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  • GRAY AREA - CA INSTITUTE OF INTEGRAL STUDIES - ARTZONE 461

    MISSION COMICS AND ART - [ 2ND FLOOR PROJECTS ]

    PERFORMANCE ART INSTITUTE - HEIST - ARC

    01.22.11

    (with assistance from RWM)



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    Gray Area Foundation for the Arts in cooperation with swissnex San Francisco: Zimoun.

    Comment by AB: Swiss artist Zimoun debuts his precision "kinetic sound sculptures" here at Gray Area Foundation. His regimented installations of dc-motors with various attached appurtenances whir in unison, perhaps simulating what might likened to mechanical Om effects. The photos don't do justice; you really have to see (and hear) these.

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    Art by Zimoun - motors rotate wire segments in boxes.

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    Art by Zimoun - motors rotate ping pong balls in boxes.

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    Art by Zimoun in above image closer.

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    Motors rotate upright wire sections - artist Zimoun, center.

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    Zimoun wire/motor installation in above image from beneath.

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    Wall of dc motors rotating wire sections - art by Zimoun.

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    Art by Zimoun in above image closer.

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    California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS): ChicaChic; Wendel White - Manifest.

    Artists: Ana Teresa Fernandez, Angelica Muro, Mitsy Avila Ovalles, Favianna Rodriguez, Shizu Saldamando. Curated by Amalia Mesa-Bains.

    Comment by AB: Survey of work by five Chicana visual artists essays on the Chicano civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and is on exhibit at both CIIS's Mission and Minna Street locations. Festivities include an SRO panel discussion this evening. Also on display at the Mission Street location are Wendel White's contemplative photographs of iconic objects, artifacts and documents of slavery, Reconstruction and civil rights, isolated out of their archival collections and presented against plain backgrounds, thereby accentuating their impacts on the course of American history (sorry about the reflections on the pics).

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    Art from ChicaChic at CIIS.

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    ChicaChic art at CIIS.

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    ChicaChic group show of Chicana artists at CIIS.

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    Chicana art at CIIS.

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    Art by Ana Teresa Fernandez.

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    Chicana art from ChicaChic group show at CIIS.

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    Getting ready for ChicaChic panel discussion at CIIS.

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    Photography by Wendel White.

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    Wendel White photograph.

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    Wendel White and his photography.

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    Photograph by Wendel White.

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    Wendel White photograph.

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    ArtZone 461 Gallery: Randy Beckelheimer - Wider Views of Urban San Francisco; Small Works.

    Review by RWM: Interesting exploration of place by Randy Beckelheimer. Sense of place is a fascinating subject to nature writers of late. One finds here the city landscape captured when the time is right-- old buildings with history. Beautiful yet solemn presentation of the San Francisco shipping yards, but beautiful sunsets either way. Sometimes there is movement, sometimes silence for introspection. These portrayals of place remind us of the variability of experience and expectations. We learn what is possible, look back at we have done, and move forward from our mistakes.

    In the side gallery, peruse a generous selection of affordably priced smaller works-- impressive and variegated.

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    Art by Randy Beckelheimer.

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    Randy Beckelheimer art.

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    Art by Randy Beckelheimer.

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    Group show of small works in the side gallery.

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    One more from group show in the side gallery.

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    Mission Comics and Art: The Last Stand - Bean Gilsdorf.

    Review by RWM: Powerful and intense anti-war statement. See here the dehumanization involved-- the faceless, nameless, unknown and sacrificed. Not everything is evident in the hanging tapestries and other pieces. Faces are obliterated or painted in gray. You can't help but think about the countless anonymous participants, and of tragedy rather than jingoism.

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    Art by Bean Gilsdorf.

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    Bean Gilsdorf art.

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    Art by Bean Gilsdorf.

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    Bean Gilsdorf art at Mission Comics and Art.

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    [ 2nd Floor Projects ]: Wandering Another - Daughters of Houdini (C. Ryder Cooley and Zoey Kroll); Marco Vassi - Selections from the Gatewood Archive; Bradford Nordeen.

    Comment by AB: Photographs, literature, ephemera and memorabilia concerning the life and writings of author and eroticist Marco Vassi are on display courtesy of photographer Charles Gatewood. Also on the docket, artworks and sundry other undertakings by the Daughters of Houdini aka C. Ryder Cooley and Zoey Kroll are a mite too inside the beltway for me to grip their gist.

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    Art by Daughters of Houdini aka C. Ryder Cooley & Zoey Kroll.

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    Daughters of Houdini aka C. Ryder Cooley & Zoey Kroll video art.

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    Art by Daughters of Houdini aka C. Ryder Cooley & Zoey Kroll.

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    Marco Vassi memorabilia archives c/o Charles Gatewood.

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    Photographs of Marco Vassi by Charles Gatewood.

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    The Performance Art Institute: CREAM from the top.

    Artists: Kirkman Amyx, Mara Baldwin, Bonnie Begusch, Nicole Crescenzi, Luke Damiani, Sara Eliassen, Chris Fraser, Brynda Glazier, Dana Hemenway, Traci Horgen, Bobby Lukas, Monica Lundy, Robert Moya, Hillary Wiedemann, Holly Williams, Christopher Woodcock, Suné Woods, Wafaa Yasin, Rochelle Youk, Daniel Yovino.

    Comment by AB: Curator Kathryn Weller Renfrow culls promising up-and-comers from nine greater Bay Area MFA programs. Email me if you'd like your art captioned.

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    Intricate cable TV image overlay art.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art in above image.

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    Art (kinda like these).

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    Baseball ware art.

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    Miniature art.

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    Gallery Heist: Shut Up, Im Dreaming (The First Group Show of 2011).

    Artists: Ryan De La Hoz, Shawn Whisenant, George Crampton, Andrew Luck, Greg Kenton, Vampire Magazine, Brett Flanigan, Mario Ayala, Kristin Farr, Jeff Meadows.

    Comment by AB: Group show of consequential area creatives.

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    Hug Me chair and companion painting by Kristin Farr.

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    Art by Jeff Meadows.

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    Addendum:

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    SOMA artists group show at Arc Studios & Gallery.

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    Another from SOMA artists group show at Arc Studios & Gallery.

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    One more... SOMA artists group show at Arc Studios & Gallery.

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