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. "Zap, Crash and Burn: Underground Comix and the Bay Area." More than 40 pages of original art from underground comic artists such as Robert Crumb, Vaughan Bode, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, and Trina Robbins. Through Sept 29. "Gorey at Bay: Gorey Stories." Original art and books by Edward Gorey. Aug 3-Nov 17.

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). "Prix Giotto." Works by winners of the Arte di Gesso chalk art competition. Through Fri/9. "American and Italian Landscape." Photographs by Luciano Monti. Through 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." Work by 13 clothing designers. Through Sept 1. "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). "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 the artist. Through Sept 8. "Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll." Almost 80 photographs by Lewis Carroll. Aug 3-Nov 10.

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). "Fantastic! The Art of Comics and Illusion." An exhibit focused on contemporary comics culture. Through Oct 13.

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. "Ruth Asawa: Completing the Cycle." Nearly 75 works by sculptor Ruth Asawa. Through Sept 22. "Ansel Adams: Inspiration and Influence." Almost 100 photographs by Adams, the photographers who influenced him, his contemporaries, and his students. Through Sept 22.

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. "V.I.P." Portraits of scholars, writers, actors, and others. Through Aug 18.

galleries

Opening

Andrea Schwartz 333 Bryant; 495-2090. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, by appt. "Chromogenic Prints," recent work by Thomas Chang, Belinda Gray, and Sharon Wickham (reception Wed/31, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Aug 30.

Balazo/Mission Badlands Gallery 2811 Mission; 920-0896. Sat-Sun, 2-6pm. "Infernoval," a multimedia artshow with works by Chupa Cabras, Joe Donahoe, Steven Leyba, Dara Santhai, and others (reception Fri/2, 8pm-midnight; live music by Oxbow and End of the World). Fri/2-Mon/12.

Big Pagoda Company 1903 Fillmore; 563-8727. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-6pm. "Absent/Veiled," a group show featuring works by Amanda Marsalis, Stefano Scheggi, Larry Yung, Claudine Krause, Caren Lorber, Gabriel Kulka, and Roberto Mendez. Aug 4-29.

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. Works by local artists. Through Wed/31. "Nude in August," works by various San Francisco artists (reception Fri/2, 7-10pm) Aug 2-31.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Paintings by Roverto Azank. Through Aug 31. Works by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso. Aug 1-31.

The Emeric-Goodman Building 1121 Geary; (510) 261-7149. Sat-Sun, noon-5pm. "trepidation," 16march projects presents an exhibit of works by Steven Barich, Hannah Henry, Shanna Maurizi, Laura Splan, and Colin Stinson (reception Thurs/1, 6-9pm). Aug 3-11.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, Fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Selected Works 1949-1980," works by Emerson Woelffer. Through Aug 31. Still-life paintings by Martha Mayer Erlebacher (reception Thurs/1, 5:30-7:30pm). Aug 1-31.

HANG 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "This Space Is Taken," new sculpture by Anne Stryke, Chris Papa, and other HANG artists (reception Thurs/1, 6-8pm). Aug 1-26.

HANG Annex 565 Sutter; 434-4264. Call for hours. "In Jest: On the Subject of Toys," works by David Hamill, Jeff Levitch, Anthony May, and Dave Warnke (reception Thurs/1, 6-8pm). Aug 1-26.

Jack Hanley Gallery 395 Valencia; 522-1623. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. "How Will I Ever Be Simple Again," a group show featuring works by Christopher Garrett, Jo Jackson, Bob Linder, and Shaun O'Dell (reception Fri/2, 6-8pm). Aug 2-31.

Max Furniture 1633 Fillmore; 440-9002. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-5. New work by six local artists. Through Wed/31. "Birthday Show II," new paintings by René Fressola; "Images of Europe," photographs by Emily Wood (reception Sat/3, 7-9pm). Aug 3-Sept 30.

Mission Cultural Center 2868 Mission; 821-1155. Mon-Sat, 10am-5pm. "The African Influence in Latin America," artwork focusing on the African diaspora in Latin America (reception Fri/2, 7-9pm, $3). Aug 2-30.

Octavia's Haze 498 Hayes; 255-6818. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. Painting by Oscar Sanabria. Through Sept 1.

