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

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2-5. "Web-Slinging and Wall-Crawling: The Art of Spider-Man." An exhibition of original artwork from the Spider-Man comic book series. Through July 21.

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 (free first Wed). "American and Italian Landscape." Photographs by Luciano Monti (reception Tues/9, 5:30-7pm). July 9-Sept 8.

Museum of Craft and Folk Art Fort Mason Center, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 775-0991. Tues-Fri and Sun, 11am-5pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. $1-3 (free Sat, 10am-noon, and first Wed, 11am-7pm). "Unwearable Art: Clothing in New Media." The 13 clothing designers featured in "Unwearable Art" refuse to let anything stand in the way of their creativity. The most notable work in the show is Carol Durham's Fifi Larue a.k.a. Miss Scarlet, a corset made of hog casings. It's a beautiful sculpture, shaped like a perfect hourglass, with a glistening, pearly-white, rock-hard surface. More than just a reminder of bygone fashions, her corset is a comment on constraints and liberties, including the freedom to cast off all kinds of antiquated ideas about how women should dress and behave. Through Sept 1. (Westbrook) "Findings: The Jewelry of Ramona Solberg." More than 60 works by Solberg and works by Laurie Hall, Ron Ho, Kiff Slemmons, and Nancy Worden. Through Sept 1. "Sirens and Snakes: Water Spirits in Folk Art and Legend." Artwork from Europe, Mexico, Indonesia, West Africa, Canada, Brazil, Panama, Australia, New Guinea, and the United States. Through Sept 1.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 10am-6pm; Thurs, 10am-9pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half-price Thurs, 6-9pm). "Edward Weston: The Last Years in Carmel." Landscapes, still lifes, and portraits by the photographer. Through Tues/9. "Sampling/Christian Marclay." Video installation and film works by Christian Marclay. Through July 28. "Yes Yoko Ono." More than 100 early and recent works by Ono. Through Sept 8. "Willem de Kooning: Tracing the Figure." Almost 80 works on paper by de Kooning. Through Sept 8.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 701 Mission; 978-ARTS. Tues-Sun, 11am-6pm (first Thurs, 11am-8pm). $6, $3 seniors, students, and youths, free for members (free first Tues). "The Film Art of Isaac Julien." Video and film projects by the British filmmaker. "The Cockettes." An exhibition devoted to the drag theater troupe from the early '70s. "Straight to Hell: 10 Years of Dyke Action Machine!" An exhibition of posters, books, video, and more. "2000 Dragons." A 500-foot-long work by San Francisco painter and tattoo artist Don Ed Hardy. Through Sun/14.

Bay Area

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm. $6, $4 seniors and students. "Scene in Oakland, 1852-2002: Artworks Celebrating the City's 150th Anniversary." More than 65 paintings, drawings, watercolors, and photographs from 1852-2002 by 48 California artists. Through Aug 25.

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. "XXL." Large-scale painting and sculpture. Through Sun/14. "Komar and Melamid's Asian Elephant Art and Conservation Project." Paintings by elephants under the instruction of artists Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid. Through Sun/14. "Matrix 198: T.J. Wilcox Smorgasbord." An installation by T.J. Wilcox featuring three reconstituted films. Through July 28.

galleries

Opening

Big Pagoda Company 1903 Fillmore; 563-8727. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-6pm. "Order/Chaos," paintings by Carrie Marrill, Joslyn Beta Lawrence, Monica Sarzynski, Robin Sebourn, John Smiddy, Whitney Vosburgh, and Linda Wanczyk. July 4-29.

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. Works by local artists (reception Fri/5, 7-10pm). July 5-31.

Culture Cache 1800 Bryant, Ste 104; 626-7776. Wed-Sun, 2-6pm, and by appt. "Live Fast, Die Young," works by Bee, Sunny Buick, Johnny Dismal, Curt Eichelberger, Nancy Mizuno Elliot, Kai Haley, Joe Leonard, Random, and John Sheridan (reception Fri/5, 7-11pm). July 5-28.

Fraenkel 49 Geary, 981-2661. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Several Exceptionally Good Recently Acquired Pictures XV," works by Anonymous, Arbus, Atget, and others. July 6-Aug 24.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, Fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Recent Still Lifes," paintings by Colleen Cox (reception Sat/13, 11am-5pm). July 9-27. "Selected Works 1949-1980," works by Emerson Woelffer (reception Sat/13, 11am-5pm). July 9-Aug 31.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Garden Fiction," works by Greg Rose; "mountainriver," works by Rene Yung; "Quaishi," stones from Puo Luo Yuen garden; "From a Scholar's Studio," furniture from the late Ming and early Qing dynasties (reception Aug 3, 3-5pm). July 9-Aug 17.

