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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 at Clement); 863-3330. Tues-Sun, 9:30am-5pm. $8, $6 seniors, $5 for 12 to 17, free for 11 and under (free Tues). "Marks of Creativity: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary California Drawings." Works by various California artists. Through Sun/10. "Richard Diebenkorn: Clubs and Spades." More than 20 prints and drawings from 1981-82 by Diebenkorn. Through April 28. "Dreaming with Open Eyes: Dada and Surrealist Art." Works from the Vera, Silvia, and Arturo Schwarz Collection. Feb 2-April 28. "Selected Masterworks: The Marcia and John Friede Collection of New Guinea Art." Nineteen works from the Friede Collection. Feb 2-May 5.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2-5. Bone Fragments: Short Stories by Jeff Smith. Through Sun/10. Gorey at Bay: Part I - Gorey Style. Through March 31.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm (Wed until 9pm). $9, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths (free first Wed). "Moebius Band." Sculpture by Valeska Peschke. Feb 2-March 3. "Ten Things I Can Count On." Machine installation by Bruce Cannon. "Three-Dimensional Zoetrope." Work by Stewart Dickson. Both exhibits through May 5.

Jewish Museum San Francisco 121 Steuart; 543-8880. Sun-Thurs, noon-5pm. $3-4, free for 12 and under and members. "Face(t)s of Memory: Found Photographs and Family Albums." Work by Christian Boltanski, Marcelo Bordsky, and a selection of historic photographs from the Judah L. Magnes Museum. Through Thurs/31.

Pacific Heritage Museum 608 Commercial; 399-1124. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. free. "Half a Century of Chinese Paintings by Au-Ho-Nien." A display of works by the Chinese calligrapher, poet, and painter. Through Fri/8.

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). "Judith Rothschild: An Artist's Search." Paintings by the artist. Through Feb 17. "Eva Hesse." Almost 150 sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Hesse. Feb 2-May 19.

Bay Area

UC Berkeley Art Museum 2625 Durant, Berk; (510) 642-0808. Wed-Sun, 11am-7pm. $6, $4 seniors and youths, free for 12 and under, members, and UC Berkeley students and faculty. "Ansel Adams from the University of California Collections." Photographs and memorabilia from the UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library holdings. Through March 10. "Migrations: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado." More than 300 black-and-white photographs of immigrants and refugees by the Brazilian photographer. Through March 24.

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Robert Allen Fine Art 427 Bryant; 777-0920. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Wild River/Red Canyon: New work on canvas," acrylic painting by Geoffrey Williams. Through Thurs/31. A group show of landscapes. Feb 1-28.

Artist Television Access 992 Valencia; 824-3890. Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm. "Reify," recent monoprints by Alexandra Blum (reception Wed/6, 7-10pm). Feb 1-28.

Aurobora Press 147 Natoma; 546-7880. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Review 2001," new works by Benglais, Kemp, Rideal, Rivera, Wilson, and Zurier. Through Thurs/31. Monotypes by Liz Rideal. Feb 1-March 9.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm.

New work by Cork Marcheschi. Through Sat/2. New work by Mary Snowden (reception Sat/9, 3:30-5:30pm). Feb 5-March 2.

Brian Fine Art 49 Geary; 788-1050. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Diary," painting by Marco Casentini. Through Sat/2. Recent painting by Barbara Vos. Jan 31-March 2.

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. "Erotic Art Show," various works (reception Fri/1, 7-9pm). Feb 1-28

Culture Cache 1800 Bryant, No. 104; 626-7776. Wed-Sun, 2-6pm and by appt. "Fab Five," featuring works by Jeff Soto, Freddi Cerasoli, Tofer, Dez Einswell, and Logan Kicks (reception Sat/2, 2-6pm). Feb 2-28.

HANG at the Canvas 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0070. Mon-Wed, 11am-7pm; Thurs-Fri, 11am-9pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm. "Anna Conti: Fire and Water Series," works by Conti (reception Thurs/31, 6-8pm). Thurs/31-Tues/5.

Limn Gallery 292 Townsend; 977-1300. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Sun, 9am-3pm. "Origins," large-scale neon, rubber, and paper installations by Cathy Stone; "Contours," photographic line drawings by Stuart Allen. Through March 9.

Max Furniture 1633 Fillmore; 440-9002. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun noon-5. New painting by New York artist Rene Fressola; recent paintings by Wanda Beth Zenger. Through Sun/3. Works by Ray Buffalo (reception Sat/9, 7-9pm). Feb 4-March 31.

