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April & May 2006 Art Explosion Spring Open Studios! (San Francisco, CA) Here is something you
don’t get to see everyday, the inside of a working artists studio. The behind
the scenes look at the creative process in action. The Art Explosion Studios
presents their Spring Open Studios
“MELT 2006” which offers the chance to walk through the studios of over
100 artists and see how they do it. You’ll get to ask them about their
technique and what inspires them while they personally show you their work. This show always has surprises with so
much original art by such a wide variety of artists on view. Many of the
artists have work in shows around town and in galleries. This is a chance to
see a lot of that work under one roof and see a lot of each artists work. Some
shows just have a few pictures from each artists, but this show will have a lot
of the artists work on display to give the you a chance to get a feeling for
the artists and pick and choose from their work. The sheer breadth of the show can remind
you of a museum visit and in the past there have been works on display that
have later ended up in museum collections. This is a chance to see the San
Francisco art scene with a backstage pass so don’t miss it. The Art Explosion
Studios have been around for over 10 years and has 36,000 sq/feet of studio and
gallery space in two locations within a few blocks of each other and the show
promises to be a memorable art night out. “MELT” Spring Open Studios Opening Reception Fri. 4/28/06 7pm-11pm Open Studios: Saturday 4/29/06 12pm-5pm Sunday 4/30/06 12pm-5pm The Art Explosion Studios & Gallery 2425 17th Street @ Potrero 744 Alabama Street @ 19th
April 7 - May 5, 2006 OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, April 7th,
6:00 - 8:30 PM ampersand international arts Artist-Xchange Gallery APRIL ART EXHIBIT – NEW WORKS EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Allison Kreft, Elizabeth Ben Porat, dk
haas, Melissa Yarbrough, Julie Crosby, Jamie Dorfman, Yezal Achadabraheem,
Sohei Yamamoto, Trish Tunney, Pierre-Marie Bee, Claudia Tawaderseh, Pat Markle,
Chuck Drees, Sign Language, Carrie Sieh, Mary Tivadar, Roger Licot, Kim
Weinberg, Niana Liu, Marinaomi, Sofia Carmi, Ruth Jacobson, Georgianne Fastaia,
Hiroko Sakai, Gretchen Walker, MZZ T RZZ, Stephanie Choo. DJ Yoko We will have Dj Yoko (I&I SOUND) With
true love of music brings positive vibes from Reggae 45s:Roots and
Culture,Lovers Rock, Classic/ New Dancehall. Yoko has been djing for two years
in Bay area's bar&lounge and clubs. Loving to share Irie vibes with music
lovers, her reggae spirits vibes up all nicely. Currently, she plays every
Sunday afternoon @ Kate O'Brien's(SF) and the Oxygen bar(Mission District). Artist-Xchange Gallery April 5, 2006 - April 30,
2006. Left In the Dark Portraits of San Francisco movie theatres
by Rebecca McBride Left in the Dark is a photographic series
that explores the rich cultural history of film exhibition in San Francisco.
The photographs are taken with 35mm and medium format cameras and both black
and white as well as color film stocks are used. This body of work reveals a
contemporary portrait of today’s movie theatres. The theatres are shown empty,
allowing the grandeur of the architecture to take center stage. These
independent, single screen theatres, struggle to survive with the growing
demand for strip mall multiplexes and home theatres. Left in the Dark documents
the importance of exhibition, small businesses, theatre architecture and
culture in San Francisco as well as other cities and small towns around the
United States. Artists' Television Access The ReGeneration Program
for Emerging Artists Presents its Newest Exhibition: Mind Maps If maps record the details of, and
relationships between, the objects and spaces of a given environment, they also
describe the mindset and worldview of the mapmakers themselves. If a map
records the details of, and relationships between, the objects and spaces of a
given environment, it also describes the mindset and worldview of the mapmaker.
