Category Archives: SF Bay
Printmaking, Abstraction: “Zero to One on Paper” at Ratio 3
There’s a piece of public art installed in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco that is quintessential Richard Serra. Two 80-ton steel slabs emerge from ground at a slight angle, tilting vertically as they extend 50 feet into the
Printmaking, Abstraction: “Zero to One on Paper” at Ratio 3
There’s a piece of public art installed in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco that is quintessential Richard Serra. Two 80-ton steel slabs emerge from ground at a slight angle, tilting vertically as they extend 50 feet into the
Signifier and Signified: Helen Rebekah Garber at Gallery Wendi Norris
Helen Rebekah Garber’s paintings must be heavy. They’re covered head to toe in thickly impastoed oil paint revealing a layered painting process that must surely take months to complete. The paintings (on view in “Numbers” at Gallery Wendi Norris through January
Signifier and Signified: Helen Rebekah Garber at Gallery Wendi Norris
Helen Rebekah Garber’s paintings must be heavy. They’re covered head to toe in thickly impastoed oil paint revealing a layered painting process that must surely take months to complete. The paintings (on view in “Numbers” at Gallery Wendi Norris through January
Seeing Things Invisible: Forrest Bess at the Berkeley Art Museum
Forrest Bess never made a living as an artist. He spent most of his working life as a bait fisherman off the Texas coast making meager wages and living in ramshackle conditions. Yet he navigated the New York art world
Seeing Things Invisible: Forrest Bess at the Berkeley Art Museum
Forrest Bess never made a living as an artist. He spent most of his working life as a bait fisherman off the Texas coast making meager wages and living in ramshackle conditions. Yet he navigated the New York art world
Outside/Inside: Alicia Mccarthy and Jenny Sharaf at Johansson Projects
The current show at Johansson Projects, Alicia Mccarthy + Jenny Sharaf, is a bit of a study in contrasts. For one, the artists find themselves at different points along their respective career paths. Alicia Mccarthy is a mainstay in the
Outside/Inside: Alicia Mccarthy and Jenny Sharaf at Johansson Projects
The current show at Johansson Projects, Alicia Mccarthy + Jenny Sharaf, is a bit of a study in contrasts. For one, the artists find themselves at different points along their respective career paths. Alicia Mccarthy is a mainstay in the
Mission Schooled: Jason Jägel at Gallery 16
If you’re a fan of underground hip hop then you’ve probably seen Jason Jägel’s (NAP #25) work. He’s produced album cover art for the likes of Dudley Perkins, Madlib, and MF Doom, including the cover of the 2011 reissue of Operation:
Mission Schooled: Jason Jägel at Gallery 16
If you’re a fan of underground hip hop then you’ve probably seen Jason Jägel’s (NAP #25) work. He’s produced album cover art for the likes of Dudley Perkins, Madlib, and MF Doom, including the cover of the 2011 reissue of Operation:
Material Concerns: Q&A with Mitzi Pederson
To say that JPEG images don’t do justice to Mitzi Pederson’s work at Ratio 3 (3:43, open until tomorrow) is a bit of an understatement. Her exploration of materials finds her once again working with tulle, a fine netting that
Material Concerns: Q&A with Mitzi Pederson
To say that JPEG images don’t do justice to Mitzi Pederson’s work at Ratio 3 (3:43, open until tomorrow) is a bit of an understatement. Her exploration of materials finds her once again working with tulle, a fine netting that
The Relativity of Black: Q&A with Sean Talley
Long time critic David Levi Strauss proposes that art criticism “involves making finer and finer distinctions among like things.” Sean Talley’s most recent body of work makes a similar kind of assertion with regard to color. For every black surface
The Relativity of Black: Q&A with Sean Talley
Long time critic David Levi Strauss proposes that art criticism “involves making finer and finer distinctions among like things.” Sean Talley’s most recent body of work makes a similar kind of assertion with regard to color. For every black surface
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