Perry's Joint 1661 Fillmore; 931-5260. Call for hours. Watercolor and color pencil on paper works by René Fressola (reception Sat/3, 7-9pm). Aug 1-31.

R8 Gallery 8 Avery; 364-1806. Call for hours. "Fifteen Face Down," a group exhibit (reception Sat/3, 10pm). Aug 3-31.

Sargent Johnson Gallery African American Art and Culture Complex, 762 Fulton; 771-AFRO, www.afrosolo.org. Tues-Sat, noon-4pm, and by appt. AfroSolo Arts Festival, featuring works by Idris Hassan, Rodney L. Ewing, Daria Niles, Karen Carraway, and Ajuan Mance (reception Thurs/1, 3-6pm). Aug 1-31. See 8 Days a Week, page 162.

SF Camerawork 1246 Folsom; 863-1001. Tues-Sat, noon-5pm. "Safe Haven: Picturing Domestic Space," photographs by Peter Brown, Janet Delaney, Sarah Malakoff, Abner Nolan, and Kelli Yon. Aug 6-Sept 7.

Toomey-Tourell Fine Art 49 Geary; 989-6444. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Paintings by Monroe Hodder (reception Sat/3, 4-6pm). Aug 3-31.

Variety Preview Room 582 Market; 781-3894. Call for hours. Paintings by Rich Sigberman. Wed/31, 5-7pm.

Bay Area

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Standing Still," work by Kathleen Schwab. Through Thurs/1. "Sacred Ground," recent paintings by Jeanne Jesse (reception Sat/10, 4-7pm). Aug 5-15.

Red Oak Gallery 1891 Solano, Berk; (510) 527-3387. Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm. "Recent Figurative and Still Life Paintings," work by Andy Levy (reception Fri/9, 6-8pm). Aug 5-Nov 1.

Ongoing

Catharine Clark 49 Geary; 399-1439. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Home Front: Propaganda Posters from the Great War of the Californias," acrylic on paper works by Sandow Birk. Through Sun/4.

Facility 3 1853 Cesar Chavez #3; 643-3993. Call for hours. "redbirdart," paintings by John Bocio. Through Thurs/8.

Focus Gallery 2423 Polk; 567-9067. Tues and Thurs, noon-9pm; Wed, Fri-Sun, noon-6pm. "Costa Del Sol/Netherlands," color landscapes of the south of Spain and black and white landscapes of the Netherlands. Through Wed/31.

Friend's Cafe 207 Valencia; 552-2725. Call for hours. "Girls on Film," photographs by queer women artists Rana Freedman, Chris Sellers, AJ Perle, Beth Flatley, Joyce Solano, Cara Gurney, and Bonnie Dundee. Through Wed/31.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat 10am-5pm. "Introductions 2002," works by Mads Lynnerup, Genevieve Quick, and Anna Von Mertens. Through Sat/3.

Gallery 16 1616 16th St; 626-7495. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Eight Years: The Editions of Gallery 16," work by various artists. Through Wed/31.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "New Files, New Territories," works by Frank Davi Jr., Breon Dunigan, Sharon Engelstein, and Sarah Walker (reception Thurs/1, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Aug 23.

Holman/Finfrock Studios 591 Guerrero; 674-8534. Call for hours. Work by Cheryl Finfrock and Soña Holman. Through Sun/4.

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 Sat/3, 3-5pm). Through Aug 17.

Hotel Biron Gallery 45 Rose; 703-0403. Tues-Sun, 5pm-2am. "Olé," acrylic on canvas works by Ray Thorton (reception Thurs/1, 7pm). Through Sept 2.

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 Wed/31.

The Lab 2948 16th St; 864-8855. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm, and by appt. "Naked Light," work by Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson. Through Sat/10. "Visceral Distance," work by Kimberly Miskowicz. Through Sat/10.

Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter; 398-7229. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Spirited Water, Spirited Stone," work by Erik Sandgren and Susan Trueblood Stuart. Through Wed/31.

Pierotti 900 Hyde; 353-6650. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "Landscapes," work by Monty Lumba. Through Thurs/1.

