close calls

fecal face posted my art blog on the close calls 2007 show



@ headlands center for the arts
featuring: Mari Andrews, Johnna K. Arnold, Todd Barricklow, Lisa K. Blatt, Jon Brumit, Freddy Chandra, Alexander Cheves, Lisa Conrad, Lauren Davies, Chris Duncan, Sheila Ghidini, Diana Guerrero, Karen Hampton, Jason Jagel, David O. Johnson, Hiroyo Kaneko, Steve Lambert, Vanessa Marsh, Victoria May, Gretchen Mentzer, Michael Meyers, SungHong Min, Lucas Murgida, Anne Faith Nicholls, Sean Olson, Trevor Paglen, Kathleen Quillian & Gilbert Guerrero, Nadim Roberto Sabella, Zachary Royer Scholz, Lisa Stoneman, Dan Tierney.
jan. 14-feb. 25, 2007

check out the blog or my slideshow

life sized polaroids (hawaii)

uluhe fern shoot, volcano national park, hawaii.



i took a series of polaroid samples on my recent trip to hawaii. the image on the polaroid is the same size as the item photographed (so that if i want to photograph something bigger than a polaroid, i have to create a polaroid construction).

the series includes polaroids taken on the caldera floor of kilauea volcano, which is an active volcano.



i am finding myself more compelled by the life-sized photos -- which do a better job at showing, for example, the plant life making inroads on the caldera floor. it also seems somehow truer to me.


view the full 41 photo slideshow.

art blogging

fecal face posted my art blogs on three shows earlier this month.

1. anne faith nicholls' solo show

@ shooting gallery
dec. 2, 2006 - jan. 6, 2007

see the blog or my slideshow

2. the anniversary show @ aftermodern

featuring work by ben woodward (inclunding above) and berdardo poggi leigh, tahiti pehrson, ann toebbe, aarow white, jordan isip, becky suss, others (see gallery web site)
nov. 27, 2006 - jan. 27, 2007
see the blog or my slideshow

3. james drake's solo show

@ gallery paule anglim
jan. 3-27, 2007
see the blog or my slideshow

sg 2006 from sf (soma)

yerba buena.



cookies, polaroid sample (life sized), first night of hanukkah chanukah hanukah chanukkah.


nate's chimp jesus. 4th street, under the freeway (near harrison). polaroid fails to show face details. i tried a few things, this is the best i got.


fifth night of chanuka hanuka chanukkah hanukka channukah. fifth night of khanike. i just learned a variety of more and less common spellings.


plantrees. shipley@6th.

saelee oh tip

giant robot has saelee oh apples - "each apple is a unique piece done by Saelee with the white paper stitched onto the red. apples are about 4 x 4 inches." $50. available here. the works from the show at the bottom of the are all sold, and a nice selection of her work. 5 apples are available as i post this.

thelab(sf)'s small multiples show

i am participating in thelab(sf)'s 10th annual small multiples show (post-postcard).


the show is an "open-invitational exhibition" and given that thelab is a good non-profit arts space, lots of local art school folks and kids like me, trying to find our way into exhibiting art, participate (costs $10). thelab provides each participant with a 5"h.6"w.11"d box, which they fill. the work must be priced between $1 and $30 (split between thelab and theartist). all work in the box must have the same price. the post-postcard idea invites artists to make small works - originals, multiples, whatever - that fit into thebox and thepricerange. the show is an open marketplace with hundreds of these boxes.

this show is a natural fit for one of my favorite cameras, the polaroid spectra.




i submitted 14 individual polaroids, framed in the polaroid film cartridges (reuse), with tape and an eyescrew.

priced $15 each (half to me).

i also created 7 polaroid constructions/diptychs. i made frames out of cardboard (reuse), tape, and wire. i am very happy with the results.



priced $30 each (half to me).

i learned a few things along the way.



view the slideshow of my submission. or, the photo set.

this is a great show to checkout in person. handy fortothe giftgiving. there is veryverymuch work, a variety of good work (original and multiples), all priced $30 and less.
2948 16th street @ capp (near mission)
opens thurs, nov. 30 (members preview from 5-6pm, opening reception 6-9)
runs friday (dec. 1) 1-8pm
sat/sun (dec. 2-3) 11am-6pm
free admission

paul wackers at eleanor harwood gallery

paul wacker's show at eleanor harwood is called "another side of this life."


i blogged it on fecal face. wanna read?

maria forde at little tree

maria forde's solo show at little tree gallery


includes 32 paintings - one from each year of her life so far.


love the smiles. i blogged it on fecal face. wanna read?

david choe at anno domini

"frice," david choe's solo show at anno domini, in downtown san jose, opened last friday night.


the show includes
--this work on black velvet, which choe uses to complete the image


--this sweet detailed illustration

choe is a bit pervy.

--this collaboration with mr. cartoon (air brush and oil paint on paper), which is both amazing and too pin up girl for me.


--his twins



these ladies may be familiar. choe painted them on one of the doors next to 5024 on fillmore in sf's lower haight.


before that, he painted them next to, and above, gr2 in la (still up in sept. 06)


the show also includes photocopy enlargements, one-offs, 1000% sized images from his sketch book.



these were huge (as big as 7feetx3feet); many had additional hand shading; priced between $40 and $150. looks to me like his gift of opportunity for local fans. mostly sold at the opening (i think), but not all.

they gave him the whole gallery. this was mostly good.

and somewhat random


my photo set and slideshow have more photos of the work. unfortunately, my flash didn't agree with all of the work.

gallery ad also posted the show, with prices, here. i think david choe is really talented. somewhat volatile. somewhat juvenile. there is a good chance that he will have an interesting career. right now, he can, and likely does, support himself doing graphic design work. his also makes t-shirts and participates in some corporate art programs. i hope this doesn't kill his gallery work. in any event, this is a good show for choe's work. he has a solo show at jonathan levine in january 2007.

check out the show - which runs through nov. 25, 2006 - in person.
anno domini
366 so. first street, san jose, ca

clarion alley

clarion alley

has a bunch of new murals.
sara thustra.


mary joy scott.

vitche



my photo set and slideshow are incomplete, but give you some idea. you can also view my post on fecal face.

clarion alley runs between valencia and mission in san francisco. it is one block off, and parallel to, 17th (between good vibrations and community thrift). worth checking out in person.

unexpected

i would not have predicted it. but unicorns keep popping up in my world.

last night at a party, one boy (a machinist) was dressed as one.

today, i stopped by grsf, where megan whitmarsh had a series of drawings from a unicorn zine.


later, in clarion alley, i saw this older 8 bit unicorn painting:


then, i saw this newer painting with unicorns:


4 different suppliers of unicorns in under 24 hours. scary.

earlier this year, i saw an andrew schoultz unicorn at giant robot sf's two year show.

seems like i also saw one at the shooting gallery's erotic show, maybe by anne faith nicholls?

i saw a sara thustra-ish poster of a unicorn, by sy, at needles and pens a while back, and learned that sy published those fucking unicorns.

and recently, jeff soto posted a new painting with unicorns.