Diego Rivera San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 771-7020. Daily, 9am-9pm. A group show with work by Mary Parisi, Sarah Vinci, and Valerie Huhn. Through Sat/2. "Jack Fulton's Nevada Plus Landscape Class," a group show (reception Tues/5, 5-7pm). Sun/3-Sat/9.

Rogue Art Space 4360 19th St; 863-4940. Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "Hearts of Glass," work by glass artists Kevin Grady, Nancy Otto, Mark Rubnitz, Jamie Guerrero, and others (reception Fri/1, 6-9pm). Feb 1-24.

San Francisco Public Library 100 Larkin; 557-4400. Mon, 10am-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri, noon-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Open hArt," individual glass-case exhibits by Bay Area artists located on various floors of the library. Through Thurs/31. "Portraits," recent portraits by Nell Jehu. Feb 2-March 30.

Skylight Gallery San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin, Sixth fl; 557-4560. Sun, noon-5 p.m.; Mon and Sat, 10am-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-6pm; Fri, noon-6pm. "Unique Handmade Books: The Creative Process," a book-arts exhibition (reception Sun/10, 3-5pm). Feb 5-March 16.

Student Center Art Gallery SFSU, Cesar Chavez Student Union, 1650 Holloway; 338-2580. Mon-Wed, 10am-6pm; Thurs-Fri, 11am-3pm. "Africa: Reflections in Black," sculpture, baskets, gourd and mask carvings, and musical instruments. Feb 4-Feb 27.

Vorpal 393 Grove; 397-9200. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. "African Art," ancient sculpture and jewelry. Through Sat/2. "Beaux and Eros," an exhibition of romantic and erotic art (reception Thurs/14, 5:30-8pm). Feb 5-March 31.

Bay Area

Alice Arts Center 1428 Alice, Oakl; (510) 238-7221. Call for times. Works by Leslie Laurien, S. Newman, and Pashyanti Carole Hand. Through Mon/28. Works by V. Mikki Ferrill, Russell Albans, and Clayton Anderson. Feb 1-26.

Artisans 78 East Blithedale, Mill Valley; (415) 388-2044. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. "Contemporary Abstracts ...," a juried exhibit featuring work by Lucy Arnold (reception Tues/5, 6-8pm). Feb 5-28.

Door.7.Gallery 2316 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 763-6494. Call for hours. Paintings by Alexander Kopps and Christopher A. Ruess. Through Thurs/31. Works by Chris Pew (reception Sat/9, 6-10pm). Feb 4-28.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "Surface Tension: Pattern and Ornament in Contemporary Painting," works by seven artists (reception Wed/6, 5:30-7:30pm). Feb 1-March 10.

Oliver Art Center California College of Arts and Crafts, 5212 Broadway, Oakl. (510) 653-8118. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm (Wed, until 9pm). "How Extraordinary That the World Exists!," works by various artists (reception Wed/30, 6-7:30pm). Jan 31-April 27.

Women's Cancer Resource Center Gallery 3023 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 548-9286. Tues-Thurs, 1-7pm; Sat, noon-4pm and by appt. "Jan Hart-Schuyers: A Retrospective Show," masks, stained glass, dolls, and paintings by the artist. Feb 1-March 13.

Ongoing

Alliance Française 1345 Bush; 775-7755. Mon-Thurs, 9am-9pm; Fri, 9am-7pm; Sat, 9am-1pm. "Paysans et Paysages," works by Michael O'Shea. Through Sat/9.

Ampersand International Arts 1001 Tennessee; 285-0170. Thurs-Fri, 10am-5pm and by appt. "Will Nature Make a Man of Me Yet?," mixed media works by Robert Gutierrez; "Closer," mixed media works by Jeff Morris. Through Fri/8.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "The Artistic Response of a Wartime Era; Ernst, Picasso, Moore, and Matisse," various works by the four major 20th century masters. Through Thurs/31.

Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary; 982-3292. Tues-Thurs, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Dust to Dust," new color photographs; "Before and After," works by William T. Wiley. Through Sat/9.

Bucheon 540 Hayes; 863-2891. Wed-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Disruptive Topographies," works by Cynthia Hooper, Erling Sjovold, and Jerry Smith. Through Fri/8. See Critic's Choice.

Canessa 708 Montgomery; 296-9029. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. Paintings by Rinaldo, Cyrus, and Egisto Cuneo. Through Thurs/31.

