Spain) opened his newest gallery show at Fifty24SF last Friday and, if you live in the Bay Area, you need to go. This dude can obviously paint, and he doesn't need an entire building to show his impecable skill. The show has lots of small works on paper which contrast his highly-defined line work to his hard-edged painted objects. The contrast between the hard and soft was the most striking thing to me about his work, since I had never seen it in person before, and the washes blend with the thick paint seamlessly. The show also contains a larger work on canvas, a huge head suspended in the back of the room, and a big wood sculpture of a wolf figure. This diversity in such a small space was impressive, and those of us that went to the opening even got to meet the man in person. If you didn't make it out this weekend, check it out before May 31st when it closes and these works will be off to some very happy new homes.
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| David Bayus @Water McBeer
Water McBeer is please to announce its latest exhibition "Precious" a solo exhibition by David Bayus (April 6 - May 4, 2013) -- David Bayus born 1982 holds his BFA from the Savannah College of Art and his MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. David lives and works in San Francisco and is a founding member of the basement collective. This will be his first exhibition with the world renown Water McBeer Gallery highlighting his most recent achievements with paint and digital media. David Bayus will be exhibiting 5 relatively large-scale mixed media works along with a collaborative object featuring Hungarian sculptor H.R KOONS.
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| Hard Time Mini Mall @The Shooting Gallery
The Shooting Gallery handed over the reins to the Red Truck Gallery (a New Orleans based gallery) which curated their new show, Hard Time Mini Mall and opened the it on Saturday night. This is my favorite show (so far) in the Shooting Gallery's new space and was packed full of art, a mini bar, and cowhide rugs. The Red Truck Gallery chose works with clear craftsmanship and it was easy to see in Ian Berry's denim assemblages and Chris Roberts-Antieau's awesome quilts. The space was completely packed, making it hard to see each piece individually, but this show deserves a second trip anyway. I look forward to spending more time with the chandeliers, automatons, and paintings before the show comes down on May 4th.
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| "Ayre (of Distances)" by Nathan Cyprys +Toronto
Toronto based photographer Nathan Cyprys emailed to let us know about his newest series "Neighbour State", and we were about to post it when we spotted this series on his site entitled "Ayre (of Distances)" and had to post this one instead. After you view this one, view "Neighbour State" on his site. Both are visually enjoyable.
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| Alex Ziv & Mario Ayala at FFDG +Opening Pics
Photos from the opening of Going Nowhere featuring works by San Francisco based artists Alex Ziv & Mario Ayala which runs through May 4th at FFDG.
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