January 7, 2003

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). "Poor Richard." More than 70 drawings on paper by Philip Guston. Through Jan 26. "Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler." Works by Winslow Homer. Through Feb 9. "Max Ernst: Surrealism in Artists' Books." Through Feb 23.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $2-5. "Superwacky: Animation on Television, 1949-2002." An exhibition on the history of television cartoons. Through Sun/12.

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). "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting." Nearly 140 paintings from the early 1960s to the present by Richter. Through Tues/14. "August Sander: People of the 20th Century." More than 200 vintage prints of Sanders's photographic works. Through Feb 23. "No Ghost Just a Shell." Masterminded by contemporary French artists Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno, "No Ghost Just a Shell" is a digital-age meditation on life and death, animation and vacuity, art and consumerism. It began in 1999 when Huyghe and Parreno purchased the copyright to a manga character named Annlee. They and their artist friends proceeded to bring her to life through a series of artworks, using sculpture, painting, and animated videos to give her a voice and a personality. The project raises some fascinating moral questions, for instance, about the buying and selling of a "person" like Annlee and her status as a money-making tool for the entertainment industry. Through March 16. (Westbrook)

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). "Bay Area Now 3." visual, film/video, and performance art by over 50 local artists and filmmakers. Through Sun/12.

Bay Area

Magnes Museum 2911 Russell, Berk; (510) 549-6950. Mon-Thurs, noon-5pm; Sun, 10am-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." This exhibition is devoted to the discovery of a time capsule in the cornerstone of Congregation Ohabai Shalome. Viewed through the lens of the 19th-century time capsule, the congregation offers all kinds of fascinating insights into the history of Judaism in the West and life in young San Francisco. Recovered a little more than a year ago, the capsule contained eight newspapers, a number of coins, pamphlets containing constitutions and bylaws for various Jewish organizations, and even a few charmingly antique business cards from members of the congregation, including one for a plumber and another for a dairyman. (Westbrook) "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.

Museum of Children's Art 538 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 465-8700. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Free. "Salon of the Independents," work by Bay Area youths (reception Sun/12, 3-5pm). Jan 11-Feb 8.

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. "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 Sun/12. (Westbrook)

galleries
Opening

American Institute of Architects SF Gallery 130 Sutter, Ste 600; 362-7397. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Drive-Ins: The Last Picture Show," photographs by Elaine Reed de Laszlo. Through Thurs/9. "Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream," photographs by Ernest Braun. Jan 10-Feb 7.

Ampersand International Arts 1001 Tennessee; 285-0170. Thurs-Fri, 11am-5pm; and by appt. "Spaces/Traces," chromogenic photographic prints by Henrik Kam (reception Fri/10, 5-8pm). Jan 10-Feb 7.

Anthony Meier 3007 Jackson; 351-1400. Tues-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, by appt. works by John Morris (reception Fri/10, 6-8pm). Jan 10-Feb 21.

Aurobora Press 147 Natoma; 546-7880. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Review 2002," various works. Through Sat/11. New monotypes by Reed Danzinger. Jan 13-Feb 28.

Bonnafont Gallery 946A Greenwich; 431-7546. Sat-Sun, 2-5pm, and by appt. "365 Days," a visual diary by Ann Barth (reception Thurs/9, 6-8:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 2.

Borderland Books 866 Valencia; 824-8203. Call for hours. Work by Alan M. Clark. Thurs/9-Sun/12.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Inconsistency of Conclusion," work by Paul Pratchenko. Through Sat/11. "Yellow," work by Bean Finneran (reception Jan 25, 3:30-5:30pm). Jan 14-Feb 8.

Brian Gross Fine Art 49 Geary; 788-1050. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Work by Donald Feasel (reception Thurs/9. 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 15.

Crown Point Press 20 Hawthorne; 974-6273. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Friends," new color etchings by Robert Bechtle; "Golden Rectangles," work by Tom Marioni (reception Fri/10, 6-8pm). Jan 10-March 1.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11-5pm. Paintings by Michael Moon (reception Thurs/9, 6-9pm). Jan 9-Feb 1.

871 Fine Arts 49 Geary; 543-5155. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "The Ephemeral World of Joseph Cornell," collages, prints, and posters. Jan 9-March 29.

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery 345 Sutter; 981-1080. Call for hours. "New Directions, Recent Oils and Mixed-Media Assemblage," work by Dennis Hare (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 15.

52 Mason 52 Mason; 990-1699. Call for hours. "Gold Frame Re-Mix," avant-garde works by more than 40 artists. Thurs/9, 7pm.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat 10am-5pm. Work by Eva Hesse. Through Feb 8.

Gallery 16 1616 16th St; 626-7495. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "The Anti-War Show," curated by Carol Wells (reception Sat/11, 6-9pm). Jan 11-Feb 15.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent paintings by Tom Lieber (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 1. "Mature Works 1944-1963," works by Milton Avery; new work by Stuart Shils (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-March 1.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Imagined Landscapes," work by Tjasa Owen (reception Thurs/9, 6-8pm). Jan 9-Feb 2.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, second flr; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Flair," work by Tim Bavington, Alex Blau, Gregory Dennis, Jennifer Faist, Stephen Giannetti, Terry Haggert, Gary Szymanski, Sharon Weiner, and Yek (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm) Jan 9-Feb 8.