Durka Chang Gallery Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason; 474-4532. Call for hours. "Horizons and Recent Works," series of works on paper by Daniel Goldstein. Through Mon/4.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, Fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Installation by Jan Bythe; recent paintings by Ying Yin; recent paintings by Raul Soruco. All exhibits through Sat/2.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat 10am-5pm. "Women Artists: Their Work and Influence, 1950's-70's," works by various women artists. Through Sat/2.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526. Call for hours. "Retro-Introspective," work by Cody Chancellor. Through March 3.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, Fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "New England Life," paintings by Ann Lofquist. Through Sat/2.

Hotel Biron Gallery 45 Rose; 703-0403. Tues-Sun, 5pm-2am. "Excavation Rites," mixed media works by John Claude Hundt. Through Mon/4.

Linc Real Art 1 Otis; 503-1981. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm (or by appt). New paintings by Andreas Reiter-Raabe. Through March 12.

Logan Galleries California College of Arts and Crafts, 1111 Eighth St; 551-9210. Wed, Thurs, Sat, 11am-6pm; Tues, Fri, 11am-8pm. "Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art," works by various artists. Through March 9.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, Second flr; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Lil' Giants." The husband-and-wife photographic team Davis and Davis, Denise and Scott Davis, rescue children's toys that have been lost or abandoned, clean them up, and arrange them into still-life scenes that range from goofy to disturbing. On display at the Heather Marx Gallery are about 20 images from their two current series, Childish Things and Family Case Studies. In The Nauts, a piece from the latter series, Davis and Davis hope to make us chuckle at the idea of psychologists at a professional conference discussing the dynamics of a family. Mr. Naut, wearing full astronaut gear, fades into the background of the picture, while his daughter, wearing a pink dress and a battered astronaut helmet, primly stands in front. Maybe it's about overly demanding parental expectations or a child's ambitious delusions of grandeur; Davis and Davis leave it up to us to decide what familial drama (or trauma) these abandoned toys are playing out. Through Sat/2. (Westbrook)

Micaela 334 Gough; 551-8111. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. Glass works by Camilla Newhagen; paintings by Robert Charles Dunahay. Through Thurs/31. "Signposts/Markers," work by Christian James Guenther. Through Feb 28.

National Japanese American Historical Society Gallery 1684 Post; 921-5007. Mon-Fri, noon-5pm. "Bridges: Works by Contemporary Korean American and Japanese American Women Artists." Through May 4.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "Parting Line," work by Nina Katchadourian and Yoram Wolberger; "Modern Convenience," work by Didi Dunphy. Through Sat/9.

Octavia's Haze 498 Hayes; 255-6818. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. Works by Steve Wright. Through Sun/10.

111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna; 974-1719. Tues-Fri, 1-7 pm; Sat, 4-7pm. "Discordia," new work by Doze Green. Through Sat/2.

John Pence 750 Post; 441-1138. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. Works by Daniel E. Greene. Through Sat/9.

Pierotti 900 Hyde; 353-6650. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "In Harmony with Nature," watercolors by Morris L. Taylor. Through Fri/1.

Quotidian 760 Market, Ste 252; 788-0445. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "The Dimension of Deathminister Fuller," work by Frank Haines. Through Sat/2.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. Paintings by Judith Foosaner, Paulette Long, and Bonney Meyer. Through Fri/1.

66 Balmy 66 Balmy Alley; 648-1760. Wed-Mon, 10am-5pm. "Propaganda," works by Winston Smtih, Aidan Hughes, and Shepard Fairey. Through Mon/4.

Toomey-Tourell Fine Art 49 Geary; 989-6444. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Clinton Fein's annoy.com," Type-C prints. Through Thurs/31.

Traywick 1316 10th St, Berk; (510) 527-1214. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. New work by Dennis Begg; new works on paper by Steve Briscoe. Through Sat/9.

Triangle Gallery 47 Kearny, Fifth flr; 392-1686. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Works on Paper," work by Kevin Fletcher, Patrick O'Kiersey, and Lynn Sondag. Through Sat/9.

Upper Playground 228 Fillmore; 252-0144. Wed-Sun, 1-7pm. "Just Say No?," works by 18 artists including Zephyr, Sam Flores, Mike Giant, Satoshi Kamata, Luciano Duran, Rob Sato, Lisel Ashlock, "king edmond," and Mik. Through Thurs/7.

