Galatea's Art Collection

2011-02-09T12:58:00.000-08:00

2011-01-10T12:50:00.000-08:00

"MOONLIGHT" (1999) (WATERBASED MIXED MEDIA ON WOOD, 24 X 24 IN) by RICHARD TSAO
Location: Atop Turret Steps, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[NINTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Richard Tsao is opening a new exhibition; here's the gallery press release:

Art Projects International
429 Greenwich Street, Suite 5B
New York, New York, 10013

Richard Tsao: Nam Wan at API
January 14 - February 18, 2011
Art Projects International

Art Projects International is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of Richard Tsao's recent work. The exhibition will be on view from January 14 to February 18, 2011.

Richard Tsao’s paintings look to have been torn from nature at its most ecstatic. Immediately attractive with their brilliant harmonies and colors of the purest intensity, these works are obviously contemporary, yet they seem to come, rather than from the hurried now, from the earliest points of an ancient universe. Their brilliance cannot be tied to the commercial or pop; it speaks of geological and astral time. With pigment thoroughly encrusting the canvas or wood supports and with sections of the encrustations sticking out well beyond the supports’ edges, Tsao’s works are less painted than accumulated—they may be years in the making. And, as in nature, the works’ beauty also contains the hint of a warning—it could signify deliciousness or, maybe, poison or acid.

Tsao’s titles emphasize associations with nature and the ambiguous territory the works inhabit as art. Freeze is a long yellow rectangle; a heavily clotted green and yellow left side becomes smoother and more yellow on the right. The matte, powdery surface and the brilliant canary/lemon yellow pose a puzzle, “what substance is it that is frozen?” Or, perhaps, more to the point, “where are we?” The cool colors of Avalanche might seem in harmony with associations of the event of falling ice and snow. The white splat on the surface of the painting is at first comforting in being normative as a known painting gesture and as an understandable metaphor tied to the title. But the matte white sits every so lightly on the surface and soon rich pigmentation—blues, greys, yellows, reds—peeking through; texture from silky to jagged; layer upon layer of material having either flowed into place or congealed into shape; and, further, an unpredictable shape and jagged edges, all, announce themselves as the larger subject. The white splash—reading clearly as an art historical gauntlet retrieved by Tsao and then re-thrown as a new painterly challenge—is understood as part of the work and an invitation to enter it.

We are all haunted by the colors of our childhood. A film from a particular era may bring on nostalgia purely because of its palette. Certain combinations of sensations may bring us back to specific moments in our past. Tsao, of Chinese descent, grew up in Thailand. He has from early on, and does, raise orchids. In New York when viewing Tsao’s color-drenched works it is not possible to imagine the mental landscape that he reviews in cataloguing his personal inventory of influences. The viewer sees, from the other side, a highly sophisticated craftsman conveying to the viewer a natural ordering, even if energetic and chaotic, of color and surface which in its deep inherent logic, again far from any but Tsao to decipher, offers not only outward, startling beauty but the beauty of the complexity of natural formation.

As one could get lost in the colorings and patterns of a mineral pool, Tsao’s work, which takes, as mentioned, extended periods of time to develop and is created by pooling and flowing pigments, allowing natural chance to have its say, can absorb all one’s attention just as unaltered objects torn from a beautiful world can. But, importantly, in the end, the viewer must come to the awareness that these exact works hanging exactly as they are cannot have come into being except through careful artistic deliberation—through choice.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with an essay by Susan H. Edwards.

About Richard Tsao
Richard Tsao, originally from Thailand, is known for using a process oriented, labor-intensive approach and particular aesthetic of beauty in creating his paintings and works on paper. His solo exhibitions include Art Link, Seoul; Chambers Fine Art, New York; 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok; and Queens Museum of Art (Bulova), New York. He has also exhibited in numerous group exhibitions including Paper and Process 2, Art Projects International, New York; Krungthep 226, Bangkok Art + Culture Center, Thailand; Different Ways of Seeing: The Expanding World of Abstraction, Noyes Museum of Art, New Jersey; and The Inverse Mirror, Chambers Fine Art, New York.

For more information contact Art Projects International at 212.343.2599.

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Prov.: Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York

2011-01-09T20:43:00.000-08:00

"[]" (2000) PRINT (45/100) by MAX COLE
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Max Cole has a new exhibition! Here's the gallery press release:

Haines Gallery
49 Geary Street Fifth Floor
San Francisco CA 94108
415.397.8114 art@hainesgallery.com

January 6 - February 12, 2011

Terra Firma: Paintings by Max Cole

Haines Gallery is pleased to announce its eighth exhibition for New York artist
Max Cole. Having refined her practice over a period of four decades, Cole has
earned a reputation as a premier practitioner of reductive painting with a consistently and highly recognizable aesthetic. Employing a subtle palette of black, white, and shades of grey, this new body of work includes a selection of gem-like
small-scale pieces as yet unseen here in San Francisco.

From a distance, Cole's works appear to be composed of simple bands of color.
But upon closer inspection, these horizontal bands reveal intricate patterns of short, vertical hatch marks consisting of alternating colors. What at first appears devoid of the human hand reveals itself as an accumulation of subtle imperfections. The stripes seem to vibrate, at one moment alluding to foggy horizons or waving fields of grain, and in the next falling flat on the canvas's surface. This allusion to landscape is befitting of an artist who was raised on the plains. Horizontal, unpopulated landscapes are as much a part of her visual lexicon as is Native American thought (Cole maintained a close relationship with her paternal Grandfather, who was half-Cherokee), and indeed, her works evolve from the ideal of
harmony with nature, which is at the heart of that culture.

Cole's work has been described as obsessive, but she prefers the term passionate, as it is self-determination rather than compulsion that urges her towards creation and completion. Cole does not rely on a preconceived plan; the work unfolds through time and rigorous process.

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Prov.: Haines Gallery, San Francisco

2010-11-30T23:01:00.000-08:00

"WALLPAPER FOR GIRLS: YOUR MOTHER AS STRIPPER TATTOOS" (1997) (OIL ON VINYL, 30 x 30 IN) by INKA ESSENHIGH
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

[NINTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

Inka Essenhigh currently has an ongoing exhibition:

"BETWEEN PICTURE AND VIEWER; THE IMAGE IN CONTEMPORARY PAINTING"
Exhibition curated by Tom Huhn and Isabel Taube
Visual Arts Gallery
School of the Visual Arts
209 E. 23rd St.
New York, N.Y. 10010

The exhibition lasts through Dec. 22, 2010.

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Prov.: Stefan Stux Fine Arts, New York City

2010-11-30T22:59:00.000-08:00

2010-11-30T22:54:00.000-08:00

"UNTITLED (BOXING)" (1997) (INK ON PAPER, 5.25 X 4 IN) by LEONARD DUFRESNE
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Leonard Dufresne has a new exhibition:

LEONARD DUFRESNE
LIFE STUDIES
Dec. 4, 2010-Jan. 8, 2011

O.K. Harris
383 West Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10012

The artist will be present on Dec. 4, from 3-5 p.m. at gallery.

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Prov.: O.K. Harris, New York

2010-11-30T22:49:00.000-08:00

DESK AND CHAIR by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

COMPUTER DESK by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Galatea Offsite, SF Apartment

CHEVAL MIRROR by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

SPIRAL LIBRARY LADDER (PADAUK AND MAPLE) by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

LIBRARY LADDER by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

WOOD AND GLASS COFFEE TABLE by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Family Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

BREAKFRONT (LARGE) by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

BREAKFRONT (SMALL) by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

LIBRARY DESK (WALNUT & MAPLE, 57 x 30 x 20, 2006) by LARRY BUECHLEY
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

A chair by Larry and Nancy Buechley is on the cover of Woodwork, a national magazine. They also did a page on their work in their gallery section.

In June, the Buechleys were in Boston giving a presentation at MIT to the Furniture Society.

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Prov.: Direct from Artists

2010-10-07T12:47:00.001-07:00

"UNTITLED, DIPTYCH" (1998) (OIL ON CANVAS, LEFT: 9 x 8 IN; RIGHT: 10 X 10 IN) by SONITA SINGWI
Location: Guest Bedroom Hallway, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"UNTITLED" (1999) (WHITE BACKGROUND PAINTING) by SONITA SINGWI
Location: Hallway Before Pantry, Pygmalion-First Floor

DRAWING IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

SECOND MENTION FOR UPDATE

Lovely to hear of Sonita Singwi's latest exhibition! Here are deets:

You are cordially invited to ‘Inland’, an exhibition exploring our relationship with landscape, with paintings by Sonita Singwi, works on paper by Christian Legendre and Alistair Teale, and sculpture by Rachel Urkowitz.

Opening reception: Friday October 15th, 5-8pm and for one weekend only,
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th October from noon until 6pm. 10-20 45th Rd, Long Island City, NY 11101
Near the 7, G, E and W trains.
A map, directions and gallery information available at tel: (917) 847 861

It is also possible to preview the show through the catalogue at the printer's website: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1632655

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Prov.: LiebmanMagnan Gallery, New York; Direct from Artist

2010-10-07T12:38:00.000-07:00

2010-10-07T12:29:00.000-07:00

"PATCHWORK: X-27 EXPLORER" (ROBOT SERIES) (2005) (VINTAGE PAPER, STITCHING HOLES. GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, INK) (4 X 4, FRAMED) by LISA SOLOMON
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

[FIFTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Just catching up as moi beloved artists continue to keep busy! Here's some news from Lisa Solomon of some upcoming exhibits:

Where Have All the Trees Gone? a solo exhibit at Angels Gate
November 7, 2010 - January 8, 2011

<<< Opening Reception: Saturday November 7, 2-4pm
<<< i will be attending !!

ANGELS GATE CULTURAL CENTER
3601 South Gaffey Street
San Pedro, California 90731
Phone: 310-519-0936
gallery hours Tuesday - Sunday 11-5
the Galleries are located in Building A

where have all the trees gone?
is a new body of worked i've created stemming from a NASA aerial photograph of the deforestation of tierras bajas in bolivia. the landscape is both beautiful and hauntingly sad - and the image immediately reminded me of doilies.

in this exhibition will be new paintings with incorporated crocheted aspects, 2 felt "quilts", crocheted doily trees, and a wall decal installation.

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Aesopica: The Working Proof group show
i will be showing my piece inspired by the fable "the mischievous dog", and using my dogs : tonka and garbo. there will be 10 signed prints of this piece available during the show.

<<< november 19, 2010 - Jan 9, 2011
<<< reception: friday, november 19, 7-9pm

RARE DEVICE
1845 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.863.3969
Hours: Tue - Sat, noon to 7pm; Sun, noon to 6pm; closed Mon

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upcoming shows
i have two shows on the horizon....

<<< newness a group show with heather smith jones and jennifer garrido

december 3, 2010 - january 31, 2011
at
ARTSTREAM STUDIOS
in New Hampshire
gallery website

and

<<< a solo show featuring several different bodies of work at THE CLAYMAN INSTITUTE FOR GENDER RESEARCH on the Stanford University Campus will open in january 2011 and be viewable through the Spring [more info to follow] the clayman institute website

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Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo

2010-09-09T10:03:00.001-07:00

"HEARTLAND" (1988) (72 x 96 IN) by LEONARD KOSCIANSKI
Location: Family Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

"HEARTLAND" (PASTEL STUDY FOR PAINTING) by LEONARD KOSCIANSKI
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"IN THE TWILIGHT OF THE GLEAMING" (1988) (48 x 66 IN) by LEONARD KOSCIANSKI
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment

"LETTER WITH SKETCH" by LEONARD KOSCIANSKI by LEONARD KOSCIANSKI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Leonard Koscianski will soon open a new exhibition at O.K. Harris in New York, Sept. 11 - Oct. 16, 2010. The artist also will be present at the gallery this Saturday, Sept. 11, from 3-5 p.m.

There's also a useful article on Leonard Koscianski by John Seed at The Huffington Post. Click on excerpt below for the whole thing:

At 2:15 Koscianski is back in the studio, refreshed and ready to exert all the physical and mental energy he can muster, battling with his paintings into the evening. When I asked Koscianski about his palette and color choices he told me that he "sweats color." No wonder his finished paintings gleam with ferocity, a quality that the artist wants his viewers to recognize, fear and value.

"Fierceness is in all of us," he observes, "It erupts from the depths of our animal brain. As we mature we learn to control it... when uncontrolled it can destroy us. Reaching any difficult goal requires a certain amount of inner fierceness."

In an effort to channel his own ferocity Koscianski has built a career as an iconoclastic artist, guarding the integrity of his art while attempting to stifle his own ego. Seen another way, Koscianski is a very civilized man with a highly developed wariness about the potential for violence in both the real world and in the inner world of his imagination. The studio is where he struggles to forge a balance between the two.

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Prov.: O.K. Harris, New York; Direct from Artist

2010-09-09T09:57:00.000-07:00

"Philip the Arabian, First Half of the III Century, A.D." (2006) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD BLOCK, 6.5 x 5.75 x .75) by MARK MULRONEY
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment

"Untitled" (2005) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD BLOCK, 7.75 x 4.75 x 1.05) by MARK MULRONEY
Location: Galatea Offsite - San Francisco Apartment

FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Mark Mulroney just opened a new exhibition; here is the gallery's press release:

Mark Mulroney
Really Creative Pictures
SEPTEMBER 9&NDASH;OCTOBER 9, 2010
OPENING: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 6-8PM

Mixed Greens is very pleased to present Mark Mulroney’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Really Creative Pictures will consist of paintings, books and a multi-part mural.

For as long as he can remember, Mark Mulroney has made a daily practice of drawing in several sketchbooks simultaneously—recording images, ideas and perplexing haikus. Each sketchbook is a collection of characters, source material, inspiration, sexual depravity and off-color humor. Like many artists, Mulroney has often found it difficult to translate the spontaneity of a sketch to canvas.

For this exhibition, Mulroney will display a selection of sketchbooks and a series of both large and small-scale “sketch paintings” where the collage and immediacy of his private books is captured on board and canvas. The viewer is now privy to multiple versions of an image and a stream-of-consciousness that was previously concealed.

For those who have followed Mulroney’s work, Really Creative Pictures will be an exciting encapsulation of the last decade. Old and new characters and drawing styles coalesce in the new pieces. It is Mulroney’s most personal show to date, but the multiple perspectives and truncated storylines will leave viewers with countless interpretations. A portal of sorts into the mind of Mulroney, this sketch-inspired body of work recalls the past while simultaneously revealing a more complex present and future.

