mary joy scott at needles&pens

i went to see mary joy's scott's "stitch in time" at needles&pens on saturday.


the show includes a number of works on handkerchief
(pronunciation: 'ha[ng]-k&r-ch&f, hankerchifs (sp)).


andrew from needles&pens told me that handkerchiefs are used for drawings in prison (or something like that). the show also includes work on paper. and some paintings on the wall.


i am not a fan of skulls, even of the tattoo graphic variety. maybe this also fits with the prison experience.

this piece

reminds me somewhat of tiffany's owl painting from her recent blk/mrkt show. bad time to be a mouse with raptors around.

her attention to detail is impressive


view the photo slideshow or set?

or, go see the show at
needles&pens
3253 16th street (btwn guerrero&dolores in the mission)
"usually open" tues-sun 12pm-7pm
(the show runs through halloween)

open on sunday is nice. thanks needles&pens.

and, as petalum commented on my flickr, "let's hear it for needles and pens!!! always something good in there. breezy and andrew are working pretty hard to keep the mission district's art and culture scene alive, and interesting."

speaking of, they have a nice photo blog with info on the show. and, they have an online store. the pricing - from $100 to $675 - is great. more so for compelling work with this much attention to detail.

my favorite is missed me! (first photo of this posting).
ink and graphite on paper, 12"x14" framed, $350.

coming this week

mary joy scott at needles&pens
(view the slideshow or the set?)

amber room at the luggage store gallery
(view the slideshow or the set?)

white walls & shooting gallery

the third show i went to this past saturday i went to twice.

two days of painting at whitewalls/shootinggallery. the galleries were divided into artist's stations. the walls, or beams, or whatever around the artist's stations held some of the artist's other work. so it was live painting plus group show. they fit a lot of the artists they work with over the year into this kind of show.

at 4pm, there were lots of people. many like me, documenting (still, video). music. party atmosphere. loud. comfortable.

i saw artists working. i came back later.

adam5100.



shawn barber



kim cogan



richard colman



sam flores



sylvia ji



henry lewis



damon soule



at 10:30, most of the artists had left. i got to record the end results of day one. and fill in additional information, photograph more of the paintings on the walls.

i think this was a great idea for an open studio.

i put together a slideshow (reset the time to 2-3 seconds) and a set with a lot more artists, work, photos. it ran saturday and sunday (i hiked on sunday.)

fecal face blogged the show. they open with the postcard, which lists many of the artists.

immediate future at sfac gallery

immediate future is the show for the 2006 murphy and cadogan "fine arts" fellowships. chosen from recent graduates from the local art and other colleges.

i like ryan pierce.


the full painting has nice color balance and nice detail work.

edmund wyss.


(his technical virtuosity reminds me of this coro painting, which i saw later saturday)

brice bischoff put together a 49 polaroid portrait called "disappeared (new orleans skyline)"


it lights up in person. i like polaroid constructions.

the postcard piece is a video by bessma khalaf titled "this land is my land."


i put together a 5-picture slideshow to give you the idea of the video.

there is a bunch more work in the show. this is a great chance to see who some folks think are the pick of the current crop of recent graduates with bachelor of arts degrees.

the show runs until october 28, 2006.
sfac gallery is at 401 van ness at mcallister
(across van ness from city hall)
they are open weds-sat 12-5. "always free."

my set includes a few more photos.

vitche and giant at 5024

i went to three art shows on saturday.  the first was vitche and mike giant at 5024 in sf's lower haight.

vitche
 
vitche, from sao paulo, brazil, mainly contributed painted sculptures.

 
this show includes nicely rendered small painted works.


some more complex than others.

 
folk. whimsy. romatic for some with the use of hearts.

 
the show includes three large paintings on canvas.


giant
 
mike giant also stepped up with strong work.

"the body as home."


"collision"


"racer"


"mom"


collector's notes

this show is great. vitche is a peer of os gemeos and herbert. deitch brought os gemeos to the international art markets (armory, art basel). this post gives background on this group. lost art has photos of their work, and others. i have a good os gemeos set&slideshow.

the work runs from $300 to $2200. my pick is the girl with the green shirt ($300) and the puppet with the birds ($1800).



mike moved from san francisco back to albuquerque in the past year or two, has a popular, and entertaining, blog on fecal face.  mike is also highly sought after for tattoos. his line work is strong, confident.

his work was priced between $100 and $500. "mom" is "sharpie and pilot pen" for $500. "racer" is sharpie on wood for $200. "collision" is $150. this show has a variety of religious icons.

