http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:35:40 -0700 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:04:47 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Lords-of-the-Samurai-at-the-Asian-Art-Museum?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner  From the epic films of Kurosawa, to hyperbolic Hollywood action films, to kitschy cartoons (i.e. Samurai Pizza Cats???)  the legend and lore of the samurai continues to permeate the pop cultural imagination.  The Asian Art Museum's sp... Asian Art Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:04:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d28-Lords-of-the-Samurai-at-the-Asian-Art-Museum?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Fifteen-Year-Anniversary-at-Giant-Robot-TONIGHT?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Wow. Giant Robot is now well into its teens!  Help them celebrate their fifteen year anniversary tonight at their gallery on 618 Shrader St from 6:30-10 PM.  Featured artists include some exciting rising talent including: Aiyana Udesen ... Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:05:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d20-Fifteen-Year-Anniversary-at-Giant-Robot-TONIGHT?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Lisea-Lyons-at-Marx--Zavattero?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Lisea Lyons' latest exhibition, Lineage, at Marx and Zavattero gallery forges inter-generational connections between the artist and her adolescent daughter--capturing quiet, stirring, and evanescent moments that often slip through memory.  The r... Opening Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:25:00 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d12-Lisea-Lyons-at-Marx--Zavattero?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Marcel-Dzama-Department-of-Eagles-Collaboration?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Marcel Dzama is a Canadian artist who most recently exhibited in San Francisco at Marx & Zavattero .  Dzama created the set and costume design (and co-directed with Patrick Daughters) for Department of Eagles' song No One Does it Like You. I... Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:53:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Marcel-Dzama-Department-of-Eagles-Collaboration?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Nick-Caves-Meet-Me-at-the-Center-of-the-Earth--YBCA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner A long overdue plea for you all to check out Meet Me at the Center of the Earth--though I imagine most of you have already done so!Nick Cave. Photo by James Prinz.Nick Cave's ornate, monumental, and painstakingly detailed wearable sculptues evoke mov... Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:35:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Nick-Caves-Meet-Me-at-the-Center-of-the-Earth--YBCA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Listings via Artbusiness.com and Fecal Face Bay Area Arts Calendar.Adobe Books Backroom Gallery (3166 16th St) : First Exposures 'Zine Release Party 5-7 PM.1890 Bryant St Studios #208: Photographic Sculptures - Jennifer Stalvey & Peter Sorensen. ... Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d5-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d3-Art-events-Wednesday-and-First-Thursday?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Listings compiled via Artbusiness.com and Fecal Face Bay Area Arts Calendar.  Mustache Cinema via organizer, Linda Scobie.WednesdayMustache Cinema @ ElRio Bar (3158 Mission): Mustache Cinema presents Nervy Animations: live 16mm projected works b... Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:22:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d3-Art-events-Wednesday-and-First-Thursday?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Natural-Affinities-Georgia-OKeefe-and-Ansel-Adams-at-SFMOMA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner SFMOMA's latest exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams: Natural Affinities, examines the dynamic dialogue between two justly revered artist-icons while admirably reinvigorating the discouse surrounding O'Keeffe and Adams' work.   Though b... Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:31:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Natural-Affinities-Georgia-OKeefe-and-Ansel-Adams-at-SFMOMA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Robert-Frank-at-SFMOMA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner SFMOMA's latest exhibition,  Looking In: Robert Frank's 'The Americans,' provides a comprehensive look at Frank's seminal photographic book, whose popularity and influence continues to endure well into its fiftieth anniversary. The exhibition's ... Fri, 29 May 2009 17:49:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Robert-Frank-at-SFMOMA?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d27-QA-with-Jayna-Swartzman-of-Divisadero-Community-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Jayna Swartzman is the mastermind behind the Divisadero Community Gallery--a unique space in the Lower Haight neighborhood that provides an accessible venue for emerging talent and facilitates community development.Jayna Swartzman, founder of Divisad... Community Interview Wed, 27 May 2009 15:23:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d27-QA-with-Jayna-Swartzman-of-Divisadero-Community-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d26-A-sampling-SFAIs-visionary-alums-at-Baer-Ridgeway-Exhibitions?