Mixed Greens
531 W. 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001

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Prov.: Mixed Greens, New York

2010-07-27T21:24:00.000-07:00

"PATCHWORK: X-27 EXPLORER" (ROBOT SERIES) (2005) (VINTAGE PAPER, STITCHING HOLES. GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, INK) (4 X 4, FRAMED) by LISA SOLOMON
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

[FOURTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Kearny Street Workshop in San Francisco has piloted a new program with the theme of "emergence” to "help our artists to emerge from obscurity into the greater cultural conversation." Lisa Solomon is their second selection for this series, and you can go HERE for an interview with her!

Lisa's work will be available through the KSW Office Gallery. Taking advantage of the wonderful light and high ceilings of KSW's new office space, they are presenting her work from Monday - Thursday from 11 am - 5 pm through August 31.

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Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo

2010-07-21T21:43:00.000-07:00

2010-07-21T21:37:00.000-07:00

"DON'T TOUCH ME" (2003) (MIXED MEDIA, 9.5 x 1.1 x 2 IN) INSTALLATION by STELLA LAI
Location: Foyer, Pygmalion-First Floor

"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -2" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -4" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"PUCHAA MASK" (2002) (YARN, 13 x 9 x 8 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"PUCHAA IN BOX" (MIXED MEDIA, 2001) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"PUCHAA'S SHORTCUT" (2002) (ROTATING MOTOR AND MIXED MEDIA, 9 x 4 x 4 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

"UNTITLED" (PUCHAA DRUNK AMONG WINE BOTTLES" (2003) DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

"MTR SUPER HERO" (2003) (SILK SCREEN PRINT & HAND PAINTED PUSHPIN, #2/25) by STELLA LAI
Location: Turret Guest Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

"[ ] PUCHAA AND CHECHE" DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

EPHEMERA (DRAWINGS IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL, GALATEA GUEST BOOK, NLA AUCTION CHAPBOOK, & INVITATION AND INDIVIDUAL MASK MOLD FROM "DON'T TOUCH ME" INSTALLATION)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First and Second Floors

"PUCHAA" (PAPER SCULPTURE) (2003) by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment

"A&G" (WATERCOLOR) (2006) by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

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UPDATE

Stella Lai is part of a new exhibition:

DO YOU SEE WHAT I MEAN?

Fabien Fryns Fine Art is pleased to announce a group exhibition by ten of the most promising young Chinese artists to survey the complex dynamics of contemporary art in China within the context of globalization, sociological changes in China and the consequential impacts on art making. It is an ongoing investigation into the state of Chinese contemporary art, especially among the younger artists who were born after the 1970s, to illustrate the diverse range of ideas, thought processes and sensibilities. The exhibited twenty-four pieces, including eleven paintings, eight drawings, three animations, one sculpture and one light box, highlight the contrasts and commonalities in these artists’ incisive sense of curiosity and their intuitive engagement with the world. In the upcoming years, Fabien Fryns Fine Art will present solo exhibitions by most of the artists included in this group show.

Do You See What I Mean? will be on view from July 31 through September 25. The opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 31, from 5 to 7 p. m.

Fabien Fryns Fine Art
314 N. Crescent Heights Blvd.
Los Angeles, California, 90048
Phone: +1 323.998.6236
la@fabienfryns.com

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Prov.: Direct from Artist; Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, CA

2010-07-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

KIAUWE ASH GLAZE VASE (200[6]) by ADAM G. FIELD
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

[SIXTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Adam Field has forthcoming exhibitions! The first will be in Arvada, Colorado at ACAG and opens on Friday, July 23rd from 5:30-9 pm; he will be present at the opening and will be giving a slide presentation. As well, he will offer a weekend workshop at ACAG July 24 & 25.

The second exhibition will be at the Schaller Gallery in Red Lodge, MT, it is an on-line exhibition titled "Flora" and will feature well known ceramic artists from around the country and world who incorporate flora themes into their work.

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Prov.: Direct from Artist.

2010-06-02T18:56:00.000-07:00

TWO DRAWINGS IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL (2001) by G. SCOTT MACLEOD
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

FOURTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

One of the highlights of my 2001 residency at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico was meeting Montreal-based artist Scott MacLeod. It was great seeing him make Taos-inspired paintings. In my journal, he made drawings (one of them of a "Gotland Grave") related to his "Ancestral Homes" series. Here's an announcement on his latest work:

For Immediate Release

Works by G. Scott MacLeod at Kastella 5355 St. Laurent

514. 270. 2444 www.kastella.ca

Opening, June 10th, 2010 5:00 to 7:00 pm

Ancestral Homes - John K. Grande

http://www.macleod9.com/macleod_art/ancestral_homes/art_ancestral.php

Using a variety of archaeological and historical sources, adapting these into a variety of visual and painterly expressions, G. Scott MacLeod explores themes of Viking and Scottish heritage and ancestry. Artifacts and ancient technology are painted representationally in the early documentary works produced for this series and then evolved into semi-abstract motifs. Viking ships, their design and utility as vessels become painterly abstract compositions. By transforming this into a contemporary expression of identity, he has brought some new life and a variety of novel visual expressions and configurations of this search for identity into being.

Lachine Canal Past and Present - John K. Grande

http://www.macleod9.com/macleod_art/lachine_canal/art_canal.php

The paintings and sketches in this show range from a Railway Bridge to the Five Roses Flour Mill building. An old iron bridge becomes a sublime piece of sculpture while a 75-ton Floating Crane used to unload goods stands starkly against the sky. The Canadian Pacific Railway Bridge is pure beautiful engineering and in another work a boat sits in Lock No. 5 lit up by night-lights. Some subjects such as the Redpath Sugar, Northern Electric and Corticelli Buildings or “Jackknife Bridge” becomes panoramic paintings that recreate the feeling that the Lachine Canal with its coal derricks, Coleco Building, Canada Malting Building is a living museum of industrial building and marine artifacts. The majesty and industrial history of Canada is nowhere more evident than in the Lachine Canal. G. Scott MacLeod brings it to life. For its generous support of G.Scott MacLeod’s exhibition, and understanding of the proud heritage that the Lachine Canal and its architecture represent, Montreal’s McAuslan Brewery should be warmly thanked.

New York City - John K. Grande

http://www.macleod9.com/macleod_art/central_park/art_central_park.php

G. Scott MacLeod’s drawings are not derived from the observation of reality at all. Instead, they draw directly from the atmosphere and subject matter of New York photographer Jefferson Hayman. MacLeod’s drawings are resplendent with a sense of the captured moment. Each subject is brought to life with a delight. From Gothic arches, to bridge structures, to the tranquility of a Central Park pond, all MacLeod’s drawings are based on Hayman’s photographs. We would never have known this without having been informed of it. Using conté and water-soluble graphite, MacLeod has produced a remarkable series of lively drawings on Mylar sketches for this show. His ability to transcend the ordinary, and refabricate a sense of the mystery and beauty of a place is remarkable.

G. Scott MacLeod BIO Born in Red Deer, Alberta, in 1965, G. Scott MacLeod has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (specialization in Printmaking) from Concordia University (2003). He has been awarded two scholarships for the Banff Centre for the Arts, and is a fellow at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. He also sits on the Concordia University Fine Arts Advisory and Alumni Association. With over 150 exhibitions and performances, MacLeod`s work is in many private and corporate collections. He was artist in residence at the McAuslan Brewery from 2004 to 2008 where he founded the Centre St. Ambroise cultural centre. In 2009, he completed a film documentary After the the war with Hannelore – A Berliner war child’s testimony 1945 – 1989, with the support of the National Filmboard of Canada, Filmmakers Assistance Program. A founder of La Raza Group, MacLeod also lectures on art practices and is an accomplished musician. He lives and works in Montreal.

MacLeod Nine Productions
2319 Hampton Ave. #1,
Montreal, Quebec H4A 2K5 Canada
Cell: 514. 989. 9995
Office: 514. 487. 8766
www.macleod9.com
www.abriefcanadianhistory.com
www.myspace.com/macleod9
www.larazagroup.com
"Your thoughts and feelings create your life"

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Prov.: Direct From Artist

2010-05-16T11:01:00.000-07:00

"UNTITLED" (1999) (OIL, MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL, 71.75 X 71.75 IN) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"UNTITLED" (2003) (OIL, MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL, 16 X 16 IN) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Hallway to Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

DRAWING IN ET'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL (VOL. II) (2002) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

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Ron Ehrlich will be opening a new exhibition:

RON EHRLICH
Stephen Haller Gallery
May 20-June 26, 2010

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Prov.: Stephen Haller Gallery, New York

2010-05-16T10:57:00.000-07:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

TWENTY-SECOND MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco's latest exhibition has received a review from Art Practical:

Beg/Borrow/Steal
Stephanie Syjuco
Apr 10 - May 15
Catharine Clark Gallery
Review by Elyse Mallouk

“Beg/Borrow/Steal,” presented in the Viewing Room at Catharine Clark Gallery, is intended to be an introduction to San Francisco based artist Stephanie Syjuco’s work. The show is not a cohesive presentation of a single project, but rather functions as a kind of six-year micro-retrospective without a unifying narrative. The show is composed of pieces pulled from varied bodies of Syjuco’s work, tied together only by a common strategy―information deliberately withheld.

Italian philosopher Paolo Virno asserts that “There are things which only exist inside relationships,” in the common space between you and me.[1] This indeterminate space cannot be known or contained and remain common, Virno believes; rather, it can only be struggled with and contested. If it is named, it is co-opted. Syjuco’s work questions the social and economic relationships that run through and beneath a capitalist system by pursuing the formal limits of communication and exchange within the gallery. Her work intentionally withholds the information that might spell out or fix the common space between us.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE.

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Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2010-05-03T13:50:00.000-07:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

TWENTY-FIRST MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco has a new, ongoing exhibition in San Francisco, per:

BEG, BORROW, STEAL
Catharine Clark Gallery
150 Minna St.
San Francisco, CA 94105

The exhibit runs April 10 - May 15, 2010.

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Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2010-04-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

DOUBLE CIRCLE (JANUARY, 1996) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 x 9 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

REGULAR II (MARCH, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 9 X 12 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

AUREOLE (JULY, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 IN DIAMETER) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

CONWAY (1995) (OIL, CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 14 x 11 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

[TWELFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Eve Aschheim just opened a new solo exhibition in Sweden! At Galleri Magnus Åklundh through May 29, 2010.

***
Prov: Stefan Stux Gallery, New York

2010-04-24T22:48:00.000-07:00

"UNTITLED" (1998) (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 19 x 15 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

"UNTITLED" (1999) (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 19 1/4 x 19 1/2 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

HOLIDAY CARD DRAWING by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

"UNTITLED" (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 1 1/8 x 7 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

EIGHTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Maureen McQuillan has a new exhibition up at McKenzie Fine Arts entitled "Necessary Detours". Do check out this exhibit with one of the loveliest titles I can remember -- oh, okay: I'm biased as Maureen wrote that I apparently had given her the idea for its title. Preen! Anyway, please go to

http://www.mckenziefineart.com/exhib/Mcquillan2010exhb.html

for exhibition information!

***
Prov. Direct from Artist and James Graham & Sons (New York)

2010-04-19T10:46:00.001-07:00

"KA" (painting) by Christian Cabuay
Location: TBD

So happy to receive this painting by Christian Cabuay during attendance at the First Babaylan Conference at Sonoma State. Yay!

***
Prov.: Direct from Artis

2010-04-19T10:42:00.000-07:00

"TWINS" (2004) (GOUACHE ON PAPER, 11” x 7 ¾”) by MICHELLE WEINBERG
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

[THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Michelle Weinberg is part of a new exhibit:

Stuck Up
curated by Karen Shaw
Islip Art Museum, 50 E. Irish Lane, Islip, NY

***
Prov.: Rocket Projects, Miami

2010-04-12T18:26:00.000-07:00

"PARVA, XXXIV" (1993) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD, 5.75 x 32 x 4 IN) by ANNE TRUITT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:
Art in America has an article on Anne Truitt by Carol Diehle which concludes:

Against the now inescapable chatter of multiformity, the simplicity and strength, severity and surprising warmth that characterize these sculptures come as a relief. Truitt's work allows us to concentrate once again on what's truly impirtant: form, color, proportion and that happily ineffable quality we call "presence"

***
Prov.: Danese Gallery, New York

2010-04-12T18:22:00.000-07:00

"ROBIN" (1993) (OIL ON ALKYD ON BOARD, 60 x 48 IN) by GREGORY GILLESPIE
Location: Hallway in front of Living Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

1994 CHRISTMAS CARD by/from GREGORY GILLESPIE
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

SEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Gregory Gillespie currently has an exhibition of paintings at Forum Gallery in New York City.

***
Prov.: Forum Gallery, New York; direct from Artist

2010-02-26T18:31:00.000-08:00

2010-02-06T13:32:00.000-08:00

2010-02-06T13:28:00.000-08:00

"AMERICAN BLONDE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"POMP" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"CAEDMON'S FIRST WORD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 22 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"GRIFTER'S REWARD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"GARGLE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

THREE MATCHBOX PAINTINGS by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

POSTCARD COLLAGE from JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

NINTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

UPDATE:

James Westwater's will be part of a two-person exhibition with Macyn Bolt:

February 11 - March 13, 2010
Heidi Cho Gallery
522 West 23rd Street
New York NY 10011
212.255.6783

with Reception - Thursday, February 11, 6-8 pm

More information: http://www.heidichogallery.com/dynamic/exhibit_artist.asp?ExhibitID=48&Exhibit=Upcoming

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Prov.: Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo, N.M.; Direct from Artist

2010-02-06T13:26:00.000-08:00

2010-01-27T13:04:00.000-08:00

"WALLPAPER FOR GIRLS: YOUR MOTHER AS STRIPPER TATTOOS" (1997) (OIL ON VINYL, 30 x 30 IN) by INKA ESSENHIGH
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

[EIGHTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

Inka Essenhigh currently has an ongoing exhibition:

"The Old New Age"
Jan. 23-Feb. 20, 2010
303 Gallery
547 West 21st Street
New York, N.Y. 10001

Charlie Finch writes on the exhibition at Artnet HERE.

