April 16, 2003

art

Art listings are compiled by Sarah Han. Because of space limitations, new art shows are listed the week they open (thereafter, shows are listed on a rotating basis), and we cannot list café exhibits. For information on how to submit listings to this section, see 8 Days a Week. Reviews are by Lindsey Westbrook.

museums

California Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park (near 34th Ave and Clement); 863-3330. Tues-Sun, 9:30am-5pm. $8, $6 seniors, $5 for 12-17, free for 10 and under (free Tues). "Leonardo da Vinci and the Splendor of Poland." Works by the master. Through May 18.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2-5. "Small Press Spotlight." Work by comic artist Jason Shiga. Through Sun/20. "Hate Mail: Comic Strip Controversies," works by top cartoonists of the past 30 years, including Scott Adams, Berkeley Breathed, Frank Cho, Aaron McGruder, and Wiley Miller. Through June 8. "Keeping the Faith: The Life and Art of Morrie Turner." panel cartoons and comic strips by Morrie Turner. Through July 27.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths, free for 3 and under. "Folkall Project." A sculpture made out of donated eyeglasses by Eto Otitigbe. Through May 4. "Seeing." Though the title of the show is "Seeing," you'll probably be most surprised at what you don't see in some of the installations. Change Blindness is a huge computer screen showing a quiet storefront-sidewalk scene. Every few seconds the screen goes black for a moment, then flashes back to what appears to be the same picture. It actually changes significantly each time, but the intervening black screens prevent your eyes from perceiving the differences. Dozens of other installations explore the social aspects of seeing. Paul Kaiser's Inkblot Perceptions analyzes the ways in which interpretations of Rorschach-like blots vary with age and cultural background. Go to www.exploratorium.edu for complete information. Through Sept 1. (Westbrook)

Mexican Museum Fort Mason Center, Bldg D, Marina at Laguna; 441-0404. Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm, free. "Objects of Devotion, Colonial and Popular Religious Art in Latin America." Retablos, ex-votos, and religious sculptures. Through May 30.

Museo Italo Americano Fort Mason Center, Bldg C, Marina at Laguna; 673-2200. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm (first Wed, noon-7pm). $3, $2 students and seniors, free for 11 and under. "Colore Ideale/Ideal Colours." More than 30 recent paintings by Franco Viola. "Crosscuts – Tagli Trasversali." Woodcut prints and an overview of the woodcut process. Both exhibits through Sat/19.

Museum of Craft and Folk Art Fort Mason Center, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 775-0991. Sun and Mon, 11am-5pm; Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm. "Quilted Journeys: Immigration Stories by Australian Artists." More than 20 quilts on the theme of the immigration experience. Through April 27.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 11am-6pm; Thurs, 11am-9pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half-price Thurs, 6-9pm). "Andreas Gursky." More than 40 photographs by the artist. Through June 1. "A Passion for Paul Klee: The Djerassi Collection at SFMOMA." A comprehensive display of Klee's works, from high school until his death in 1940. Through June 8. "Treasures of Modern Art: The Legacy of Phyllis Wattis at SFMOMA." More than 80 works acquired by SFMOMA through patron Phyllis Wattis. Through June 24. "2002 SECA Art Award: John Bankston, Andrea Higgins, Chris Johanson, Will Rogan." Works by the recipients of the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art awards. Through July 27. "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50." Silver and platinum prints by Irving Penn. Through July 27. "Reel Sculpture." Film installations by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Abbas Kiarostami, and Atom Egoyan. Through Aug 3. "ROY/design series 1." orks by architect Lindy Roy. April 19-Sept 7.

San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum 401 Van Ness, Fourth fl; 255-4800. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-5pm; Wed, 11am-7pm. Free. "Kronos@30: Thirty Years of Kronos Quartet." An exhibition dedicated to the musical legacy of the Kronos Quartet. Through June 21.

Seymour Pioneers Museum 300 Fourth St; 957-1849. Wed-Fri, 10am-4pm (also first and third Sat, 10am-4pm). $3, $1 seniors and students. "California: This Golden Land of Promise," almost 40 paintings from the 1860s to 1920s, including works by William Coulter, Edwin Deakin, Percy Gray, and Charles Rollo Peters. Through May 3.

