In the San Francisco Chronicle Kenneth Baker reports that Bay Area painter John Wood has the rare knack of making small, busy abstract paintings seem […]
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John Andrews and Emil Lukas explore the real in San Francisco
In San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker reports that the complexity in Andrews’ work lies in the viewer’s encounter with it. “As sharply defined as each […]
Frannsen: Visual gibberish or fearless painting?
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker swoons over new work by Southern California painter Sheri� Franssen. “Her paintings may strike unprepared eyes as visual […]
Sarah Walker: Layer upon layer upon layer
In the press release, Sarah Walker claims to use painting “as a tool for perceptual recalibration that enables viewers to detect and intuit disparate spatial […]
David Park: Sidelong awareness, immune to the skepticism of intense, central focus
In the San Francisco Chronicle Kenneth Baker reports that the work of David Park has “begun to have a restorative impact, rewarding in its viewers […]
Paul Wonner, 87, dies in San Francisco
Paul Wonner, long associated with Bay Area Figuration, died Wednesday in San Francisco of natural causes on the eve of his 88th birthday. Art critic […]
Tom McKinley and Albert Oehlen in San Franciso
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker reports. “A paradox has always lain close to the heart of abstract painting: the idea of a picture […]
Diebenkorn arrives in New York
“Diebenkorn in New Mexico,” curated by Charles Strong and Charles M. Lovell; organized by the Harwood Museum in Taos, New Mexico. Grey Art Gallery, New […]
Toenges, Tollens and the love of paint
“Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens,” Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Feb 23. German painters Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens, in thrall to the […]
In San Francisco: Ouadahi, Bhujbal, Soloman
“Driss Ouadahi: Another Place, Another Me,” Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Dec. 8. Drawing upon a lifelong interest in architecture, Ouadahi creates a hybrid […]
Klimt the movie
Klimt According to the press kit, director Raul Ruiz “transports us to 1918 where Gustav Klimt (John Malkovich) lies on his deathbed. We follow Klimt’s […]
Rough around the edges
Kenneth Baker reviews two painting shows in the San Francisco Chronicle. “Jimi Gleason: Vapor and Edge: Paintings,” Toomey Tourell Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Through Sept. […]
Ala Ebtekar: responding to contemporary geopolitical crises
“Ala Ebtekar: Drawings on paper mounted on canvas,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA. Through Sept. 1. Kenneth Baker in the San Franscisco Chronicle: “Born […]
Daniel Mendel-Black’s thick gush of pigment
“Daniel Mendel-Black: Naked Paintings,” Modernism, 685 Market St., San Francisco. Through Sept. 1. Kenneth Baker in the San Franscisco Chronicle: “The juiciness of his paint […]
Donald and Doris Fisher propose new SF museum for their collection of contemporary art
In the San Francisco Chronicle, Kenneth Baker reports: “San Francisco’s stature as a cultural destination and hub of new art scholarship will jump dramatically if […]