Walter and McBean Galleries San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 749-4564. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm. "Sight Unseen: The 120th Annual Exhibition," work by Victor Cartagena, Michael Damm, Oliver DiCicco, Vincent Fecteau, Larnie Reid Fox, and others; work by Michal Helfman. Through Sat/2. Work by Michal Helfman. Through Sat/2.

Weinstein 253 Grant; 397-6177. Daily, 10am-7pm. Leonor Fini and Her Contemporaries: Surrealism Through the Eyes of Women Artists," oil paintings, watercolors, pen, and ink works. Through Thurs/31.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. "Absorption of Light," work by Mike and Doug Starn. Through Sat/2.

Bay Area

Albany Community Center 1249 Marin, Albany; (510) 524-9283. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "Domestic Bliss," abstract painting and mixed-media work by Amy St. George. Through April 4.

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Contemplation," paintings, prints, and collages by Casper Banjo, Keba Konte, and Githinji Mbire. Through March 1.

East Bay Municipal Utility District Administration Building 375 11th St, Second fl lobby, Oakl; (510) 287-0143. Mon-Fri, 8am-4:30pm. "Familiar Sights, Unfamiliar Vision," an exhibit on the Anthony Chabot Regional Park by Glenn Hemanes. Through Fri/1.

Falkirk Cultural Center 1408 Mission, San Rafael; (415) 485-3438. Mon-Wed, Fri; 10am-5pm; Thurs, 10am-9pm; Sat, 10am-1pm. "Still Dance with Anna Halprin by Eeo Stubblefield," photographs of the modern dancer (reception Fri/8, 5:30-7:30pm). Through March 8.

Green Shutter Gallery 22654 Main, Hayward; (510) 538-2787. Wed-Sat, 11am-4pm. "Spirited Objects," East African musical instruments, paintings, baskets, furniture, and more. Through Fri/1.

Jazzschool 2807 Addison, Berk; (510) 845-5373. Call for hours. "Rhythms," sculpture, neon, music, and video projections by Kati Casida. Through Sat/2.

Kala Art Institute 1060 Heinz, Berk; (510) 549-2977. Tues-Fri, noon-5pm and by appointment. "Kala Artists' Annual," works by more than 50 artists. Through Thurs/31.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery 2956 San Pablo, Berkeley Business Center, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "The Surface Embodies the Unseen," recent paintings by Nienke Sjaardema (reception Sat/2, 5-8pm). Through Thurs/7.

Loop Gallery 2207 14th Ave, Oakl; (510) 532-4890. Thurs-Sat, 11am-6pm. Drawings and woodwork by Bruce Waterman. Through Wed/30.

NIAD Art Center 551 23rd St, Richmond; (510) 620-0290. Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm. "Art from the Heart," handmade jewelry, hand-painted scarves, quilts and more for exhibition and sale. Through Thurs/31.

Oakland Art Gallery 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Broadway and 14th St, Oakl; (510) 637-0395. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. "Visual Alchemy I," mixed-media works by Laurie Reid, Lucy Puls, Alan Rath, and Mari Andrews. Through Sat/9.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 942 Clay, Oakl; (510) 625-1350. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "You Ought'a Be in Pictures." Steve DeFrank, Jason Mecier, and Rob Conger are all portraitists, but definitely not the conventional, paint-and-canvas kind. DeFrank specializes in Lite-Brite art; each of his electric portraits uses between 60,000 and 80,000 pegs. His pictures are often funny, often embarrassing, and sometimes both at the same time, like the huge portrait of his parents wearing nothing but their tan lines, wristwatches, and '70s-style hairdos. San Francisco artist Jason Mecier contributes mixed-media portraits of Rod Serling, the Rock, and Linda Blair. Each collage is a collection of objects specially chosen for the subject's personality. The third artist in the show, Rob Conger, rounds out this group of unconventional portraitists with his three hooked rugs: Alan Greenspan, Greenspan Praying, and Greenspan Attentive. Now you too can have the Federal Reserve Board chair warming your toes in the privacy of your own home. Through Sat/2.

Pacific Art League of Palo Alto 668 Ramona, Palo Alto; (650) 321-3891. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 10am-4pm. "Women of the Printroom," work by Ewa Gavrielov, Claudia Marshall, Martha Kimball-Putnam, and Marianne Schlumberger. Through Wed/30. "Inside Out," juried exhibition. Through Thurs/31.

Pro Arts 461 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 763-4361. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. "Juried Annual 2001-02 Exhibit," painting, sculpture, mixed media, photography, and more by Bay Area and regional artists. Through Sat/2.