Bay Area

Museum of Anthropology 103 Kroeber Hall, Room 3712, UC Berkeley; (510) 643-1193. Wed-Sat, 10am-4:30pm; Sun, noon-4:30pm. "The World in a Frame: Photographs from the Great Age of Exploration, 1865-1915." Over 30 images by Carleton E. Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan, Edward S. Curtis, John Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Frederick Monsen, Maison Bonfils, and Felice Beato. Through March 2004.

Museum of Children's Art 538 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 465-8700. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Free. "Salon of the Independent: Original Artwork by Bay Area Children." Works by children from Piedmont Schools and Montessori Family School. Through Sun/20.

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm (first Fri, 10am-9pm). $6, $4 seniors and students. "State of Emergency: Disaster Response in California." A survey of California disasters since 1906 through photographs by Maggie Hallahan. Through April 27. "The Art of Seeing: Nature Revealed Through Illustration." More than 60 works celebrating plant and animal life. Through June 15. "Quizzical Eye: The Personal Photography of Rondal Partridge." Photographs, photo cubes, collages, and mixed-media works by Partridge. Through June 22.

UC Berkeley Art Museum 2626 Bancroft Way, Berk; (510) 642-0808. Wed-Sun, 11am-7pm. $8, $5 seniors and youths, $4 members and UC Berkeley students and faculty (free Thurs). "The Black Panthers 1968: Photographs by Ruth-Marion Baruch and Pirkle Jones." Vintage photographs by Baruch and Jones documenting the early days of the Black Panther Party in the Bay Area. Through June 29. "Matrix 203: Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba Memorial Project, Vietnam." Three films by the artist. Through June 29. "Aftermath." A new installation by Fred Wilson. Through July 20. "Everything Matters: Paul Kos, A Retrospective." More than 20 works spanning 30 years of the artist's career. Through July 20. "MATRIX: For Your Pleasure." Works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Chiho Aoshima, and Angela Bulloch. April 22-Aug 3.

galleries

Opening

Build 483 Guerrero; 863-3041. Call for hours. "Oneiric," photographs by Julie Kay (reception Thurs/17, 7-10pm). Fri/18, 6-10pm; Sat/19, noon-3pm. "World War Wobble: The New Dada," a group show of neo-Dada works. Sun/20, 2-7pm, $2-10 donation.

Fine Arts Gallery San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Bldg, Rm 238, 1600 Holloway; 338-6535. Mon-Sat, noon-4pm. "Master's of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition," works in ceramics, painting, textiles, installation, video, and more (reception Sat/19, 1-4pm). April 19-May 15.

Galería de la Raza 2857 24th St; 826-8009. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Moment's Notice," a collective collage created by various artists (reception May 17, 7-10pm). April 16-May 24.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. New works by David Hannah; new works by Thomas Plagemann (reception April 23, 5:30-7:30pm). April 16-May 10.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary, fifth floor; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). "Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread." This exhibition features eight Bay Area artists, all of whom incorporate some aspect of sewing into their art. A couple of the artists work in a heavily conceptual mode, especially Seth Koen with his two red circles, titled Circles No. 4 (+1), but the nature of this medium – the texture of the cloth and the hours of manual labor invested in even the smallest piece – keeps them all at least somewhat grounded in the realm of reality. Christian Maychack's untitled leather-vinyl-satin creation rides that same line. It's inspired by ordinary domestic furniture and made out of upholsterylike materials, but it perches on the gallery wall and serves none of the ordinary functions of furniture. With its eccentric conglomeration of fabrics and geometry, it declares in no uncertain terms that it's a subject for discussion, not a substrate for sitting. Through Sat/19. (Westbrook). "Jazz: Vintage Photographs from the 1950s," photos by Hugh Bell, Jerry Dantzic, Steve Schapiro, and others; "Some Place," color-field narratives by Patty Cateura (reception May 1, 5:30-7:30pm). April 22-May 31.

Momentum Gallery 701 Oak; 626-7201. Wed, 5-9pm; Sat-Sun, noon-5pm. "Holding Ground under Water," color photographs of China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River (reception April 24, 7-9pm). April 20-May 11.

