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Artists Explore the Beauty of Water in SF’s Presidio

Julie Davis — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 06:50:36 +0000

A rainy day in the Presidio is usually something of a disappointment, but it’s an atmosphere that only adds to the experience of viewing the new exhibit at the China Brotsky Gallery, Ways of Water. Hosted by the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, a green-centric nonprofit named after Henry David Thoreau (the 19th century American writer [&hellip

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Review: Dorothea Tanning: Unknown but Knowable States

Julie Davis — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:58:58 +0000

The Gallery Wendi Norris exhibit, Dorothea Tanning: Unknown but Knowable States, focuses on paintings, drawings and sculptures created between 1960 and 1979 by celebrated artist Dorothea Tanning. This is barely a glimpse of the full output of an amazingly prolific creator, whose career began with commercial illustration in the 1930s and eventually encompassed Surrealist paintings, [&hellip

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Interview with artist Sookoon Ang

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 23:13:37 +0000

Singaporean artist Sookoon Ang has a gift for shedding new light on the same old stories of the human condition. Her work addresses the physical and metaphysical aspects of common objects and occurrences, finding poetic and sublime qualities in our ordinary existence. Highly talented in several different mediums, she creates sculptural installations, paintings, drawings and [&hellip

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Interview with Sculptural Artist Sayaka Ganz

Elizabeth Coleman — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 05:19:50 +0000

To most people, a spatula is just a spatula. But to sculptural artist Sayaka Ganz, kitchen utensils are discarded orphans who deserve a second life. Drawing upon the Shinto belief that all objects have spirits, Ganz creates impressive animal sculptures using salvaged plastic housewares, breathing life into the objects by discovering how they all fit [&hellip

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Review: Women of the Underground: Art by Zora von Burden

Julie Davis — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 07:41:34 +0000

A collection of in-depth interviews, Women of the Underground: Art takes an inside look at the work of 24 female artists who are “cultural architects, influencing generations with art that is innovative, pushes boundaries, and dares to question, investigate and redefine society in the spirit of the underground.” Perhaps because of these general parameters, Women [&hellip

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Interview with Mixed Media Artist Veronica Schaible

Julie Davis — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 06:36:01 +0000

A skull-headed woman in a high-necked gown cries through the cracked eye socket where she just shot herself. A bright pink bunny slumps like a despondent teenager, surrounded by depressing swirls of gray. Winged hearts crack open, spilling objects like blood: timepieces, coins, cakes, architecture and sculpture — images that suggest both pleasure and pain. [&hellip

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