MIND MAPS lets us enjoy both the subjective "maps" of contemporary
reality created by eight emerging Latina/Latino artists and the inner processes
of perception, reflection, and creation, which produced them. Creativity is always a subtle and
delicate matter. And while deeply personal, it is also informed by the
specific circumstances in which it operates. Arriving from various
backgrounds at this early point in their careers, the artists of MIND MAPS
consider life and the world from a thought provoking array of perspectives, and
with an admirable range of talents and insights. Together, their work
defines a terrain at once social, cultural, historical, political,
psychological, emotional, and spiritual. Like a topographical map, the artists
describe not only the breadth of contemporary experience in all its variety and
texture, but the depth of the human reaction to it as well. - Ric Godinez, painter Galería de la
Raza Disrupted:
A Photographic Installation @
Intersection for the Arts Independent
Press Spotlight (est. 1972)
started its publishing imprint in 1982, and was one of the first outlets for
the publication of Asian Pacific American literature. As part of the 2006
Intergenerational Writing Lab collaboration between Intersection and Kearny
Street Workshop, this evening presents work from the workshops and readings
from Kearny Street Workshop’s publications. Featured readers include poet
Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, and poet Jaime Jacinto. The
Hybrid Project: 1906 Earthquake Intersection for
the Arts 446 Valencia Jack
Hanley Gallery presents Adam
McEwen My Mistake April 8 - 29, 2006 Opening reception: Saturday, April 8th,
6-9 pm The Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco is
pleased to present the first West Coast solo exhibition of the work of New
York-based artist Adam McEwen, which will include paintings, photographs and
installation. Adam McEwen is known for his work in
which he references and subverts the often overlooked or tuned-out symbols and
icons of everyday and pop culture. As described in the Whitney Biennial
2006 catalogue, he utilizes “a series of interventions that jolt us temporarily
out of our indifference, owing to over-exposure, toward the signs that dominate
our daily lives…McEwen excavates our obsession, in a tabloid-dominated
culture.” He often plays with the recognizable graphic styles of “Sorry
We Are Closed” window signs or the large-scale “sale” type banners found at car
dealerships, subtly changing the message or wording which may go unnoticed, due
to their visual familiarity. With a similar approach, McEwen exploits the
form of the obituary by inserting and essentially killing living celebrities
through the act of printing their obituary (as a continuation of or reference
to the typical newspaper practice of writing and updating obituaries for
celebrities prior to their deaths.) Adam McEwen's work has been exhibited in
one-person shows, most recently, at Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York and
previously at Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome and the Wrong Gallery, New York.
His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Dicksmith Gallery in
London, Bortolami Dayan, PS1 Contemporary Art Museum, White Columns, and Gavin
Brown's Enterprise in New York, and at the CCA Wattis Institute for
Contemporary Art in San Francisco, among others. His work is also
currently included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of
American Art in New York. Southern Exposure Southern Exposure is pleased to present
Smart Ass, an exhibition exploring humor in conceptual art making. In the
OVERLOOK Project Space SoEx hosts Invisible-5, a self-guided two-CD audio tour
along the Interstate-5, between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Public programs
include the Invisible-5 Presentation & Panel Discussion on Thursday, April
6 from 7 – 9 pm, and Pep Talks by Susan O’Malley and Christina Amini on
Saturday, April 15 from 1 – 4 pm. The exhibitions and events are free and open
to the public. By focusing on the less serious side of
conceptual art practice, the artists featured in Smart Ass find humor in their
work. Quick thinking wit is a running theme uniting work ranging from sculpture
to installation, drawing, photography and video. Often, the work goes
beyond the one liner to expand our notions of what is comical. Sometimes
we giggle from discomfort and at other times we find that we are ultimately
laughing at ourselves. Curated by Kelsey Nicholson, this exhibition includes
work by Dustin Fosnot, Kora Jünger, Virginia Kleker, Susan O’Malley, Shannon
Plumb, Ben Riesman, Ryan Thayer, and Dan Witz. Dustin Fosnot constructs diorama-like
animated installations that often depict snowy settings and landscapes.
