11.30.2007

"Strange Fruit - Bad Seeds: John Casey & Martha Sue Harris" @ Receiver [SF]

Of course, I've had this sitting in my drafts folder for weeks on end, and now the show's done! It's up for a few more hours - catch it if you can.

More on

Receiver Gallery
John Casey
Martha Sue Harris
(all 3 are fine, fine folk)


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"Strange Fruit - Bad Seeds" @ Receiver, San Francisco"Strange Fruit - Bad Seeds" @ Receiver, San Francisco
"Strange Fruit - Bad Seeds" @ Receiver, San Francisco"Strange Fruit - Bad Seeds" @ Receiver, San Francisco

11.09.2007

Yerba Buena Arts & Culture Free 4 All


www.yerbabuena.org/Free4All

Nov 10, 11a-5p

Visit the Yerba Buena Neighborhood for the first-ever Arts and Culture Free 4 All when 12 cultural institutions, located within 3 blocks, are open for free.

Participating Institutions:
California Academy of Sciences
California Historical Society
Cartoon Art Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum
GLBT Historical Society
Museum of the African Diaspora
Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SF Camerawork
SFMOMA
The Society of California Pioneers
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Zeum

New Statesman: Information Overload

Information Overload | Conceptual art should be allowed to speak for itself
http://www.newstatesman.com/200710180036

Excerpt: It is a commonly held view in the art world that the public resists conceptual work because it is difficult to understand. Its reputation for being pretentious and "not as good as painting" would improve, they argue, if it were properly explained.

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Related article:

The Guardian
Cracked! | Tate Modern's dramatic new installation - a great gash in the floor of the Turbine Hall - has already delighted both critics and the public. But the question everyone's asking is: how on earth did it get there? Its creator, Doris Salcedo, refuses to say. But yesterday Jon Henley took along a team of experts to try to work out how it was done ...

Call for Entries: Pro Arts Juried Annual

Juried Annual 2008
Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland, CA
January 22- March 9, 2008

Selections by Laura Hoptman
Senior Curator, New Museum, New York, NY

Artists' Reception: Thursday, January 31, 6-8pm
Artists' Talk: Saturday, February 16, 1pm
Deadline: December 12, 2007 Dec 19 (extended)

http://www.proartsgallery.org/exhibitions/upcoming.html#JA2008

$10 cheaper to submit online rather than through paper.

11.08.2007

"Paint By Needle" @ Rowan Morrison [Oakland]

Paint by Needle
The Textile Art of Ako Castuera & Narangkar Glover
Nov 2 - Dec 22

Rowan Morrison Gallery
330 40th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA 94609

Hours: Wed - Sat, 11 am -6 pm or by appt

Ako Castuera @ Rowan Morrison, OaklandAko Castuera @ Rowan Morrison, Oakland
Narangkar Glover @ Rowan Morrison, OaklandNarangkar Glover @ Rowan Morrison, Oakland

Lovely work by two very nice artists. Go and see! Not just any plain ol' needlework. Definitely more to it than that. Make sure to check out their art books and prints, too.

11.06.2007

Updates


in the time it takes reviewed in the latest issue of Artweek

portfolio section has been updated

fecalface.com has put up an interview I did a little while back with Chris Pew