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Prov.: Stefan Stux Fine Arts, New York City

2010-01-06T14:29:00.000-08:00

"111TH ST. BASIN, GOWANUS CANAL" (1987) (OIL ON CANVAS, 28.1 X 54 IN) by RANDY DUDLEY
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

"AUTHORITY GRAIN TERMINAL - RED HOOK" (1990) (OIL ON CANVAS, 28.5 X 54 IN) by RANDY DUDLEY
Location: Hallway In Front of Turret Stairs, Pygmalion-First Floor

[THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Randy Dudley will open an exhibition at OK Harris:

RANDY DUDLEY
Jan. 16-Feb. 20, 2010
OK Harris
383 West Broadway
New York, N.Y. 10012

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Prov.: OK Harris, New York

2010-01-06T14:19:00.000-08:00

"UNTITLED" (1999) (PRISMA COLOR PENCIL ON PAPER, 14 X 12 3/8 IN) by HADI TABATABAI
Location: Hallway to Turret Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

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and

"TAB (THERESA AFTER BRICE)" (1997 & 2005) (DRAWING ON 2 LAYERS OF RICE PAPER) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-1st Floor

"TWL" (renamed "BLACK LIGHTNING" after its image appeared as cover image on my book entitled with same name) (1997) (OIL ON WOOD, 22 X 22 IN) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"EIGHT (A&B)" (1998) (OIL ON WOOD) (TWO PANELS, EACH 40 X 20 1/2 IN, HUNG 1/2 INCH APART) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

DRAWING ON RICE PAPER (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

MONEY & STAMP SERIES (2000) (PRINTS) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

DRAWINGS FOR POETRY COLLABORATION by THERESA CHONG
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWING WITH BOOK (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWING WITH BOY (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

[THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Hadi Tabatabai and Theresa Chong appears in the following exhibition:

Works on Paper
January 8-February 6, 2010
Danese Gallery
535 W. 24th St.
NYC 10011

Artists in the show: Sebastiaan Bremer, John Chamberlain, Theresa Chong, Barbara Cohen, Eily Evelth, Hermine Ford, Margaret Garrett, Sid Garrison, Valerie Giles, Tom Goldenberg, April Gornik, Dimitri Hadzi, Andy Harper, Amanda Hughen, Bryan Hunt, Warren Isensee, Bill Jensen, Craig Kauffman, Elizabeth King, Alain Kirili, Barry Le Va, Robert Lobe, Matthias Meyer, Gerard Mosse, John Newman, Carlton Newton, Ellen Phelan, Bruce Robbins, Richard Serra, Joel Shapiro, Stephanie Snider, Hadi Tabatabai, Alan Turner, Lynne Woods Turner, Mark Wiener and Su-en Wong.

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HT: Prov.: Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
TC: Prov.: Direct from Artist; Danese Gallery (New York); Little Red Schoolhouse Fundraiser (New York)

2009-12-30T10:28:00.000-08:00

2009-12-30T10:23:00.000-08:00

2009-11-04T07:17:00.001-08:00

DOUBLE CIRCLE (JANUARY, 1996) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 x 9 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

REGULAR II (MARCH, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 9 X 12 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

AUREOLE (JULY, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 IN DIAMETER) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

CONWAY (1995) (OIL, CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 14 x 11 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

[ELEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Eve Aschheim opens a new exhibition at Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery; click on excerpt from press release below for more details:

Aschheim, a senior lecturer in visual arts in Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, describes herself and her work this way: “I am an abstract artist who is not interested in image… I use geometry to ‘think about’ the intersection of nature and cityscape. My works might suggest the chaotic geometry of the city, the expectant stillness of air, the tenuous balance of a wire line against a building, the zig-zag movement of wind or water, or defiance of gravity.”

The exhibition lasts through Dec. 2, 2009.

***
Prov: Stefan Stux Gallery, New York

2009-10-15T13:21:00.001-07:00

"AGENTS" (1996) (INK, GRAPHITE AND GEL MEDIUM ON CLEAR MYLAR, 17 x 11 IN) by SHARON LOUDEN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

"AGENTS" (1996) (INK, GRAPHITE AND GEL MEDIUM ON CLEAR MYLAR, 17 x 11 IN) by SHARON LOUDEN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

[SIXTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:
Sharon Louden invites you, if you’re in New York City the evening of Saturday, October 24th, to attend a screening of her animation, “The Bridge”:

The Bridge
an animation by Sharon Louden
will be screened on just one night in New York City!
as a part of the

6th NYC Downtown Short Film Festival Audience Choice Screenings
Saturday evening, October 24th
at 8:00pm

at the
Duo Theatre
62 East 4th Street, between 2nd Avenue and Bowery streets
New York, NY 10003
(212) 598-4320
http://duotheater.org/

tickets are $10 at the Smarttix site and $15 at the door if they are available.

For the complete film schedule and to purchase tickets please go to:
www.smarttix.com

The Bridge is about the object of paper becoming one with gesture and feeling as though, we as the viewer, are inside a living drawing. Its magical transformation comes about in 2-D and 3-D technology, in three chapters of the animation, where the gesture guides us from one abstract environment to the next.

As with all of my work, my intent is to create characters that in their simplest form evoke playful imagination and promote conversation.

This film has been awarded Excellence in Filmmaking by the Honolulu International Film Festival this past March, and has also been included in many Children's Film Festivals, so it's great for all ages to see.

The Bridge has finally come to New York for the first time, after being screened in museums, film festivals and galleries across the country, including at the Birmingham Museum of Art, Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Honolulu International Film Festival, Gallery Joe in Philadelphia, PA and Athens International Film Festival in Athens, Ohio.

The NYC Downtown Short Film Festival holds monthly screenings at which the audience is given ballots to vote on each film. Those films that receive the highest ranking at these screenings will then be screened at the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in April, 2010.

The NYCDSFF began 5 years ago with 12 submissions. Last year, over 1,000 films were submitted – so many that the Festival Committee began holding monthly Audience Choice Screenings, with the winning films earning a spot at this year’s festival.

It would be a great pleasure if you were to see my latest effort in animation. Please come out to vote for The Bridge, and help send it on to the annual NYC Downtown Short Film Festival in 2010!

Thanks so much for your consideration and for your support of my work!
With Warmest Wishes,

Sharon

***
Prov. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2009-10-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

TWENTIETH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco continues to be active. Here's her update of recent activities:

Hello friends and colleagues,

It's been a super busy lead-up to three projects that are opening this month of October: a large-scale commissioned project for the Frieze Art Fair in London, and two new works for the exhibition "1969" at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in NY. So now I'm happy to share the news and hope you can join me in coming out to see them in person!

Also, I have been awarded a 2010 Artadia Artist in Residence fellowship at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Program) in New York for three months next summer. This funded residency includes studio space and housing stipend, and I'm looking forward to the opportunity! More info on Artadia here: http://www.artadia.org More info on the ISCP here: http://www.iscp-nyc.org

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"COPYSTAND: Autonomous Manufacturing Zone"
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, Regent's Park, London, UK
Private viewing reception: Wednesday, October 14
on view October 14 - 18, 2009

A parasitic project, COPYSTAND is a live artwork counterfeiting event to be held within its own gallery booth space at the Fair. During the week, a cadre of 3-5 artists at a time will be re-creating other artworks found within the Frieze Art Fair and displaying them as they are finished. All works will be available for purchase at a mere fraction of the cost of the originals, with a final liquidation sale happening on the last day. On the left side is the "production area" and the right side is the "gallery area" that will display the finished artworks.

Organized and conceived by Stephanie Syjuco. Commissioned by Frieze Projects 2010
Participating artists include:

Yason Banal, Filipino, resides in Philippines
Bernd Behr, German, resides in UK
Claudia Djabbari, German/Iranian, resides in UK
Gail Pickering, British, resides in UK
Jim Ricks, American, resides in Ireland
Stephanie Syjuco, American, resides in US
Maria Taniguchi, Filipino, resides in UK

Frieze Art Fair features over 150 of the most exciting contemporary art galleries in the world. The fair also includes specially commissioned artists’ projects, a prestigious talks programme and an artist-led education schedule. more

Frieze Projects is a programme of artists’ commissions realised annually at Frieze Art Fair. It is curated by Neville Wakefield and includes seven new projects as well as The Cartier Award and collaborations with this year’s partner institutions CAC Vilnius (Lithuania) and Arte Contempo (Portugal).The seven artists commissioned to create site-specific work for Frieze Art Fair 2009 are Mike Bouchet, Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth, Ruth Ewan, Ryan Gander, Per-Oskar Leu, Monika Sosnowska and Stephanie Syjuco. Commenting on this year’s projects, Neville Wakefield stated: “Whether taking the form of grand architectural obstruction or finding new ways of protesting, authenticating or motivating our relationship to the objects we make, look at and buy, this year’s projects create aesthetic opportunity out of the uncertainty that has become the hallmark of our troubled times.”

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"1969"

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
opening reception: Sunday, October 25
on view October 25, 2009 - April 2010

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center presents 1969, a large scale exhibition occupying the entire second floor with works drawn from every department of The Museum of Modern Art. Exploring a cross section of art made during a period marked with revolution and socio-political tumult, this exhibition also will embrace five interventions by a current generation of artists whose work reflects the concerns of 1969 and brings the exhibition into the present. These younger artists will be given free reign to respond to the works on view and to the time period in general.

For the exhibition I am reproducing two iconic works from MoMA’s collection: Joseph Beuys’ “Sled” and Robert Morris’s “Untitled” felt work, which will be presented at PS1 in lieu of the originals. Due to the archival condition of the original works, they are unable to be shown and I was invited to address their absence and “reworked” presence within the show, giving each a new political and social spin by addressing issues of globalization, American labor, and gift economies.

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"Borrowed Beuys" (working title)

Using all objects borrowed from my friends and extended social network, I am recreating Joseph Beuys' iconic "Sled" work from 1969. The six main components (wooden sled, blanket, flashlight, strapping, lard, and twine) were gathered from around the world via email solicitations. During the course of my search for the objects, I was offered many different variations of each one, bringing into the work an interesting dimension of variation within "sameness." Beuys' work existed as a multiple, and the multiples of offers I received will be displayed alongside the final chosen configuration. Each lender of a component will be credited as a formal lender to the exhibition. Essentially, I asked the general public to do what MOMA itself couldn't: lend a Joseph Beuys artwork for the show.

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"Morris Mover" (working title)

I had a custom-made industrially-produced moving blanket fabricated in the exact height and width dimension of Robert Morris original "Untitled" work. Made by an American moving blanket factory, this work brings it in conversation with the industrially-made material of the original felt Morris. The final moving blanket will be used to wrap or transport works from MOMA to PS1, before finally being installed at PS1 in the same hanging manner as the original work. I will be in communication with the preparator crew at MOMA to figure out logistics, and i am excited by this added movement and "function" of the work before it's display as art. Snapshots will be taken documenting how it is wrapped around or padding various things (a challenge with all the slits), and several of these printed photographs will be displayed alongside the hanging work. As a proxy for the original Morris work, which cannot be lent to P.S.1, this new work will trace a similar, yet modified journey.

Artists in "1969" include: Vito Acconci; Robert Adams; Ryoji Akiyama; Carl Andre; Keith Arnatt; Richard Artschwager; Richard Avedon; Lewis Baltz; Robert Barry; Larry Bell; Mel Bochner; Marcel Broodthaers; Scott Burton; James Lee Byars; John Cage; Vija Celmins; Ron Davis; Walter De Maria; Agnes Denes; Jan Dibbets; Fluxus; Helen Frankenthaler; Lee Friedlander; Gego; Guerrilla Art Action Group; Philip Guston; R. L. Haeberle, Art Workers Coalition and Peter Brandt; Richard Hamilton; Strike Poster Workshop, Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Douglas Huebler, Robert Irwin; Jasper Johns; Ray Johnson; Donald Judd; Stephen Kaltenbach; Craig Kauffman; Joseph Kosuth; Standish Lawder; Sol LeWitt; Lee Lozano; George Maciunas; John McCracken; Lutz Mommartz; NASA; Bruce Nauman; Claes Oldenburg; Dennis Oppenheim; Nam June Paik; Richard Pettibone; Adrian Piper; Arnulf Rainer; Ely Raman; Robert Rauschenberg; Gerhard Richter; Martha Rosler; Dieter Roth; Edward Rusha; Rudolf Schwarzkogler; Seth Seigelaub; Richard Serra; Joel Shapiro; Robert Smithson and Nancy Holt; Michael Snow; Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, David Novros, Forrest Myers, Robert Rauschenberg, and John Chamberlain; Lawrence Weiner; John Wesley; Christopher Wilmarth; and Gary Winogrand.

The artists acting as commentators are Base, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Mathew Day Jackson and David Tompkins, Stephanie Syjuco, and Hank Willis Thomas.

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MORE EVENTS & GOINGS-ONS:

"Domestic Disturbance,"
Worth Ryder Gallery, University of California Berkeley
http://art.berkeley.edu/calendar/event.php?id=69
curated by Anu Vikram
Oct. 7 - 31, 2009.

"One Every Day,"
Elizabeth Foundation For the Arts Project Space, NY NY
http://www.efanyc.org/efa-project-space/
curated by Amze Emmons
Nov. 2009

Columnist for SFMOMA's "Open Space" blog
Sept. 2009 - January 2010
http://blog.sfmoma.org/

Visiting faculty, UC Berkeley Department of Art Practice, 2009-10
Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Graduate Fine Arts Program

***
Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2009-10-12T16:36:00.000-07:00

"PARVA, XXXIV" (1993) (ACRYLIC ON WOOD, 5.75 x 32 x 4 IN) by ANNE TRUITT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

[FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:
The New York Times covers a retrospective of Anne Truitt:

“ANNE TRUITT: PERCEPTION AND REFLECTION,” opening on Thursday at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington

(Thanks to Emmy Catedral, whose works are also in Galatea's Art Collection, for letting me know!)

***
Prov.: Danese Gallery, New York

2009-10-12T14:24:00.000-07:00

"PATCHWORK: X-27 EXPLORER" (ROBOT SERIES) (2005) (VINTAGE PAPER, STITCHING HOLES. GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, INK) (4 X 4, FRAMED) by LISA SOLOMON
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

[THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Lisa Solomon is busy! She updates on some recent activities:

Binding Constant at Rare Device in San Francisco
I'm super excited about this show. It's a whole new body of thread drawing work based on my memories of my grandparents.

