Tag: Fraenkel Gallery

To Do List: May

Apr 30, 2023 In: To Do List Tags: Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll, Berggruen Gallery, Fraenkel Gallery, Gregory Rick, Hosfelt Gallery, Jonathan Carver Moore, Jos Sances, Julie W. Chang, KALA Art Institute, Lee Friedlander, Nunca No, Pantea Karimi, Recology AIR, Sahar Khoury, Sarah Blaustein By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

Sarah Blaustein “Present Vessel” 2022 acrylic and ink on canvas. Image courtesy of Berggruen Gallery.

May 5 to June 10 – Sarah Blaustein: Recent Paintings at Berggruen Gallery: Sarah Blaustein’s Vessel works are imbued with a distinctive focus on painting our innermost feelings, delving into the realms of creation, reflection, and blissful joy. Recent Paintings showcases a collection of twenty-two new works that survey the intricate nature of the inner vessel as a creative focal point. Blaustein seeks to explore the rich and complex interplay between the individual and the collective psyche, weaving a tapestry of emotions and thoughts that are at once deeply personal and universally resonant. Through her lush, otherworldly paintings, Blaustein invites viewers to experience the immediacy, intimacy, and unmitigated humanity of her artistic expression. Berggruen Gallery is located at 10 Hawthorne Street in San Francisco.

Lee Friedlander “Cincinnati Ohio, 1963” silver gelatin print. Image courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery.

May 6 to June 24 – Lee Friedlander Framed by Joel Coen at Fraenkel Gallery: An exhibition of Friedlander’s photographs curated by the widely acclaimed filmmaker. Rather than focusing on a single subject or period, Coen’s selection concentrates on Friedlander’s singular approach to composition. Through the approximately 45 images in the exhibition Coen surveys the range of Friedlander’s 60+ year career, bringing many lesser-known images into the equation. The selection evidences an unexpected affinity between Friedlander and Coen, both of whose work explores the sly power of images. Fraenkel Gallery is located at 49 Geary Street in San Francisco.

Art Kala 2023 Honorees, Pantea Karimi, Gregory Rick, and Jos Sances. Image courtesy of Kala Art Institute.

Saturday, May 13, 6 to 9pm – Closing party and live auction for Art Kala 2023: Celebrating Kala’s 49th year, Art Kala 2023 is an exhibition and art auction that brings together Kala’s creative community and features the inventive and meaningful art being made right here in the Bay Area. This year’s honored artists are Pantea Karimi, Gregory Rick, and Jos Sances. This benefit auction supports Kala’s artistic, cultural, and educational programs. Kala Art Institute is located 2990 San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley. Purchase tickets to the event here.

Julie W. Chang “Lotusaumswords” 2021, acrylic and resin on panel. Image courtesy of Hosfelt Gallery.

May 25 to June 30 – Julie W. Chang: Amulets at Hosfelt Gallery: Julie W. Chang’s work investigates how identities are constructed and how (mis)understandings of both self and other might be resisted, subverted, and reimagined. Inspired by diverse sources – from wallpaper to weavings to genetic mutations and systems theory – her work utilizes a visual vocabulary that juxtaposes differing perspectives to provoke conversations about race, class, gender, and cultural commodification. Hosfelt Gallery is located at 260 Utah Street in San Francisco.

Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll, Sahar Khoury and Nunca No works in progress. Images courtesy Recology AIR.

May 26 to May 30 – Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll, Sahar Khoury, and Nunca No (Claire Dunn and Charles Lee) at Recology Art Studios: The Recology San Francisco Artist in Residence (AIR) Program is an art and education initiative that awards Bay Area artists access to discarded materials, an unrestricted stipend, and an individual studio space. These resources, along with comprehensive support, are provided to artists while they create a body of work and host studio visits during their four-month residency at the San Francisco Transfer Station. This exhibition is the culmination of their residencies. The Recology Art Studios are located at 503 and 401 Tunnel Avenue, San Francisco.

Friday, May 26 from 5 – 8 PM
Saturday, May 27 from 12 – 3 PM
Tuesday, May 30 from 5 – 7:30 PM with artist talk by Nunca No at 6 PM (401 Tunnel), Andrew Sungtaek Ingersoll at 6:30 PM (503 Tunnel), and Sahar Khoury at 7pm (503 Tunnel)

Installation view. Image courtesy of Jonathan Carver Moore.

