Yearly Archives: 2017

To Do List: March

Mar 2, 2017 In: To Do List Tags: Andy Vogt, Chris McCaw, Laurie Reid, Root Division, Southern Exposure By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

Andy Vogt “CWalls2” 2014, concrete with atomized steel powder, stainless steel frame. Image courtesy of Eleanor Harwood Gallery

Saturday, March 4th 6 to 8pm – Andy Vogt: Negatives opening reception at Eleanor Harwood Gallery: For his first exhibit with Eleanor Harwood Gallery, Vogt will present two new directions that relate to his previous wood sculptures, yet represent distinct departures from them. His new processes and materials have pushed him to embrace color, experimentation and elements of chance while using his wood sculpture as part of the process in making new work. The exhibit runs through April 15th, and the opening reception is in conjunction with the Minnesota Street Project’s one year anniversary celebration. Eleanor Harwood Gallery is in the Minnesota Street Project building at 1275 Minnesota Street in San Francisco.

Chris McCaw “Heliograph #130 (Double Day)” four unique gelatin silver paper negatives. Image courtesy of Haines Gallery.

Thursday, March 9th 5:30 to 7:30pm – Chris McCaw: Time and Tides opening reception at Haines Gallery: Bay Area photographer McCaw’s innovative practice is firmly rooted in the history of photography while simultaneously pushing the medium in new directions. Often, the high-caliber lenses on his handmade cameras essentially function as magnifying lenses, allowing the sun to blaze a traceable, visceral path across light sensitive photographic paper over several hours of exposure. The resulting works harness the tension between destruction and creation, their elegant and polished style belying a dependence upon the brute contribution of light and the spin of the earth. Chris McCaw will also be in conversation with Julian Cox: Wednesday, March 8 at 6pm. Haines Gallery is located at 49 Geary Street in San Francisco.

Announcement for Root Division’s biennial juried exhibition featuring the works of MFA candidates at 9 of the top Bay Area institutions.

Saturday, March 11th 7 to 10:00pm – Opening reception for MFA Now 2017 at Root Division: Now in it’s fifth iteration, the MFA Now project provides a platform for looking at Bay Area artists and institutions in order to promote dialogue between programs and to archive current art-making practices and models. This year’s exhibition includes the work of twenty five artists selected by juror Natalia Mount (Executive Director, ProArts Oakland). Selected from over 153 submissions based on a single image and artist statement, the works included in this exhibition display a quality of content and execution that is indicative of the rigor of advanced art degree programs. Ranging in media from large scale installation, to video, sculpture, photography and painting, the exhibition is a rare glimpse into the developing practices of candidates prior to their thesis presentations. Root Division is located at 1131 Mission Street in San Francisco.

Laurie Reid, Untitled, oil on canvas. Image courtesy of Et Al Gallery.

Saturday, March 11th 5 to 8pm – Opening reception for Laurie Reid: Nutshell at Et Al. etc curated by Juana Berrio: Laurie Reid’s work is an exploration of the coming together of the intellect with the psychological and physical worlds she inhabits. Her explorations are open-ended and intentionally inconclusive. “I see painting as a place where water, atmosphere, gravity, paper and pigments intersect and interact with each other and the artist in a way that…manifests some of the singular properties and the simple mysteries of the world we live in.” This solo exhibition of her work runs from March 11th – April 15th at Et Al. etc located at 1275 Minnesota Street in San Francisco.

Announcement for Southern Exposure’s Annual Art Auction.

Saturday, March 18th 6 to 11pm – We Can Be Heroes Southern Exposure’s Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction: This year’s auction is a celebration of the Southern Exposure community’s ability to resist, confront, and thrive in a world replete with social and political challenges. Marked by a fierce glamour and punctuated by hopeful moments of protest, the year ahead will be defined by our large and small heroic efforts. On March 18, the great hall of Minnesota Street Project is revealed as a gathering space for heroes of all creeds, filled with a battalion of artworks in our live and silent auctions, delicious food and drinks, and artist-led experiences. Purchase tickets here. The event will take place at 1275 Minnesota Street in San Francisco.

To Do List: January

Jan 2, 2017 In: To Do List Tags: Abelardo Morell, Berggruen Gallery, Cecily Brown, FOG Design + Art, Grace Cathedral, Pace Art + Technology, PhotoFairs San Francisco, Untitled Art Fair, Yves Klein By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

ART FAIRS

Interior view of Pier 70 to be transformed into the inaugural UNTITLED, San Francisco art fair. Image courtesy of Pier 70 Partners.