Plus I LOVE the artists I'm showing with Marina Luz and Diem Chau . Starting Oct. 2nd, all of our work will be available to see and purchase online at rare device's website. You can read the press release for the show here.

the show opens Friday, OCTOBER 2, 2009
it runs through November 1, 2009 at

RARE DEVICE
1185 Market Street
San Francisco 94103

Stitched, Looped & Knitted @ the Mills Building in San Francisco
my 7' bed drawing and a few other pieces are in this show curated by Kerri Hurtato of Artsource Consulting

Also included in the show are: Emily Bartletta, Lauren DiCioccio, Laura, Kamian, Aliza Lelah, Ruth Marshall, Lacy Jane Roberts, Esther Traugot, and Marina Vendrell

it's up NOW through December 5, 2009 at

THE MILLS BUILDING
220 Montgomery Street
San Francisco 94104
the building is open Monday - Friday from 8-6pm and by appointment on weekends

for more info or to make an appointment - contact Artsource

Group Show at Richard Levy Gallery
My work will be in a group show at the Richard Levy Gallery from

November 3 - December 5, 2009

514 Central Ave. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102

contact the Levy Gallery for more info

I hope I translate well
This June images of my work and studio as well as a lengthy interview were part of Art + Design a Chinese magazine.

you can see the 8 page spread on my website.
I hope what I said makes sense in Chinese :)

images of the entire magazine spread

***
Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo

2009-10-12T14:19:00.000-07:00

KIAUWE ASH GLAZE VASE (200[6]) by ADAM G. FIELD
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

There's updated information and new images of pottery by Adam Field at TRAX Gallery in Berkeley. These reflect the artist's time in Korea studying with a 6th generation Onggi Master, Kimll-Mahn.

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Prov.: Direct from Artist.

2009-06-30T08:56:00.000-07:00

2009-06-23T09:06:00.000-07:00

"ENSO" (DRAWING ON FOUR PIECES OF HANDMADE PAPER) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"UNTITLED" (COLLABORATIVE DRAWING ON BUTCHER PAPER BETWEEN MAX GIMBLETT, E.T., T.P. AND NOMI) (2001)
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"[]" (2003) (PRINT, 15/25) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"UNTITLED" (SUMI INK DRAWING AGAINST ASIA SOCIETY PROGRAMS) (2001) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Babaylan Lodge

POETRY/ART BROADSIDE by MAX GIMBLETT AND E.T.
Location: Babaylan Lodge

"DOUBLE HEADED CREATURE FEATURE" (ARTISTS' BOOK, 17.5 X 7 X 0.5 IN) by MAX GIMBLETT AND JOHN YAU WITH TOBY HINES
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWINGS IN TWO OF E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNALS by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWINGS IN TWO COPIES OF MAX GIMBLETT MONOGRAPH by MAX GIMBLETT (2003)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

EPHEMERA by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

THIRTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Max Gimblett has a new exhibition, his first in Germany:

PARADE - THE PRESENCE OF BEAUTY

HAMISH MORRISON GALERIE

EXHIBITION DATES: JUNE 19 - AUGUST 1

Hamish Morrison Gallery is pleased to present, for the first time in Germany, New Zealand artist Max Gimblett (1935). His work enjoys special recognition in his home country with which he has retained many links, but especially in the United States where he has lived since the 1970s. This year his works have been exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum New York as part of the exhibition The Third Mind - American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989.

The work of Max Gimblett is characterized by paintings and drawings of great virtuosity and finesse as a bridge between different cultures. The contact with artists like Brice Marden, Robert Motherwell and Jackson Pollock has had significant influence on his painting in the context of abstract expressionism. However, since the 1980s his cultural curiosity which had first been aroused by Maori art has been reflected by the influence of Asian culture on his work and his life.

By using the Greek word Téménos which refers to the space dedicated to a sacred shrine or sanctuary, to describe the exhibition, Gimblett does not evoke the religious aspect of art, but its spiritual dimension. The technological and aesthetic delicacy of his paintings consisting of rare and precious materials such as sheets of silver, gold and palladium imported from all over the world and combined with traditional materials and contemporary polymers results in masterful and fascinating works. The unique forms of his paintings break the convention, which automatically identifies a rectangle suspended from a wall as a work of art or at least as a decorative image. The viewer becomes aware of this quasi-votive character of the work, allowing him access to a dimension beyond time and space, opening a space of meditation.

In the act of painting, his gestures reflect an energy, a rhythm and a dance in which the viewer can participate. This participation is made possible by the perception of time by observation; time, which according Gimblett is concentric. The spectator, by following the traces of the paint brush, witnesses the beginning, accelerations, decelerations and the culmination of the gesture. For Gimblett the process of painting is not a cold cerebral act expressing the Cartesian “I” of the proud and egocentric modern man, but the Buddhist principle of non-self eclipsing one’s judgment. His painting expresses intuitive, pure energy.

The titles of his works and their shapes reflect the wealth of inspiration and syncretism of the artist as well as his interest in different cultures and his reflections on the Jungian collective unconscious. He appears to look beyond the Jungian self which is the unknown centre of personality where antinomies and the collective unconscious expressed by myths of different cultures and embodied by certain signs, such as quatrefoil (Apricot Garden, Celestial) are reconciled. By using the quatrefoil with its association to the four elements, windows, flowers in general or lotus in particular, Gimblett convokes the vital forces and archetypal transcendence of the human psyche.

This motif explains the most recurring references such as the influence of Japanese painter Sengai Gibon (1750-1837), for whom the circle, triangle and square – bases for many of Gimblett’s works - alone represent the universe. (The Gaze - For Jackson Pollock 2008, Guggenheim Enso Series, 2008). According to the philosopher of Buddhism Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki, the circle corresponds with the infinite without beginning and without end, while the triangle is the beginning of all forms, and the square, a double triangle, stands for the process of duplication. The approximation of the series Guggenheim Enso with "Ten Ox Herding Pictures", which reflect the path to enlightenment in Zen, is particularly interesting, especially the 8th picture above entitled: "Self and Ox Forgotten"

Gimblett's work is a synthesis not only of the many questions and answers posed by the history of art, but also between cultures by bringing together opposing values and principles, such as calligraphy and geometry, abstraction and figuratism, as well as aesthetic and philosophical propositions of east and west. In bringing together these spiritual considerations and coming to terms with the seductive power of images, and the intellectual and aesthetic enjoyment, Gimblett achieves in his work the reconciliation of the Apollonian and Dionysian.

Hamish Morrison Galerie
Heidestrasse 46-52
10557 Berlin
Germany

TEL +49 30 280 40577
FAX +49 30 280 41898
Mobile +49 172 561 3487
www.hamishmorrison.com

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Prov. Direct from Artist

2009-06-08T10:40:00.000-07:00

"WARPED WOMEN," (COLLAGE, MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING) by SUSAN BEE
Location: Blue Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

Eleventh MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

I moved Susan Bee's painting into my bedroom recently -- like it that much! And, her exhibition Eye of the Storm: New Paintings at A.I.R. Gallery was recently reviewed in Art News. You can see the review at http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/bee/images/Art-News_2009.jpg

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Prov.: A.I.R. Gallery, New York; Direct from Artist.

2009-04-05T09:50:00.000-07:00

"DON'T TOUCH ME" (2003) (MIXED MEDIA, 9.5 x 1.1 x 2 IN) INSTALLATION by STELLA LAI
Location: Foyer, Pygmalion-First Floor

"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -2" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"FOUR SEASONS VACATION -4" (2003) (gouache on paper, 30 X 22 in) by STELLA LAI
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"PUCHAA MASK" (2002) (YARN, 13 x 9 x 8 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"PUCHAA IN BOX" (MIXED MEDIA, 2001) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"PUCHAA'S SHORTCUT" (2002) (ROTATING MOTOR AND MIXED MEDIA, 9 x 4 x 4 IN) SCULPTURE by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

"UNTITLED" (PUCHAA DRUNK AMONG WINE BOTTLES" (2003) DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

"MTR SUPER HERO" (2003) (SILK SCREEN PRINT & HAND PAINTED PUSHPIN, #2/25) by STELLA LAI
Location: Turret Guest Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

"[ ] PUCHAA AND CHECHE" DRAWING by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

EPHEMERA (DRAWINGS IN E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL, GALATEA GUEST BOOK, NLA AUCTION CHAPBOOK, & INVITATION AND INDIVIDUAL MASK MOLD FROM "DON'T TOUCH ME" INSTALLATION)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First and Second Floors

"PUCHAA" (PAPER SCULPTURE) (2003) by STELLA LAI
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment

"A&G" (WATERCOLOR) (2006) by STELLA LAI
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

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UPDATE

Stella Lai recently issued a Newsletter to encompass her busy-nesses! To wit:

2009 Updates
There's been a few exciting pieces of news I would like to share with everyone since my show in Beijing Oct 2008.

Interview with Daily Serving
by Allison Gibson

Allison and I meet in Ojai through Nathan Larramendy. She is currently writing for Daily Serving and Beautiful Decay magazines. View at http://www.dailyserving.com/2009/03/stella_lai_1.php#more

Giant Robot
by Martin Wong
I am very proud to be on the cover of Giant Robot 58th Issue. There is an 8 page interview with Martin inside. Thank you Giant Robot! View at http://www.giantrobot.com/

Beautiful/Decay: A to Z
Beautiful/Decay magazine and the Kopeikin Gallery are excited to celebrate the release of Beautiful/Decay's 26th Issue Z with a retrospective art show. View at http://www.kopeikingallery.com/

Flash Art Review
by Cecilia Freschini
FF2 Gallery in Beijing was reviewed in Flash Art. "Best of Beijing" View at http://www.tree-axis.com/stella/assets/press/FlashArt-sm.jpg

***
Prov.: Direct from Artist; Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, CA

2009-04-05T09:45:00.000-07:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

NINETEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco has an update on her recent activities:

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EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS:
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The Village (Small Encampments)
solo exhibition
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
April 2 - May 2, 2009
Opening reception: Thursday, April 2, 5-7pm
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com

Syjuco constructed small cut-out dioramas taken from tourist photographs of the Philippines and placed them conspicuously throughout her apartment. She then photographed her living space as a personal travelogue. Her apartment became the landscape for the stage-like settings of the dioramas; acting as crude reminders of a place she is connected to by birth and yet very unfamiliar with. The four sets of paired photographs and the slide projection installation take on two seemingly disparate narratives: a documentary portrait of the artist’s domestic space with a completely constructed and fantasized “homeland” hidden within. The idea that she is a "counterfeit" Filipino is something Syjuco’s been very interested in playing with recently; exploring the murky area of cultural authenticity and even the fictions we create for our own allegiances. By examining and constructing objects with fictional identities and histories, the artist reveals a larger truth: that we constantly invent narratives about ourselves and about others.

It's Not Us, It's You
The San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
April 4 - June 20, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 3, 6-8pm
http://www.sjica.org/

"It’s Not Us, It’s You" is an exhibition that explores the inevitability of rejection in our lives – a timely topic in today’s woeful economic climate. Through a tragic and sometimes heartbreaking lens, the artists in this exhibition respond to the reality of rejection with subversion, self-reflection, humor and brutal honesty. The show is guest curated by artist Ray Beldner and includes paintings, sculpture, video, and multi-media work from artists Anthony Discenza, Stephanie Syjuco, Michael Arcega, Kara Maria, Steve Lambert, Jonn Herschend, Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, Desiree Holman, Orly Cogan, Kate Gilmore, Robert Eads and Arthur Gonzalez.

Innapropriate Covers
David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
April 11 - May 29, 2009
Opening reception Friday, April 10, 5:30pm

Artist Talk with Stephanie Syjuco on opening night, beginning at 5:30pm
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_Bell_Gallery/future_frameset.html

Through various forms of "covering" and acts of "inappropriation" the works chosen for this exhibition seek to uncover layers of meaning that were previously hidden or obscured. Although appropriation techniques have a deep and variable history throughout 20th-century art, in contemporary culture the rampant use of sampling, remixing, and appropriation has become a general and widespread activity. Inappropriate Covers seeks to revitalize the discussion of appropriation, using the combination of the two words in the exhibition's title to further develop and enrich our understanding of appropriation practices — practices where the artist seizes preexisting cultural materials to use as source materials for the creation of his or her own artwork.

Tech Tools of the Trade: Contemporary New Media Art
de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
April 17 - June 28, 2009
Opening reception: Friday, April 17
http://www.scu.edu/desaisset/exhibits/Tech-Tools-of-the-Trade.cfm

This survey exhibition features work produced by Bay Area-based or Bay Area-rooted artists using new media—defined in the context of this exhibition as electronic, digital, or web-based. Organized into accessible thematic sections, the work in this exhibition explores the ways that technology has shaped our sense of selves, our vision, our bodies, and our world. The exhibition examines our cultural fascination with technology (including our continued faith in its benefits), our myriad uses of the internet, as well as the potentially troubling applications of technology in simulation and surveillance.

Panel Discussion:
Tactical Digital Aesthetics
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 from 6:00-8:00 pm, de Saisset Museum
An evening of art and conversation exploring new media, remediation, and cultural politics. Keynote by Johanna Drucker; roundtable by Ray Beldner, Stephanie Syjuco, Anthony Discenza, and Johanna Drucker; and moderated by Katie Vann and Kathy Aoki.

Unsolicited Fabrications
solo exhibition
Pallas Contemporary Projects (in conjunction with Space 126), Dublin, Ireland
Opening reception: Friday, May 1, 2009
http://www.pallasprojects.org/

Exploring issues of authorship, collaboration, and production, this solo exhibition presents a display and fabrication area where the artist will be making a collection of sculptures based on a shared database of online “artworks” created by users of SketchUp (a shareware 3-D modeling program). Acting as their "unsolicited fabricator," and using common everyday materials, Syjuco's attempts to handmake computer-designed sculptures calls into question ideas of craft, the copy, and also how a group of anonymous amateur designers come to define what an art object "looks like."

Rising Tide: Arts & Ecological Ethics
Conference and panel discussions
Sponsored by California College of the Arts & Stanford University
http://www.risingtideconference.org/

Saturday April 18, 11am - 12:15pm
I'll be speaking on the panel entitled "Material Culture and Sustainability":
What are new materials that artists/designer/architects are experimenting with? What materials have impacts on which industries? Where are the holes in research? What is sustainable business? How is culture sustainable?