Hotel Biron Gallery 45 Rose; 703-0403. Tues-Sun, 5pm-2am. "Demimonde," works by Theresa Moore (reception Wed/3, 7pm). Through July 29.

Patricia Sweetow Gallery 49 Geary; 788-5126. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Introductions 2002," works by Carol Inez Charney, Mara Korkola, and Byoung (reception Sat/13, 2-5pm). July 4-31.

San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl; 252-2568. Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "Insights," works by artists who are legally blind (reception July 18, 5:30-7:30pm). July 9-Sept 15.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. "New Photography," works by various artists (reception Wed/3, 5:30-7:30pm). Through July 26.

66 Balmy 66 Balmy Alley; 648-1760. Wed-Mon, 10am-5pm. "Curio," work by Louise Jarmilowicz, Christian Lunch, and Hal Robins (reception Sat/6, 7-10pm). July 6-22.

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Tues-Sun, noon-4pm. A LaborFest 2002 exhibition featuring work by Mike Connor and Joe Bloom (reception Fri/5, 5-6pm). Through Wed/10.

Bay Area

Pro Arts 461 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 763-4361. Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm. "New Visions: Introductions '02," works by California artists. July 3-Aug 10.


Ongoing

Andrea Schwartz 333 Bryant; 495-2090. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, by appt. Mixed media on panel works by Deborah Bell; acrylic on linen by Christine Vaillancourt. Through July 19.

Aquarius Records 1055 Valencia; 647-2272. Mon-Wed, 10am-9pm; Thurs-Sun, 10am-10pm. "A Short History of Decay." Jim Haynes's brew of oxidizing chemicals will wear away not only metal but also paper. He loves those red rust stains and the way they creep along, eating away at whatever he decides to drip it on. The 50 works featured at Aquarius Records are rusted photographs individually framed and arranged into themed groups above the record shelves. Unlike most artists, who use acid-free paper and permanent inks to create works that will resist the degrading effects of time and the environment, Haynes goes out of his way to assure potential buyers that the rust on these photos will continue to spread slowly across the silver emulsion on the paper. Even behind glass, they are dynamic and seemingly alive; like humans, they will look slightly different and completely unique on each successive day of their existence. Through July 21. (Westbrook).

Artist Television Access 992 Valencia; 824-3890. Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm. The work of Rebecca Veit. Through July 22.

Aurobora Press 147 Natoma; 546-7880. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Printer's Choice," selected works by various artists. Through Sat/13.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Introductions," paintings by Craig Nagasawa and an installation by Amy Rathbone (reception Sat/13, 3:30-5:30pm). Through July 27.

Brian Gross Fine Art 49 Geary; 788-1050. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Bohemian Advertisements: New Pictures and Objects," work by Charles Linder. Through Sat/6.

Chinatown Community Arts Program Gallery Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny, Third fl; 957-1146. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. "Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy," work by members of the Oriental Arts Association. Through Sat/6.

Chinese Culture Center 750 Kearny, Third fl; 986-1822. Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm. "Radiance of Life," paintings by Chu Ko. Through Aug 10.

Dolby Chadwick 266 Sutter, Fourth fl; 956-3560. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. New figurative work by Linda Christensen. Through Sat/6.

Don Soker Contemporary Art 49 Geary; 291-0966. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Lines," recent works in various media by Nicole Fein. Through July 27.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Paintings by Roverto Azank. Through July 31.

Encantada 904 Valencia; 642-3939. Tues-Sun, noon-6pm; Fri-Sat, noon-8pm. "Places of Origin, Images from a Printmaker's Journal," etchings by Xavier Viramontes. Through July 28.

FiftyCrows Gallery 1074 Folsom; 551-0091. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm. Photographs by the recipients of the 12th annual International Fund for Documentary Photography Award. Through July 27.

Fifty24SF 228 Fillmore; 252-0144. Wed-Sun, 1-7pm. "Four on the Floor: Making Art to Be Destroyed," skateboard graphics by Chris Wright, Nick Neubeck, Jeremy Fish, Bigfoot, Giant One, Mat O'Brien, Jesse MacMillian, Mark Gonzales, and Pushead. Through July 21.

