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CHANDRAN - HERON ARTS - SF CAMERAWORK

02.19.16

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Chandran Gallery: Witch-Wife - Swoon & Monica Canilao

Comment by AB: Shared sentiments, complementary styles, oodles of talent and exemplary work ethic converge for this superb installation that saturates the gallery well beyond art and on into the realm of experience. Required viewing... and the best show I've seen in a while.

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Art by Monica Canilao at Chandran Gallery.

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Art in above image closer.

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Talismanic art by Monica Canilao with bullets, thread and more (like it).

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Art by Monica Canilao.

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Monica Canilao wearing art at Chandran Gallery.

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Art by Monica Canilao (this one's my favorite) - magical transformation.

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Art by Swoon (excellence upon excellence).

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Swoon art.

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Art by Swoon.

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Oversized art by Swoon - always impactful.

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Overlooking the lower level installation by Swoon & Monica Canilao.

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Swoon & Monica Canilao effigy art in above image closer. Just too too good.

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Heron Arts: I Am This Motorcycle - Jean-Philippe Defaut

Comment by AB: If you've never thought of motorcycles as works of art or fine kinetic sculptures, you will after you see this show. Options include vintage motorcycles, custom bikes, movie stills, text on tires, photographs of bikes and their owners, and more. Go see.

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Text on cycle tires - Jean-Philippe Defaut art at Heron Arts.

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Customized 1972 Honda.

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Motorcycles and their owners - photography by Jean-Philippe Defaut.

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More bikes and their owners.

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Jean-Philippe Defaut, his motto and photography at Heron Arts.

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Photographs by Jean-Philippe Defaut.

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1961 BMW along with photography by Jean-Philippe Defaut.

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Relative density - Jean-Philippe Defaut motorcycle art show at Heron Arts.

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SF Camerawork in collaboration with the Chinese Culture Center: RETRIEVED - Kurt Tong, Daniel Traub, Beijing Silvermine/Thomas Sauvin

Comment by AB: Three distinct perspectives on life in China. Beijing Silvermine/Thomas Sauvin rescues and revives discarded negatives; Daniel Traub shows "instant portraits" of international traders, mainly African, taken by two itinerant photographers in Gaungzhou; Kurt Tong shows a selection of family photographs in combination with his own. Stop on by.

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Portrait photographs up close c/o Daniel Traub at SF Camerawork.

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Daniel Traub photography.

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Photographs in above image closer.

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Salvaged vintage photographs by Beijing Silvermine/Thomas Sauvin.

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Photographs in above image closer.

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Beijing Silvermine/Thomas Sauvin in above image closer.

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Kurt Tong photograph with family photo (small one) by Kurt Tong.

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Kurt Tong presents his own photographs with family photographs (small ones).

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Long view - SF Camerawork collaborates with Chinese Culture Center.

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Addendum:

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Every once in a while I receive a message from God... like this one here.
Keep looking; you'll find it.

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