John Berggruen 228 Grant; 781-4629. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. Recent paintings by Enrique Martinez Celaya; "Bombast: Return to Dr. Strangelove," work by Maria Porges (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 8.

Limn Gallery 292 Townsend; 977-1300. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Sun, 9am-3pm. Works by Doug Beube; "Made OF Paper," a group show (reception Sat/11, 4-6pm). Jan 11-March 7.

Linc Real Art 1632 Market; 503-1981. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm. "Kageki Metonymics: Subversions and Transformations from the Japanese Fringe," a group show focusing on the influence of manga on Japanese culture (reception Jan 16, 5-9pm). Jan 14-Feb 10.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary; (415) 625-1350. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Sleep Head," recent work by Terry Hoff (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 1.

Michael Martin 101 Townsend, Ste 207; 543-1550. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Sun, by appt. Site-specific video installation and exhibit by Lynn Marie Kirby (reception Thurs/9, 6-8pm). Jan 9-Feb 1.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Dark Horse," work by Michelle Rollman (reception Thurs/9, 6-8pm). Through Feb 8.

Parlor Projects 1311 Church; 824-1311. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, by appt. "Finally Together at Last," paintings by Nick Czap and wood-burnings by Joe Ben Plummer (reception Fri/10, 6-9pm). Jan 10-Feb 8.

Patricia Sweetow Gallery 49 Geary, fourth flr; 788-5126. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Work by Michael Toenges and Peter Tollens (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Feb 8.

Rena Bransten Gallery 77 Geary; 982-3292. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. New photographs by Doug Hall (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-Feb 15.

Robert Koch 49 Geary; 421-0122. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm. "Girl Culture," work by Lauren Greenfield (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-March 1.

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 Susan Marie Dopp, Chris Knipp, and Connie Harris (reception Wed/8, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Jan 31.

Scott Nichols 49 Geary, Fourth fl; 788-4641. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm, and by appt. Photographs by Pentti Sammallahti (reception Thurs/9, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 9-March 1.

66 Balmy 66 Balmy Alley; 648-1760. Thurs-Sun, 11am-6pm. "New Stuff," work by Dave Warnke. Jan 9-30.

Southern Exposure 401 Alabama; 863-2141. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Altoids Curiously Strong Collection," the fourth annual exhibit showcasing works by emerging visual artists; "The Things We Are/Were Beauty Too," new painting by Michael Hall. Jan 10-Feb 8. "Shadow Cabinets," various works presented in the Overlook Project Space. Jan 10-June 14.

Tangent Contemporary Art 355 Bryant, Ste 307; 977-0920. By appt. "Spectrum," work by Holly Blake, Kai Haley, and Nancy Simonds (reception Fri/10, 6-9pm). Jan 10-Feb 28.

Thacher Gallery University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton; 422-2660. Mon-Fri, noon-5:30pm. "Dancers: New Work by Borbála Kováts with Dance in California: 150 Years of Innovation," computer-generated textures and imagery shown alongside a photo history of California dance. Jan 13-Feb 23.

Bay Area

Ardency Gallery 709 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 836-0831. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Excavations," works by Gage Opdenbrouw and Mim Weisburd (reception Sat/11, 5-8pm). Jan 10-Feb 8.

Babilonia 1808 1808 Fifth St, Berk; (510) 549-1808. Wed-Sat, 11am-6pm. "Adventures of an Idealist Lost in His Own Thoughts," work by Juan Carlos Quintana; "Fugitive Tranmissions," and Jenifer K. Wofford (reception Sat/11, 6-8pm). Jan 11-Feb 22.

Berkeley Historical Society 1931 Center, Berk; (510) 848-0181. Thurs-Sat, 1-4pm. "Time's Nobelest Offspring," an exhibition examining the life and contributions of Bishop George Berkeley (reception Sun/12, 3-5pm). Jan 9-April 26. "The Decade of Change: 1900-1910," various works. Ongoing.

Heritage Square Building 6121 Hollis, Emeryville; (510) 653-1655. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm. "Surface Matters," a group show by Bay Area painters (reception Jan 19, noon-4pm). Jan 13-Feb 8.

Hollis Street Project 5900 Hollis, Emeryville; (510) 653-1655. Daily, 8am-6pm. "Floating to the Surface, a group show of Bay Area artists"; "With In Sight," a photographic exhibition; "Snap!," works by seven new photographers (reception Jan 19, noon-4pm). Jan 13-Feb 28.

Traywick 1316 10th St, Berk; (510) 527-1214. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Photography Degree Zero," works by Ellen Carey (reception Sat/11, 5-7pm). Jan 11-Feb 15.

Ongoing

A.O.V. 3328 22nd St; 431-8341. Thurs-Fri, 5-8pm; Sat, noon-6pm. "Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations," works by various artists. Through Jan 25. See Critic's Choice.

