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Swarm Gallery OAM Shows

Published April 6, 2013 Art , swarm 1 Comment

Jessalyn Aaland

I swung into Swarm Gallery during April’s Art Murmur. In the main gallery are the collages of Jessalyn Aaland. These are fun and in some cases quite detailed.

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Lila Taff has a mesmerizing installation in the project gallery.

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And Terry Furry has some topical and very tongue-in-cheek religious icons. These are nicely made.

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Parade! The SOEX Annual Auction 2013

Published March 26, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

Lot’s of fun at the Southern Exposure Auction this year! Lot’s of good art and fun folks and tasty booze and food. Here are some pics!

SOEX Auction Tonight!

Published March 23, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

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I have a nice work in the fundraising auction at Southern Exposure in SF. The event is tonight and the info is here. Good opportunity to get a framed John Casey drawing!

“Sweet-talker” | Pencil on Panel | 14″ x 11″ | 2011

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Strike-Slip @ Faultline Artspace

Published March 19, 2013 Art 1 Comment

David Polka prints

Nice springtime group show up at Faultline Artspace in Oakland. Many of the artists in the show also have silkscreen prints on wood and paper available for sale.

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Mario Navasero

Nathaniel McKenna

Marcos LaFarga

Esk Evan Wilson

Alan Grizzell

David Polka

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Jon Carling prints

Ryan McJunkin

Joshua Mayes

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This Ain’t Your Grandma’s Plate Collection

Published March 18, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

The Compound Gallery in Oakland, CA has a terrific show up now featuring the “Art in a Box” artists, and some lovely custom ceramic plates made by those artists. Very, very cool.

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Steve Ferrera

Ben Belknap

Shannon Taylor

Matthew Pugh

Jeanne Lorenz

Giles Goodhead

Alison OK Frost

Crystal Morey

Tallulah Terryll

Clare Szydlowski

David Fullarton

Masako Miki

Martin Webb

New Hands & Pants

Published March 12, 2013 Art Leave a Comment
Tags: art, artists, collaboration, drawing

Daryll Peirce

Here are some new H&Ps. Pretty nice array!

Jon Blythe

Gaily Ezer

Ashley Hinceman

Max Kauffman

Samantha Lautman

Jared Roses

Lucien Shapiro

Santos Shelton

Madeleine Tonzi

Richard Bassett @ Jack Fischer Gallery

Published March 11, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

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Richard Bassett‘s show at Jack Fischer Gallery runs through 3/16 in SF. I’m glad I caught it. Nice selection of various bodies of work. This is the last week, check it out!

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Dan Bortz @ Le Qui Vive

Published March 4, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

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Dan Bortz make some colorful schizophrenic art which can be seen this month at Oakland’s Le Qui Vive Gallery. The psychedelic cakes served at the opening were actually edible, believe it or not.

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Obi Kaufmann @ Oakland Surf Club

Published March 4, 2013 Art Leave a Comment

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Obi Kaufmann‘s Athena series of paintings adorn the walls of the Oakland Surf Club‘s upstairs gallery. The expressive works were lit by candles in painted bottles scrawled with Obi’s signature snippets of non-sequitur phrases and poetry fragments. The effect is certainly temple-like. Obi also mixed redwood martinis for guests. Sound crazy but they were quite tasty.

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Infinitely Bound @ Interface Gallery

Published March 2, 2013 Art Leave a Comment
Tags: art, ceramic, crystal morey, drawing, gallery, interface gallery, masako miki, michael mcconnell

Infinitely Bound is the current animal-themed show up at Interface Gallery in Oakland. Really lovely works by Crystal Morey and Masako Miki. Funny and somewhat sad, yet beautiful hybrid animal works by Michael McConnell. So good!!

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