Moderator: Bonnie Sherk, with panelists Stephanie Syjuco, Lynda Grose, and Banny Bannerjee

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For recent work, including past projects and lots of images, visit:
http://www.stephaniesyjuco.com

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Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2009-03-18T06:00:00.000-07:00

2009-02-27T10:06:00.000-08:00

2009-02-27T09:10:00.000-08:00

2009-02-19T07:48:00.000-08:00

"TAB (THERESA AFTER BRICE)" (1997 & 2005) (DRAWING ON 2 LAYERS OF RICE PAPER) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-1st Floor

"TWL" (renamed "BLACK LIGHTNING" after its image appeared as cover image on my book entitled with same name) (1997) (OIL ON WOOD, 22 X 22 IN) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"EIGHT (A&B)" (1998) (OIL ON WOOD) (TWO PANELS, EACH 40 X 20 1/2 IN, HUNG 1/2 INCH APART) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

DRAWING ON RICE PAPER (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

MONEY & STAMP SERIES (2000) (PRINTS) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

DRAWINGS FOR POETRY COLLABORATION by THERESA CHONG
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWING WITH BOOK (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWING WITH BOY (Details to Come) by THERESA CHONG
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

[ELEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Theresa Chong opens a new exhibit. Here's press release:

Legacies of Abstraction:

Theresa Chong
Warren Isensee
Katia Santibañez

February 15 - March 22
Esther Massry Gallery
The College of Saint Rose
1002 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY 12203
T 518.485.3902 E flanagaj@strose.edu

GALLERY RECEPTION:
Friday, February 20, 5 -7:00 pm

ARTIST'S TALK:
Friday, February 20, 7:00 pm
985 Madison Avenue

Theresa Chong’s intricate gouache and pencil drawings on handmade Japanese rice paper explore mark making and gesture in abstraction. While open to multiple associations and varied interpretations – celestial maps, cascading particles on a field, even musical notation (the artist is an accomplished cellist) – the work remains fundamentally and purely abstract. Chong has been inspired by Abstract Expressionism, its energy and spontaneity, as in the work of Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, and by pop art, particularly the clarity of line in the work of Roy Lichtenstein. In a 2006 catalogue essay, John Yau comments, “Chong’s drawings and animations evoke ephemerality, the appearance and disappearance of things in time.”

Chong was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1965 and immigrated with her family to Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1974. She attended Oberlin Conservatory and BostonUniversity’s School of Fine Arts. She received her master of fine arts degree from theSchool of Visual Arts, New York, in 1991. Her work is included in thecollections of the Whitney Museum; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Yale University Art Gallery; and the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University, among others.She served two faculty residencies at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado in 2003 and 2005. Chong received a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in 2003 and a grant from the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation in 2007.

Warren Isensee’s small, colored pencil drawings and large-scale paintings revel in vivid, exuberant, unrestrained color within the context of classic, geometric abstraction. Isensee avoids the anonymous, impersonal appearance often associated with hard-edged painting. His unexpected and playful juxtapositions of vibrant color are visually intense and emotionally expressive. In 2006, Ken Johnson, art critic for The New York Times wrote, “ These glowing grid, striped and concentric rectangle paintings play adroitly with conventions of Modernist abstraction and are almost hallucinogenically beautiful.”

Born in Asheville, N.C., in 1956, Isensee studied architecture at the University of Oklahoma and subsequently majored in painting and graphic design. The artist was included in the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts and received a Purchase Award. He received the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant in 1999 and has exhibited extensively in the United States. Isensee’s work is held in the collections of the Blanton Museum in Austin, Texas, and the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, N.Y., among others.

Katia Santibañez’s paintings and drawings synthesize geometric patterns with organic forms in order to bring nature and architecture to an abstract state. Intricate and delicate, her art reveals the intimacy of the artist’s hand and mind. Santibañez’s work is both a rational examination of the grid, the core of 20th century reductivist aesthetics and a distillation of nature with associations to natural forms such as saplings, ferns, vines and roots. While working within the grid, the artist explores a boundless variety of possibilities that are evocati ve with a restrained expressiveness. In the exhibition catalogue for Santibañez’s 2008 solo show at Danese Gallery, Dr. Lucy Bowditch, Saint Rose art historian comments, “Each square is a unique formal visual poem. Santibañez starts with a familiar structure and then generates unbounded variety and possibility within that system.”

Santibañez was born in Paris in 1964. She earned her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1990 from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France. Santibañez’s paintings and drawings have been included in numerous exhibitions in the United States and abroad.

All three artists live and work in New York City and are represented by the Danese Gallery in Chelsea.

For further information please contact the Esther Massry Gallery.

Monday through Thursday: 10am - 8pm
Friday: 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday: 12 - 4pm

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Prov. Direct from Artist; Danese Gallery (New York); Little Red Schoolhouse Fundraiser (New York)

2009-02-17T22:03:00.000-08:00

2009-02-17T17:26:00.000-08:00

"PI PAINTING" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"MILK AND COOKIES" (1997) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"BASEBALL HOSTESS" (2004) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"ICED MUFFINS" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"LANDSCAPE (RAIN ON SPRING MOUNTAIN)" (2001) (OIL ON CANVAS, 11 x 14 IN) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"PRETZEL" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"WINE GLASS" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"TOMATO" (200_) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"ZINFANDEL VINE" (2008) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"6 RED ROSES" (2005) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

(NINTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE)

UPDATE:
Added to our collection of Marvin Humphrey paintings with a Valentine's Present: a painting of red roses rather than red roses.

***
Prov.: St. Helena Post Office; Calistoga Coffee Shop; Direct from Artist

2009-01-29T10:17:00.001-08:00

"WARPED WOMEN," (COLLAGE, MIXED-MEDIA PAINTING) by SUSAN BEE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

TENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Susan Bee opens a new exhibition:

Eye of the Storm: New Paintings

A.I.R. Gallery
111 Front Street, #228
Brooklyn, NY

February 4 to March 1, 2009
Reception: Thursday, February 5, 6-8 pm

Gallery hours: Wed. – Sun., 11am to 6pm.

A.I.R. Gallery is located in the DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn.
For more info: www.airgallery.org. or call: 212-255-6651.

Eye of the Storm is Bee’s fifth solo show at A.I.R. Gallery and her first solo show in three years. The exhibition features large paintings from 2006 to 2008, including The Flood, Après le déluge, Hovering Angels, and Eye of the Storm, which explore an expressionistic, apocalyptic vision in the form of imaginary seascapes, floods, and storms at sea populated by figures, animals, and boats. The themes of Bee’s new work are reflections upon the aftermath of ecological and manmade disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, September 11th, the Asian tsunami, as well as more personal losses. The paintings have recurring symbolic elements such as islands, clouds, Chinese angels, and sailboats. Collage and oil painting are integrated in new ways in these darker, turbulent works. While some of the figures are painted and others are collaged into the paintings the overall emphasis is on expressivity and the color potential of the paint. Other recent paintings such as Island Life, How Deep is the Ocean, and Wanderer in a Sea of Fog reflect a quieter, more meditative and romantic approach to similar themes. In addition, Bee will be showing a number of smaller, more eccentric, and humorous paintings including: The Joker, Vertigo, and Escape.

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Prov.: A.I.R. Gallery, New York; Direct from Artist.

2008-12-29T22:56:00.000-08:00

DOUBLE CIRCLE (JANUARY, 1996) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 x 9 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

REGULAR II (MARCH, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 9 X 12 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

AUREOLE (JULY, 1997) (OIL ON GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 12 IN DIAMETER) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

CONWAY (1995) (OIL, CHARCOAL, GRAPHITE ON CANVAS, 14 x 11 IN) by EVE ASCHHEIM
Location: Hallway Before Turret, Pygmalion-First Floor

[TENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Eve Aschheim participates in a new group exhibition at Lori Bookstein Fine Arts in New York City:

PERSONAL GEOMETRY
Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2009
Lori Bookstein Fine Art
37 West 57th Street
New York, N.Y. 10019

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Prov: Stefan Stux Gallery, New York

2008-12-29T22:47:00.000-08:00

2008-12-29T22:45:00.000-08:00

2008-12-29T18:00:00.000-08:00

"PI PAINTING" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"MILK AND COOKIES" (1997) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"BASEBALL HOSTESS" (2004) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"ICED MUFFINS" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"LANDSCAPE (RAIN ON SPRING MOUNTAIN)" (2001) (OIL ON CANVAS, 11 x 14 IN) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"PRETZEL" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"WINE GLASS" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"TOMATO" (200_) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"ZINFANDEL VINE" (2008) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

(EIGHTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE)

UPDATE:
Added to our collection of Marvin Humphrey paintings with a Xmas gift to Tom: "Zinfandel Vine" -- masterfully done in impressionistic vein.

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Prov.: St. Helena Post Office; Calistoga Coffee Shop; Direct from Artist

2008-12-26T13:00:00.000-08:00

2008-12-26T12:58:00.000-08:00

"ACHILLES AND GABRIELA" (OIL PAINTING) by JON ENGDAHL
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

SECOND MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Jon Engdahl is featured in today's SF Chronicle in a feature article about his sculpture of Tatiana, the tiger killed in 2007 after attacking visitors at San Francisco Zoo.

***
Prov.: Direct from Artist

2008-12-26T12:55:00.000-08:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

EIGHTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco has been and is busy! Here's an update on her activities:

SOLO EXHIBITION: Total Fabrications: Stephanie Syjuco
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX
http://www.camh.org
December 12, 2008 – February 22, 2009

In her first solo museum show, Stephanie Syjuco presents bootlegged videos, counterfeit remnants of the Berlin Wall, appropriated Houston newspapers, forged modernist furniture, and photographs made with pirated tourist snapshots. Her concept-driven work combines the materiality of digital information and technologies with craft traditions both celebrated and marginalized. With a critical eye, the San Francisco-based artist explores how we construct, perceive, and value cultural authenticity.

Today’s global capitalist economy is full of black-market fakes and falsehoods in every stage of production and consumption. Syjuco sees each of these infidelities as an opportunity for agency—her own and the viewer’s. By examining and constructing objects with fictional identities and histories, the artist reveals a larger truth: that we constantly invent narratives about ourselves and about others. Curated by Meredith Goldsmith.

ONGOING

This Side Up: The Art of Cardboard
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
through February 15, 2009
http://www.sjmusart.org

FUTURAMANILA
Osage Gallery Singapore
through January 11, 2009
http://www.osagegallery.com

FUTURE

Milan Triennial
Milan, Italy
February 23 - March 29, 2009

Inappropriate Covers
David Winton Bell Gallery
Brown University, Providence, RI
April 2009

SOLO EXHIBITION: Unsolicited Fabrications
Pallas Contemporary Projects
Dublin, Ireland
http://www.pallasprojects.org
opens May 1, 2009

Craftwerk 2.0
Jonkoping County Museum, Sweden
Sept 2009 - Jan 2010

RECENT
Artist Lecture and Visiting Critic
Graduate Studies Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
November 13 - 14, 2008

Kraus Visiting Professor
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Fall 2008 semester

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Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2008-11-24T11:07:00.000-08:00

"DER DOZEN DANTZ (THE DANCE OF DEATH)" (1991) (INK ON PAPER, 24 X 18 IN, 36 x 28 IN FRAMED) by MANUEL OCAMPO
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"UNTITLED (Bird, Pink, Cross, Shit)" (2005) (30" X 24", oil on canvas) by Manuel Ocampo
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

ELEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Manuel Ocampo has a new exhibit in New York. Got the info from Jenifer Wofford's Blog. Here's the Press Release:

Title: “Lost In Your Eyes” Press Release
Venue: Le Roy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York, and U.S.A.
Date: Opens November 23, 2008 at 6pm

Lost In Your Eyes” is a collaborative exhibition that aims to comment on how authorship, mutability, subjectivity and fabrication destabilize simple representation, allowing fiction to take on the appearance of fact and vice versa. The exhibition title “Lost In Your Eyes” is the title of a famous 80’s pop song and it can also allude to a state of being when one is open to the possibilities for the creation of alternative thinking and communication. Paul Pfeiffer, Manuel Ocampo and David Medalla were invited by Jon Cuyson and Dominic Mangila to participate in this three-part traveling exhibition wherein each artist were asked to send an image, idea or an actual object that would serve as the point of entry for the curatorial direction of the exhibition. The curators then invited artists to respond to the developed ideas allowing the context of their presentations of their responses to become the explicit subject.

The accumulated works in the New York exhibition will travel to London and then Manila to interact with another group of artists who were invited to make works in response to the concepts sent by the three main artists whilst considering the works presented in New York. The resulting works from this process of regeneration and repetition will be compiled and documented which will then be presented as an artist’s book, produced at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies. The participating artists in the New York exhibition are:

Mayen Alcantara, Brandon Alvendia, Kate Bae, Camille Bailey, Elena Bajo, Michael Berryhill, Christi Birchfield, Ayla Bonfiglio, Byoungdu Choi, Shenjuti Chowdhury, Ernest Concepcion, Ellissa Corwin, Jennifer Covarrubias, Grayson Cox, Jon Cuyson, Arvin Flores, Read Flusser, Michael Gaillard, Eric Guerrero, Jose Guinto, Robert Gutierrez, Josephine Halvorson, Ann Marie Heal, Rafael Laurel, Jing Liu, Dominic Mangila, Abbie Manock, Teruyuki Matsuyama, Rita Mercedes, Maceo Montoya, Murad Mumtaz, John Orthwein, Jeana Poindexter, Alyssa Phoebus, Chaenee Rhee, Daniela Rivera, Ivan Sarenas, Ivor Shearer, Annie Shaw, Emily Mae Smith, Jomar Statkun, Paolo Vinluan, Mark Wade, Jessie Weiss, Nate Wolf

The exhibition opens November 23 and runs until December 13,2008.

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Prov.: Pearl Albino, New York; Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Culver City, CA.

2008-11-20T21:28:00.000-08:00

"SUCK AND BLOW" (photograph, 2002) by TRACEY BARAN
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

I have this photograph of "Suck and Blow" by Tracey Baran because it also appeared on a poetry book I published: OPERA by Barry Schwabsky.

From Artnet.com:

TRACEY BARAN, 1975-2208
Tracey Baran, 33, New York artist known for color photographs that find mysterious drama in everyday life, died after a brief illness on Nov. 11. "Baran referenced fundamental themes such as love, death and regeneration," wrote curator Karen Irvine, referring to photo series that charted the beginning of her own romantic relationship, or the rituals of deer hunting in upstate New York City. Born in Bath, N.Y., Baran came to New York in 1989 to attend the School of Visual Arts, and had her first exhibition in 1998 at Liebman Magnan Gallery. She showed her work in 2002 at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and worked with Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects in New York for the past six years.

R.I.P., Tracey...

