October 16, 2002

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

California Palace of the Legion of Honor Lincoln Park (near 34th Ave and Clement); 863-3330. Tues-Sun, 9:30am-5pm. $8, $6 seniors, $5 for 12 to 17, free for 11 and under (free Tues). "Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum," Almost 150 works from the British Museum collection. Through Nov 11. "Poor Richard." More than 70 drawings on paper by Philip Guston. Through Jan 26, 2003.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2-5. "Gorey at Bay: Gorey Stories." Original art and books by Edward Gorey. Through Nov 17. "Superwacky: Animation on Television, 1949-2002." An exhibition on the history of television cartoons. Through Jan 12, 2003.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Thurs-Tues, 10am-6pm; Wed 10am-9pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths. "Seeing." The title of the show may be "Seeing," but you'll probably be most surprised at what you don't see in some of the installations. Change Blindness is a huge computer screen showing a quiet storefront-sidewalk scene. Every few seconds the screen goes black for a moment, then flashes back to what appears to be the same picture. It actually changes significantly each time, but the intervening black screens prevent your eyes from perceiving the differences. Dozens of other installations explore the social aspects of seeing. Paul Kaiser's Inkblot Perceptions analyzes the ways in which interpretations of Rorschach-like blots vary with age and cultural background. Go to www.exploratorium.edu for complete information. Through Jan 31, 2003. (Westbrook) "Traits of Life: A New Living Laboratory." More than 30 exhibits explore the definition of what it means to be alive. Through March 2003.

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). "Fusing Traditions: Tranformations in Glass by Native American Artists." Glass artwork by 18 artists. Through Nov 24.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 11am-6pm; Thurs, 11am-9:30pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half-price Thurs, 6-9pm). "Taken by Design: Photographs from the Institute of Design, 1937-1971." More than 150 photographs by 65 photographers from Chicago's Institute of Design. Through Sun/20. "Dreaming in Pictures: The Photography of Lewis Carroll." Almost 80 photographs by Carroll. Through Nov 10. "Numbers." New video work by Kristin Oppenheim. Through Nov 24. "Ellsworth Kelly in San Francisco." More than 20 works by Kelly. Through Jan 5, 2003. "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting." Nearly 140 paintings from the early 1960s to the present by Richter. Through Jan 14, 2003. "Diane Arbus: Revelations." More than 200 works by the photographer. Oct 18-Feb 15, 2004.

Bay Area

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm (first Fri, 10am-9pm). $6, $4 seniors and students. "Espíritu Sin Fronteras: Ofrendas for the Days of the Dead." Mexican-inspired altars and artworks. Through Dec 1. "Solo Flights: The Aerial Photographs of Robert Hartman." Robert Hartman's aerial photographs hardly look like landscapes. A lot of them don't even look like photos. Shooting from the cockpit of his 1949 Piper Clipper airplane, he uses special heat-sensitive infrared film to capture images of the terrain a thousand feet below. Full of vibrant magentas, oranges, and reds, his prints are practically abstract and look more like something squashed under a microscope slide than any landscape you've ever seen. Through Jan 12, 2003. (Westbrook) "State of Emergency: Disaster Response in California." A survey of California disasters since 1906 through photographs by Maggie Hallahan. Through March 30, 2003.

San Jose Museum of Art 110 South Market, San Jose. (408) 271-6840. Tues-Thurs and Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm; Fri, 11am-10pm. Free.

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 (free Thurs). "Matrix 201a: Tony Feher." Sculptural installations by the artist. Through Oct 27. "MicroPainting." Miniature paintings by various artists. Through Dec 22. "Matrix 200: Yehudit Sasportas: By the River." More than 70 hand-painted wood panels by Sasportas. Oct 20-Jan 19, 2003.

San Mateo County Historical Museum 777 Hamilton, Redwood City; (650) 299-0104. Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm. $1-2. galleries

Opening

Adobe Books 3166 16th St; 864-3936. Daily, noon-10pm. Work by Simon Evans; "Big Ones," work by six photographers; "tiny show," small works by more than 25 artists. Oct 18-Nov 30.

