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May 7, 9:37 AMSF Art ExaminerMarisa Nakasone

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Listings compiled via Fecal Face Bay Area Arts Calendar and the San Francisco Bay Guardian.

Brian Gross Fine Art 49 Geary, fifth floor; 788-1050; Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "More Than Meets the Eye," metal collages by Tony Berlant (reception Thurs/7, 5:30-7:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

Café Royale 800 Post; 441-4099. Call for hours. "Neighborhood Watch," large scale pen and ink works by David Young V. (reception Thurs/7, 8pm-midnight). Thurs/7 through May 30.

Cantina 580 Sutter; 398-0195. Call four hours. "MissionArt415," work by artist collective (reception Thurs/7, 6-10pm). Thurs/7 through May 23.

Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post, suite 5; 956-3560. "Suburban Birthday Party," new paintings by Douglas Schneider. Kim Frohsin, Wigs and Silhouettes. Kim Frohsin has exhibited alongside Bay Area Figurative painters such as Elmer Bischoff, Richard Diebenkorn and Wayne Thiebaud. Frohsin’s work is included in the permanent collections of the San Jose Museum of Art and the Achenbach collection at de Young Museum in San Francisco. (reception Thurs/7, 5:30-7:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

*Electric Works 130 8th St; 626-5496. Mon-fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "2012," slot machine by Enrique Chagoya (reception Thurs/7, 6-8pm). Thurs/7 through July 3.

Ever Gold Gallery 441 O'Farrell; www.evergoldgallery.blogspot.com. Wed-Sat, 3-8pm. "Everything for Nothing or Something," group show (Thurs/7, 6-9pm). Thurs/7 through May 28.

Fraenkel Gallery 49 Geary, fourth floor; 981-2661. Call for hours. "A Survey: 1972-2006," photography by Bernd and Hilla Becher. Thurs/7 through July 3.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. New work by David Hannah and William Tucker (reception Thurs/7, 5:30-7:30pm). Wed/6 through June 6.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Call for hours. "Garden Ruin," new work by Bob Matthews (reception Thurs/7, 5-7:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

Italian Cultural Institute 425 Washington; 788-7142. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Giorgio Morandi: Works from the Estorick Collection," etchings and drawings (reception Thurs/7, 6:30pm). Fri/8 through June 30.

Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art 49 Geary, second floor; 369-9404. Call for hours. Site-specific installation by James Sansing and paintings by Jared Walker (reception Thurs/7, 5:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

Micaëla 49 Geary; 551-8118. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "In Camera," photography by Douglass freed, Joshua Hershman, and Taliaferro Jones (reception Thurs/7, 5:30-7:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

Modernism 685 Market; 541-0641. Tues-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. "The Murmur of the Innocents," work by Gottfried Helnwein (reception Thurs/7 5:30-8pm). Thurs/7 through June 27.

*Oxenrose 448 Grove; 816-9530. Call for hours. "Nature's Ladders," work by Tahiti Pehrson, sponsored by Arthur magazine (reception Thurs/7, 7:30pm). Thurs/7 through June 30.

Robert Koch Gallery 49 Geary, fifth floor; 421-0122. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. Photographs by Kenneth Josephson. Thurs/7 through June 27.

SOMArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 863-1414. Tues-Fri, 2-7pm; Sat, noon-5pm. "Epic: Visualising Heroes Within," group show by Gay Asian Pacific Alliance. Thurs/7 through May 31.

*Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St, Oakl; (510) 836-2340. Mon-Fri, 11am-5:30pm. "Home 2009," group show devoted to the subject of abodes (reception Thurs/7, 5-8pm). Thurs/7 through June 19.

SomArts (934 Brannan St. San Francisco): This exhibition brings forth lofty ideas of how identity is expressed and negotiated as strategies on how we as a community can access our total selves through visualizing heroes within each of us. 5-8 pm.

Hang Art (567 Sutter St.): New Paintings by Siddharth Parasnis. Opening Reception May 7, 2009 6-8pm

Ever Gold Gallery (441 O'Farrell St): Everything for Nothing or Something. Artist Stephanie Dodes’ most recent production is an experimental short film, “Everything for Nothing”. This exhibition features many of the artists that contributed to the film’s production and design, and is itself inspired by this same collaborative nature of the film making process. 6-9 PM.

Fecal Face Dot Gallery (66 Gough @ Market): Damon Soule, Same Loud No. 6-9 PM.

111 Minna:  Berliner Unkraut, featuring the work of Tina Zellmer, Johan Potma, Mateo, Piso 73, and Evol.  6-Late.111 Minna Gallery is proud to present "Berliner Unkraut",  an exhibition showcasing and surveying recent works from some of the top artists from Germany working within the lowbrow / pop-surrealism movements as well as two of the country's top street artists.

Fifty24SF (252 Fillmore St.): Shinganist, curated by Usugrow.  Featuring USUGROW, MOZYSKEY, TOSHIKAZU NOZAKA, BENE and JUN KANEKO.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: Coming Apart: Two Views of 1972. Francine Parker's film F.T.A. Available for the first time since it mysteriously disappeared in 1972 after only one week in theaters, this raucous time capsule is a riveting slice of the Vietnam anti-war movement. 7:30 PM