Blue Room Gallery 2331 Mission; 282-8411. Wed and Sun, noon-9pm; Thurs-Sat, noon-10pm. "Holiday Exhibition," works by various artists. Through Sun/12.

Catharine Clark 49 Geary; 399-1439. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Black Cherry," new work by Jil Weinstock; "Exemplum," new embroidered work by Angela Lim; "(reserve video/writing)," work by Ann Hamilton; "Unveil," a video installation by lenoradogillesfleur. Through Sat/11.

A Different Light Bookstore 489 Castro; 431-0891. Call for hours. Photographs by Frank Celaya, Louis LaSalle, Conrad Hechter, and Tom Mitchell. Through Jan 15.

George Krevsky Gallery 77 Geary; 397-9748. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "10th Anniversary Exhibition," various works. Through Sat/11.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). "Cabins and other difficulties," computer drawings by Bob Matthews; "Pieceable Kingdom," ceramic installations by Thomas W. McCanna. Through Sat/11.

Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia; 626-2787. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "The Multiplication of Bread/La multiplicacion de los panes." You've heard stories about the various propaganda items Americans have dropped from airplanes onto our wartime opponents. Some of these tales – say, of us dropping extralarge condoms – seem too weird to be true, though the intended message is still clear. But what happens, for instance during last year's U.S. attacks on Afghanistan, when bombs accidentally land on food-drop targets, and vice versa? Marcos Ramírez ERRE explores this tragic mixed message in The Multiplication of Bread/La multiplicacion de los panes, an elegantly spare installation specifically designed for Intersection for the Arts' gallery. Through Sat/11. (Westbrook)

Istituto Italiano di Cultura 425 Washington; 788-7142. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Pinocchio of Tuscany," paintings and etchings by Roberto Ciabani. Through Mon/13.

Jack Hanley Gallery 395 Valencia; 522-1623. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. An installation of photographs and collages by Tilman Wendland. Through Sat/11.

Logan Galleries California College of Arts and Crafts, 1111 Eighth St; 551-9210. Wed, Thurs, Sat, 11am-6pm; Tues, Fri, 11am-8pm. "Shelf Life," works by Shirley Tse. Through Fri/10. "In the Making." This group show devoted to experimental practices in arts and crafts features objects by artists as diverse as architect Frank Gehry and fashion designer Yeohlee Teng. The real hidden treasure is something called the zgodlocator/mobile II, an electronic invention by Herwig Weiser with software engineer Albert Bleckmann and audio programmer F.X. Randomiz. It's presented in a case like dual DJ turntables, with the left circle full of ground-up computer hardware and the right circle full of gloppy black "ferrofluid." As we turned the knobs on the case, electromagnets interacted with the materials and translated their movements into audio, which was broadcast over the sound system. With enough twiddling, we figured out that certain knob positions produced repeatable effects – that you could actually "play" the thing in the traditional instrumental sense. So where can I sign up to buy one? Through Fri/10. (Westbrook)

Luggage Store Gallery 1007 Market; 255-5971. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. "No War," works by 70 artists who oppose war. Through Sat/11.

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

San Francisco LGBT Community Center 1800 Market; 554-4297. Call for hours. "25 Rhinos," sculptures designed and decorated by visual and performances artists, political and entertainment celebrities, and local community organizations and activists. Through Tues/14.

Shapiro 760 Market, Ste 248; 398-6655. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Point of Departure: Photography to Drawing," new drawings by Mario M. Muller. Through Sat/11.

364 Hayes Street Gallery 364 Hayes; 431-0364. Tues-Wed, noon-6pm; Thurs-Sat, noon-7pm. "Here and There," a video installation by Rick Danielson (reception Sat/11, 6-7:30pm). Through Feb 1.

Weinstein Gallery 383 Geary; 362-8151. Sun-Tues, 10am-7pm; Wed-Thurs, 9:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 9:30am-10:30pm. "Legacy: The Lithographs 1968-1989," works by Robert Kipniss. Through Wed/8.

Bay Area

Cecile Moochnek 1809D Fourth St, Berk; (510) 549-1018. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "The Gift of Art." This show features recent works by 18 artists. While nearly all of them have a minimal, abstract style, their choice of media ranges from painting to sculpture, photography, and even garbage. Lucy Matzger, a Berkeley artist, creates kimono-like shirts out of used coffee filters. The shirts aren't altogether functional – even dried and treated with acrylic lacquer, the filters are still rather fragile – but their shiny, burnished-gold surfaces are surprisingly pretty. To make the kimonos, Matzger arranges the filters in semicircular and pie-wedge patterns, then quilts the finished material with gold and red thread to create the overall effect of leather armor. It's a remarkable material transformation that manages to be all kinds of things at once: Eastern and Western, masculine and feminine, craft and fine art, modern kitchen detritus and garment of ancient warfare. Other featured artists of note include Emily Payne, Seiko Tachibana, and Michael Ehrlich. Through Jan 19. (Westbrook)

Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St, Oakl; (510) 836-2340. Mon-Fri, 11am-5:30pm, and by appt. "Holiday," various works. Through Fri/10.