October 30, 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. "Max Ernst: Surrealism in Artists' Books." Through Feb 23, 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.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Thurs-Tues, 10am-6pm; Wed 10am-9pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths. "Seeing." Installations based on the concept of seeing and sight. Through Jan 31, 2003. "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: Transformations 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). "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.

Bay Area

Magnes Museum 2911 Russell, Berk; (510) 549-6950. Sun, 10am-4pm; Mon-Thurs, noon-5pm. $4 donation, $3 seniors and students, free for 12 and under and members. "Hidden in the Walls: The Time Capsule from San Francisco's Lost Sanctuary." An exhibition exploring the Congregation Ohabai Shalome. "Hamakom (The Place)." An installation by Stephanie Snyder. "Sharing the Screen: Israeli and Palestinians in the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, 1981-2002." Video and film clips from the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. All exhibits through Feb 16, 2003.

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) "Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum." More than 60 paintings, sculptures, and photographs by artists of Latin heritage who live in the United States and Puerto Rico. Nov 2-Jan 26, 2003.

galleries

Opening

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 Thurs/31. Oil painting by Terell Moore (reception Nov 7, 6-9pm). Nov 1-Dec 15.

Big Pagoda Company 1903 Fillmore; 563-8727. Tues-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-6pm. Koi paintings by Noah Phyllis Levin. Nov 2-30.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Heat and Light," work by Robilee Frederick. Through Sat/2. New sculpture by Robert Brady; "Access Program," work by Ernest J. Amaral (reception Nov 16, 3:30-5:30pm). Nov 5-Dec 7.

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. "Best of the Bay," work by various artists. Through Thurs/31. New work by local artists (reception Fri/1, 7-10pm). Nov 1-30.

Don Soker Contemporary Art 49 Geary; 291-0966. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent work by Takesada Matsutani. Through Wed/30. Work by Veronika Dobers and Dee Hibbert-Jones. Nov 5-30.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Work by Georges Braque. Through Thurs/31. "Rhythms, Loops, and Circles," work by Steve Litsios. Nov 1-Dec 20.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary; (415) 625-1350. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Maybelle Crick," work by Clare Rojas. Through Sat/2. "Graphic Novel," recent paintings by Nick Ackerman (reception Nov 7, 5:30-7:30pm). Nov 5-30.

Parlor Projects 1311 Church; 824-1311. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, by appt. "Little Angels," watercolor portraits by Michael Gillette (reception Fri/1, 6-9pm). Nov 1-Dec 1.

San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl; 252-2568. Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "Immortal Dust: The Hidden People of Sudan," photographs and prints by James Nicholls. Through Nov 9. "Nicaraguan Art in San Francisco," work by 28 Nicaraguan artists. Through Nov 24. "Through Cuban Eyes/A Través de Ojos Cubanos," photographs by Raul Cañibano and Cristóbal Herrera. Through Nov 24. "Night Time," painting by Hadley Northrop (reception Fri/1, 5-8pm). Nov 1-29. "Ten Years On," photographs and writing by children in Guatemala. Through Jan 1, 2003.

San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin; 557-4400. Mon, 10am-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri, noon-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Frozen Moments: Emotions on Ice," photographs of figure-skating stars by Shirley McLaughlin. Through Nov 30. "History of the Harp," curated by Diana Stork. Nov 1-Jan 10, 2003.

Shapiro 760 Market, Ste 248; 398-6655. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Black Panthers 1968," photographs by Pirkle Jones and Ruth-Marion Baruch (reception Nov 7, 5:30-7:30pm). Nov 5-30.

Soularch Gallery 4033A Judah; 759-4100. Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. Paintings and drawings by Anne Marguerite Herbst (reception Fri/1, 6-8pm). Nov 1-Dec 21.

Southern Exposure 401 Alabama; 863-2141. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. A collection of artist books, zines, and comics. Through Dec 14. "Repurpose," a juried exhibition of work by northern Californian artists. Nov 1-Dec 14.

Tercera Gallery 550 Sutter; 773-0303. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Bearing Fruit," new painting by Teresa Kalnoskas (reception Nov 7, 5-8pm). Nov 5-30.

Variety Preview Room 582 Market; 781-3894. Call for hours. "Dancing Colors," painting by Diane Goldstein. Wed/30, 5-7pm.

Washington Square Gallery 1821 Powell; 291-9255. Wed-Sat, noon-5:30pm. "Bizzarery," mixed-media installation (reception Sat/2, 5-7pm). Nov 2-23.