"mahakala"


five birds. two men on bikes. if you like mike's work, this is a good show for collecting. my picks are shown above.

see the set or the slideshow?

info on the show is posted on fecal face.

check out vitche's suitcase stuffed with sculptures, from upper playground's blog.

kim cogan and joel dugan at 111 minna

last thursday i went to the opening of five painters at 111 minna.

i like kim cogan. i thought he really produced for his solo show at white walls earlier this year. kenneth baker from the chronicle glowed. so did michael leverton in sfweekly. good for kim (press coverage is coveted).

this show includes new work. "twilight"


"hibernia bank"


"9th avenue"


the work is pretty big. the above are priced reasonably, i think, at $1800, $4000, and $2000. would be hard for me to pick between twilight and 9th avenue.

the set includes three more of kim's paintings.

and some by joel dugan.


i appreciate his technical ability, color balance, emotional resonance. vegetarian me dislikes the subject matter.

who knows, maybe joel does too? is that his point?

see the set?

show info?

coming this week

first of two-day open studios at white walls and shooting gallery
(view the slideshow or the set?)

vitche and mike giant at 5024
(view the slideshow or the set?)

111minna (kim cogan and joel dugan)
(view the set?)

murphy/cadogan fellowship show at sfac (9.14.06-10.28.06)
(view the slideshow or the set?)

chris johanson and david huffman murals

i currently "work" in palo alto. this involves commuting on the lovely caltrain to california avenue in palo alto.

on my walk to work, i see this big chris johanson mural.


the mural is painted on a stucco wall between shops along an alley. it includes a sidebar with classic johanson philosophy:


good use of public art funds there in palo alto.

and, a few months back, david huffman painted an equivalent sized mural next to johanson's.

too wide angle for my camera.


the details include small men in space suits


interacting with the environment


meditating


i saw him paint it. in stages. early on, with the background and the color fields, it suggested kinship with the chris johanson.


my set for this blog has a few more photos.

these murals are best viewed life sized. in person. the light is good at noon, sun/shadow contrast at 4pm is less than optimal. the approximate address is 361 s california avenue, palo alto, ca. internet map?

david huffman has a show at patricia sweetow gallery through Oct. 14.

evah fan at gr2

i got the postcard in the mail today for evah fan's solo show at gr2 in la.


evah has a different image for the show on her website.


evah is a talented illustrator. her work is humorous. her humor is somewhat odd (the show is titled "i bacon powder," for example). she is one of the small number of artists whose titles add value to the work. one of my favorite paintings of hers is called when you are no longer smart. i do not see anyone else whose work looks anything like evah's.

brendan monroe is also featuring the show on his news page, with links to two new works.


a good boyfriend (and fan), he.

i have seen evah's work in group and three person shows, but not yet a solo show. solo shows are the best opportunity to see work. in part, the work is created as part of a body of work. you generally pick up on the key features of an artist more quickly when you see the work together (in context). your understanding from all of the art informs each individual artwork. and, an artist has more room to fill in a solo show. this allows room to experiment. artists tend to push personal boundaries when they have a solo show. they often give more - breadth, sweat, heart.

evah also notes are her website that the show will include sculptures. she was in a sculpture show earlier this year at junc. with the sculptures, she brought to life one of the characters who recurs in her paintings.

the nyt's recent travel article on west la called sawtelle boulevard between missouri avenue and olympic boulevard "neo-tokyo in the heart of los angeles," noting that it is chock full of "noodle and boba (pearl tapioca tea) houses, tokyo street-wear shops and karaoke bars that are packed until the woozy hours of the morning — not just with fashionable japanese, but with college students and hipsters as well." the article focused on gr, so hopefully evah will see additional traffic.


the show runs october 7th to november 8th, 2006.

my boyfriend is in israel so we are going to miss the opening. hope to make it to la before the show closes.