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I attended Creativity Explored's art opening tonight.  Tonight I was especially excited to attend the art opening featuring two artists. One of the artists is Kal, who is a good friend. He is one of the sweetest guys ever. I've also followed the second artists work for some time.    This is my favorite piece that is not only mysteriously magical, but aesthetically beautiful.    Close-up   Close-up   The gallery Satellite of Love is located in an old mortuary.  My favorite piece of the evening created by Patricia Lyons Stroud.  Matthew Rogers' work  Drain in the gallery left over from the past when it was a mortuary. The fashion show was fun, but I would have liked to see more detail work, especially considering there were three artists. The backroom featured an artist working in experimental photography. The other gallery here showed work by an artist duo, Hughen / Starkweather.                Tonight I visited a gallery opening at E6 Gallery located across the street and met up with my artist friend Mark. I liked the sculpture by Kienholz.   My artist friend shared a free museum pass, so I finally got to see the Magritte show. It featured work from his later years, wherein he explored other painting techniques and themes that most people do not know about. I particularly liked his night paintings.   An excellent self-portrait   My favorite painting of his. My friend Ilana Crispi was having an art show that was interactive and so I quickly grabbed my bike to go. This artpiece is extremely strong both in concept and aesthetics.        Today I visited Pier 24 Photography Gallery with an artist friend, Gary. How have I lived in the city for almost 28 years and never heard of this gallery? I have a mixed relationship with photography, but the current exhibit, THIS LAND, is exemplary. I do not remember the last time an exhibit affected me this deeply. It was painful, exhilarating, and depressing. I would like to visit again.  Shadows from the wall between the US and Mexico.   I was not very impressed with the building because it felt really cold and uninviting. Regardless of that, I saw several artworks that I loved.  Kathrine Worel  Claudia Huenchuleo Paquen  Kirk Maxson at Eleanor Harwood Gallery   Kate Nichols at Eleanor Harwood Gallery  Tiffanie Turner  Tiffanie Turner  Eiko Borcherding I was disappointed in the Klimt exhibit at the Legion of Honour because it was far too small. It was also poorly organized.  My favorite painting in the exhibit.   Close up of unusually painted skin.  It wasn't until I was in college around 2002 that one of my mixed-media instructors kept urging me to explore Rauschenberg's work. I finally grew to love his amazing formalism. After visiting his current exhibit at SFMOMA, I am surprised by the wide range of mediums he employed. I must admit I like his earlier works and when he discovered silkscreening, I believe the quality of his work declined.      "Red is the most difficult of colors" –Rauschenberg  I really love this piece and would consider creating a version of it and then naming it after him.    This was probably the most surprising piece that used a pool of bubbling mud that corresponded to sound equipment.
Today was the reopening of the Randall Museum. A sketcher's group decided to attend and I joined them.      I visited art studios out at Hunter's Point with a friend. Saw A LOT of boring "art" and one painting I really liked.  Angel Kubo Kubo is associated with ArtSeed. ArtSeed's mission is to connect the most resourceful and gifted with the youngest and most vulnerable citizens of the Bay Area and beyond through projects that explore links between classical and cutting-edge fine arts disciplines.  Kitsch art Visited my artist friends' new art studio and met a couple of new people. I was especially intrigued by this artist's work, which is woven hair.  Visited the SFMOMA today to check out the traveling show by Edvard Munch. His skin colors are spot on, but I'm not a fan of his brushstrokes. Some of his later compositions are good too, but in the end, I'm not a huge fan.  This self portrait was painted when he was 19. It was my definitely my favorite.   This is only a small portion of the painting, but I love it just like this.  I absolutely loved this show and met one of the artists, who was so excited to share his work with me. I love this gallery! Exposed Opening Reception August 3, 2017 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Venue Creativity Explored Location 3245 16th Street Exposed highlights the work of six artists who routinely represent the nude figure in various media. Gallery and Exhibitions Manager Amy Auerbach and Gallery Associate Stephanie Rudd say that the exhibition’s theme was particularly inspired by Antonio Benjamin, whose extensive work in the genre was recently recognized with a book, Book of Nudes, published by Books for All Press. The exhibition also includes artwork in a variety of media by Andrew Bixler, Camille Holvoet, José Nuñez, Thomas Pringle, and Kate Thompson.  Thomas Pringle Love the composition and especially the vibrant yellows.  Andrew Bixler  Andrew Bixler  Andrew Bixler  Andrew Bixler   Thomas Pringle  Steven Liu   Walter Kresnik  Walter Kresnik   Loren King  John I  Camille Shelley Houdet Mimi  Charles "Poncho" Cruz I always love his work!  