SOUTHERN EXPOSURE - CATHARINE CLARK - FFDG

WHITE WALLS - ELECTRIC AVENUE

02.18.12



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Southern Exposure at Hotel des Arts: Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II - Manifest Destiny!

Comment by AB: Jenny Chapman and Mark A. Reigelman II stake a claim to the airspace above Le Central bistro on Bush Street by attaching a pint-sized country cabin, complete with curtains and electricity, to the side of Hotel des Arts. Gives a whole new meaning to open air living; perhaps mid-air living is more like it.

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Catharine Clark Gallery: 21st Anniversary Exhibition - Portraiture Post Facebook.

Artists: Ray Beldner, Adam Chapman, Anthony Discenza, Chris Doyle, Scott Greene, Charles Gute, Nina Katchadourian, Kara Maria, Kambui Olujimi, Walter Robinson, Carlos & Jason Sanchez, Lincoln Schatz, Stephanie Syjuco, Masami Teraoka.

Comment by AB: Catharine Clark celebrates 21 years in the gallery business. I recall the early years, those shows in her original space on Hayes Street, typically ranging in flavor from controversial to scandalous, the more outrageous of which had lines stretching around the block on opening night. Then on to 49 Geary she went, and now officially ensconced here on Minna Street just a sculpture's throw away from the Museum of Modern Art. As they used to say in those Virginia Slims commercials, "You've come a long way, baby."

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FFDG: Midnight on the Sun - Works by Jay Howell & Mark Whalen (Kill Pixie).

Comment by AB: Small format abounds with Mark Whalen, aka Kill Pixie, exhibiting futuristic high-gloss figurative abstractions on one side of the gallery, and on the opposite side, Jay Howell embellishing co-opted vintage paperback pages with yet another onslaught of slender eccentrics frolicking their ways through life. Stop on by.

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White Walls Gallery: Oceanic Awareness Collaboration - Art on the Move.

Artists: Adam Caldwell, Adam Dennis, Adam Wallacavage, Akira Beard, Alex Couwenberg, Allison Torneros, Andreanna Lakovidis, Ariel Deandrea, Arkiv Vilmansa, Aunia Kahn, Ben Horton, Blaine Fontana, Brett Amory , Brian Foster, Brian M. Viveros, Brian Donnelly, Caitlin Hacket, Carlos Chavez, Casey Gray, Cate Rangel, Charlie Immer, Chor Boogie, Christina Mrozik, Christopher Umana, Cody Hudson, Craig "Skibs" Barker, Craww, Cryptik, Dabs Myla, Dan May, Dan Quintana, David Cooley, David Flores ATC, David P. Flores, Dennis McNett, Dean McDowell, Eric Bouvet, EINE, Erik Otto, Eric Whitman, Evan Rossell, Ferris Plock, Frankie Caraccioli, Graham Nystrom, HOW NOSM, Isaac Fortoul, Jacub Gagnon, James Austin Murray, Janelle Cuba, Jason Limon, Jen Lobo, Jeff lawter, Jimmy Rodriguez, Jim Warf, JoKa, Joseph Todorovitch, Katie Wenzel, KC Ortiz, Kelly Berg, Lou Pimentel, Luke Chueh, MADSTEEZ, Marco Zamora, Mark Warren Jacques, Martin Wittfooth, Menso, Meredith Dittmar, Mike Glory, Mike Stilkey, Mr. Jago, NORM AWR MSK, N.S. David, Olek, Pedro Matos, P. Williams, Renee Lawter, Rob Hendrickson, Roland Tamayo, Sapira Cheuk, Seth Armstrong, Skinner, Tim Shelton, Tim Karpinski, Travis Lampe, Will Barras, William Zdan.

Comment by AB: The Oceanic Awareness Collaboration (aka OAC) holds its first annual traveling benefit art auction by offering a robust selection of art by an international roster of artists. Headquartered in Southern California, this non-profit organization is dedicated to raising our awareness of threats to the health our oceans, particularly having to do with the large amounts of non-biodegradable plastics that are inexorably contaminating open-sea habitats.

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