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

Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin; 581-3500, www.asianart.org. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm (Thurs, 10am-9pm). $10, $7 seniors, $6 for ages 12 to 17, free for 11 and under. "AsiaAlive: Auspicious Beginnings: The Arts of the Himalayas." Live artist demonstrations and hands-on art activities (Daily, noon-4pm). Through July 31. "Warrior Kings and Divine Jesters: Indonesian Puppets from the Herbert Collection." More than 200 puppets from Indonesia. Through Aug 31.

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 ages 12 to 17, free for 10 and under (free Tues). "Inside Out: Works by Museum Staff." Through Aug 10. "Treasures of a Lost Art." Italian manuscript paintings from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Through Aug 31. "Black and White: Prints from the 1970s and 1980s." More than 20 prints by Richard Diebenkorn, Wayne Thiebaud, Chuck Close, Ellsworth Kelly, Brice Marden, Bryan Hunt, and Robert Arneson. Through Sept 28.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $6, $4 students and seniors, $2 for ages 6 to 12, free for members and children five and under. "Keeping the Faith: The Life and Art of Morrie Turner." Panel cartoons and comic strips by Turner. Through Sun/27. "Alternative to What? Comic Art of the Free Weeklies" When the Village Voice launched the nation's first major alternative news weekly in 1955, it included a comic strip called Feiffer, which ended up running for 42 years and inspiring an entire genre of alt-weekly cartooning. This exhibition features Feiffer and 13 other respected strips. Weekly cartoonists have the freedom to be more political, more intellectual, and less concerned about offending their readers than their daily-paper counterparts; many of the strips on display are almost dauntingly text-heavy, with nary a cute animal or little kid to be seen. As with any Cartoon Art Museum show, it's exciting to get so close to the original drawings and examine the evidence of the artist's hand and working process. Through Oct 5. (Westbrook) "Great Comic Cats." An exhibition of original cartoon art featuring cat characters, including Garfield, Krazy Kats, Bill the Cat, Hobbes, Sylvester, and Mooch. Through Oct 26.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths, free for three and under. "Seeing." Though the title of the show is "Seeing," 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. For more information go to www.exploratorium.edu. Through Sept 1. (Westbrook) "Animal Magnetism." An exhibit focusing on our relationship with animals through displays and artworks from the 19th century to the present. Through Sept 28.

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. "Time and Dreams on my Hands." Almost 40 mixed-media paintings by Anna Caser. Through Aug 10. "Chrystalis," sculptural works by Susan Marie Freda. Through Aug 10.

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. "Valuables: Jewelry in the New Millennium." Work by 13 contemporary jewelers. War Toys Redux." Glass-and-steel sculptures by Bella Feldman. Both exhibits through Aug 17.

San Francisco Design Museum Metreon, 101 Fourth St; www.meandra.org. Thurs-Mon, 10am-10pm. $5-10. "Inspiration Perspiration." An exhibition of sports-related design. Through Aug 17.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 10am-6pm (Fri, 10am-9pm starting Sat/26); Thurs, 10am-9pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half price Thurs, 6-9pm). "2002 SECA Art Award: John Bankston, Andrea Higgins, Chris Johanson, Will Rogan." Works by the recipients of the Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art awards. Through Sun/27. "Earthly Bodies: Irving Penn's Nudes, 1949-50." Silver and platinum prints by Irving Penn. Through Sun/27. "Reel Sculpture." Film installations by Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Abbas Kiarostami, and Atom Egoyan. Through Aug 3. "ROY/design series 1." Works by architect Lindy Roy. Through Sept 7. "Philip Guston Retrospective." More than 100 paintings and drawings by the artist. Through Sept 28. "Marc Chagall." Paintings and works on paper by the artist. July 26-Nov 4.