Southern Exposure 401 Alabama; 863-2141. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Shadow Cabinets," various works presented in the Overlook Project Space. Through June 14. "Alternate Arterials," video installation by Linda Wysong. April 18-May 24. "Let's Be Active," works by the Oakland based artists' collective Lets Be Active. April 18-May 10.

Student Center Art Gallery SFSU, Cesar Chavez Student Union, 1650 Holloway; 338-2580. Mon-Wed, 10am-6pm; Thurs-Fri, 10am-3pm. "The Art of Injustice," installations by Paul Maurice. April 17-May 14.

Varnish Fine Art 77 Natoma; 222-6131. Tues-Sat, 11am-11pm. Works by 30 artists (reception Sat/19, 6-10pm). April 19-June 1.

Bay Area

Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut, Berk; (510) 644-6893. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "11th Annual Berkeley Youth Arts Festival," an exhibition of paintings, drawings, collages, sculptures, photography, and more by K-8th grade students (reception Wed/16, 5-7pm). April 16-May 11.

Richmond Art Center 2540 Barrett, Richmond; (510) 620-6772, www.therichmondartcenter.org. Tues-Fri, 10am-4:30pm; Sat, noon-4:30pm. "Scenes and Zines," zines, comics, and DIY magazines from the west coast; curated by Amy Stimmel and Karen Switzer; "Members Only," works by Richmond Art Center members; "Playful Spaces," an installation by Lisa Marie Barber; "Student Art Show," 38th annual show features works by West Contra Costa Unified School District's middle and senior high school students. April 16-May 31.

Ongoing

Atelier of Famous Melissa and Co. 545 Sutter; 788-1866. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm. "Love's Mysteries Revealed Second Annual XOX," works by local artists. Through April 26.

Brian Gross Fine Art 1 Post; 788-1050. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm. "Gorgeous Accidents," new paintings by Charles Linder. Through April 25.

California College of Arts and Crafts 1111 Eighth St; 551-9251. Daily, 10am-9pm. "CCAC Graduate Exhibition," works by graduating students in CCAC's MFA programs in design, fine arts, and writing, and its MA program in visual criticism. Through Fri/18.

Catharine Clark 49 Geary; 399-1439. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Sprout," works by various artists celebrating new growth. Through Sat/19.

Chinese Culture Center 750 Kearny, Third fl; 986-1822. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. "Chinese Fauve," work by Lin Feng-mien. Through April 26.

Crown Point Press 20 Hawthorne; 974-6273. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Spring Fever V: Group Exhibition," woodcuts and etchings by various artists. Through Sat/19.

Dolby Chadwick 210 Post; 956-3560. Call for hours. A group show with gallery artists. Through April 26.

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery 345 Sutter; 981-1080. Call for hours. New works by Kenjilo Nanao, Bob Nugent, and Dirk de Bruycker. Through April 26.

FiftyCrows Gallery 1074 Folsom; 551-0091. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm. "Defining Moments," selected photographs from the Fine Print Collection. Through Sat/19.

Five Fifty Bryant 550 Bryant; 673-3080. Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm. "First Thursday," works by David Forte, Kent Alexander, Phyllis Rockne, Marius Starkey, David Steinhardt, Dianne Estrin, Matthew Levin, and Andra Norris. Through Fri/18.

Focus Gallery 2423 Polk; 567-9067. Wed, Fri-Sun, noon-6pm; Tues and Thurs, noon-9pm. Paintings by Jack Hirschman. Through April 27.

440 Haight 440 Haight; 552-6907. Call for hours. "Eye Candy," works by local artists. Sat/19, 7-10pm.

Fraenkel 49 Geary, 981-2661. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Not Exactly Photographs," works by Bellmer, Cornell, Duchamp, Gober, and others. Through April 26.

George Krevsky Gallery 77 Geary; 397-9748. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Crack of the Bat: The Art of Baseball," work by various artists. Through April 26.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Recent Works from Italy," landscape and figure paintings by Richard Piccolo; portraits by Elaine de Kooning. Through April 26.