The Ft. Wayne Art Museum had some amazing pieces to see. Here are a few discoveries:  Jane O'Neal "Dead Apple Cactus Flower"  Unknown to me  Kirsty Mitchell "The Secret Locked in the Roots of the Kingdom", 2014 This incredibly fantastic photo is quite large and the detail was astounding. This inspired me to look up more of her work on-line. I am a fan!   Alexander Solomon   Sun shining through a glass sculptural work by Winnie Teschmacher.  In the art museum's gift shop, there were these nice sculptures by Mary Pat Wallen. Obviously she is inspired by Giacometti.  My mom and I visited Wabash Indiana to look at a bunch of public sculptures, which were okay. However, the best find of the day was in an antique shop and discovered some outsider/folk art in a back room. So bizarre!     Spent the day with an artist friend at the de Young Museum. We visited the painter's show, that seemed like Pop Art before it was a thing. Interesting, but didn't move me. It felt like graphic design work. One of the best things was the new lobby installation by Leonardo Drew.      Inside the James Turrell structure. Only recently have I begun to love his experiential work.  A beautiful collage in the underwhelming 1960's art show. Today it was just my artist friend Tobiah and I. We explored the museum for many hours and visited some of my favorite artworks.  Philip Guston  Philip Guston (detail)  Anselm Kiefer  Anselm Kiefer (detail)   Danh Vo Lot 20. Two Kennedy Administration Cabinet Room Chairs, 2013 Spring twine and nails The upholstery twine and nails that hang from this wall were originally part of two Chippendale-style chairs that furnished the Cabinet Room in the President John F. Kennedy's White House.  Tanguy  Matta  One of the brightly-painted bathrooms LACMA has expanded in the last few years and was so happy to visit again. My favorite piece of the day was by James Turrell, which is extremely difficult to describe and capture in photography. The viewer must wear booties and enter the oddly-colored room. The end of the room has all corners removed so depth perception is compromised. The experiential installation was phenomenal.  Ginny Bishton Walking 1, 2004 Photo collage on paper During daily hikes, Ginny Bishton–who began her Walking series in 1998–used a 35mm camera to document local vegetation, focusing on color and tone. After printing the photographs she organized them into piles based on color, then out of hundreds of small circles several millimeters in diameter. Bishton subsequently glued these minuscule dots onto sheets of paper in color-directed patters, resulting in labor-intensive, vibrant photo collage derived from the artist's observations of her surroundings.  Giuseppe Antonio Gianotti Presentation Frame, c. 1785  This work was completely inspiring and I would love to create frames with black mirrors.    Jusepe de Ribera Spain, 1591-1652 A Philosopher,1637 Oil on canvas I haven't seen work by this artist, who I now love. His work reminds me of the style of Rembrandt.  Detail of a Spanish painting of Jesus.  Melchoir Lorch The Pope as Wild Man, after 1545 Etching    Matthias Grünewald c. 1475-80 to 1528 Head of a Crying Child, c. 1515-20      James Turrell
Breathing Light Today my friends and I visited the new SFMOMA and found a couple of new artists that I'm wild about. I also love the Kapoor wall sculpture.  Shimpei Takeda Japanese, born 1982 Trace #10, Iwase General Hospital 2012 Gelatin silver print Photographs from Takeda's Trace series seem worlds away from destruction and disaster–perhaps depicting distant stars or galaxies dotting the night sky. In fact, they are among the most direct records of the nuclear fallout from the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011. Takeda traveled around the hard-hit Fukushima region, where he had been born, collecting soil samples from sites that evoke the tension between life and death such as temples, military bases, and, in this case, a hospital. He then packaged the soil with sheets of unexposed photographic paper for a month. The developed papers reveal traces of radiation that poetically challenge the invisibility of nuclear disaster.  Shizuka Yokomizo Japanese, born 1966 Stranger No. 2 1999 Chromogenic print   Anish Kapoor
Vortex, 2004 My friend's art opening was tonight at Ampersand Gallery. 01.19 - 02.18.2017 ampersand international arts is pleased to present Fleeting Shattered Continuous a solo show of work by Sarah A. Smith. In Fleeting Shattered Continuous Sarah A. Smith employs properties such as fragility, erosion, and decay to examine the contradictions, tension and violence in political and economic structures. Exquisitely baroque technique paired with images of animals and nature, create emotionally charged narratives that question notions of preciousness, permanence and worth. Using decorative methods more often used to create opulent, gilded interiors for the wealthy, Smith examines the conditions that support their privilege. "Imperialism, domination and hoarded wealth are ideas I seek to poke holes in. The symbols of power are rendered as fragile, breakable; with one kick all shatters." -Sarah A. Smith. Belying the notion that lushness denotes abundance, for this exhibition Smith layers images, materials and techniques to create a fragmented narrative of irretrievable loss.    |
AUTHORTerrance Graven is a San Francisco artist whose installations incorporate sculptural elements, performance art, costumes, sound pieces, and theatrical lighting. CATEGORIES
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