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By Greg Youmans
Situated in a cubicle and two shared conference rooms on the 17th floor of a Financial District skyscraper, the office/gallery is not the flashiest exhibition space in San Francisco-though it may rank among the city's most philosophically rigorous. More
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By Charyn Pfeuffer
Victor Cartagena's exhibition Media Punishment is the artist's reaction to the ongoing national debate about capital punishment and the recent media frenzy on the issue via the trial and execution of Timothy McVeigh. More
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By Rachel Churner
Over the past six weeks, we've become accustomed to the visual drone of the TV, always tuned to CNN, MSNBC, Peter Jennings on ABC. We leave the TV on just in case, so that we know if another anthrax exposure is confirmed, another suspect is arrested, another threat is made. The sound is kept low or muted, so that we can go on with our days "uninterrupted" because all that's really needed are the images from this new shining roommate. More
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By Sarah Lidgus
Even after living for only six months in San Francisco, the mere utterance of the words "dot" and "com" still trigger an wave of nausea within, accompanied by flashing neon warning signs pleading with me to run far, far away not from the modern ghost town of abandoned live/work SOMA lofts, but from the inevitable "screw those yuppies" diatribe. Residents of the Bay Area may be the largest concentrated population to understand the ugly effects of a shotgun marriage between the dot coms and the electronic-everything craze. The result, however, is that a lot of time and energy has been spent picking at the dot com scab and then complaining... More
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Exhibition At the Presidio
How long does it take to transform a traditionalist Eastern nation into a modern Westernized one? For Japan, it took roughly forty-four years. During the Meiji Era (1868-1912), Japan went through a culture-wide shift of ideals that sent her charging into a world predominantly governed by Western powers. More
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By Maya Kroth
Housed in a cozy gallery in downtown Oakland, "That Girl!" showcases the work of the Bay Area's finest up-and-coming female artists. Works by Lisa Solomon, Jungsun Kim, Stella Lai, and Simone Shubuck and Katherine Aoki adorn the walls of Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery in a show that proves that feminism has truly come a long way, baby. More
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By Kira Garcia
I learned a couple of lessons about visiting galleries during a recent trip to Southern Exposure. First, it's difficult to maintain a kind of pensive, art-watching, gallery face while ducking a model train doing acrobatics on a flying track just above your head. And second, there are some things you just can't fake. More
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Sight Gags & Slapstick in Contemporary Art
Who among us has not watched a teetering toddler trip and guiltily laughed? Personally, I laugh from the second I see the kid start to go down. But even for those of you who don't, you must admit that there is a moment, after they fall, that is true comedy. The most violent and dangerous part is over, but the kid has only just realized something is wrong and for a moment, as he looks down at his newly smarting hands, you can literally watch as he decides that it is time to cry. The face crinkles, the moan starts, and you laugh at the kid. Even if you are his mother and you have to quietly laugh as you hoist the leaky angel-monster in to the More
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By Rachel Churner
In a design-heavy city like San Francisco, where any chance to convey information turns into a chance to play artist, sometimes you just want a little breathing room. Sometimes you just want the facts: who is going to play where and when. Gallery 16 brings a bit of much-needed simplicity to the scene with an exhibition of posters from Nashville based Hatch Show Print, the self-proclaimed "Great American Poster Shop." The posters — hand-set, hand-inked, and hand-pressed — are steeped in nostalgia and American history, and their rhythmic type advertises everything from country legends like Dolly Parton and Johnny Cash to coolkid rockers... More
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By Rachel Churner
Photographer Marco Breuer subjects his medium to the most violent of actions. Working without a camera, he creates his images in a darkroom by setting fire to photographic paper, dragging it over hot coals, streaking it with an electric heat gun, even sling-shotting nails onto its surface. As the paper is processed, an extraordinary thing happens: color emerges from the black and white paper. The browns, blues, and yellows that result are caused by the reactions of heat and friction with the chemicals on the paper. Breuer's small-format photographs are intimate records of things that weren't meant to be, things he forced upon the page... More
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