This Bay Area artist experiments with scale and employs Styrofoam - a material
accused of destroying the environment - to represent the natural world. The
comical, almost cartoonish aesthetic in his miniature scenes, and his
mechanization of meteorological phenomena all take a lighthearted, irreverent
approach to representing reality. German artist Kora Jünger
presents graphically simple line drawings which feature bold outlines and
simplified facial characteristics and seem to reference illustrations for
airline safety cards or instruction manuals. In the World’s Saddest Songs
series, Jünger attaches witty titles to her drawings, entitling an image of an
old woman blowing into a noisemaker Blow Job. Other drawings employ whimsical
subject matter, like the inflatable jumping castles found at carnivals, to
evoke a humorous effect. Virginia Kleker is an Oakland-based video
and performance artist who often investigates the dissonance that occurs
between corporeal, psychological, and emotional identity. In a bold
performance, the artist took a traveler’s luggage unauthorized from the baggage
claim at the airport. After examining the contents and photographing
herself with some of the clothing and personal effects, the artist returned the
luggage to the airport, packed with a mock-search inspection notification
form. Not only a commentary on travel safety culture and personal
privacy, Kleker seeks to create a contrived intimacy between the subject and
the inspector examining their belongings. San Francisco artist Susan O’Malley
responds to the realities of daily life and is fascinated with disparate topics
such as manicured landscapes and marketing. She stages interventionist
performance as part of her “residency” projects. O’Malley attempts to improve
and beautify the residents’ lawns by creating installations and sculptures out
of their existing property and possessions. In conjunction with Smart Ass, exhibiting
artist Susan O’Malley collaborates with Christina Amini to offer a PEP TALK session
on Saturday, April 15th from 1 – 4 pm. The artists will offer twenty-minute
individual consultations, providing their services of listening and offering
optimistic advice to the public at no charge. To sign up, please call Southern
Exposure at 415-863-2141. Appointments will be filled on a first come, first
serve basis. Shannon Plumb’s short
videos harken back to the early days of silent film and comedic actors like
Charlie Chaplin or Laurel and Hardy. These vignettes are shot on super 8
in one continuous take and then augmented with a simple soundtrack or
narration. This New York drama student-come-filmmaker creates vivid
caricatures of familiar figures such as an eager to please temptress, or acts
out campy toothpaste commercials and public service announcements. Plumb
cleverly captures the essence of her characters and her depictions invite the
viewer to laugh out loud. Ben Riesman
is an Oakland-based artist working with sound, photography and video. For Smart
Ass, Riesman collaborates with the public in the spirit of a gift. He will
present evidence of these interactions at Southern Exposure. The viewer is left
to question the goodwill of the project and wonder where the humor lies. San Francisco artist Ryan Thayer presents two installations that
explore consumer and corporate culture and space. Ceiling Tile Wall is a
composition of acoustic ceiling tiles that has been built onto the wall, and
plays with the ideas of space and purpose. Untitled (Experience of Place) is a
closet-sized replica of an office that suggests the claustrophic self-contained
nature of that workspace environment. Dan Witz,
a New York street artist since the late 1970s, will be exhibiting photographs
that document his prank series, in which the small tweaking of signage,
architecture or found environments drastically changes the original intent.
