Katsukawa Shunshoi
More than 200 artworks are now on exhibit at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco (February 20-May 10, 2015), an exploration of Japanese art and the world of desire (“ukiyo-e”—floating world). Elaborate scrolls, woodblock prints, sculptures, and kimonos are vivid examples of the transient and evanescent world of the senses,...
“Apparitions: Frottage and Rubbings from 1860 to Now” @ Hammer Museum (UCLA)
Dominick Di Meo– “Untitled (numbers creatures)”
This pioneering exhibit—the first to focus on frottage as an art technique– currently ongoing until May 31, is a scintillating, deceptively simple display of approximately 100 artworks by fifty artists using the technique known as frottage (French: “to rub”). ...
Keith Haring (1958-1990): The Political Line (November 8-February 16, 2015)
Many of the works in this comprehensive exhibit at the De Young Museum (San Francisco) are being publicly presented for the first time, several on loan from the Keith Haring Foundation, Brooklyn, New York, [In March 2012, a retrospective exhibit of Haring’s work, Keith Haring: 1978-1982, opened at the Brooklyn Museum in New York. See my...
Ai Weiwei—Without a Trace
With Wind
The extraordinary @Large Ai Weiwei exhibit is now part of the daily tour to Alcatraz by ferry (Pier 33). Ai Weiwei, 57 years old, whose art raises questions about freedom of expression and human rights, has served several prison sentences in China. This major installation invites viewer participation.
Alcatraz
Several of the...
GORGEOUS: Confronting Beauty in Some Extreme Forms
[Guest post from artist Tracey Adams who currently has her own show at the Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, and K. Imperial Fine Arts, San Francisco. In addition, The Huffington Post interviewed Tracey in “Everything in My Life Is Interconnected” on art, music and math.]
Last week I had the pleasure of seeing GORGEOUS, an...
Green Chalk Contemporary–It’s All About Fish
The year-old gallery, Green Chalk Contemporary, in Monterey, is currently presenting “FRESH FISH “, a show of over 50 artworks contributed by local, national and international artists. Emotionally resonant subject matter, expressive brushwork, vibrant colors, deep and rich paint and ink tones, mixed media, found objects and...
