January 15, 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.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Thurs-Tues, 10am-6pm; Wed 10am-9pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths. "Traits of Life: A New Living Laboratory." More than 30 exhibits explore the definition of what it means to be alive. Through March 31.

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. "Colore Ideale/Ideal Colours." More than 30 recent paintings by Franco Viola. Jan 16-April 19. "Crosscuts – Tagli Trasversali." Woodcut prints and an overview of the woodcut process. Jan 16-April 19.

Museum of Craft and Folk Art Fort Mason Center, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 775-0991. Sun and Mon, 11am-5pm; Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm. "Quilted Journeys: Immigration Stories by Australian Artists." More than 20 quilts on the theme of the immigration experience. Through April 27.

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). "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) "Body Design." Works by various designers. Through March 23. "Architecture + Water." Models, drawings, and video animations by various architects. Through March 23. "Richter 858." Eight paintings by Gerhard Richter. Through April 1.

San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum 401 Van Ness, Fourth fl; 255-4800. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-5pm; Wed, 11am-7pm. Free. "Kronos@30: Thirty Years of Kronos Quartet." An exhibition dedicated to the musical legacy of the Kronos Quartet. Jan 22-June 21.

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 youth. Through 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. "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. Through Jan 26. "State of Emergency: Disaster Response in California." A survey of California disasters since 1906 through photographs by Maggie Hallahan. Through March 30. "Wild Wings: The Waterfowl Art of Harry Curieux Adamson." Oil and tempera paintings and sketches by Adamson. Through March 30. "Quizzical Eye: The Personal Photography of Rondal Partridge." Photographs, photo cubes, collages, and mixed-media works by Partridge. Jan 18-June 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 (free Thurs). "Matrix 200: Yehudit Sasportas: By the River." More than 70 hand-painted wood panels by Sasportas. Through Sun/19. "Intaglio Prints by John Cage." Works on paper by John Cage. Through March 16.

galleries
Opening

Build 483 Guerrero; 863-3041. Fri/17, 8pm-midnight. "Going Nowhere," paintings by Reggie Sparks.

Caldwell Snyder Gallery 341 Sutter; 392-2299. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-6pm. "Punt de Vista," works by Regina Saura (reception Sat/18, 6-8pm). Jan 18-31.

Fort Mason Center Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 921-2042. Call for hours. "Life As We Know It," oil and mixed-media paintings by Nancy Calef. Jan 8-March 27.

440 Haight 440 Haight; 552-6907. Call for hours. New works. Sat/18, 7-10pm.

Gallery Sanchez at Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez; 822-9581. Daily, 10am-3pm. "Projections," new work by San Francisco Women Artists members (reception Jan 25, 2-5pm). Jan 19-Feb 28.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). Chiaroscuro and new paintings by James Balla; "Per Annum," a gallery group show. Jan 16-Feb 28.

Haines 49 Geary, fifth flr; 397-8114. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs 10:30am-7:30pm); Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Infatuated River," work by Darren Waterston (reception Sat/18, 6-8pm). Jan 18-Feb 22.

Herbst Pavilion Fort Mason, Marina at Laguna; 771-7020. Daily, 11am-5pm. "San Francisco International Art Exposition," works by various artists. Fri/17-Mon/20.

Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia; 626-2787. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "I Dream a World," photography exhibit and oral history project by fifth grade students from the "I Have a Dream" program (reception Mon/20, 6:30-8pm). Jan 20-25.

John Pence 750 Post; 441-1138. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. Work by Hugh Shurley (reception Fri/17, 6-8pm). Jan 17-Feb 15.

Lucky Tackle 6608 San Pablo, Oakl; (510) 484-4373. Fri-Sun, 1-5pm and by appt. New drawings by Sarah Cain (reception Sat/18, 6:30pm). Jan 18-Feb 15.

Skylight Gallery San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch, 100 Larkin, sixth fl; 557-4277. Sun, noon-5pm; Mon and Sat, 10am-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri, noon-6pm. "The Long Walk to Freedom," photographs, archival material, and other items celebrating 12 local civil rights activists from the 1960s (reception Feb 1, 2pm). Jan 18-March 20.

Bay Area

Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito; (415) 331-2787, ext 28. Tues-Fri, Sun, noon-5pm. "Close Calls," works by more than 30 Californian artists (reception Sun/19, 1-3pm). Jan 19-Feb 28.

Heritage Square Building 6121 Hollis, Emeryville; (510) 653-1655. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm. "Surface Matters," a group show by Bay Area painters (reception Sun/19, noon-4pm). Through Feb 8. "New Works from Emerging Artists," a group show. Jan 19-March 1.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues-Sat, 11am-4pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "California Paintings 1910-1940: Selections from the Mills College Art Museum," more than 40 paintings by California artists; "Subtle Sight," works by contemporary artists including Stephanie Syjuci, Greg Niemeyer, and Trevor Phelan. Jan 21-March 6.

21 Grand 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. Thurs, 4-8pm; Fri-Sun, 1-6pm. "Take a Number," photographs and videos of performance works by Matt Volla, Sliv, Dulet Enterprises, and Isabel Reichert and Sean Fletcher (live performance Fri/17, 7-10pm). Jan 17-Feb 2.

Ongoing

Academy of Art 410 Bush; 567-3606. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. "Computer Arts: New Media," works by Sowimya Pushparaj and Charles Sun. Through Jan 31.