Bay Area

Ardency Gallery 709 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 836-0831. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Shove Off to Birthday Island," works by Tonya Solley Thornton and Frank Haines (reception Sat/2, 5-8pm). Nov 1-30.

Green Shutter Gallery 22654 Main, Hayward; (510) 538-2787. Wed-Sat, 11am-4pm. Works by Tanna Bellia, Amy Died, and Therese May (reception Nov 8, 5:30-7:30pm). Oct 30-Dec 6.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Bones of My Meaning, Rhythmic Running," work by Jennie Braman. Through Wed/30. "The Breath of Space: Paintings as Installation," work by Airiel Mulvaney (reception Nov 9, 4-7pm). Nov 4-14.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "Rendering," works by Jeannette Louie (reception Nov 6, 5:30-7:30pm). Nov 5-Dec 15.

Third Street Grind Gallery 464 Third St, Oakl; (510) 832-5282. Mon-Fri, 6:30am-2:30pm. Photographs by Scott Braley and Rufus Hockenhull. Through Thurs/31. "A View," painting and collage by Amanda Lockwood. Nov 4-27.

Ongoing

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

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

Bucheon 540 Hayes; 863-2891. Wed-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Paintings and drawings by Andrew Schoultz; paintings and installations by Megan Wilson. Through Nov 24.

Caldwell Snyder Gallery 341 Sutter; 392-2299. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-6pm. Recent paintings by Cole Morgan. Through Thurs/31.

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

City Arts Gallery City College of San Francisco, 50 Phelan, Visual Arts Bldg, V117; 239-3000. Mon-Fri, 10am-4:30pm (also Tues-Wed, 6-8:30pm). "Works from the Will Stone Collection of the Fantastic and Surreal," works by Bell, Bellmer, Dali, Erickson, Fronczek, Fuchs, Geiser, Gillette, Magritte, Ware, Wotipka, and others. Through Nov 15.

Crown Point Press 20 Hawthorne; 974-6273. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. "From the Boat," new work by Pat Steir. Through Sat/2.

Crucible Steel 2050 Bryant; 648-7562. Daily, 10am-10pm. "Art That Moves," works by various Bay Area artists. Through Wed/30.

Dolby Chadwick 266 Sutter, fourth fl; 956-3560. Tues-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Stained Glass Elegies," new paintings by Gregg Chadwick. Through Sat/2.

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

848 Community Space 848 Divisadero; 701-1619. Call for hours. "Retrospection," work by K. Ruby, Jack Davis, Thomas Takashi, Seth Eisen, Martin Matzinger, and Jeffrey Mooney. Through Dec 15.

Encantada 904 Valencia; 642-3939. Tues-Sun, noon-6pm; Fri-Sat, noon-8pm. Works by Maya Christina Gonzalez celebrating Día de los Muertos. Through Sat/2.

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 Thurs/31.

Fraenkel 49 Geary, 981-2661. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "The Family Album of Lucybelle Crater," photographic works by Ralph Eugene Meatyard. Through Sat/2.

Friday the Thirteenth West 331 Potrero; 863-2285. Thurs-Sat, 1-5pm. Paintings and sculptures by Qorey F. Golob. Through Sat/2.

Galería de la Raza 2857 24th St; 826-8009. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Viology: Cultures of Violence/Violence of Culture," installations, film and video work, and photography on the subject of violence, culture, and art in Latino communities. Through Nov 23. See Critic's Choice.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat 10am-5pm. New drawings by Robert Bechtle; work by John Meyer. Through Sat/2.

Gallery 16 1616 16th St; 626-7495. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Recent photographs by Michael Venera. Through Nov 8.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526. Call for hours. "The Timmy Show!," works by various artists in tribute to the memory of Josh Ryan Evans. Through Nov 24.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "American Modernist," work by Max Weber. Through Sat/2.

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

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

Hespe 1764 Union; 776-5918. Wed-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Mixed media assemblages by Byron Spicer. Through Sun/3.

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 Thurs/31.

Kings Gallery 1187 Franklin; 776-4580. Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm; Sun, noon-2pm. "Va/eins," black-and-white photographs by Karolina Kuellmer (reception Sun/3, noon-2:30pm). Through Nov 23.

Melting Point Gallery 1340 Bryant; 769-2939. Wed, Fri-Sat, 1-6pm; Thurs, 1-8pm; and by appt. "Orgy," works by Melissa Dollman, Richard Lemardchand, Jose Paz, Tahlia Priete, and Wendy Vasta. Through Fri/1.