Creativity Explored 3245 16th St; 863-2108. Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm; Sat, 11am-6pm. "Don't Call Me Retard," works by various artists on the theme of disability (reception Thurs/17, 7-9pm). Oct 17-Nov 23.

Diego Rivera San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 771-7020. Daily, 9am-9pm. "Ian Treasure," a group show. Through Sat/19. Work by Blake Lamar, Craig Hyatt, and Shie Urakami. Oct 20-26.

509 Cultural Center 509 Ellis; 255-5971. Fri-Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. "Calling Planet Earth," work by various artists (reception Sun/20, noon-5pm). Fri/18-Sun/20.

440 Haight 440 Haight; 552-6907. Call for hours. "Open Studios," Sat/19. 6:30-10pm.

4 Head Press 34 Dore; 355-0405. Call for hours. Work by various artists. Thurs/17-Fri/18, 7pm.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). "The Portrait Series: Rapture," photographs by Frank Yamrus; "Maximum Information Density," work by Sarah Walker. Through Sat/19. "Care and Instruction on the Use of White Space," work by Duane Slick; sculpture by John Hughes. Oct 22-Nov 30.

Herbst International Exhibition Hall 385 Moraga, Presidio; 441-3400. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "Newfangle No. 4," Gen Art SF's fourth annual exhibition of technology-based works by Bay Area artists (reception Thurs/17, 7-10pm, $10). Oct 18-Nov 17.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "The Presidents' Wives," works by Andrea Higgins; "Four Spluts, One Stand," works by Stuart Arends; recent ink drawings by Roland Flexner (reception Sat/19, 3-5pm). Oct 19-Nov 30.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura 425 Washington; 788-7142. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Fifty Years of Italian Literature with Premio Strega," presented by Tullio De Mauro (reception Fri/18, 6:30pm). Oct 18-Nov 18.

Limn Gallery 292 Townsend; 977-1300. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Sun, 9am-3pm. "Adaptations," new paintings by Olga Seem; "Synthetic Flora," works by Marion Lane, Yumi Janairo Roth, Bruce Scarrow, Kimberly Squaglia, and Mary Warner (reception Fri/18, 6-8pm). Oct 18-Nov 27.

Live Art Gallery 151 Potrero; 552-5875. Sat, 1-5pm, and by appt. "Open Studios," work by Kent Alexander. Sat/12-Sun/13, 11am-6pm.

Ruby's Clay Studio and Gallery 552A Noe; 558-9819. Daily, 9am-7pm. "Flowers 'n' Clay," works by Clark Sorensen and Kent Tool (reception Fri/18, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Oct 28.

Thacher Gallery University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton; 422-2660. Mon-Fri, noon-5:30pm. "Cuatro Voces," works by Zulema Di Marco, Santiago Gino Gervasi, Gabriel Navar, and Veronica Rojas. Oct 21-Jan 5, 2003.

Walter and McBean Galleries San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 749-4563. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm. "Touch: Relational Art from the 1990s to Now," a group exhibition featuring sculptural works, installations, and performance-based art (reception Thurs/17, 5:30). Oct 18-Dec 14.

Bay Area

Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St, Oakl; (510) 836-2340. Mon-Fri, 11am-5:30pm, and by appt. "Body Show;" "2002 Summer Youth Art Exhibition." Oct 17-Nov 15.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Generations," work by Cindy Cleary. Through Thurs/17. "Bones of My Meaning, Rhythmic Running," works by Jennie Braman (reception Oct 26, 4-7pm). Oct 21-30.

Ongoing

Ampersand International Arts 1001 Tennessee; 285-0170. Thurs-Fri, 11am-5pm, and by appt. "Low," work by Nilus de Matran; "Enso," work by Jeff King. Through Fri/18.

Andrea Schwartz Gallery 333 Bryant; 495-2090. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, by appt. Recent work by Howard Hersh. Through Oct 25.

Anthony Meier 3007 Jackson; 351-1400. Tues-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, by appt. "Aspects of Color," work by Carl Andre, Tony Feher, Donald Judd, and Agnes Martin. Through Nov 15.

Arc San Francisco 416 Bay; 268-0135. Call for hours. "The Six-Toe Kitty Group," work by various artists. Through Oct 31.