San Francisco Performing Arts Library and Museum 401 Van Ness, fourth fl; 255-4800. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-5pm; Wed, 11am-7pm. Free. "Hirschfeld: A Centennial Celebration." drawings, paintings, and lithographs from the Hirschfeld Archives (reception Tues/29, 6-8pm). July 30-Dec 19.

Seymour Pioneers Museum 300 Fourth St; 957-1849. Wed-Fri, 10am-4pm (also first and third Sat, 10am-4pm). $3, $1 seniors and students. "Ore to Opulence." An examination of the history of silver from the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859 through the following three decades. Through Oct 4.

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). "To Protect and Serve: The LAPD Archives." Black and white crime scene photographs taken between the 1920s and 1970s, artifacts, logbooks, and paraphernalia. See 8 Days a Week, page 50. "out of bounds (from near and afar)." Site-specific projects by Yunhee Min. "Pocket Atlas." Works by Nick Ackerman, Dean Byington, and Clare E. Rojas. All exhibits run July 26-Oct 5.

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. "Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African American Photography." An examination of the history of African American photographers from 1840 to the present. Through Aug 31. "Iconic to Ironic: Fashioning California Identity." More than 100 articles of clothing and accessories. Through Sept 21. "Marvin Lipofsky: A Glass Odyssey." Almost 60 works by the founder of the California studio glass movement. Through Oct 12.

UC Berkeley Art Museum 2626 Bancroft Way, Berk; (510) 642-0808. Wed-Sun, 11am-7pm. $8, $5 seniors and youths, $4 members and UC Berkeley students and faculty (free Thurs). "UC Berkeley Masters of Fine Art Graduate Exhibition." The 33rd annual exhibit includes works by Joseph Arnold, Veronica De Jesus, Amanda Hughen, Andrew James, Alexander Munn, Heather Patterson, and Ryan Reynolds. Through Sun/27. "MATRIX: For Your Pleasure." Works by Cai Guo-Qiang, Chiho Aoshima, and Angela Bulloch. Through Aug 3. "Matrix 207: Anna Von Mertens Suggested North Points." Handmade quilts by Anna Von Mertens. Through Sept 7.

galleries

Opening

Creativity Explored 3245 16th St; 863-2108. Mon-Fri, 10am-3pm; Sat, 11am-6pm. "Fired and Wired," computer animation, computer drawings, and 3-D ceramic and plaster work (reception Thurs/24, 7-9pm). July 24-Sept 27. See 8 Days a Week, page 50.

Live Art Gallery 151 Potrero; 552-5875. Sat, 1-5pm, and by appt. "Booty Call Photo Exhibition," soft porn portraits by Juanita MORE! and DJ Derek B; curated by Sookie Koban. Fri/25, 7-10pm.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "The Summer Line 2003" To call them venture capitalists wouldn't be quite right, since there isn't much money to be made in the projects they sponsor, but Jon Brumit and Marc Horowitz never let that stop them before. Better known as Sliv and Dulet Enterprises, organizers of 2001's much publicized one-minute art show, they are more like venture facilitators. They've invited 20 of their favorite local artists to participate as a rotating cast in "The Summer Line 2003." Each week for five weeks, a handful of artists have arrived, installed, and shown off new products and services of their own invention. The final reception, Wed/23, 6 to 8 p.m., includes two premieres: Darren Jenkins's United Starving Artist Fund video and Jon Rolston's zine The Sphincter of Our City. Through Sat/26. (Westbrook) "Before/After," live art with Point Blank, Tammy Rae Carland, Mary DeNardo, Tara Jepson, Christina Loff, Lila Pond, and Secrets of Family Happiness, Sat/26, 8pm.

Weinstein Gallery 383 Geary; 362-8151. Sun-Wed, 10am-7pm; Thurs, 9:30am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 9:30am-10:30pm. Work by Marc Chagall. July 25-Aug 25.