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Prov.: Direct from Artist

2008-11-12T09:49:00.000-08:00

"GARDEN BELOW" (PENCIL ON PAPER, 2006) by BRIAN LUCAS
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

"BLACK MIRROR" (INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 19 x 28cm, 2005) by BRIAN LUCAS
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

"BLACK MIRROR IV" (INK AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, 19 x 28cm, 2005) by BRIAN LUCAS
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

"TOWER" (PENCIL AND STICKER ON PAPER, 2005) by BRIAN LUCAS
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

"FILAMENT"(PENCIL AND STICKER ON PAPER, 2005) by BRIAN LUCAS
Location: Galatea Offsite-SF Apartment

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Brian Lucas' will participate in the following reading:

Dear Fellow Poets & Followers of Poetry:

On Sunday, November 16th at 3PM we will have a gathering poets--two of whom are also wonderful painters.

Come join us at Canessa Gallery at 708 Montgomery Street
X street Columbus to hear:

Brian Strang
Valerie Witte
&
Brian Lucas

Seasonal fruit and snacky type things will be provided. Beverages too.
A modest $2-3 donation generously accepted.
Questions: write Tiff at: tiff_dressen@yahoo

BRIAN STRANG lives in Oakland and teaches English composition at San Francisco State University and Merritt College. He is the author of Incretion (Spuyten Duyvil) and machinations (a free Duration ebook) and several chapbooks, including recently Human-Sized and Inhabitants, a chapbook of poem/drawings. Both are from Peter Ganick's small-chapbook-project. Recent poem/paintings can be seen at his website, Sorry Nature and at Deep Oakland. His poems, reviews, essays and translations have appeared in many journals including New American Writing, The Denver Quarterly and Ur-Vox. Recently, his work appeared in translation in the Portuguese journal DiVersos. In January, Canessa will feature the second solo show of his poem paintings.

VALERIE WITTE received her MFA in Writing from the University of San Francisco. Her work has appeared in Faultline, Switchback, the Southwestern Review, and elsewhere. She spends her daytime hours editing computer books in Berkeley.

BRIAN LUCAS, back from six years in Bangkok, Thailand now lives on the island of Alameda. He is the author of Light House (2006 from Meeting Eyes Bindery/Spuyten Duyvil, 2006), and has recently completed a manuscript called Circles Matter. He has been collaborating with Andrew Joron, and together they have created a chapbook entitled Force Fields (forthcoming from Hooke Press) which features a poem from Joron and drawings from Lucas. His work has been published in such magazines as Sulfur, Conjunctions, Hambone, Talisman, Beard of Bees, Gut Cult, and Galatea Resurrects. He paints more often than he writes, and co-edits 2ND MYND with Brian Strang!

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Prov.: Direct from Artist

2008-11-12T09:46:00.000-08:00

"BANGKA (2007)," INK AND GOUACHE ON PAPER by JENIFER WOFFORD
Location: Library Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

"FALLING NURSE (2007)," (18 X 14") INK ON PAPER by JENIFER WOFFORD
Location: Library Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

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and

"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, I, II AND III (2002)," THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS by MAIL ORDER BRIDES
Location: Turret Guest Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

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UPDATE:

Jenifer Wofford sends a notice on some of her newest work:

Phew! The election anxiety is over! And now, on to other unresolved questions:

Confused about those Market Street posters that are up right now?
Don't understand their references to Marcos or Milk?
Who's this "Flor" chick?
Where's an "I-Hotel"?
What's Martial Law?
And why isn't Wolverine in these comics, anyway?

Please come to Kearny Street Workshop on Thursday November 13 to have these questions and more answered, in what's likely to be a most excellent discussion!
Big-time Bay Area Pinoy profs Catherine Ceniza Choy, Dan Gonzales and Jay Gonzalez are all participating in this panel related to the themes brought up in my Market Street posters, which just blows my mind. I'm beyond thrilled that they're doing this.

An Art on Market Street Panel Discussion:
The Filipino Experience in the
San Francisco Bay Area the 1970’s
The San Francisco Arts Commission is co-sponsoring with Kearny Street Workshop a panel discussion about the Filipino immigration experience in the 1970’s as part of the Art on Market Street Program. The panel will take place on Thursday, November 13th, from 7 to 8:30 PM at Kearny Street Workshop, located at 180 Capp Street at 17th Street, in Space 180.

The panel is presented as part of Flor de Manila y San Francisco, an Art on Market Street Program project that includes a poster exhibition by artist Jenifer Wofford. The panel will discuss the connections between the Philippines and the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly in relationship to the immigration of Filipina nurses. The event is free of charge and open to the public.

This history inspired artist Jenifer Wofford to develop a story narrated in her poster series about the fictional character Flor Villanueva, a nurse who has emigrated from Manila to San Francisco in 1973. The Art on Market Street exhibition includes six different, original poster designs reproduced and installed in 24 of the triangular kiosks on Market Street between Van Ness and the Embarcadero. Ms. Wofford will show slides and details from all six posters at the panel discussion and talk about why she chose to tell this particular story.

The panelists include the following distinguished individuals:

Catherine Ceniza Choy will speak about Filipina nursing and immigration history in the United States. She is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley where she teaches courses in Asian American History, Filipino American studies, and contemporary United States immigration. She is the author of the award-winning book, "Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History," which was co-published by Duke University Press and Ateneo de Manila University Press in 2003.

Dan Gonzales will speak about the Filipino-American experience and Asian American community activism in San Francisco in the 1970’s. He is one of the founders of Asian American Studies and the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. In addition to a long history of teaching and writing, he has been an historical advisor to several film and television programs about Filipino American history, Asian Americans and American legal, political and social processes, and Philippine/United States relations.

Joaquin “Jay” Gonzalez will speak about Manila/Philippines political history in the 1970’s Marcos era. He is an Associate Professor of Politics and Director of the University of San Francisco Maria Elena Yuchengo Philippines Studies Program and has had numerous books published, the latest being Filipino American Faith in Action: Immigration, Religion, and Civic Engagement. After 9/11, Dr. Gonzalez was appointed Commissioner of Immigration Rights for the City of San Francisco, and in 2005 was awarded a Special Congressional Recognition by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for his exemplary work on immigrant concerns.

The San Francisco Arts Commission’s Art on Market Street Program brings contemporary art by Bay Area artists to San Francisco’s main thoroughfare on a year-round basis. In 2008 the Art on Market Street Program is commissioning projects that focus on narratives.
www.sfartscommission.org/pubart/
CONTACT: Judy Moran
415/252-2586
judy.moran at sfgov.org

An Art on Market Street Panel Discussion:
The Filipino Experience in the
San Francisco Bay Area the 1970’s
Thursday, November 13th
7 to 8:30 pm
Kearny Street Workshop/Space 180
180 Capp Street at 17th Street

The Art on Market Street Program is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency. Established by charter in 1932, the San Francisco Arts Commission (“SFAC”) is the City agency that champions the arts in San Francisco. We believe that a creative cultural environment is essential to the City’s well-being. SFAC programs integrate the arts in to all aspects of City life. Programs include: Civic Art Collection, Civic Design Review, Community Arts & Education, Cultural Equity Grants, Public Art, SFAC Gallery, Street Artists Licensing, and Summer in the City Concert Series.

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Prov.: Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco; and Galleon Trade Fundraiser/Direct from Artist
M.O.B.s: Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Culver City, CA

2008-11-01T14:28:00.000-07:00

"MONONGAHELA RIVER PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA" (1998) (OIL ON PANEL, 6 x 12 IN) by ANDREW LENAGHAN
Location: Bottom of Turret Steps, Pygmalion-First Floor

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Andrew Lenaghan has a new exhibition at George Adams Gallery:

ANDREW LENAGHAN: PAINTINGS OF MAINE
Oct. 23-Dec. 27, 2008
Reception for Artist: Nov. 13, 6-8 p.m.
George Adams Gallery
525 W. 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001

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Prov.: George Adams Gallery, New York

2008-10-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

"WINDOW" (1998) (ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 68 x 80 IN) by VICTOR RODRIGUEZ
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

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UPDATE:

Victor Rodriguez just opened a new exhibit at Galeria Ramis Barquet in New York. The exhibit is entitled "CRAZY DIAMOND" and will run through Nov. 8, 2008.

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Prov: O.K. Harris, New York

2008-09-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

2008-09-29T23:53:00.000-07:00

CHI WARA HEADRESS (Bamana, Mali Republic)
Location: Living Room--Pygmalion, First Floor

Acquired this wonderful Chi Wara Headress through the Sept. 27, 2008 "Twiga at Twilight" dinner-auction benefiting the Safari West Wildlife Foundation. Here's info about the work:

To the Bamana people, farming is the most important and noblest profession. At planting time, men of the Chi-Wara association of farmers dance with headresses like these in the fields to honor Chi- Wara, the mythical "farming animal" that taught agriculture to the ancestors of the Bamana. The headdresses, always danced in male and female pairs, depict the antelope-like Chi-Wara and display the ingredients of successful cultivation. The long horns of the male Chi Wara stand for the tall growth of millet; the penis signifies the rooting of this grain. The long ears refer to the cultivators' listening to the songs sung by women who encourage the men while they work in the fields; the open, zigzag pattern in the neck symbolizes the sun's path along the horizon between the two solstices.

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Prov.: Safari West Wildlife Foundation

2008-09-28T11:58:00.000-07:00

"WHILE MIA SLEEPS" (ACRYLIS ON CANVAS) by CRISTINA QUERRER
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment

"VOLCANIC LAUGHTER" (ACRYLIC ON CANVAS) by CRISTINA QUERRER
Location: Galatea Offsite--SF Apartment

"UMBILICAL" (ON PAPER) (2003) by CRISTINA QUERRER
Location: TBD

BALLERINA DANCER (graphite On Paper) by CRISTINA QUERRER
Location: Library--Pygmalion, 2nd Floor

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Florida-based poet and painter Cristina Querrer sent the sketch "Ballerina Dancer" over in trade for one of my poetry books, The Light.... Bootiful!

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Prov.: Direct from Artist.

2008-09-28T11:48:00.000-07:00

2008-09-17T14:53:00.000-07:00

"" (OIL ON CANVAS)[HUGE PAINTING-MORE DETAILS TO COME] by Richard Hogan
Location: Family Room-Pygmalion, First Floor

"" (PASTEL ON PAPER) [MORE DETAILS TO COME] by Richard Hogan
Location: Hallway, Second Floor

SECOND MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Richard Hogan will soon open a new exhibit:

NEW PAINTINGS
Sept. 19-Oct. 18, 2008
Linda Durham Contemporary Art
1101 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe, NM 87501

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Prov.: Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2008-09-17T14:38:00.002-07:00

"PATCHWORK: X-27 EXPLORER" (ROBOT SERIES) (2005) (VINTAGE PAPER, STITCHING HOLES. GRAPHITE, WATERCOLOR, INK) (4 X 4, FRAMED) by LISA SOLOMON
Location: Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

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UPDATE:

Lisa Solomon sends an update on her busy-ness!

Opening this Thursday, Sept. 18, in San Francisco
Kearny Street Workshop presents the 10th annual APAture:
A Window on the Art of Asian Pacific Americans
opening Thursday 7-9:30pm {i'll be attending!}
@ Space 180
180 Capp Street at 17th Street 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA

a new pink and gray radial tank formation will be on display
click here to learn more about this show

currently on view in Chicago
"who gets what" : a political art show
September 5 - October 18 2008
My pink plexi tank piece and some coagulant rifle targets are in the show.
@David Weingberg Gallery in Chicago
more info on the gallery and the show

currently on view in Honolulu Hawaii
"Tattered Cultures : Mended Histories"
September 6-27, 2008

This invitational contemporary fiber art exhibition includes works by twenty-two international fiber artists who are members of the Textile Society of America. The exhibition explores how dominant ideologies of a specific time and place often tatter the cultural heritage of the less dominant and culturally diverse.
more info on the gallery and the show

opening in October at the Lawton Gallery @ the University of Wisconsin
Craftivism: Reclaiming Craft & Creating Community
October 9 – October 30, 2008
Opening reception: Thursday, October 9th, 4:30-6:30pm
Guest curator’s talk at opening reception, 5:00pm

A guest curated exhibition by Faythe Levine (Paper Boat Boutique & Gallery, Milwaukee), featuring the work of a diverse group of artists working at the intersection of craft, feminism, DIY, activism and the street.
gallery website

opening in October at the Anton Gallery in Monterey CA
Noise
Curated by Patrick Frank
Opens on October 16th - opening reception and length of show TBA.
i am hoping to attend the opening.

some mended targets [including 2 new larger pieces] of mine will be included

please email me, visit my website or visit the gallery website for further info on the show

upcoming show at Spencertown Academy Arts in Spencertown NY
UNUSUAL TWIST: ARTISTS KNIT, EMBROIDER, CROCHET
October 11-November 16, 2008
Opening reception October 11th 4-6 pm {sadly, i can't attend}

Other artists in the show: Kate Kretz, John Krynick, Valerie Molnar, Mimi Graminski, Blanka Amezkua, Hildur Bjarnadottir, Adrienne Sloan, and Cat Mazza
more info on the Spencertown Art Gallery

Opening in November at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA
Crossing the Line - a drawing show
Curated by Will Smith
Dates: November 6 – December 13
Opening Reception: November 6th, 4-6 PM {i'll be attending!}

Exhibition merges artists using traditional materials with unconventional and diverse approaches and materials. Works on paper by Jen Garrido, Lisa Solomon, Jennifer Sturgill, Kurt Kemp, Kathryn Kenworth, Evri Kwong and John Casey. Sgraffito drawings on clay tiles and boxes by Todd Barricklow, embellished handmade dolls by Bryan Barasch, animated drawings by Jean Robison and multimedia works by Jonn Herschend.
info on the gallery

FYI - i've updated the work for sale at the beholder {http://beholder-art.com/artist_detail/13/Lisa%20Solomon.html} . and if you don't already know i'm having a HUGE sale at my craft website underdog ink {http://www.underdogink.net }. check them out if you are so inclined.
lisa

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Prov.: Graystone, San Francisco; 2005 San Francisco International Art Expo

2008-09-11T21:35:00.000-07:00

"KISS KISS" (drawing, 2008?) by AURIE RAMIREZ
Location: Blue Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

This is our first work by Aurie Ramirez, a Creative Growth Art Center artist. Her drawing caught our eye when she participated in the group exhibition ESTACION ODESIA at Queen's Nails Annex in San Francisco. Lucky US!