Ongoing to June 3 – Black as an Experience, Not as a Color at Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery: A group exhibition of six Black men from throughout the African Diaspora. Artists featured in the exhibition include Aplerh-Doku Borlabi, Christopher Adam Williams, Glenn Hardy Jr.,Odinakachi Okoroafor, Sesse Elangwe and Steelo. This exhibition includes works that depict unique experiences to Black culture, as well as shows Black people in poised moments and statuesque poses asking the viewer to just take in what they see. Jonathan Carver Moore Gallery is located at 966 Market Street in San Francisco.

To Do List: November

Oct 31, 2022 In: To Do List Uncategorized Tags: Anderson Collection, Asian Art Museum, Chris Johanson, Fraenkel Gallery, Haines Gallery, Kongkee, Marco Castillo, Richard Learoyd, Stephanie Syjuco By: Kerri Hurtado, Curator

Stephanie Syjuco “Cargo Cults: Head Bundle (Small)” 2016, pigmented inkjet print. Image courtesy the Anderson Collection.

Ongoing to March 5 – Stephanie Syjuco: White Balance/Color Cast at Anderson Collection at Stanford University: White Balance/Color Cast derives from Syjuco’s established interest in photographic standards of imaging, color calibration charts, and photography’s suggestive powers. The commonly used term, white balance, refers to the process of removing an image’s color cast, shifting the image to what could be considered a more “neutral” or accurate representation. In Syjuco’s case, she uses these traditional imaging terms to question how photography and imaging standards—such as the quest for “correct” color—reflect deep seated biases, positioning whiteness as its center.

Thursday, November 3, 6:00 pm – Stephanie Syjuco in Conversation with Kim Beil: Syjuco will discuss her exhibition on view, her artistic process, and how her work addresses belonging, racialization, difference, and visibility. Kim Beil is the Associate Director of ITALIC (Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture) program at Stanford and an art historian who specializes in the history of photography. Reserve tickets here.

Chris Johanson “Untitled” 2022, acrylic and household paint on canvas. Image courtesy of Altman Siegel Gallery.

November 3 to December 17 – Chris Johanson at Altman Siegel: Contemplating the cycle of life, and of the material possessions we accumulate, Johanson’s focus on repurposing found objects has deepened. Trading wood substrates for canvases constructed with found stretcher bars and recycled drop cloths, materials more resistant to paint than commercial canvas, Johanson has intentionally slowed down his process, using painting as a means of mindfulness and meditation. In slowing down, Johanson has eschewed text and figuration for thoughtful abstraction, utilizing form, color, and movement to reflect on themes of bereavement, connection, and impermanence. His swirling color fields, each shade unique, create peaceful rhythms, underscoring the artist’s exploration of artmaking as a healing, therapeutic process.

Kongkee “The Tears” 2020 animation still. Image courtesy of Asian Art Museum.

November 18 – Kongkee: Warring States Cyberpunk at the Asian Art Museum: Kongkee, an award-winning animation director and visual artist, takes you back to the future in an odyssey 2,000 years in the making. Explore an immersive animated futurist fantasy — part comic book, part motion picture — making its North American debut. Kongkee’s Warring States Cyberpunk traces the legendary Chinese poet Qu Yuan’s soul on a journey from the ancient Chu Kingdom to an imagined 21st century Asia of cyborgs, electro rock, and surprising romantic reunions.

Marco Castillo “Familia Castillo Valdes” 2022 mahogany. Image courtesy of Haines Gallery.

November 5 to January 7 – Marco Castillo: Parlor Games at Haines Gallery: Castillo’s ongoing investigation into the visual lexicon of post-Revolutionary Cuba sees him embodying a fictional designer from this time. Colorful works on paper from his Libreta de notas (Notebooks) series showcase these experiments in abstraction, each synthesizing the period’s aesthetic modes. At the center of the exhibition is Familia Castillo Valdes (2022), a multipart mahogany sculpture from Castillo’s latest series Juego de sala, which engages with forms and materials from Cuban modernism while examining the consequences of the revolution on domestic life.

Richard Learoyd “Mirror, Eye, Candle, Lemon” 2021 unique Ilfochrome photograph. Image courtesy of Fraenkel Gallery.

Ongoing to December 23 – Richard Learoyd at Fraenkel Gallery: Learoyd’s recent work deepens his exploration of classical themes, using exacting techniques to create pictorially lush, one-of-a-kind photographs. The exhibition features approximately twenty works— nudes, still lifes, and portraits—made over the last three years using the artist’s room-sized camera obscura in London. His meticulous process uses cumbersome technology to make rich, grainless images that are painterly in their nuanced attention to pose, detail, tone, and texture.

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