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  • ALTMAN SIEGEL - FFDG - CARTE BLANCHE

    SOUTHERN EXPOSURE - STEVEN WOLF - LAKE

    04.20.12



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    Altman Siegel Gallery: Nate Boyce - Knockdown Texture.

    Comment by AB: Nate Boyce continues to refine is video and sculptural techniques. For the tangible portion of the art, he constructs free-standing painted steel pedestals, each with neatly incorporating a flat screen. For the intangible portion, each screen plays an endless-loop video of an abstract form-- which Boyce sculpts, films and digitally manipulates-- suspended and rotating in space. Several video stills, also mounted into handcrafted painted steel frames, are displayed along the gallery's walls. Good art; go see.

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    Art by Nate Boyce at Altman Siegel Gallery (nicely done).

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    Wall art by Nate Boyce.

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    Art by Nate Boyce in above image from the side.

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    Nate Boyce sculptural video art at Altman Siegel gallery.

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    Art & sculpture by Nate Boyce.

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    Nate Boyce sculpture in above image closer.

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    Video still art by Nate Boyce at Altman Siegel Gallery.

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    Population sample - Nate Boyce art show at Altman Siegel Gallery.

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    FFDG: Cigarettes, Phone Cards, and Hip Hop Clothing.

    Artists: Tom Betthauser, Kelsey Brookes, Ryan Travis Christian, Scott Greenwalt, Robert Hardgrave, Hiro Kurata, Mildred, Pacolli, Marco Zamora, Alex Ziv.

    Comment by AB: A selection of works by some of the gallery's favorite artists, from Ess Eff and beyond. Most notable of the batch? Hiro Kurata's Op Art oddity, Portrait of a Slugger. Stop on by.

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    Art by Hiro Kurata at FFDG.

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    Pinkie cam detail of art by Hiro Kurata in above image.

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    Art by Robert Hardgrave closer.

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    Kelsey Brookes art closer at FFDG.

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    Art by Alex Ziv at FFDG.

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    Art by Mildred .

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    Long view - Cigarettes, Phone Cards, and Hip Hop Clothing at FFDG.

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    Southern Exposure: Intimate Science. Curated by Andrea Grover.

    Artists: BCL (Georg Tremmel + Shiho Fukuhara), Center for PostNatural History, Markus Kayser, Allison Kudla, Machine Project, Phil Ross.

    Comment by AB: Combine art, science and technology and what do you get? This exhibit. In the winner's circle, fungus-meister Phil Ross cultivates reishi mushrooms into sustainable building materials by growing them in brick-shaped prefabricated forms. He then uses the dense finished products to construct walls, arches and the like. Not sure of the longevity factor here, but they sure seem viable now. Not your typical art show... and worthy of a perusal.

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    Functional fungus art by Phil Ross at Southern Exposure.

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    Phil Ross mushroom art.

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    Mushroom art and fungus collection - Phil Ross at Southern Exposure.

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    Art meets science meets technology at Southern Exposure.

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    Environmental art & installation.

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    Another view of art/installation in above image.

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    Video & installation at Southern Exposure.

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    Head count - art meets science meets technology at Southern Exposure.

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    Steven Wolf Fine Arts: Bessma Khalaf - Re-Enchanter.

    Comment by AB: Bessma Khalaf enlists the assistance of sorcerers, witchcraft, magic, the dead, and an appreciable degree of creative legerdemain to transform the everyday into the extraordinary. In so doing, she demonstrates that your basic garden variety reality is never an obstacle, but rather a steppingstone to fantastic and astonishing outcomes that only we ourselves have the power to actualize. In-person viewing recommended. And don't forget the video in the back.

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    Candle/speaker/water/sound sculpture by Bessma Khalaf (like it).

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    Death vs life on death's home field by Bessma Khalaf.

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    Bessma Khalaf and her art in above image closer at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    You just know something slick's gonna happen when you light this...
    art by Bessma Khalaf.

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    Occult art by Bessma Khalaf at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Conjuring art by Bessma Khalaf at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Death on a Segway in the forest - video by Bessma Khalaf.

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    Overview - Bessma Khalaf art show at Steven Wolf Fine Arts.

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    Lake Gallery: The Rumble in the Jungle.

    Artists: Nathan Burazer, Naoki Onodera, Joe Roberts.

    Comment by AB: A little bit of this, and a little bit of that.

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    Art by Joe Roberts at Lake Gallery.

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    Naoki Onodera art.

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    Art by Nathan Burazer (I think) at Lake Gallery.

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    Live entertainment, 3-person art show at Lake Gallery.

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    Turnout - Nathan Burazer, Naoki Onodera, Joe Roberts art at Lake Gallery.

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    Addendum:

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    Group portrait photography show at Carte Blanche Gallery.

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    More from portrait photo show at Carte Blanche Gallery.

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    Demographics - group photography show at Carte Blanche Gallery.

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