Pond 214 Valencia; 437-9151. Thurs-Sun, 3-8pm, and by appt. "Pow! The Power of Women in Illustrative and Sequential Arts," a Ladyfest Bay Area showcase of works by women artists. Through Sun/11. See Critic's Choice.

PostalGrafix 1040 Hyde; 771-9191. Call for hours. "A Night Out," photographs by Bradford Ryder. Through Fri/9.

Ruby's Clay Studio and Gallery 552A Noe; 558-9819. Daily, 9am-7pm. "American Ceramic Folk Art," work by Drew DeWitt. Through Sat/3.

San Francisco Art Institute Annex Space 701 Chestnut; 905-6351. Thurs, noon-8pm; Fri-Sun, noon-5pm. "Emerge 2002," a juried exhibit featuring works by Bay Area artists. Through Sun/4.

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

646 Gallery 646 Hyde; 771-4463. Call for hours. Work by René Fressola, Brad K. Alder, and others. Through Wed/31.

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Mon-Sat, noon-4pm. "Thirty Years of the San Francisco Blues Festival," posters, photos, and ephemera from Tom Mazzolini's collection. Through Wed/31.

Southern Exposure 401 Alabama; 863-2141. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "In Our Own Vision," photographs by students of the McClymonds High School photography program. Through Mon/5.

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

TerrainArts 165 Jessie; 896-0249. Tues-Fri, noon-5pm. "Border (x)iconography: New Media + Photography from Tijuana." The works by Julio Morales, Sergio de la Torre, Julio Orozco, and Yvonne Venegas explore Tijuana in the age of ever increasing globalization; the images are about border crossing, but they have nothing to do with "immigrants" in the conventional (maybe even stereotypical?) sense. The photography of Yvonne Venegas and Sergio de la Torre captures an aspect of border culture that's often ignored in the press and other public discourse: the lives of middle- and upper-class Mexican women. Venegas takes pictures of her former school friends now living in Tijuana. Unlike stereotypical "border women," they are not maquiladora workers or prostitutes; they live in beautiful homes and raise lovely children with stable family lives. De la Torre's video and photographic project, The Ideal, documents the opinions of educated Mexican women who live in the Bay Area as legal immigrants. Surprisingly, many of them don't consider themselves immigrants at all; they think of it as a name for political refugees or for non-English speakers, but hardly as a term to describe their own lives. Through Sat/3. (Westbrook)

Bay Area

Artisans 78 E Blithedale, Mill Valley; (415) 388-2044. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. "Elements: Art from the Earth," work by various artists. Through Fri/2.

Chi 912A Clay, Oakl; (510) 832-4CHI. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, noon-5pm. Portraits by Marv Roussan and paintings by Jeanette Madden. Through Sat/3.

Door.7.Gallery 2316 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 763-6494. Mon-Fri, 8am-4pm; Sat-Sun, 9am-4pm. "Birdsong," an installation by Kimberly White. Through Wed/31.

Green Shutter Gallery 22654 Main, Hayward; (510) 538-2787. Wed-Sat, 11am-4pm. Watercolors and works on paper by Catherine Rose Crowther and Carla Golder. Through Fri/2.

Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito; (415) 331-2787, ext 28. Tues-Fri, Sun, noon-5pm. Work by Johanna Poethig and Chris Brown. Through Sun/4.

Kala Art Institute 1060 Heinz, Berk; (510) 549-2977. Tues-Fri, noon-5pm; Sat, noon-4:30pm; and by appt. "New Work: Part I," mixed-media prints and sculpture by four Kala Fellowship winners of 2001. Through Wed/31.

Pacific Art League of Palo Alto 668 Ramona, Palo Alto; (650) 321-3891. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 10am-4pm. "Journey from Yellow Mountain," photographs by Yao-pi Hsu. Through Wed/31. "Portfolio Show," work by various artists on display and for sale (reception Sat/3, 2-5pm). Through Aug 21.

Photolab 2235 Fifth St, Berk; (510) 644-1400. Mon-Fri, 8:30am-6:30pm; Sat, 9am-3pm. "Unrequited Memories," black-and-white photographs documenting life in the Bay of Fundy and the Minas Basin. Through Sat/3.