January 22, 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 12-17, free children under 11 (free Tues). "Poor Richard." More than 70 drawings on paper by Philip Guston. Through Sun/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. "LED Images: Studies in Motion and Rest." Works by Jim Campbell. Through April 3.

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. "Crosscuts – Tagli Trasversali." Woodcut prints and an overview of the woodcut process. Both exhibits through April 19.

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. Through June 21.

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). "Charles LeDray, Sculpture 1989-2001." Contemporary sculptures by the artist. Jan 25-April 6. "5ive Projects: Contemporary Art from Sweden." Works by Eva Ek-Schaeffer, Roger Andersson, Peter Geschwind, Johan Zetterquiest, Maria Lindberg, Jon Brunberg, Annika Larsson, Anneè Olofsson, and Annika Ström. Jan 25-April 13.

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.

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 Sun/26.

UC Berkeley Art Museum 2626 Bancroft Way, Berk; (510) 642-0808. Wed-Sun, 11am-7pm. $8, $5 seniors and youths, free for 12 and under, members, and UC Berkeley students and faculty (free Thurs). "Fast Forward II." Works by emerging artists. Through Feb 9. See Critic's Choice. "The Subject Is Art: 1400-1800." Paintings, drawings, prints, and sculpture by southern and northern European artists. Through Feb 9. "Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations, 1979-2000." More than 20 works. Through March 30. "Aftermath." A new installation by Fred Wilson. Through July 20.

galleries

Opening

Noh Space 2840 Mariposa; 864-6740. Call for hours. Works by contemporary Asian American comic book and graphic novel artists Lark Pien, Thien Pham, and Jason Shiga. Fri/24-Sat/25, 7:30pm.

San Francisco Center for the Book 300 De Haro; 565-0545. Mon-Fri, noon-5pm. "XOXOX: AN Exhibition of Heart Art, Valentines and Love Letters," a showcase of handmade billets-doux (reception Feb 8, 6-8pm). Jan 24-Feb 28.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. "The Valley," recent photographs by Larry Sultan; New bronze sculpture by Jack Zajac. Through Feb 22.

Walter and McBean Galleries San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut; 749-4563. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm. Drawings and paintings by James Siena; "Not in My Backyard," works by Micol Hebron (reception Thurs/23, 5:30-7:30pm). Jan 24-March 15.

Bay Area

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). "Conceptual Contraptions: The Art of Bernie Lubell and Sheri Simons," large-scale machines by the contemporary artists (reception Feb 2, 3-5pm). Jan 26-March 9.

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.

Academy of Art College Gallery 688 Sutter; 931-5892. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Illustration, Imagination and Expression," a group show (reception Jan 31, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Feb 1.

American Institute of Architects SF Gallery 130 Sutter, Ste 600; 362-7397. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Eichler: Modernism Rebuilds the American Dream," photographs by Ernest Braun. Through Feb 7.

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

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 rest room 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 Sat/25. (Westbrook)

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 Tues/28.

Bonnafont Gallery 946A Greenwich; 431-7546. Sat-Sun, 2-5pm, and by appt. "365 Days," a visual diary by Ann Barth. Through Feb 2.

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

Brian Gross Fine Art 49 Geary; 788-1050. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Work by Donald Feasél. Through Feb 15.

Caldwell Snyder Gallery 341 Sutter; 392-2299. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-6pm. "Punt de vista," works by Regina Saura. Through Jan 31.

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

City Art 828 Valencia; 970-9900. Wed-Sun, noon-9pm. Works by local artists. Through Jan 31.

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.

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery 345 Sutter; 981-1080. Call for hours. "New Directions, Recent Oils and Mixed-Media Assemblage," work by Dennis Hare. Through Feb 15.

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

Gallery Sanchez at Noe Valley Ministry 1021 Sanchez; 822-9581. Daily, 10am-3pm. "Projections," new work by San Francisco Women Artists members. Through 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. Through Feb 28.