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Prov.: Queens Nail Annex and Creative Growth Art Center, San Francisco

2008-09-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

"INFORMAL ECONOMY VENDORS, #8" (2005) (ANALOG AND DIGITAL MEDIA RENDERED AND CUT ON VINYL MATERIAL) (1 OF 5) by JULIO CESAR MORALES
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

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Julio Cesar Morales remains busy! First, he's been receiving rave reviews for his recent UNDOCUMENTED INTERVENTIONS exhibit at LACMA. Then, New Langton Arts just sent out this press release:

tomorrow is for those who can hear it coming
Julio César Morales
September 24 - October 25, 2008
Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 24, 7-9pm

Related Event
Sonidero en vivo
Featuring Sonidero Renegado and Madame Borole with Policia Kamanney
Wednesday, October 22, 7-9pm
The Garage at New Langton Arts, 1246 Folsom Street
For other events and public programs see: www.newlangtonarts.org

The exhibition tomorrow is for those who can hear it coming features new video work, photographs, and sculpture by Julio César Morales exploring the complex early history of California, specially focusing on the transfer of Alta California from Mexico to the United States in the mid-1800's.

The focal point of the exhibition will be the premiere of Morales' new work Interrupted Passage, commissioned by Langton, a two-channel video that re-visits Mexican General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo's last hours in power and his subsequent arrest. Pounding at the door of Vallejo's home, the California militia demanded Vallejo surrender the land in the name of the United States. Vallejo invited the intruders into his home as guests where he prepared an all-day feast; following the meal, the Americans arrested and took Vallejo directly to jail.

Shot on location at Vallejo's Casa Grande in Sonoma, Morales reinterprets these events from both Mexican and American viewpoints sourced through found and official texts. Interrupted Passage is a loose reenactment of Vallejo's last hours in power, centered on the meal prepared and served by Vallejo's staff to the militia. The food served during the film was the result of research by chef and artist Max La Rivière-Hedrick, who, with Morales, did extensive historical investigation on the ingredients that existed at the time in the locale. The costumes were a result of Morales' collaboration with Mexican-born stylist Norma Listman, who used her knowledge of Mexican dress and fabrication techniques to create hybrid costumes of both historical and modern lineages. Accompanying the video are five large photographs that provide portraits and further detail of the characters and costumes presented in Interrupted Passage and a neon light work with a text from which the title of the exhibition is taken: "tomorrow is for those who can hear it coming."

Morales looks to the past in order to anticipate the present. His project looks at ways consciousness shifts as it moves between time, languages, cultures and political systems. By retracing history and focusing on peripheral narratives, using sampling and remixing as a strategy, Morales creates a deeper and more complex understanding of California and our contemporary times.

Related Events: Morales' interest in re-mixing history and music has also been explored in earlier works such as El Son Room , Que Rico El Mambo! , and Migrant Dubs , part of the exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art After the Chicano Movement at the Los Angeles County Museum. Intertwined with Morales' exhibition, Langton presents in its newly added annex space, The Garage at Langton, a special event with guest Mexican Sonideros, Sonidero Renegado and Madame Borole with Policia Kamanney. Sonideros are a private enterprise of DJs who act as transnational messengers by traveling to towns from Mexico to the United States, delivering messages between laborers and loved ones through "shout outs." Bridging the gap between contemporary culture and the native culture left behind by the laborers, the Sonideros mix cumbia sounds with electronic effects.

In addition to the Sonideros, Langton also presents a weekly program of videos related to appropriation, taste and music selected by Julio César Morales. The selection includes works by artists Pedro Reyes, Artemio, Cao Fei, Anne McGuire, and a not-to-be-missed re-enactment of Tony Labat's infamous performance White Rice and Beans . As part of supporting our neighbors and connecting our communities, Langton presents a two-night screening of films selected by Morales at Terroir, the city's premiere wine bar for organic and ecologically grown wines. This screening will offer viewers the chance to see rare and hard-to-find films that inform and provide a better understanding of the artist's sources and inspirations. Details on all public programs and related events will be posted as they are annouced at www.newlangtonarts.org

After its premiere at New Langton Arts, Interrupted Passage will be featured as part of the upcoming California Biennial at the Orange County Museum, Newport Beach, CA and at LAXART, Los Angeles.

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Provenance: Direct From Artist

2008-08-30T17:29:00.000-07:00

2008-08-30T17:25:00.000-07:00

FOUR "DECAYING ORANGE" PHOTOGRAPHS (2004) by MEL VERA CRUZ
Location: Babaylan Lodge

FOUR "EROTIC LEMON" PHOTOGRAPHS (2004) by MEL VERA CRUZ
Location: Babaylan Lodge

"[] SILK-SCREENED COLLAGE ON CARDBOARD (WHITE)" (2004) by MEL VERA CRUZ
Location: Galatea Offsite - SF Apartment

"[] SILK-SCREENED COLLAGE ON CARDBOARD (BLUE)" (2004) by MEL VERA CRUZ
Location: Galatea Offsite - SF Apartment

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Mel Vera Cruz is among the group of Filipino artists reviewed recently in the East Bay Express. The illustrated article can be viewed HERE, though I replicate the article below:

Thinking Globally
Fil-Am artists question our infallibility
By DeWitt Cheng

The critique of American mass culture continues in this group show, curated by Lian Ladia, by the Filipino art collective Kwatro Kantos — England Hidalgo, Marcius Noceda, Carlo Ricafort, and Mel Vera Cruz, joined by John Yoyogi Fortes, at 21 Grand.

Born in the Philippines and now living in the Bay Area, these artists have reason to see American culture as complicit with military power: McKinley's colonialist and geopolitical Fil-Am war, after all, killing up to a million and inaugurating the use of water torture and concentration camps, was sold to Gilded-Age Americans as a war of liberation against a decadent, corrupt Spain and as our holy mission "to Christianize and civilize" (McKinley) our already Catholic "little brown brothers" (Taft). The Kwatro-Kantos artists make art to challenge such mainstream nonsense, unfortunately not yet defunct; to explore ambiguous mixed-culture identity; and to exult in the freedoms of biculturalism.

Postmodernist collage and graffiti predominate here, reflecting the cultural mash-up. Degradation and absurdity infuse Hidalgo's "in the mood for love," with its sad social realist drawing and manic Mad Mag discontinuities, while "common slogan" questions the military/religious convictions that "God is on our side"; in "we don't make it to the headlines," a young woman, naked but hooded, sits slumped in a chair while Mickey Mouse presents us with various phallic weapons of torture. Noceda's "Untitled (two dead corpses)" depicts two blindfolded, armless figures hung strappado-style, contorted, in straitjackets. Ricafort and Fortes improvise open-ended paintings of indeterminate meaning, but equally compelling and disturbing. Vera Cruz's photomontage, "Anghel de la Guardia," combines Columbus, Elvis, American fighter planes, Geronimo, a buffalo, crowns, a rat, a hamburger, a Route 66 sign, and roses into an anti-heroic vision of New World history; his replacement of King Kong atop the Empire State Building with a rice god atop a bottle of gin castigates the racism that once labeled Filipino workers "brown monkeys." Poet Barbara Jane Reyes sees the artwork as angry and rueful, yet undeterred: "See how we've been warped, fucked up, and undeniably empowered by American popular culture."

Join the warped club. "America is proud of its part in the great story of the Filipino people," President Bush told the Philippine Congress in 2004, after embarking on his imperial misadventure. "Together our soldiers liberated the Philippines from colonial rule." Yes, the Yale history major really said it. Through September 13 at 21 Grand (416 25th St., Oakland). 21Grand.org or 510-444-7263.

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Provenance: Direct from Artist

2008-08-30T17:20:00.000-07:00

2008-07-30T22:07:00.000-07:00

2008-07-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

"CASCADE" by JASON JAGEL (WORK ON PAPER, 2004)
Location: TBD

New acquisition! And it's lovely to have this absolutely lyrical example of Jason Jagel's work.

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Prov. Queens Nail Annex, San Francisco

2008-07-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

"GAIL" (DETAILS TO COME) PAINTING by JAMES VALERIO
Location: Living Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

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and

"MONONGAHELA RIVER PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA" (1998) (OIL ON PANEL, 6 x 12 IN) by ANDREW LENAGHAN
Location: Bottom of Turret Steps, Pygmalion-First Floor

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James Valerio and Andrew Lenaghan are part of a new group summer exhibit:

COOL
July 10-Aug. 15, 2008
George Adams Gallery
525 West 26th Street
New York, N.Y. 10001

Artists featured are Robert Arneson, Amer Kobaslija, James Barsness, Andrew Lenaghan, Jack Beal, Charles Marsh, Jose Bedia, Abelardo Morell, Jr., Joan Brown, Ron Nagle, Yoan Capote, Peter Saul, Enrique Chagoya, Joyce Treiman, Roy De Forest, Kako Ueda, Lesley Dill, James Valerio, Diane Edison, Sandy Winters and Michael Ferris Jr.

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Prov.: George Adams Gallery, New York

2008-07-11T21:34:00.000-07:00

"AMERICAN BLONDE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"POMP" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"CAEDMON'S FIRST WORD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 22 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"GRIFTER'S REWARD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"GARGLE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

THREE MATCHBOX PAINTINGS by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

POSTCARD COLLAGE from JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

EIGHTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

UPDATE:

James Westwater's has just come out with a new book reflecting one of his conceptual projects: Blue Boy and Pinkie, Together Again: Art, time-travel, a love story. And may I just say I adore that title! More info HERE.

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Prov.: Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo, N.M.; Direct from Artist

2008-06-27T06:55:00.000-07:00

2008-06-13T09:28:00.000-07:00

"ACHILLES AND GABRIELA COMMISSION" (2007-2008) by DAVID REGAN
Location: Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

"44 YEAR STORAGE JAR" (1991) (PORCELAIN, 14.5 IN HIGH) by DAVID REGAN
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"TIDAL TUREEN" (1992) (PORCELAIN, 20 x 20 IN) by DAVID REGAN
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Very excited over this new, commissioned sculpture of our dogs Achilles and Gabriela playing tug-of-rope. David Regan created the sculpture by also incorporating whatever he felt by reading through some of Eileen's poetry books. A very special gift (and not just because it was Tom's Christmas 2007 present to Eileen -- thanks Tom!).

We really enjoy living with David Regan's work, described in a gallery press release as merging "ceramics and the woodblock print. He cuts through a porcelain surface covered in black manganese to create his unique surface drawing in black and white." As a result of such technique, David Regan offers layered surfaces which I've thought of as painterly.

***
Prov.: Garth Clark Gallery, New York

2008-06-13T09:24:00.000-07:00

2008-05-26T16:11:00.000-07:00

"UNTITLED" (1999) (OIL, MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL, 71.75 X 71.75 IN) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"UNTITLED" (2003) (OIL, MIXED MEDIA ON PANEL, 16 X 16 IN) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Hallway to Library, Pygmalion-First Floor

DRAWING IN ET'S ART/POETRY JOURNAL (VOL. II) (2002) by RON EHRLICH
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[FIFTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

Ron Ehrlich is in a newly-opened exhibition at Stephen Haller Gallery in New York. Entitled "Silence Like Thunder," it's up through June 23, 2008.

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Prov.: Stephen Haller Gallery, New York

2008-05-26T16:07:00.000-07:00

2008-05-18T21:39:00.001-07:00

UNTITLED (1999) (PLEXIGLAS AND PIGMENT, 3 x 5", No. 7 of 10 Limited Edition) by TIMOTHY LITZMAN
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

and

"[]" (2000) PRINT (45/100) by MAX COLE
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

and

"UNTITLED" (1998) (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 19 x 15 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"UNTITLED" (1999) (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 19 1/4 x 19 1/2 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

HOLIDAY CARD DRAWING by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Pantry Hallway (SouthEast), Pygmalion-First Floor

"UNTITLED" (PRINTER'S INK & RESIN ON PAPER, 1 1/8 x 7 IN) by MAUREEN MCQUILLAN
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

SEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

and

"ENSO" (DRAWING ON FOUR PIECES OF HANDMADE PAPER) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"UNTITLED" (COLLABORATIVE DRAWING ON BUTCHER PAPER BETWEEN MAX GIMBLETT, E.T., T.P. AND NOMI) (2001)
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"[]" (2003) (PRINT, 15/25) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Yellow Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"UNTITLED" (SUMI INK DRAWING AGAINST ASIA SOCIETY PROGRAMS) (2001) by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Babaylan Lodge

POETRY/ART BROADSIDE by MAX GIMBLETT AND E.T.
Location: Babaylan Lodge

"DOUBLE HEADED CREATURE FEATURE" (ARTISTS' BOOK, 17.5 X 7 X 0.5 IN) by MAX GIMBLETT AND JOHN YAU WITH TOBY HINES
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWINGS IN TWO OF E.T.'S ART/POETRY JOURNALS by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

DRAWINGS IN TWO COPIES OF MAX GIMBLETT MONOGRAPH by MAX GIMBLETT (2003)
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

EPHEMERA by MAX GIMBLETT
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

NINTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Max Cole and Tim Litzmann and Maureen McQuillan and Max Gimblett are in a new group exhibition:

FUNDAMENTAL ABSTRACTION II
May 22-July 12, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Haines Gallery
49 Geary Street
5th Floor
San Francisco, CA

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Prov. TL--Margaret Thatcher Gallery, New York; MC--Haines Gallery, San Francisco; MM--Direct from Artist and James Graham & Sons (New York); The Drawing Center (New York); MG--Direct from Artist

2008-05-02T10:32:00.000-07:00

"YEI PRESENCE" (1995) (MONOPRINT) by TONY ABEYTA
Location: Family Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

FOURTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Tony Abeyta will have a new mural exhibition at the Heard Museum in Phoenix: "Underworldnerness". It opens with Abeyta starting the mural creation in the Crossroads Gallery on June 6 for Heard Museum members. The public is invited to watch on June 7 and 8. The exhibition will continue through Jan. 18, 2009.

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Prov.: 1995 Monothon for The College of Santa Fe

2008-04-30T10:11:00.000-07:00

"BANNED IN PORT JEFFERSON" (2004) (5 X 7 IN) PAINTING by THOMAS FINK
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"GOSSIP VI" (2003) (10 x 8 IN) PAINTING by THOMAS FINK
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"DEAR ONE" (2002) PAINTING by THOMAS FINK
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"DOES THE MOON BLEED" (2002) PAINTING by THOMAS FINK
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"HAY(NA)KU 1" (2005) PAINTING by THOMAS FINK
Location: Library, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"HAY(NA)KU PAINTING #16" (2006) PAINTING BY THOMAS FINK
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[SEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

Thomas Fink has one of his hay(na)ku paintings on the front cover of a new -- and brilliant -- poetry book:
This Poem/What Speaks?/A Day by Tom Beckett (Otoliths). You can see the cover -- and buy the book! -- HERE.