Atelier of Famous Melissa and Co. 545 Sutter; 788-1866. Tues-Sat, 12:30-6pm. "Zen Squared," work by Richard Godfrey. Through Oct 31.

Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason; 397-2000. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm and by appt. "All Access Pass," photographs by Jim Marshall. Through Oct 31.

Big Pagoda Company 1903 Fillmore; 563-8727. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-6pm. "Hands ON/OFF," works by John Smiddy, Clint Taniguchi, Jeanette Bokhour, and Addie Shevlin. Through Oct 27.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Heat and Light," work by Robilee Frederick. Through Nov 2.

Brian Gross Fine Art 49 Geary; 788-1050. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Tropics," work by Peter Alexander. Through Sat/19. Recent paintings by Ed Moses. Through Sat/19.

California Institute of Integral Studies 695 Minna, Minna Street Center, second floor; 575-6257. Call for hours. "Beneath the Surface," work by Luis Browne, Jennifer Connolly, Tricia Grame, and Tanya Wilkinson (reception Fri/18, 5-7pm). Through Nov 30.

Canessa 708 Montgomery; 296-9029. Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm. "All Roads Lead to Where I Stand," works by W.B. Thompson, Jr. Through Oct 31.

Chinatown Community Arts Program Gallery Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny, Third fl; 957-1146. Tues-Sat, 10am-4pm. "Second Annual New Century International Youth Art Exhibition," work by students in and outside of the Bay Area. Through Sat/19.

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. "Best of the Bay," work by various artists. Through Oct 31.

Culture Cache 1800 Bryant, Ste 104; 626-7776. Wed-Sun, 2-6pm, and by appt. "Decked Out," work by various artists. Through Oct 27.

Don Soker Contemporary Art 49 Geary; 291-0966. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent works by Takesada Matsutani. Through Oct 30.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11-5pm. Paintings by John McNamara. Through Oct 31.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Work by Georges Braque. Through Oct 31.

Fine Arts Gallery San Francisco State University, Fine Arts Bldg, Rm 238, 1600 Holloway; 338-6535. Mon-Sat, noon-4pm. "Sex Pots," work by 14 artists; "On the Edge and in the Round," work by Jun Kaneko. Through Thurs/17.

Focus Gallery 2423 Polk; 567-9067. Tues and Thurs, noon-9pm; Wed, Fri-Sun, noon-6pm. Works by Michelle Nye, Amie S. Postic, Craig Fonarow, Susanne Friedrich, and Ann Simms. Through Oct 31.

Fong/Heimerdinger Gallery 760 Market, Ste 258; 566-1919. First Thurs, 5-7pm. "Print Mix: Platinum, Pigment, Bromoil, Salt Prints," four types of photographic prints by six artists. Through Oct 26.

George Krevsky Gallery 77 Geary; 397-9748. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. New paintings by Mary Robertson. Through Sat/19.

Graduate Gallery California College of Arts and Crafts, 1111 Eighth St; (510) 420-0709. Call for hours. "Over, Under, Sideways, Down," works by Olivia Brown, Adele Crawford, Sasha Duerr, and Leigh Schroeder (reception Fri/18, 6-8pm). Through Oct 27.

Haines 49 Geary, fifth flr; 397-8114. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs to 7:30pm); Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "15th Anniversary Exhibition Part 1," works by 15 artists. Through Sat/19.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Current Reactions," painting by Michael Shemchuk. Through Oct 30.

Hang Annex 567 Sutter; 544-0610. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Landscape/Mindscape," a group show. Through Oct 30.

House of Red 495 Carolina; 621-7333. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Strong Women, Smart Women, Safe Women," a group show. Through Thurs/17.

J.J. Brookings Gallery 669 Mission; 546-1000. Mon-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. Works on paper by Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Mangold, Robert Indiana, and others. Through Oct 31.

Kalart 855 Sansome; 693-9727. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm. "Paintings of Yosemite, 1999-2002," works by Hiroko Ohno. Through Oct 26.