January 13th – 15th – UNTITLED, San Francisco art fair at Pier 70: UNTITLED, Art is an international, curated art fair founded in 2012 that focuses on curatorial balance and integrity across all disciplines of contemporary art. For the inaugural presentation in San Francisco, 50+ international galleries, artist-run exhibition spaces, and non-profit institutions and organizations have been selected. Since 2014 the curatorial team has consisted of Christophe Boutin, Omar López-Chahoud and Melanie Scarciglia. The inaugural edition of UNTITLED San Francisco will take place at the historic Pier 70 in the Dogpatch neighborhood. Please contact us for VIP passes to the fair.

Interior image from a past FOG Design + Art fair, courtesy www.fogfair.com.

January 12th – 15th – FOG Design + Art fair at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion: Celebrating today’s most significant creatives and leading contributors to the worlds of design and visual arts, the fair assembles 45 leading international galleries alongside prominent 20th-century and contemporary design dealers. The Preview Gala benefiting SFMOMA will be held on Wednesday January 11th, purchase tickets here.

Abelardo Morell “Tent Camera Image on Ground, View of the Golden Gate Bridge from Battery Yates” 2012. Image courtesy of Edwyn Houk Gallery.

January 27th to 29th – PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion: PHOTOFAIRS is dedicated to presenting fine art photography and moving image from leading international galleries and their artists in dynamic and cutting-edge destinations around the world. In its highly curated approach, PHOTOFAIRS provides an elegant and vibrant environment for both seasoned and new collectors. In addition, tailored VIP and public programs are designed to create an engaging platform for our international audience. This will be the inaugural year for the San Francisco location.

Yves Klein in a conceptual art performance in 1959. Image courtesy Charles Wilp; Yves Klein, Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris 2013

Thursday, January 12th, 6:30 pm – Yves Klein’s Monotone-Silence Symphony at Grace Cathedral: Dominique Lévy gallery is pleased to present Yves Klein’s groundbreaking Monotone-Silence Symphony, in partnership with Grace Cathedral. Yves Klein (1928–1962) was the leading member of the French artistic movement nouveau réalisme, and a pioneer in the development of performance art, minimal art and pop art. A transcendent and moving experience, Monotone-Silence Symphony was described by the artist as “one unique continuous ‘sound,’ drawn out and deprived of its beginning and of its end, creating a feeling of vertigo and of aspiration outside of time.” The work unfolds over minutes, as a group of musicians and singers holds a single continuous tone for a twenty-minute period, followed by twenty minutes of absolute silence. Klein originally conceived of the work with two friends on a beach in the South of France, around 1947-48, about the same time that John Cage was working on 4’33”, another innovative musical composition incorporating silence and ambient sound. Klein performed the piece with a small orchestra and chorus in Paris in 1960, although he never realized the work at the full scale he desired before his death two years later at the age of thirty-four. Free and open to the public, RSVP required here.

Cecily Brown “Untitled” 2015, oil on linen. Image courtesy Berggruen Gallery.

January 13th to March 4th – The Human Form group exhibition at Berggruen Gallery’s new location: This will be Berggruen Gallery’s inaugural exhibition in their new space at 10 Hawthorne Street, across from SFMOMA next door to Gagosian Gallery. The renovated gallery space measures 10,000 feet, with two floors of gallery space and another floor of project and event space. The exhibition The Human Form, is an exploration of the human figure from the early 20th century to today. Bringing together over 60 works by 20th century masters the exhibition looks at the formal and conceptual ways that artists have approached the representation of the figure.

Mala Gaonkar and David Byrne, co-creators of “NEUROSOCIETY”. Image courtesy of Pace Art + Technology.

Ongoing to March 31st – The Institute Presents: NEUROSOCIETY at Pace Art + Technology: Co-created by David Byrne and Mala Gaonkar The Institute Presents: NEUROSOCIETY, an 80 minute immersive theatrical experience. The exhibition is a series of interactive environments that Byrne and Gaonkar have created to present the emerging work of fifteen cognitive neuroscience labs around the world. Purchase tickets here. Pace Art + Technology is located at 350 El Camino Real in Menlo Park.

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