In the history of the arts in San Francisco, one vexing reality comes up repeatedly: the paucity of public support the city has provided to its artists. At the same time, this fact has always been offset by a local arts community that gener…
Cate White and M. Mark Bauer depict stylized figures in various states of cartoonish low-brow duress that may be their only point of connection. Bauer and White capture, each in their own way, the dogged, non-heroic absurdities of life in 2…
JoAnn Ugolini's paintings manifest as a burst of swirling colors that overlap into mesh-like configurations that simultaneously coalesce and dissolve, half of which intimate ghostly faces when viewed from a distance. The post JoAnn Ugolini
Deladier Almeida mines a vein of abstraction derived from representational content. It’s an approach to landscape grounded in geometry and rich chromatic contrasts, often adopting a vertiginous perspective. The post Deladier Almeida appeare…
What is the shape of thought? In this exhibition of six artists, co-curators Alexandra Bowes and Catherine Wagner pose this question, followed by, “And what are the stimuli that shape [our thoughts]?” Both questions are newly relevant in to…
Anne Subercaseaux creates elegantly minimalist abstractions based on her snapshots of the urban and rustic environment. Nico Van Dongen subjects his photographs to painstaking digital compositing to create views of Golden Gate Park landscap…
“Gather tender night,” invokes late nineteenth century nocturnes which explored melancholy and the transfiguration of opposites. Diedrick Brackens extends the metaphor to explore the thin line between fragmentation and wholeness. The post D…
Miljohn Ruperto weaves a dreamlike realm where the boundaries of reality begin to dissolve. Against the gallery’s dark gallery walls, Ruperto’s immersive convergence of photography, sculpture, and digital animation creates an atmosphere in
In “Nature of Painting,” Isabella Kirkland puts the natural environment under a microscope: detailed, close-up, and in sharp focus. Her ultra-precise work is not simply a rendition of insects and plants, it’s a statement about humans’ nefar…
“Run Fast, Bite Hard” explores our relationship to a 21st century concept of “pets.” The show is inspired by Professor Donna Haraway's theory that humans, animals, and plants are intertwined and co-evolving. The post “Run Fast, Bite Hard” a…
Jason Jägel's paintings refuse to abide by narrative logic. Never-was and never-will-be are all presented simultaneously taking place all over the canvas. The conscious mind has stepped aside for a few minutes for this literary collagist of…
Jane Ivory’s crisp black and white nature studies offer a What Hath Man Wrought critique on the (mostly local) landscape. Gene Holtan’s intricately detailed paintings form landscapes, maps, or obscurely written manuscripts. The post Jane Iv…