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Northern California artist Tahiti Pehrson must have the patience of a monk living on a remote hilltop. Using an xacto blade (number 11), Pehrson hand cuts sheets of paper (Canson or Lenox) with hundreds to thousands of small geometric shapes. After gluing the sheets into sculptural forms, the cut paper looks like hanging lace . . . → Read More: Paper cut sculptures by Tahiti Pehrson at Needles and Pens in San Francisco 
When Faulkner wrote the following passage from “As I Lay Dying,” he must have imagined a room like the one shown above, taken by mobile photographer Melissa Vincent. “In a strange room you must empty yourself for sleep. And before you are emptied for sleep, what are you. And when you are emptied for . . . → Read More: “The Rooms of William Faulkner” mobile photography by Melissa Vincent at ArtHaus in San Francisco 
(above work by Julia Goodman) San Francisco Dump Artist In Residence Exhibitions at the Recology Art Studio in SF Thursday January 24, 2013 Event: ‘Introductions: New Artists At SLATE‘ featuring work by Silvia Poloto, Andrjez Michael Karwacki, Richard Koci Hernandez, Maya Kabat, Carol Ladewig, Daniella Woolf, Vivi Harder, and Alicia Woods, Opening Reception When: . . . → Read More: San Francisco Area Event Picks for January 24 – January 30, 2013 
Bull Moose (from the Paranormal Postcard Series), 2002, Postcard and thread American artist Nina Katchadourian literally connects the world of the mass produced with traditional needle work by embroidering red thread on postcards she collects from around the world. In the artist’s interventions, Goethe plays cat’s cradle, Giotto’s St. Francis blesses a flock of . . . → Read More: Work by Nina Katchadourian at the Catherine Clark Gallery in San Francisco 
“Just East of Here” at the Modern Eden Gallery in SF Thursday January 10, 2013 Event: “trans/literate” by Catherine Wagner, Opening Reception When: Thursday, January 10, 5:30-7:30 PM Where: Stephen Wirtz Gallery San Francisco, CA Event: Work by Tomas Nakada and Rico Solinas, Opening Reception When: Thursday, January 10, 5:30-7:30 PM Where: Gallery Paule . . . → Read More: San Francisco Area Event Picks for January 10 – January 16, 2013 
This month artist Jonathan Velasquez is showing a set of cardboard spires at the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco. Using only staples to hold together each piece, each spire is composed of thin strips of cardboard that are folded and bent to create a tall conical structure. I love the way these works twist . . . → Read More: Cardboard spires by Jonathan Velasquez at the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco 
Victory Lap, 2012 Gouache and soot on cutout paper; 26 x 36.75 in. Most people groan when their DVD malfunctions and fractured images flash by on their screen. Not artist Jim Gaylord who currently has a show “Skipping Over Damaged Area” at the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco. With a filmmaker’s dexterity and an artist’s . . . → Read More: “Skipping Over Damaged Area” by Jim Gaylord at the Gregory Lind Gallery in San Francisco 
Blossom #40, 2012 chalk pastel on paper 21 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches framed There are not many exhibits that feature artists who work with chalk pastels so I took special notice of the latest show at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco which is presenting the drawings of Berkeley-based artist Gale Antokal (who . . . → Read More: Chalk pastel drawings by Gale Antokal at the Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco 
The Gathering (Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams, Hank Jones, tadd Dameron), acrylic on wood panel, 30″ x 24″, 2012 San Francisco artist Ian Johnson brings jazz to the forefront with his solo exhibition of paintings at the Park Life Gallery in San Francisco. Using photographs as source images, Johnson renders the jazz greats, as . . . → Read More: “Straight Ahead” by Ian Johnson at Park Life Gallery in San Francisco 
Sin Nombre #ffd300 24″ x 24″, oil and image transfer on resin panel, 2012 Drug related violence in Mexico has become such a commonplace part of the daily news that we, for the most part, ignore it. But it is on the mind of at least one artist – Mexican-born Sacramento-based artist Rogelio Manzo. In . . . → Read More: “Retratos Hablados” by Rogelio Manzo at the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco |
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