Gallery Lux 521 Seventh St; 864-2222. Wed-Fri, 1-5pm, and by appt. "Border Crossing." San Francisco artist Nathaniel Price started doing research on drowning victims – learning what happens to their bodies at each stage of the process – and began his "Another Matter" series of drawings. Each one is a collection of spirograph-like designs arranged in a life-size human shape. Some of his works form the clear outline of a body; in others the body appears to be halfway dissolved – a floating, nebulous, vaguely humanoid form that isn't really corpselike at all. Price's drawings convert physical turmoil into an almost abstract process, as if the body is just a constellation of stars that feels no pain as it gracefully falls apart. In his "Border Crossing" sculpture series Price has burned a cross section of his own form on horizontal layers of wood with a jigsaw and a blowtorch. The finished works are meditations, not only on human anatomy but also on borders and boundaries in general and the various ways in which they can be traced and transgressed. Through Fri/5. (Westbrook)

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526. Call for hours. New portraits by Jason Mecier. Through Sat/6.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "Catch," recent paintings by Bob Bailey; "Knot Quite," works by Seth Koen, Susan Lyman, and Richard Baker. Through July 20.

HANG at the Canvas 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0070. Mon-Wed, 11am-7pm; Thurs-Fri, 11am-9pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-9pm. "Flat Lines," new works on paper by HANG artists. Through July 18.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, Second flr; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. New work by Liséa Lyons. Through Sat/6.

Horizons Unlimited 440 Potrero; 487-6713. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Mixed-media works and prints by Victor Cartagena's students at Arrowsmith Academy and Log Cabin Ranch. Through Thurs/4.

Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia; 626-2787. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "RXD = [eros]X[ethnicity]," works by a collective of queer artists of color. Through Sat/13.

Jenkins Johnson Gallery 464 Sutter; 677-0770. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. "Fourth Annual Realism Invitational," work by various artists. Through Wed/10.

John Berggruen 228 Grant; 781-4629. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. Paintings by Michael Gregory and Christopher Brown. Through Sat/6.

John Pence 750 Post; 441-1138. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. Recent oil paintings by Jacob A. Pfeiffer. Through Sat/6.

Jon Sims Center for the Arts 1519 Mission; 554-0402. Call for hours. "Catching up with the Cockettes," works and photographs by Robert Altman, Dan Nicoletta, Tommy Kohl, Chet Helms, and Fayette Hauser. Through July 31.

Kings Gallery 1187 Franklin; 776-4580. Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm; Sun, noon-2pm. "Stark Raving Sane," work by Beth Pewther, a.k.a. Liz Breger. Through Tues/9.

Limn Gallery 292 Townsend; 977-1300. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Sun, 9am-3pm. "Glass and Paper," work by Kazua Kadonaga; work by seven contemporary Japanese artists. Through Wed/3.

Lola Gallery 2519 Mission; 401-6800. By appt. "She's Crafty," works by more than 20 women artists in various media. Through July 27.

Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market; 255-5971. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. Work by Thomas Campbell, Jo Jackson, and Dave Schubert. Through Sun/7.

Marcel Sitcoske 20 Hawthorne; 434-4804. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Mon, by appt. "Luce et Umbrae," work by Thomas Zummer. Through Sat/6.

Meyerovich 251 Post, Fourth fl; 421-7171. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-6pm; Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. Paintings by Stanley Boxer. Through Mon/15.

Mission Cultural Center 2868 Mission; 821-1155. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. "Teljidos Zapotecos," weavings by Pantaleon Ruiz Martinez; "Las Máscaras en los Rituales de México," 47 masks and traditional dance outfits from various regions in Mexico. Through Fri/12.

Modernism 685 Market; 541-0461. Tues-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. Selected works by various artists; new paintings and works on paper by Tony Hernandez. Through Aug 17.

ODC Theater Gallery 3153 17th St; 626-6745. Thurs, 3-5pm; Sat, 3-6pm. Photographs and mixed-media works by Emily Miller. Through July 27.

ooma 1422 Grant; 627-6963. Tues-Sun, noon-6pm. Watercolors by Anne Kuest. Through Mon/15.

Pond 214 Valencia; 437-9151. Thurs-Sun, 3-8pm, and by appt. "Gastral Projections," video and sculpture installation by Eva Strohmeier. Through Sun/7.

Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary; 982-3292. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Housebroken." The eight artists participating in "Housebroken" take the concept of domesticity with a grain of salt. Working in a variety of media, they play with conventional ideas of house and home, often to unsettling effect. Some, including Bruce Tomb and the duo castaneda/reiman, use ordinary building materials like wood and plastic to create dramatically unusual structures. Kate Pocrass's Stolen Soaps photographs show pieces of soap she pilfered from her friends' bathrooms. While a few of the soaps are new, most are partially used. Aggregated on the gallery wall, the evidence of Pocrass's little acts of kleptomania gives a whole new meaning to the term "home invasion." Other artists in the show are Larry Sultan, Yoshi Abe, Jon Rubin, and An Te Liu. Through July 20. (Westbrook)

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 401 Van Ness; 554-6080. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Visual artists have been strangely drawn to film as both a medium and a subject, creating provocative artwork that involve the pleasures of viewing, fandom, and media critique. The San Francisco Art Commission Gallery enters the fray with "Film Show," an ambitious multimedia project featuring nine local, national, and international artists. Some filter films through their own identity; others concentrate on formal issues. Rick Danielson makes process-based sculptures that objectify the action of editing – he cuts, stacks, and alters strips of 35mm Hollywood movie trailers. Jesse Amado's reduction of Antonioni's already minimalist L'avventura to its subtitles results in eight modest canvases of transcribed dialogue that feel quotidian and sometimes poetic. Guillermo Gomez-Peña's Los videos graffitis, a three-screen arcade of short pieces on the subject of ethnic stereotyping and curious acts of performance, seems the least tied to a cinematic dialogue. Then again, it's set in a dark screening room and abounds in baroque over-the-top imagery that many of us will take over a new Star Wars any day. Through Sat/13. (Glen Helfand)

San Francisco LGBT Community Center 1800 Market; 554-4297. Call for hours. "Robert Rauschenberg from the Collection of Terry Van Brunt," 50 works by Rauschenberg. Through Aug 4.

Scott Nichols 49 Geary, Fourth fl; 788-4641. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, and by appt. "In/Visible Cosmos," work by Susannah Hays. Through Sat/6.

Soularch Gallery 4033A Judah; 759-4100. Sat, noon-5pm, or by appt. "The Cheerleader," paintings by Nicholas Halligan. Through Sat/13.

Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave at Lincoln Way; 661-1316, ext 303. Call for hours. "Plants of Luther Burbank," watercolors by Wayne David Hand (reception Wed/3, 5-7pm). Through Sept 30.

Lola Gallery 2519 Mission; 401-6800. By appt. "She's Crafty," works by more than 20 women artists in various media. Through July 27.

Tercera Gallery 550 Sutter; 773-0303. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Field and Stream," work by James Shay (reception Sat/6, 5-8pm). Through July 31.

39th Exposure Gallery and Studio 39 Mesa, No. 4, Main Post, Presidio Park; 561-3123. Mon-Tues, Thurs-Fri, 10am-7pm; Sat-Sun, noon-7pm, and by appt. "Uncommon Works of Magic and Light," photographic works by Carol Drobek. Through Fri/12.

View 155 155 Grove; 554-6080. 24 hours. "2:12," video installation by 12 artists. Through Sun/7.

Walter and McBean Galleries San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 749-4563. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm. "Angelic States - Event Sequence," work by Connie Samaras. Through July 27. See Critic's Choice.

Weinstein Gallery 383 Geary; 362-8151. Mon-Tues, 10am-7pm; Wed-Sun, 9:30am-10pm. Prints, sculptures, and paintings by Joan Miró. Through Sun/14. Paintings by Lu Jian Jun. Through Sun/14.

Bay Area

Ardency Gallery 709 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 836-0831. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Time Out," paintings by Corie Humble and Amy Morrell. Through Sat/13.

Berkeley Potters Guild 731 Jones, Berk; (510) 524-7031. Call for appt. "The Poetry of Pottery," poetry-inspired ceramics. Through Sun/14.

Gallery 555 555 City Center, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm. "Perpetual Objects," work by Dennis Leon. Through Wed/10.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Deities: Dialogues and Dreams," a group show by Kristena West, Tristy Taylor, and Mary McCullough (reception Sat/6, 6:30-9:30pm). Through Tues/16.

A New Leaf 1286 Gilman, Berk; (510) 525-7621. Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat-Sun, 10am-5pm. "Focus on the Figure," works by various artists. Through Sun/14.

Oakland Art Gallery 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza, Broadway and 14th St, Oakl; (510) 637-0395. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. "Bay Area Currents 2002," works by 12 artists. Through Sat/6.