Meyerovich 251 Post, fourth fl; 421-7171. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-6pm; Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "Portraits and Nudes," etchings, lithographs, and rare aquatints by Henri Matisse. Through Dec 31. "American Masters: Works from the 1980s and '90s," mixed-media works by Frankenthaler, Stella, Stanley Boxer, Hockney, and Lichtenstein. Through Dec 31.

Modernism 685 Market; 541-0461. Tues-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. Works in progress by Jonathon Keats. Through Sat/2. New paintings by Gottfried Helnwein. Through Sat/2.

111 Minna Gallery 111 Minna; 974-1719. Tues-Sat, noon-5pm; Sun and Mon, by appt. "The Eames Project," a tribute exhibition to the works of Charles and Ray Eames. Through Sat/2.

Peres Projects 1800 Bryant, Ste 210; 861-2692. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm, and by appt. Photographs by Bruce LaBruce. Through Sat/2.

Place Pigalle 520 Hayes; 552-2671. Sun-Wed, 4pm-midnight; Thurs-Sat, 4pm-2am. "Psyche's Realm," nudes by Amy Sass. Through Nov 23.

Robert Koch 49 Geary; 421-0122. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "The Phenomenal World," large-scale gelatin silver prints by David Parker. Through Sat/2.

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 401 Van Ness; 554-6080. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Construct 2: The Second Annual Installation Award Show," work by Haein Kang and Leonardogillesfleur. Through Dec 7.

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 Michael Ashcraft, Gail Chadell Nanao, and Susan Parker. Through Fri/1.

Scott Nichols 49 Geary, Fourth fl; 788-4641. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, and by appt. "Photo Experimentalists: The Chicago School and Beyond," works by various photographers. Through Sat/2.

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

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Call for hours. "Entre la Luz y la Muerte," Day of the Dead exhibition (reception Fri/1, 6-11pm). Through Sat/2.

364 Hayes Street Gallery 364 Hayes; 431-0364. Tues-Wed, noon-6pm; Thurs-Sat, noon-7pm. "Thin Space," works by Yukiko Ogasawara (reception Sat/2, 7-8:30pm). Through Nov 30.

Toomey-Tourell Fine Art 49 Geary; 989-6444. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Sculptural drawings by Matthew Picton. Through Thurs/31.

Bay Area

Art Gym 1717D Fourth St, Berk; (510) 527-0600. Daily, 9am-11pm. "October Sweeps," 40 brooms created and decorated by various artists. Through Thurs/31.

Bedford Gallery Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic, Walnut Creek; (925) 295-1417. Tues-Sun, noon-5pm (also Thurs-Sat, 6-8pm). "Looming Large: Contemporary Weavers of the Vanguard," works by 18 artists. Through Sun/3.

Berkeley Civic Center Building 2180 Milvia, Fifth flr, Berk; (510) 834-3663. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Hunger: What Will You Do about It?," photographs by David Bacon. Through Wed/30.

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Oakland Icons," paintings, posters, and prints by Rupert Garcia and Mel Ramos. Through Fri/1.

Gallery 555 555 City Center, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm. "Space, Not Space," works by Kati Casida (reception Nov 21, 5-8pm). Through Jan 10, 2003.

Inspired Gallery 1487 Solano, Albany; 527-3711. Call for hours. "The Wheel of Peace: An Exhibition of Prayer Beads," works by Eleanor Wiley. Through Nov 29.

Oakland Art Gallery 199 Kahn's Alley, Broadway and 14th St, Oakl; (510) 637-0395. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "¿WYSIWYG?" 'WYSIWYG," techie acronym for "what you see is what you get," may be the title of the show, but the artists make it a point to create the opposite. Employing all kinds of digital media, they play with the gap between perception and reality to show us what we don't usually see and what we least expect to get. The most inventive of them would have to be Joyce Hsu, whose MooGeGae and Friends is a tour-de-force installation of digital photographs and battery-operated animal toys. Besides Hsu, eight other Bay Area artists contribute to the show, including eating-disorder activist-artist Robin Lasser, Bull.Miletic, Reuben Lorch-Miller and Frank Haines, Aviv Eyal and Shirley Shor, and Andy Diaz Hope. Through Sat/2. (Westbrook)

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

Trax Ceramic Gallery 1306 Third St, Berk; (510) 526-0279. Sat, 10am-5pm and by appt. "Woodfired Native Clay," work by Scott Parady. Through Mon/4.

21 Grand 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. Thurs, 4-8pm; Fri-Sun, 1-6pm. "Fiddlin' While It Burns: An Aesthetic Compromise," recent work by JD Schreiber and Lisa Pesch. Through Sat/2.