Logan Galleries California College of Arts and Crafts, 1111 Eighth St; 551-9210. Wed, Thurs, Sat, 11am-6pm; Tues, Fri, 11am-8pm. "To Whom It May Concern," works by Bank, Angela Bulloch, Wim Delvoye, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and others. Through Oct 26.

Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter; 398-7229. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Quiet Light," colored-pencil drawings by Albert Stewart. Through Sat/19.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Bags" and "Day Jobs." It's a little odd to stand around staring at a suitcase or a purse, waiting for it to do something. The "actors" in New Langton's Bags show are a little temperamental, though, and you just can't rush them into anything. Tubes and wires run all around the gallery floor, leading from each bag to a hidden source of pneumatic or electric power that causes irregular fits of opening and closing and flashing lights. The two primary artists behind the exhibit are Nick Bertoni and Laetitia Sonami. Concurrently running on New Langton's Web site (www.newlangtonarts.org) is a second exhibit, Day Jobs. It explores the ways in which the graphic and digital design work of four professional Internet artists influences their personal Net-art projects and vice versa. As with the bags, patience is required; not all the Web sites were designed to be user-friendly, and some take unconventional navigation and graphic complexity to an extreme. As long as you aren't in a hurry, though, it's definitely an engaging several-hours' worth of reading and clicking around. Through Sat/19. (Westbrook)

One Post Street One Post; 788-1050. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm. "Tropics," work by Peter Alexander. Through Sat/19.

Parlor Projects 1311 Church; 824-1311. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, by appt. "Loop Whole," work by Karen Kersten. Through Oct 29.

Quotidian 760 Market, Ste 252; 788-0445. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "I/O," video works by Cindy Imhoff, Misako Inaoka, Chris Johanson, Wago Kreider, Jacquelyn Sumell, Jessica Tully, Lee Walton, and Wayne Zebzda. Through Thurs/17.

San Francisco LGBT Community Center 1800 Market; 554-4297. Call for hours. "Low Trash Equals High Art," photographs, paintings, collage works, and memorabilia celebrating the era in San Francisco from 1967-1972. Through Nov 22.

Shapiro 760 Market, Ste 248; 398-6655. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. Photographs by Ansel Adams, Ruth Bernhard, Steven Brock, Mark Citret, and many others. Through Oct 26.

Shenson Memorial Gallery 900 Hyde; 353-6650. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "Faces in a Crowd," portraits by Marion Cook Tilton. Through Dec 6.

600 Townsend 600 Townsend; 876-7774. Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm. "Members Exhibition/Fall 2002," sculpture by members of the Pacific Rim Sculptors Group. Through Oct 30.

Space 743 743 Harrison; 777-9080. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "Chairs and Windows," works by U.B. Morgan. Through Oct 26. See Critic's Choice.

Studio Z 314 11th St; 221-7100. Mon-Fri, noon-7pm. "Tie Dyed," works by Jerry Garcia, Wavy Gravy, Grace Slick, Bill Kreutzman, Ken Kesey, Michael Rios, and others. Through Oct 29.

Bay Area

Lucky Tackle 6608 San Pablo, Oakl; (510) 484-4373. Fri-Sun, 1-5pm and by appt. "Objects in and of Eight Parts," new paintings by Jason Byers. Through Oct 26.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "Smoldering Relations," works by Inhwan Oh. Through Sun/20.

Olive Hyde 123 Washington, Fremont; (510) 791-4357. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "Room for the Longest Word," new work by Nathan Lynch and Michael Meyers. Through Oct 26.

Osceola Gallery 4053 Harlan, Ste 305, Emeryville; (510) 658-1440. By appt only. "Long Span of Time," group show of paintings by Irving Marcus, Jack Ogden, James Albertson, and Sayako Dairiki (reception Sun/20, 1-7pm). Through Nov 23.

Traywick 1316 10th St, Berk; (510) 527-1214. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Holiday," new work by Charles LaBelle; video and photographs by Ken Fandell. Through Sat/19.

Women's Cancer Resource Center Gallery 3023 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 548-9286. Tues-Thurs, 1-7pm; Sat, noon-4pm, and by appt. "Sisters in Harmony," ceramics by Renata Gray and paintings and drawings by Rae Louise Hayward. Through Thurs/17.