A.O.V. 3328 22nd St; 431-8341. Thurs-Fri, 5-8pm; Sat, noon-6pm. "Perez Prado: Unauthorized Collaborations." Curated by San Francisco artist Julio Morales, this exhibition features work by more than a dozen Bay Area artists, all inspired by or paying tribute to mambo bandleader Perez Prado, the first Latin American musician to become an international crossover sensation. If you don't visit the gallery's bathroom, you'll miss one of the best parts: a video by Reuben Lorch-Miller projected onto the restroom wall that features a heavily digitized, slowly moving image of Prado's face accompanied by the sound of Lorch-Miller whistling a well-known Prado melody. Other participating artists include Gordon McNee, Reanne Estrada, Geoff Chadsey, Jenifer Wofford, Chris Oliveria, Eamon Ore-Giron, and David Goldberg. Through Jan 25. (Westbrook)

Bayview-Anna Warden Branch Library 5075 Third St; 715-4100. Call for hours. Work by Malik Seneferu. Through Fri/17.

Baxter Chang Patri Fine Art Hotel Nikko, 222 Mason; 397-2000. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm, and by appt. Handblown glass by Murano and oil paintings by JungEun Ha. Through Jan 28.

Canessa 708 Montgomery; 296-9029. Mon-Fri, 11am-4pm. "Candles and Fountains," work by Bill Jehle. Through Jan 30.

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

Dolby Chadwick 266 Sutter, fourth fl; 956-3560. Tues-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Paintings by Gary Ruddell," oil on canvas

and panel. Through Jan 31.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11-5pm. Paintings by Michael Moon. Through Feb 1.

Eleonore Austerer 540 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Works by Joseph Solman; "Memory and Imagination," works by Lev Babin. Through Jan 31.

Gallery Lux 521 Seventh St; 864-2222. Wed-Fri, 1-5pm, and by appt. "[re]Readings: Artists' Books Now," an artist book exhibition. Through Feb 14.

Gallery 16 1616 16th St; 626-7495. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "The Anti-War Show," curated by Carol Wells. Through Feb 15.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Imagined Landscapes," work by Tjasa Owen. Through 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. Through Feb 8.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "False Truth," work by Reed Danzinger; "NTC 1976," work by Gerhard Mayer. Through Sat/18.

Hotel Cosmo 761 Post; 673-3080. Daily, 24 hrs. "Dreams and Rebellion - What is Real?/Who Cares!," works exploring surrealism and dadaism by 24 local artists. Through Jan 23.

Jewett Gallery San Francisco Main Library, 100 Larkin, lower level; 557-4277. Sun, noon-5pm; Mon and Sat, 10-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri, noon-6pm. "Speak Truth to Power," black-and-white portraits by Eddie Adams. Through Feb 23.

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. Through Feb 8.

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 Thurs/16, 5-9pm). Through Feb 10.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary; (415) 625-1350. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Sleepy Head," recent work by Terry Hoff. Through Feb 1.

Marcel Sitcoske 20 Hawthorne; 434-4804. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Mon, by appt. "Attack: Attraction," photographs and paintings by 13 artists. Through Jan 31.

Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter; 398-7229. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Shakabook," paintings and drawings by Devin Cecil-Wishing, Alexis Lopez, Marina Perez-Wong, Tiffany Turill, Austen Ward, and Miriam Wilson. Through Jan 23.

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.

National Product 1845 Market; 255-1920. Wed-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Galleria de los Sueños," paintings by Sakino, Bill Domonkos, and Julie Moll. Through Thurs/16.

Olive 743 Larkin; 778-9814. "Ethel Schochet at 90: A Retrospective," more than 40 works by Ethel Schochet. Through Sat/18.

Paxton Gate 824 Valencia; 824-1872. Mon-Thurs, noon-7pm; Fri, noon-8pm; Sat, 11am-8pm; Sun, 11am-7pm. Bird paintings by Liz Ross. Through Wed/15.

Peres Projects 1800 Bryant, Ste 210; 861-2692. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm, and by appt. "What Is Between Us," work by Chris Ballantyne. Through Jan 25. See Critic's Choice.

San Francisco Center for the Book 300 De Haro; 565-0545. Mon-Fri, noon-5pm. "Revealing the Mysteries: The Development of the Artist's Book in the Bay Area," works by various artists. Through Wed/15.

San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl; 252-2568. Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "For a Better World: A United Nations Poster Exhibition," more than 100 United Nations posters by artists and photographers from around the world. Through Jan 25.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. New paintings by Kathryn Van Dyke and Margaret Bourke-White. Through Sat/18.

Tinhorn Press and Gallery 511 Laguna; 621-1292. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-6pm; Sun, 1-5pm. Mezzotints by James Groleau (reception Thurs/16, 5:30-8pm). Through Feb 28.

Weinstein Gallery 383 Geary; 362-8151. Sun-Tues, 10am-7pm; Wed-Thurs, 9:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 9:30am-10:30pm. "10th Anniversary Exhibition," works by Weinstein artists and masters of the 20th century. Through Sun/19.

Bay Area

Berkeley Central Public Library 2090 Kittredge, Berk; (415) 921-5007. Mon-Thurs, 10am-9pm; Fri-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 1-5pm. "Before There Were Guns, We Were Brothers," photographs of images from Afghanistan in 1972. Through Feb 15.

Black Box 1928 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 451-1932. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm. "I AM A.R.T. (Absolute Reflection of Truth)," paintings by Abba Yahudah, Loushana Roybal Rose, Leon Kennedy, Joe Murphy, and Rani Carson. Through Feb 2.

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 Sun/19. (Westbrook)

Center for Labor Research and Education/Institute for Labor and Employment UC Berkeley, Director's Lounge, 2521 Channing Way, Berk; (510) 642-1056. Call for hours. "Rebellion on the Border," photographs by David Bacon. Through Wed/15.

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Art for the Rest of Us," new work by Joe Sam (reception Thurs/16, 5-8pm). Through Feb 28.