Haines 49 Geary, fifth fl; 397-8114. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs 10:30am-7:30pm); Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Infatuated River," work by Darren Waterston. Through Feb 22.

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 fl; 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.

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 Thurs/23.

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. Through Sat/25.

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.

John Pence 750 Post; 441-1138. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. Work by Hugh Shurley. Through Feb 15.

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. 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.

Lucky Tackle 6608 San Pablo, Oakl; (510) 484-4373. Fri-Sun, 1-5pm, and by appt. New drawings by Sarah Cain. Through Feb 15.

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

Market Street Kiosks along Market Street between Van Ness and Embarcadero; 252-2559. Original posters by Synne Bull and Dragan Miletic. Through Feb 14.

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 Thurs/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.

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. Through Feb 1.

National Japanese American Historical Society Gallery 1684 Post; 921-5007. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm (also first Sat, 11am-5pm). "Manga: A Century of Social Commentary by Japanese Artists in America," works by artists of Japanese ancestry from 1904 to the present. Through Feb 1.

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

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ODC Theater Gallery 3153 17th St; 626-6745. Thurs, 3-5pm; Sat, 3-6pm. "Dress As," a group show of fashion design as art. 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. Through Feb 8.

Peres Projects 1800 Bryant, Ste 210; 861-2692. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm, and by appt. "What Is Between Us," work by Chris Ballantyne. Chris Ballantyne's landscapes seem almost normal at first, until you start to notice little things – a car door left open by someone who just left the scene, a tree that's been chopped but hasn't fallen yet. Not even a breath of air stirs, but it's clear that people have been here and left, their business strangely unfinished. Ballantyne has a very Dr. Seuss-like predilection for simple colors, cartoonish shapes, and underpopulated, alien-seeming terrain. Many of his paintings look at the world from a dramatically precarious point of view, calling our attention to various kinds of disjunctions and disruptions in land, water, fences, and pipes. Through Sat/25. (Westbrook)

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 401 Van Ness; 554-6080. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm, Tues, by appt. "Slowing Down," works by Chris Cobb; "Extrahere," works by Ellen Babcock. Through Sat/25.

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 Sat/25.

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. Through Jan 31.

San Pablo Arts Gallery San Pablo Civic Center, One Alvarado Square, 13831 San Pablo; (510) 836-2663. Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "Reflections," new works by Rosalie Cassell, Diane Rusnak, and Kim Thoman. Through Sun/26.

Shenson Memorial Gallery 900 Hyde; 353-6650. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "Border Reach: The Colors of Mexico," paintings by Sali Mour. Through Feb 6.

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. Through Feb 8. "Shadow Cabinets," various works presented in the Overlook Project Space. Through June 14.

Spanganga 3376 19th St; 307-0109. Sat-Mon, noon-4pm, and by appt. "Cozy," works by Heather Johnson, Marina Vendrell, Eric Mortensen, and Laura Splan. Through Feb 2.

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. Through Feb 1.

Bay Area

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

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.

Cafe 817 817 Washington, Oakl; (510) 271-7965. Mon-Fri, 7:30am-4pm; Sat, 9am-4pm. Collages and prints by Joan Schulze. Through Jan 31.

Fig Tree Gallery 2599 Eighth St, Space no. 42, Berk; (510) 540-7843. Sat-Sun, 11am-5pm, and by appt. "Group Nineteen," various works. Through Jan 31.

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

Kala Art Institute 1060 Heinz, Berk; (510) 549-2977. Tues-Fri, noon-5:30pm; Sat, noon-4:30pm; and by appt. "Kala Artists' Annual Exhibition," works by more than 50 artists. Through Jan 30.

Third Street Grind Gallery 464 Third St, Oakl; (510) 832-5282. Mon-Fri, 6:30am-2:30pm. "For Artists: A Room with a View," works by children artists. Through Jan 30.

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. Through Feb 2.