Event | Mar 18, 2010

Guerrero Gallery Opening

The inaugural show at Guerrero Gallery is bold, featuring newly commissioned work by "Lowbrow" and "New Brow" artists, some recognizable from White Walls' corral and some brand new faces too. By Kristin Farr

Art Review | Mar 16, 2010

PLASTASTIK!

This art reminds you that it's pretty amazing you're still alive, because the world is a hot mess. By Kristin Farr

Gallery Crawl | Mar 09, 2010

Paper!Awesome!

In March 2010 Gallery Crawl checked out Baer Ridgway Exhibitions' new group show Paper!Awesome! and interviewed curator and artist, Brion Nuda Rosch. Also on view at the gallery is a hallway installation created with tape and pencil by Bay Area artist Tucker Nichols.

Art Review | Mar 04, 2010

Travis Somerville: Rededicated to the Proposition of Art as Politics

From the second you walk in the door at Catharine Clark Gallery, it's apparent that the title of Travis Somerville's newest body of work, Rededicated to the Proposition, a reference to the Gettysburg address, isn't meant as an activist's call so much as an ironic statement. By Danielle Sommer

Visual Arts | Mar 01, 2010

STUDIO INVASION: Suzanne Husky

Suzanne Husky is known for her delightful recycled fabric trees, but she has also documented people living off the grid, and made marmalade for the masses. Emmanuel and I invaded her Dog Patch studio to find out what's next for this artist who is doing her part to make things right with the world. By EKG

Art Review | Feb 22, 2010

Shanghai at the Asian Art Museum

Shanghai literally puts the city's iconic skyscrapers on the shelf (you walk past models of some on the way into the first gallery) in favor of traditional scrolls, stunning qipao, Art Deco furniture, 1950s and '60s propaganda posters, and more. By Ben Marks

Visual Arts | Feb 21, 2010

Sirron Norris Studio/Gallery

Sirron Norris's paintings of bears, bunnies, and Victorian buildings pop up in surprising places throughout SF. The artist recently opened a studio/gallery in a storefront near Balmy Alley as a store and showcase with a mission to bring cartooning to neighborhood kids. By Kristin Farr

Spark | Feb 20, 2010

This Week in Northern California: February 19, 2010

Visit the Shanghai exhibit at the Asian Art Museum with Spark and This Week in Northern California.

Art Review | Feb 16, 2010

Annie Vought's Between the Lines

What I hadn't considered before visiting Between the Lines, Annie Vought's installation at the California Institute of Integral Studies' (CIIS) Minna Street Center, was how a list could function as sculpture. By Danielle Sommer

Art Review | Feb 15, 2010

David Choe: From Japanese Prison to the White House

Misadventures have been plentiful in the life of this thirty-four-year-old Korean-American artist. The chaos and energy evident in Choe's exploits find their way into his work, which adorn the offices of Facebook and, oh yes, the White House. By Sandra Silvoy

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