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  • RAYKO PHOTO - HEADLANDS CENTER

    06.02.10

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    RayKo Photo Center: Epigraph - Luis Delgado-Qualtrough; Between - Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

    Comment by AB: Photographer Luis Delgado-Qualtrough shows five of his fine artist books (he's got plenty more to his credit as well), along with a select cull of his photographs. Also on the docket are woven photographs by Sonoran Desert (near Phoenix, AZ) artists Julie Anand and Damon Sauer. They finish their weavings with rather cumbersome layers of acrylic, and I'm not so sure I be down wit' 'dat. But the weavings themselves are assuredly impressive.

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    Woven photographs by Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

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    Woven photo by Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

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    Woven photograph by Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

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    Woven photographs by Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

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    Pinkie cam detail of photo on left in above image - Julie Anand and Damon Sauer.

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    Artist/photography limited edition book by Luis Delgado-Qualtrough.

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    Luis Delgado-Qualtrough explains his artistic process.

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    Photography by Luis Delgado-Qualtrough.

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    Limited edition photo books and portfolios by Luis Delgado-Qualtrough.

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    Headlands Center for the Arts: Headlands 2010 Benefit Art Auction.

    Artists: Jhina Alvarado, Hurvin Anderson, Michael Arcega, Chris Ballantyne, Uta Barth, Ray Beldner, Susannah Bettag, Michelle Blade, Rena Buchgraber, Jonah Burlingame, Luke Butler, Thomas Campbell, Squeak Carnwath, Amy Casey, John Casey, Freddy Chandra, Julie Chang, John Chiara, Alex Clausen, Michael Cutlip, Binh Dahn, Sidnea D'Amico, Christoph Draeger, Chris Duncan, Amy Ellingson, Ana Teresa Fernández, John Yoyogi Fortes, Erik Friedman, Rebecca Goldfarb, Deborah Grant, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Katharina GrosseDoug Hall, David Hamill, Dana Harel, Emanuela Harris-Sintamarian, David Hevel, Todd Hido, Solomón Huerta, Amanda Hughen, Cynthia Ona Innis, Malia Jensen, Eirik Johnson, Ian Johnson, Stefan Kürten, Robert Larkin, Jack Levine, Alex Lukas, Paul Madonna, Rebecca Martinez, Chris McCaw, Barry McGee, Emily McLeod, Adia Millett, Mark Mulroney, Elizabeth Mooney, James Nasmyth, Danielle Nelson Mourning, Aaron Noble, Karen Olsen-Dunn, Eamon Ore-Giron, Jennie Ottinger, Driss Ouadahi, Job Piston, Ian Pyper, John Rappleye, Walter Robinson, Dianne Romaine, Zachary Royer Scholz, Andrew Schoultz, Ben Shahn, Jenn Shifflet, Leslie Shows, Jeffrey Simmons, Casey Jex Smith, Wayne SmithWilliam SwansonStephanie SyjucoMontana Torrey, Barry Underwood, Kathryn Van Dyke, Paul Wackers, Catherine Wagner, Julie Weiman, Audrey Welch, Arngunnur Yr.

    Comment by AB: Boatloads of worthy art by flotillas of notable artists are on the block tonight for silent and live auction action to benefit the Headlands Center for the Arts, that bulwark of innovative inspiration smack dab in the middle of nowhere, yet only 10 minutes from San Francisco. Can it possibly get any better than that? Yes indeed it can, my artful darlings...

    After years of intensive observation, exhaustive research and data analysis, the results are finally in. This Headlands annual fundraiser event has, without question, the best looking confluence of cutie-pies of any art fundraiser in the history of all the art fundraisers I've ever attended. And we're talking fashion plates of all predilections too-- male, female and otherwise. In fact, so many people are so good looking, I have to recalibrate my chastity belt. Naturally, I start blathering this balderdash to everyone I come into contact with, following it up with irritating queries about where they believe these ravishing androids hail from, the consequent conjectures about evenly split between Marin and Pac Heights. I vote Marin.

    But wait; there's more. Potential impropriety. At the live auction, I see two galleries bidding on their own art/artists. Now this may be legitimate-- a dealer bidding on behalf of a client. Or it may be otherwise-- bidding with no intention of buying, but rather to see how far they can bump up the hammer prices (which I like to call sport-bidding). Whatever it is, it never looks good. As if that's not enough, a third gallery actually defends this behavior, saying that it's all for a good cause. Yeah right. If I'm bidding at auction, I don't want any pretenders juking with my coinage, no matter how noble the cause.

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    Silent auction art - Headlands Center for the Arts annual fundraiser.

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    Silent auction art - Headlands Center for the Arts annual fundraiser.

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    Silent auction art.

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    Silent auction art - Headlands Center annual fundraiser.

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    More silent auction art.

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    Still more silent auction art at Headlands Center annual fundraiser.

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    Live auction art - Headlands Center annual fundraiser.

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    Barry McGee work on paper in above image closer.

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    Headlands Center annotation on Barry McGee art in above image.

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    Live auction in progress.

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    Paul Wackers painting on deck - Headlands Center annual benefit auction.

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    One more shot of the Headlands Center live auction.

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