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Though one would be hard-pressed to select a definitive group of exemplary San Francisco Art Institute alumni, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions has assembled a fine sampling of both upcoming and established SFAI graduates to give viewers a taste of the vario... Tue, 26 May 2009 22:06:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d26-A-sampling-SFAIs-visionary-alums-at-Baer-Ridgeway-Exhibitions?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Sarah Applebaum at Receiver Gallery. Conjoined Death Yetis. FRIDAYRock Paper Scissors Collective (The Humanist Hall, 411 28th St. Oakland, CA 94612): Dinner and a Film: A Benefit for the Rock Paper Scissors Collective.  Sliding scale donation $6... Fri, 22 May 2009 12:35:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d22-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Lectures-fundraisers-films-and-fond-farewells-tonights-events?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner  Join Babylon Falling tonight for a farewell exhibition entitled The End is Near.  The show features work from every artist that has graced the walls of the fated bookstore/art gallery, including:  Hal Lawrence, Robert Bowen, David Cho... Lecture Opening Thu, 21 May 2009 11:41:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Lectures-fundraisers-films-and-fond-farewells-tonights-events?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Cinematic-psychology-and-Memento-Mori-at-Catharine-Clark-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Carlos and Jason Sanchez's large-scale, color saturated photographs evoke the enigmatic cinematic narratives of Jeff Wall while tying their series together with unsettling atmospheric elements.  In 8 Years Old (2003), a young boy stares sullenly... Photography multimedia internet Wed, 20 May 2009 18:04:50 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Cinematic-psychology-and-Memento-Mori-at-Catharine-Clark-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Gabriel-Klasmer-at-Stephen-Wirtz-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner  Gabriel Klasmer's haunting series of work entitled Parzoufot (female faces), depicts hazy spectres of young women in close up.  Though the washy, bruise-like colors of Klasmer's washy style and nubile subjects evoke the compromised innocen... Tue, 19 May 2009 17:43:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d19-Gabriel-Klasmer-at-Stephen-Wirtz-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Psychologically-charged--and-evocative-objects-at-Stephen-Wirtz-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Ulrike Palmbrach's new work at Stephen Wirtz Gallery traces the tension between revulsion and subconscious familiarity. At first glance, her sculptures appear malleable and organic as they dangle loosely and passively ini what appears to be a labored... Mon, 18 May 2009 15:43:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d18-Psychologically-charged--and-evocative-objects-at-Stephen-Wirtz-Gallery?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d15-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner  Many new shows this weekend.  The panel discussion at Catharine Clark Gallery on Saturday sounds interesting--it features Rudolf Frieling (Curator of Media Arts at SFMOMA), Ken Goldberg (Founding Director of the Art, Technology, and Cultur... Lecture Opening Fri, 15 May 2009 15:16:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m12d28-Weekend-Art?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d14-South-Bay-Events-and-Lectures?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner The south bay area is a growing cultural oasis--with some of the most intriguing upcoming and established artists exhibiting in this region.  The best part: you can get there via Caltrain.  A couple of very exciting lectures and events taki... Lecture Opening Thu, 14 May 2009 18:00:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d14-South-Bay-Events-and-Lectures?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Food-for-thought-Thursday-night-art-lectures?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner I.  Kala Gallery (2990 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley): re:configure panel discussion.  Free and open to the publicPanel Moderator: René de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art, Oakland Museum of CaliforniaPanelists: Adriane Colburn, Colla... Lecture Wed, 13 May 2009 16:05:45 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d13-Food-for-thought-Thursday-night-art-lectures?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d12-Today-is-Not-a-Dress-Rehearsal-New-Humans-Recap?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner Last evening I attended the second of three performances coordinated by Mika Tajima and New Humans entitled Today is Not a Dress Rehearsal.  This performance/film/sculpture piece was quite the scopophilic experience as several cameras filmed and... SF MOMA Participation Performance Tue, 12 May 2009 16:43:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-533-SF-Art-Examiner~y2009m5d12-Today-is-Not-a-Dress-Rehearsal-New-Humans-Recap?cid=exrss-SF-Art-Examiner