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  • SFMOMA ARTISTS GALLERY - LONG NOW FOUNDATION - KOKORO

    07.22.10

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    SFMOMA Artists Gallery: Wondrous Strange - A Twenty-first Century Cabinet of Curiosities.

    Artists: Misako Inaoka, Sharon Beals, Katherine Westerhout, Leslie Grunditz, Michele Muennig, Jo Ann Biagini, Bryan Tedrick, Jesse Hazelip, Kathy Aoki, Kirk Crippens, George Pfau, Donald Farnsworth, Jeremiah Jenkins, Agelio Batle, Shenny Cruces, Amit Greenberg, Steve Allen, Brandon Truscott, Philip Ringler, Claire Pasquier, Mike Shine.

    Comment by AB: SFMOMA Artists Gallery is transformed into a Victorian era museum of sorts, chocked with mysterious and arcane rarities and minutiae of the highly imaginative variety. Abstract fabric bats hang from the ceiling, artists and their guests dress for the occasion, live opera singing filters down from balcony, and an outdoor concerto courtesy of The Grannies gets unplugged (apparently way too much for the meditative patrons of the Zen Center's Greens restaurant, just a few steps away). Nevertheless, a fine time is had by all. If you haven't been to the SFMOMA Artists Gallery lately, check it out-- new management ushers in a peppy new agenda of creative entertainment.

    Steven Allen artist art

    Ceramic art by Steven Allen.

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    Jesse Hazelip art.

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    Skeletal assemblage art c/o Coup D'Etat.

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    Abstract bats in the belfry art by Brandon Truscott (like 'em).

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    Art by Misako Inaoka.

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    Gallery Director Maria Medua (center)
    Achenbach Curator Emeritus Robert Flynn Johnson (right).

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    Operatic interlude upstairs.

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    Mike Shine art.

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    Snail art car and beetle buddy by Jon Sarriugarte.

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    Ceramic jar art by Kathy Aoki.

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    Library tapestry by Donald Farnsworth.

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    Esoterica and curiosa installation art.

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    All that was left of The Grannies by the time I got there.

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    Kokoro Studio: Something Left, Something Taken - Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

    Comment by AB: Tonight's opening features the animated short film set in San Francisco by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter called Something Left, Something Taken. The items used to create the animated effects are on exhibit around the room. Loads of hard work went into this production yielding eminently gratifying results. See this film if you have a chance. You won't be disappointed.

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    Aerial view of San Francisco - art by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    Film stills plus air transportation - art by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    The stars of Something Left, Something Taken by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    Sets for Something Left, Something Taken by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    Something Left, Something Taken by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    Something Left, Something Taken by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter.

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    Addendum:

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    Fantastic gadgetry at The Long Now Foundation.

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    Another amazement from the Long Now Foundation, Ft. Mason. Check it out.

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