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    SOMARTS - SEX AND CULTURE

    09.06.13 Part I



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    George Lawson Gallery: Susan Mikula - u.X... recent photographs.

    Comment by AB: Susan Mikula tells me that this series of photographs harks back to her childhood, sort a personal journey of introspection originating from memories of her distant past. Toys she grew up with are the subjects of her photographs, but the indeterminate images are not so much of the toys themselves, but rather of their shadows.

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    Photography by Susan Mikula at George Lawson Gallery.

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    Susan Mikula photographs.

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    Photograph by Susan Mikula closer.

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    Susan Mikula out front at George Lawson Gallery.

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    Photographs by Susan Mikula.

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    Overview - Susan Mikula photography show at George Lawson Gallery.

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    Tyler Wood Gallery: Chason Matthams.

    Comment by AB: Precise and proficient abstract/representational blends by Chason Matthams are based on images from the Internet and his own photographs, the upshot meant to reflect on the pervasiveness of all things digital in our lives. Also on exhibit are several photorealistic renditions of film and video cameras. Nice work; stop on by.

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    Art by Chason Matthams (kinda like 'em).

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    Chason Matthams and his art at Tyler Wood Gallery.

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    Art by Chason Matthams.

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    Chason Matthams art closer.

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    Long view - Chason Matthams art show at Tyler Wood Gallery.

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    Electric Works Gallery: Valediction - Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather.

    Comment by AB: In their continuing collaboration, these works by Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather pay tribute to the past and future history of the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The show coincides with the opening of the new East Span.

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    Art by Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather at Electric Works Gallery.

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    Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather Bay Bridge art in above image closer.

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    Art by Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather.

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    Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather Bay Bridge art in above image closer.

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    Art by Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather.

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    Art about the Bay Bridge by Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather.

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    Ambiance - Amanda Hughen & Jennifer Starkweather art at Electric Works Gallery.

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    Center for Sex and Culture: Sexual Energy and Power - Morris Taylor.

    Comment by AB: Morris Taylor dedicates his every moment to living the master & slave lifestyle... and that includes celebrating it in art. For those of you keeping score at home, he and his slave Jonathan are the recent winners of the 2013 International Master Slave Contest.

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    Art by Morris Taylor at Center for Sex and Culture.

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    Art by Morris Taylor in above image closer.

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    Morris Taylor and his art at Center for Sex and Culture.

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    Master/slave art by Morris Taylor.

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    Master Morris with slave Jonathan at his Center for Sex and Culture art show.

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    SOMArts Gallery: The Annual Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition.

    Artists: Sarah Ammons, Shay Arick, Megan Atherton, Alex Bargas, Michael Bartalos, Daniel Bouthot, Susannah Dotson, Heather Engen, Jason Fritz Michael Glassford, Maral Hashemi, Genevieve Hastings, Chandler Daniel Holmes, Galen Jackson, Victoria Jang, Margaret Lawless, Monika Lukowska, Li Ma, Lila Maes, Golbanou Moghaddas, Eleanor Oakes, Brittany M Powell, Andrea Michelle Roberts, Anna Meryl Rose, Geoffrey Traxler, Anja Ulfeldt, Missy Weimer.

    Comment by AB: This year's Murphy and Cadogan awards go to 26 promising MFA students from area art schools, colleges and universities. They each receive a $5,000 grant given in "support of exploring and developing (the artists') artistic potential in digital art, film/video, hybrid practice, installation, mixed media, painting, photography and sculpture." Some good art here. Stop on by.

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    Installation with interior video by Genevieve Hastings (nicely done).

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    Genevieve Hastings video & seating are inside.

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    Painting by Megan Atherton at SOMArts Gallery (sorta like it).

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    Etchings with embedded text (kinda like 'em).

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    Pinkie cam detail of etchings in above image.

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    Installation with video by Galen Jackson.

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    Art by Sarah Ammons.

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    Video art by Shay Arick.

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    Photography by Eleanor Oakes at SOMArts Gallery.

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    Large hanging installation by Li Ma.

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    A few words from SOMArtg Gallery Director Justin Hoover (center rear) with suspended rock installation by Heather Engen in the foreground.

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    Ceramic art & installation by Victoria Jang.

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    Art by Alex Bargas.

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    Temporary art arranged on the floor (nicely done).

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