More information about the hay(na)ku is also here.

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Prov.: Direct From Artist

2008-04-27T22:40:00.000-07:00

"UNTITLED" (2005) (WATERCOLOR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER, 30 x 30) by LAURIE REID
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

Laurie Reid has an exhibition of an Installation of 32 Monotypes, thorugh May 3, at the Aurobora Press, 147 Natoma St., San Francisco. The exhibit also received a review Kenneth Baker, with two illustrations, in today's San Francisco Chronicle.

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Prov.: Courtesy of the artist and Stephen Wirtz Gallery; New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2008-04-27T22:37:00.000-07:00

"[]" by DULCIE DEE (WATERCOLOR AND MIXED MEDIA)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[SIXTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

Dulcie Dee is a guest artist at the annual National Arts Club Roundtable Exhibition in New York that opened April 15 at the National Arts Club at 15 Gramercy Park South in Manhattan. On display is her painting entitled "The Peking Princess."

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Prov.: Direct from Artist

2008-04-20T17:25:00.000-07:00

"PI PAINTING" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"MILK AND COOKIES" (1997) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite-San Francisco Apartment

"BASEBALL HOSTESS" (2004) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"ICED MUFFINS" (2003) (OIL ON CANVAS) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"LANDSCAPE (RAIN ON SPRING MOUNTAIN)" (2001) (OIL ON CANVAS, 11 x 14 IN) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"PRETZEL" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"WINE GLASS" (2005) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Kitchen, Pygmalion-First Floor

"TOMATO" (200_) (OIL ON BOARD) by MARVIN HUMPHREY
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

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UPDATE:
Marvin Humphrey is a retired postal delivery person and the St. Helena Post Office still exhibits his paintings regularly. He also now has an ongoing exhibition of his paintings at the St. Helena Library, up through (I think) June 19, 2008.

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Prov.: St. Helena Post Office; Calistoga Coffee Shop; Direct from Artist

2008-04-20T17:20:00.000-07:00

"MT-M13" (2005) (WATERCOLOR, INK AND GRAPHITE ON PAPER, 15 x 18 IN UNFRAMED) by EMILIE CLARK
Location: Library Bathroom, Pygmalion-First Floor

EIGHTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Emilie Clark is to be featured in Chicago this week; here are details:

The Nathan Larramendy Gallery is proud to participate in NEXT, concurrent with Art Chicago, exhibiting Maxwell’s Lair, a solo exhibition of paintings and sculpture by New York artist Emilie Clark. The body of work is documented in a catalog, which includes "The Killing Floor," an essay by Frances Richard. Additionally, Emilie will be featured extensively in Cabinet Magazine, an award-winning quarterly magazine of art and culture out of New York.

Maxwell’s Lair is Emilie Clark’s current project continuing a rapt fascination with and investigation into the lives and work of 19th Century women naturalists and natural historians. Martha Maxwell became the subject of Clark’s interest after she learned of her unique life as a determined, but ultimately hapless naturalist in 19th Century America, “who had at the time the largest collection of taxidermy in the US.” Through Maxwell’s Lair, Clark seeks to realize the experience of Martha Maxwell and understand the anomalous work that she accomplished as a woman at that time.

Maxwell “killed and prepared most of the animals in her collection while living in Colorado in the 1870s, first establishing a museum of taxidermy and natural historical curiosities in Boulder and later representing the state of Colorado in the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. In both of these “installations” she was one of the first natural historians to exhibit specimens in naturalistic settings—including appropriate flora and landscaping (caves, waterfalls) and sculpting the animals into action poses… In the middle of this life-size diorama was a small grotto where, in Philadelphia, Maxwell lived for most of the exhibition, too poor to afford other lodgings. Though the Fair’s many viewers were stunned by this new and spectacular definition of “Women’s Work” (as the exhibition was titled), Maxwell was never able to secure a permanent home for her collection or continued funding for her work, and died destitute.”

Clark’s watercolors depict a world at once achingly grotesque and delicately serene. Pastels bleed into one another while bold bursts of color nab the senses. Outlined figures hint at limbs in motion. Her depictions of splayed creatures represent the dichotomy of her work: its matter-of-fact nature observes Martha Maxwell’s processes, and at the same time approaches the visual in such a graceful manner that the viewer is in no way set off from the content. It’s confounding how the dissected carcass of a rat can translate as such an ethereal and elegant subject at the hand of Clark.

In a chorus, the heads of primates, felines, birds howl open-mouthed in unison in Untitled, MM-39 (Screaming Heads). Floating remotely, in an environment void of context, the animals provide a haunting insight into the enigmatic experience of Martha Maxwell. As Clark puts it, “working with Martha Maxwell is not about illustrating her life or her work. Instead, it is an attempt to get at the dynamics of her scientific investigation”.

Emile Clark received her BFA at Cornell University and her MFA at Bard College both in New York. Clark has had numerous solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work has been reviewed in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and ArtForum. Her work is in numerous public and private collections including The Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA; Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France; The Library of Congress, Washington D.C. to name only a few. Clark has received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency, and the Elaine deKooning Award among others.

Nathan Larramendy Gallery
107 S. Signal St.
Ojai, CA 93023
805-646-2750-phone
www.larramendygallery.com
nathan@larramendygallery.com

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Prov.: Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA

2008-04-20T17:10:00.000-07:00

"THE BEATLES LIKE TSUNAMI" (2005) (ROUND CARDBOARD W/IN ROUND WOODEN CIRLE) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (1)
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"BRUCE LEE LIKES 1980 THE YEAR OF THE MONKEY" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (2)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"THE INCREDIBLE HULK IS MAD" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (3)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"AARON NOBLE IS GETTING OLD" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (4)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"ELVIS PRESLEY, PERRY COMO" (2004) (TORN OUT X-MAS TREE SHAPE) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Galatea Offsite--San Francisco Apartment

"DAVID CASSIDY, BARBARA STREISAND" (2004) (TORN OUT X-MAS TREE SHAPE) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"ROBERT BLAKE WAS GETTING OLD" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (5)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"JOHNNY CASH LIKES" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (6)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"ELVIS PRESLEY IS LIKE" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"YOKO ONO IS LIKE" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"LITTLE JACK HORNER (2ND LINE)" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"JULLIE VILLOTA IS SIXTY" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (2)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"LIBERIA NIGERIA EGYPT" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"OSAMA BIN LADEN JOKER PENGUIN RIDDLER" (UNDATED BUT PROB. 2004 or 2005) by JOHN PATRICK MCKENZIE (2)
Location: Red Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

[THIRD MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

John Patrick McKenzie is in a new exhibition at Creavity Explored:

QUARTER CENTURY

Creativity Explored celebrates 25 years of making art and changing lives with a rare exhibition of its archives and permanent collection.

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 7 - 9 pm

Exhibition continues through June 18.

Group Art Exhibition
In just 25 years, Creativity Explored has earned a reputation as one of San Francisco’s best art galleries and one of its most beloved arts organizations. Creativity Explored is more than just a gallery and a studio; it’s a spirited community of artists with developmental disabilities creating some of the most profound, fearless and innovative art on view in galleries today.

This May marks the 25th year that this extraordinary art center has been changing lives through art. To celebrate this important milestone, the gallery hosts a rare display of its archives and permanent collection May 1 through June 18. “Quarter Century” will feature many treasured artworks set aside over the years for the gallery’s permanent collection, highlights from past exhibitions including the critically acclaimed “Don’t Call Me Retard” and select pieces from the traveling Steele Art Collection. The exhibition also offers fans of some of Creativity Explored’s most highly regarded and widely collected artists such as John Patrick McKenzie, Michael Bernard Loggins, Douglas Sheran and Vincent Jackson a chance to see early works that trace their creative evolution. A special memorial wall honors the work of studio artists who have passed away. Videos made by and about the artists will also be a featured part of the display.

We hope you'll be able to join us for this special exhibition and celebration!

Creativity Explored Gallery
3245 16th Street @Guerrero Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415.863.2108

Gallery hours ****extended Thursday hours unitl 7 pm****
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 10 - 3 pm
Thursday 10 - 7 pm
Saturday, 1 - 6 pm

Paid parking is available at the garage on 16th and Hoff Streets. Parking can be difficult and we encourage you to use public transportation. If you take the 22 Muni, get off at 16th and Guerrero. If you take BART, get off at the16th Street station and walk three blocks west.

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Prov.: Creativity Explored Art Gallery, San Francisco

2008-04-20T17:04:00.000-07:00

"[]" (watercolor and ink on paper, 2004) by STEPAN EGLISE
Location: Green Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

A lovely piece we discovered meandering about Loire Valley, and ended up in this owner-artist gallery...

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Prov.: Direct from Artist

2008-04-19T18:27:00.000-07:00

"[] (FOAM, CONTACT PAPER, SHADOW BOX-TYPE FRAME)" by STEPHANIE SYJUCO
Location: Babaylan Lodge

SEVENTEENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE

Stephanie Syjuco sends a letter with a bountiful update!

Dear friends,
The past few weeks have been busy for me, with more events to come... Please mark you calendars for a few upcoming exhibitions, talks, and even two TV spots (yow!). Note the special Counterfeiting Workshops I will be leading during the course of the Yerba Buena exhibition -- if you find yourself free those particular Saturday afternoons, show yourself and say hi-- it's cheaper than going shopping downtown! Also, watch out for a KQED Spark television feature (with me and Margaret Cho on the same bill!), airing May 7. Details below...

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PANEL DISCUSSION
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Feminism and Art Today
Friday, April 11, 4-6pm
California College of the Arts, Timken Lecture Hall, San Francisco, CA
http://www.cca.edu

Organized by Tirza Latimer and featuring a wide array of scholars, curators, and artists, including: Kim Anno, Tammy Rae Carland, Jill Dawsey, Berin Golonu, Jessica Hough, Patricia Maloney, Pamela Peniston, Moira Roth, Stephanie Syjuco and Tina Takemoto.

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS:
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The Way That We Rhyme: Women, Art, Politics
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
March 28 - July 29, 2008
http://www.ybca.org

In conjunction with this multi-faceted show I'll be leading informal, drop-in Counterfeiting Workshops where you can learn how to crochet, freshen up your pre-existing skills, brush up on your Marx and Adam Smith, or just hang out and converse about bootleg economies and ways of critiquing the capitalist system. I've got all the materials and tools available, so just show up for the action! Participation is FREE with general gallery admission, no sign-ups required, just drop by :)

Counterfeiting Workshops!
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; at the Counterfeit Crochet installation, main galleries
Saturday, April 19, noon to 5pm
Saturday, May 10, noon to 5pm
Saturday, May 24, noon to 5pm
Saturday, June 14, noon to 5pm

more info at http://www.counterfeitcrochet.org

Take Action: 83 Ways to Change the WorldMuseum of World Cultures, Goteborg, Sweden, 1/08 - 1/09

The Art of Diorama
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
http://www.bedfordgallery.org

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FUTURE EXHIBITIONS:
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Vested Interests
May 25 - September 6, 2008
Kohler Art Center
Sheboygan, WI

Solo Exhibition
James Harris Gallery
June, 2008
Seattle, WA
http://www.jamesharrisgallery.com

Futura Manila
August 29 - September 29, 2008
Osage Gallery, Hong Kong

Inappropriate Covers
April 11 - May 24, 2009
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University
Providence, RI

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MEDIA
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KQED "Spark" television documentary airing Wednesday, May 7, 2008 (on Bay Area channel 9); featuring Suhaila Saliimpour, Margaret Cho, Stephanie Syjuco, and Lu Yi. http://www.kqed.org/arts/spark/episode.jsp?eid=196865

CBS Channel 5 (KPIX) interview with curator Berin Golonu and artist Stephanie Syjuco, airing Sunday morning, April 14, 2008.

San Francisco Examiner coverage of "The Way That We Rhyme" exhibition, March 27, 2008.
http://www.examiner.com/a-1305129~Women_artists_talk_politics.html

San Francisco Chronicle review of "The Way That We Rhyme" exhibition by Kenneth Baker, April 9, 2008.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/09/DDAT100EUJ.DTL&type=art

Cover image: SF Camerawork Journal, February 2008 issue, featuring
"Personal Protest (Catalyst for Change)," mixed media, 2006
http://www.sfcamerawork.org

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Prov.: New Langton Arts, San Francisco

2008-04-07T10:46:00.000-07:00

"AMERICAN BLONDE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"POMP" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 36 X 36 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"CAEDMON'S FIRST WORD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 22 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Master Bedroom, Pygmalion-Second Floor

"GRIFTER'S REWARD" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

"GARGLE" (1997) (ACRYLIC ON PANEL, 11 X 11 IN) by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

THREE MATCHBOX PAINTINGS by JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

POSTCARD COLLAGE from JAMES WESTWATER
Location: Galatea Offsite/San Francisco Apartment

SEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE:

UPDATE:

James Westwater's last exhibition in Chicago, PLYWOOD CHATEAUX, is now memorialized in a book available through Amazon.com over HERE.

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Prov.: Linda Durham Gallery, Galisteo, N.M.; Direct from Artist

2008-04-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

2008-04-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

"" [To Come] (Acrylic on Board) by Rod Penner
Location: Kitchen Hallway, Pygmalion-First Floor

Rod Penner has a new exhibit up at O.K. Harris, New York, running through April 19, 2008. From the gallery's description:

Rod Penner - Rod Penner's hyperrealistic paintings depict streets and single-family homes in small Texas towns. The works are objective, keenly observed and are as much photojournalism as they are photorealism. The images evoke contrasting responses of melancholy and warmth, desolation and serenity - everything that is small-town America.

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Prov.: Provenance -- O.K. Harris, New York

2008-04-07T10:27:00.000-07:00

"HORN OF PLENTY" (1999) (OIL ON CANVAS, h: 18 x w: 22 in / h: 45.7 x w: 55.9 CM) by CHESTER ARNOLD
Location: Hallway Outside Dining Room, Pygmalion-First Floor

[SEVENTH MENTION DUE TO UPDATE]

UPDATE:

Chester Arnold has a new exhibit -- entitled "The Road to Paradise" -- at Catherine Clark Gallery, which will run through April 19, 2008.

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Prov.: George Adams Gallery, New York