Interview with Gross Magazine founders Victor Gonzalez and Kevin Peth

Gross Magazine is an arts and culture magazine that is amping up all that a publication can be and do. Although, only a few years in the making, Gross is fast attracting attention and has already obtained national and international distribution. Having worked in artistic capacities themselves, founders Victor Gonzalez and Kevin Peth started Gross […]

Gallivanting Gallery Gals Get Going

03.05.2017
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  Gallivanting Gallery Gals Get Going  Who are those girls?  What do they think they’re doing? They are R/SF and they are creating a new diverse artistic community. What about you? R/SF is a collaborative, experimental and diverse art gallery in the Tenderloin Nob hill neighborhood of San Francisco.  Nestled between a bakery and a […]

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Photo Feature: Sanaz Mazinani ‘Signal to Noise’ at SF Camerawork

03.04.2017
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    For this site-specific exhibition, Mazinani presents an array of artworks based on images mined from the Internet and transformed into dazzling, intricately patterned three-dimensional photo montage evocative of traditional Islamic ornamentation. Through a process-intensive method of creating original patterns, Mazinani dissects our normative experience of news images within the ubiquity of the digital […]

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Photo Feature: Miyazaki Art Show at Spoke Art

02.21.2017
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    Miyazaki – An Art Show Tribute Spoke Art is proud to present the Miyazaki Art Show – a whimsical showcase of over fifty artists from around the world celebrating the films of Japanese film-maker and animator Hayao Miyazaki. Including a diverse array of original painting, sculpture and limited edition prints, the Miyazaki Art Show offers each artists’ […]

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Photo Feature: Jeremiah Jenkins ‘Everything Must Go’ at Hashimoto Contemporary

02.17.2017
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  Jeremiah Jenkins: Everything Must Go February 4 – February 25, 2017 Hashimoto Contemporary is pleased to present “Everything Must Go”, a solo exhibition by Jeremiah Jenkins. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the artist introduces a brand new body of work for his first solo appearance in the gallery. Jenkins creates sculptures, installations […]

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Photo Feature: RIGO 23 ‘Autonomous InterGalactic Space Program’

02.15.2017
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Autonomous InterGalactic Space Program currently at Anglim Gilbert Gallery is an exhibition of works by Rigo 23 in cooperation with artisans of Chiapas, Mexico. The collaborative sculptural installation is the result of the artist’s invitation to the community of Zapatista artists and craftspeople to build a spaceship and imagine, with him, their own exploration of […]

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Photo Feature: Santos Shelton “Tales Of The Isolated Warriors at ELL

02.12.2017
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“Tales of the Isolated Warriors”, Santos Shelton introduces a new series of work based on the theme of isolation. Inspiration taken from his own experiences, Shelton examines the bigger questions surrounding why people choose to isolate themselves from others and why society isolates certain individuals. This set of work is the next chapter in his […]

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Underground Spaces Elusive Environments

02.05.2017
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When we think about contemporary art, white walls, large canvases and Manolo Blahniks come to mind. What about the creativity, the voices and the movements within our communities now? The bay area, Oakland and San Francisco respectively, have a rich artistic tradition embedded with empowerment, love and activism.  Community is a practice in dialogue, a […]

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Deborah Oropallo, “Bell the Cat” at Catharine Clark Gallery

01.19.2017
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A portrait can reveal, and often has a duty to reveal, far more than simply a person’s likeness. Whereas the person-subject will merely live and die, a portrait in many respects is immortal, forever a reminiscent symbol of the this person-subject’s accomplishments, achievements, and their lasting significance. Even further in this regard portraiture can also […]

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Call for Artists: MFA Now 2017 at Root Division — Deadline: December 1, 2016

11.04.2016
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Juror: Natalia Mount, Executive Director, Pro Arts Deadline: Dec 1, 2016 Download Application OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: MFA NOW 2017: ARCHIVE PROJECT & JURIED EXHIBITION SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Thursday, December 1, 2016 at 11:59 pm Exhibition dates: March 1 – 25, 2017 The San Francisco Bay Area is home to nine of the top MFA programs […]

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Photo Feature: “What’s Left S.F.” at Luna Rienne Gallery

11.03.2016
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San Francisco is a particular type of U.S. city in which the a majority of its residents are not native-born,  and where many look to the city as a place of opportunity or freedom. This makes it an attractive city with a rich, diverse population, but also at times an epicenter of divisive debates of who or what […]

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