Many of his projects are downright funny, such the act of garnishing dog poop
on the street with cocktail umbrellas, or anthropomorphizing residential
façades into funny faces with the aid a bright red balloon “nose.” For this
exhibition, Witz will also create and photograph a site-specific intervention
in San Francisco. In the OVERLOOK Project
Space, Southern Exposure hosts the exhibit Invisible-5, a self-guided two-CD audio tour along
the I-5, between Los Angeles and San Francisco that uses the format of a museum
audio tour to guide the listener along the highway landscape, mixing elements
of critical tourism and audio documentary. On view are photographs by Kim Stringfellow,
audio clips of the tour, and informational materials from collaborating
organizations. This project was developed in collaboration by artist Amy
Balkin; Greenaction for Health and
Environmental Justice; audio
lead Tim Halbur; Pond: art,
activism & ideas; and artist Kim Stringfellow. In addition, Southern Exposure hosts the
launch of Invisible-5 on Thursday April 6th from 7pm- 9pm. The event will
include a presentation of selections from the tour, followed by a panel
discussion with Bradley Angel, co-founder of Greenaction for Health and
Environmental Justice; artists Amy Balkin and Kim Stringfellow; Tim Halbur,
audio lead; and Marie Harrison, community organizer, Greenaction for Health and
Environmental Justice. Moderator: Jeannene Przyblyski. Invisible-5 is supported by the Creative
Work Fund. contact: Through
A Child's Eyes SomArts Bay Gallery Curated by Yumiko Oda, Japan, and Joan
Miro, USA The LAB will present The
Man Box and Beyond: An exhibit about masculinity and male
identity in April-May 2006. Fifteen artists in all visual media have been
chosen to participate, many of whom will create new work for the show. The Man
Box is about socially constructed gender roles and masculinities. The artists
explore, oftentimes through humor and pathos, the Man Box and the consequences
of being in this Box, not only on the personal and social level, but also in
the larger context of war, a realm still dominated by men. The idea of the Man
Box was originated by the Oakland Men’s Project. Originally called “Act Like a
Man” box, it is an exercise used to open up discussions about gender roles and
how they are enforced, and masculinities and their connection to violence. Men
are asked to indicate what messages they were given when told to “act like a
man”. This exercise triggers memories of their experiences of pain,
humiliation, abuse, lack of love, acceptance, and powerlessness. Many of the
artists included in this exhibition also make the idea of the Man Box more
complex by adding the issues of race, ethnicity, nationality, economic status,
age, and sexual orientation in looking at what it means to be a man today. Featuring Daniel Anderson, Victor
Barbieri, Bill Berry, Jaime Cortez, Richard Godinez, Clinton Hensley, Jonn
Herschend, John Jenkins, Scott Kildall, Shaun Leonardo, Scott Newell, Emet
Sosna, Marq Sutherland, Ehren Tool, and Scott Tsuchitani April 7–May 6, 2006 The Hapa
Project
exhibition opening reception and book launch party for Kip Fulbeck's new book from Chronicle Books, /The Hapa Project featuring performances from hapa artists Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2006 image
courtesy of Kip Fulbeck ABOUT KIP FULBECK AND THE HAPA PROJECT Spring Garden party 2006 Garden party art exhibit in the Lovely Mission district of San Francisco April 16, 2006 2-10 PM $1.00-5.00 donation, no one turned away for lack of funds Project Artaud 401 Alabama Street at 17th. St. San Francisco The residents of Project Artaud offer a public invitation to celebrate the history and future of this 35 year old non-profit, member-run arts organization. Project Artaud houses over 70 individual artists and several public arts organizations. This spring we celebrate the legacy of Artaud with an exhibition of work from the oldest to the youngest members of Project Artaud including; visual arts, theater, film/video, music, storytelling and much more. This exhibit will be in our spectacular garden park. Come experience the splendor of this thriving arts community in the heart of the Mission district! Project Artaud is alive and thriving due to of years of committment to the arts and our city square block, standing tall on the corners of 17th/Alabama/Mariposa/Florida inviting artists, non-artists and all people of this planet to come celebrate! Michelle
O'Connor Gallery and The Blue Studio present The Drugstore Gallery presentsAfter the Flood recent paintings by Georgianne Fastaia March 17th through April 19th 2006 Art Opening Reception Friday March 24, 2006 6:30-9:30pm After the Flood, a series of haunting imagined "floodscapes" and solitary figures caught in the water was painted in response to Hurricane Katrina. This exhibition is a shift in her work. Georgianne is distilling the figure and abstracting the landscape to create subtle, layered paintings which describe the desolate calm after the storm. To express the sense of hope and rediscovery That often follows tragedy, these paintings are intentionally imperfect, reconstructed as objects of beauty despite the flaws--a nail in the wood, a strand of hair caught in the paint. After the Flood seeks to convey the weight of loss while offering a glimpse of an undeniably beautiful world reflected in the waters and gray-violet skies. 5% of proceeds donated to the American Red Cross in its continuing efforts to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. 5% off all items for sale during the Opening Reception featuring New Orleans inspired refreshments & a musical celebration of River Songs. The Drugstore, Vintage Décor & More 3149 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 282 0544 open 12-7 wed-sun gallery@drugstorevintage.com "The Great Mongol State"
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