Hang at the Canvas 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0070. Mon-Wed, 11am-7pm; Thurs-Fri, 11am-9pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm. "Variable High Cloudiness," paintings by Carolyn Meyer. Through Tues/22.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, second fl; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent paintings by Gregory Dennis. Through April 26.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm. "White Paintings," works by Ron Griffin; "Seeking Subtleties." The minimalist works of Nelleke Beltjens are charmingly small. Arranged on glass tables, the pieces in "Seeking Subtleties" look almost like maquettes for larger constructions, especially considering they're made out of steel, plaster, concrete, and wood – materials usually associated with full-scale buildings. She exerts terrific control over each piece, forming it into precise planes and exact angles, but each one also has a mind of its own, and the plaster always cracks as she carves. Beltjens fills these meandering fissures with pigment and pushes the parts back together, creating the effect of a vein of coal or precious metal running through the earth. Her sculptures are about compatibility on a personal scale – the ways in which individuals can fit together in a relationship despite weaknesses and breaking points. Through Sat/19. (Westbrook)

Hotel Cosmo 761 Post; 673-3080. Daily, 24 hrs. "Visual Voice," images incorporating text, language, and symbols by 25 local artists. Through April 24.

John Berggruen 228 Grant; 781-4629. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. Figurative works on paper by Richard Diebenkorn. Through April 26.

Kings Gallery 1187 Franklin; 776-4580. Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm; Sun, noon-2pm. "Suites for Unaccompanied Paintbrush," works by Mercie Harris. Through April 26.

The Lab 2948 16th St; 864-8855. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm, and by appt. "Coloring Sounds: Songlines for Seibert's Pipes," works by Josefa Vaughan. Through April 26.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary, fourth floor; (415) 229-1138. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "The Allure of Obsolescence," recent works by Reanne Estrada. Through April 26. See Critic's Choice.

Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter; 398-7229. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Musical Cartography," works by Christopher Castle. Through April 26.

Mills Building 220 Bush; 861-9838. Call for hours. "Selections 2003: The Best of San Francisco's Emerging Artists under One Roof," works by various artists. Through June 27.

Modernism 685 Market; 541-0461. Tues-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. "Telling Paint: Paris, Oakland," works by Naomie Kremer; "Drawings, Collages, and Gouaches: 1928-1962," works by Le Corbusier. Through Sat/19.

Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary; 982-3292. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Ten Pictures," work by Anthony Hernandez; "Paradise," work by Candida Alvarez. Through April 26.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. Painting by Cham Hendon, Lori Hanson, Lawrence Lincoln, and Cynda Valle. Through April 25.

Scott Nichols 49 Geary, Fourth fl; 788-4641. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm; and by appt. Recent work by Rolfe Horn. Through April 26.

Shooting Gallery 839 Larkin; 931-8035. Call for hours. "The Printmakers," traditional to contemporary Japanese wood-block prints (demonstration April 26, 6-8pm). Through May 3.

600 Townsend 600 Townsend; (415) 458-3535. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, noon-4pm. "The Enduring Hand: Design for the New Century," work in metal, glass, fiber, furniture, jewelry, and wood by 45 local artists. Through April 25.

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Tues-Sat, noon-4pm. Paintings by Denise Satter-Gore and David Lippenberger. Through April 23.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. New paintings by Ophrah Shemesh; new works by Kathryn Spence. Through April 26.

364 Hayes Street Gallery 364 Hayes; 431-0364. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. New paintings by Steve Baris. Through April 25.

Tinhorn Press and Gallery 511 Laguna; 621-1292. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-6pm; Sun, 1-5pm. Selected graphic work of Mayumi Oda. Through Sun/20.

Triangle Gallery 47 Kearny, fifth fl; 392-1686. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Wood sculpture by Barbara Spring. Through Sat/19.

Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion 1101 Masonic; 346-8323. By appt. "Comikz," contemporary caricature and sequential art by Tom Borromeo, Roz, Z-Man, Rik Livingston, Fiore, John Grimes, and Zach (reception April 26, 5-10pm). Through April 27.

Bay Area

Ardency Gallery 709 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 836-0831. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Shipwrecks and other good stuff out back," works by Alexander Cheves. Through Sat/19.

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Oakland Vibrant Arts," artwork by Oakland elementary and secondary students. Through Fri/18.