Ongoing

Academy of Art College Galleries 410 Bush; 567-3606. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. Paintings by Elena Schwartz and Kamphoune Syphengpheth. Through Aug 1. 625 Sutter; 274-2229. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. Prints by Michael Kaiser. Through July 31. 688 Sutter; 931-5892. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Group painting show. Through July 31.

Andrea Schwartz Gallery 525 Second St; 495-2090. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "CCAC Alumni Exhibition Series," work by SFAI and CCAC alumni. Through Fri/25.

Atelier of Famous Melissa and Co. 545 Sutter; 788-1866. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm. "Artemis Gallery Introduction Exhibition," works by three artists. Through July 30.

Atrium 600 Townsend; 559-7774. Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm. "Summer 2003 Exhibition," works by the Pacific Rim Sculptor's Group. Through Mon/28.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Introductions 2003," work by Mike Farruggia, Dennis Luedeman, and Aaron Peterson. Through Aug 2.

Build 483 Guerrero; 863-3041. Call for hours. "Thus Far: Art, Film, Tea, and Media from the Archives of Jon Beacham and Ryan Coffey," curated by Elliot Lessing. Through Thurs/24.

Caldwell Snyder Gallery 341 Sutter; 392-2299. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Works by Rik Van Iersel. Through July 31.

Canessa 708 Montgomery; 296-9029. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Pura Vida," photographs by Ben Zupo. Through Thurs/24.

Canvas Gallery 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0060. Sun-Thurs, 8am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 8am-2am. "Pastiche, An Exhibition of Cacophony," new work. Through July 31.

Catharine Clark 49 Geary; 399-1439. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Something's Broken," works by Josephine Taylor; works by leonardogillesfleur. Through Aug 2.

Chatter Box 1185 Church; 647-0900. Tues-Fri, 11:30am-6:30pm; Sat, noon-5pm. Wire sculpture by Diane Komater. Through July 31.

Crucible Steel 2050 Bryant; 648-7562. Daily, 10am-10pm. "Personal Space," drawings, paintings, and photographs by Jonathan Burstein, Laura Paulini, Erin Thompson, and David Wilson. Through Wed/23.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11-5pm. Photographs of the Golden Gate National Parks by John Wilmer. Through July 31.

Eleonore Austerer 565 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Still Life Portraits," work by Roberto Azank. Through July 31.

Eros Gallery 2051 Market; 255-4921. Call for hours. Color photographic images by Tom Bianchi. Through July 31.

Gallery Paule Anglim 14 Geary; 433-2710. Tues-Fri, 10am-5:30pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. "Introductions 2003," works by Brendan Lott, Sian Oblak, Joshua Podoll, Madison Smith, and Philip Zimmerman. Through Aug 2.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526. Call for hours. "Pretty in Plastic," celebrity portraits by Sham. Through Sat/26.

Hackett-Freedman 250 Sutter, fourth fl; 362-7152. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Pairings: Discovered Dialogues in Postwar Abstractions," pairs of paintings and works on paper by modern masters from the East Coast and West Coast schools of abstract expressionism. Through Aug 2. "Ogle," work by David Tomb. Through Aug 2.

Haines 49 Geary, fifth flr; 397-8114. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs 10:30am-7:30pm); Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Works on Paper," a group exhibition by various emerging and established artists; "Still Wet," new paintings by Mike Henderson. Through Aug 16.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Home Movies," paintings and charcoal works by Catherine Ryan. Through Aug 2.

Hang Annex 567 Sutter; 544-0610. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Body Language," works by Dana Chen, Catherine Saiki, Eric Jacobsen, and Chrystie Danzer. Through Aug 2.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, second fl; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Sunday," oil on panel paintings by David Lyle. Through Aug 9. See Critic's Choice.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Paper," work by Kirsten Bahrs Janssen, Jacob El Hanani, Nicole Fein, Lukas Felzmann, Ron Griffin, Jill Lear, Michael Light, Marco Maggi, Wes Mills, John O'Reilly, and Mark Sheinkman (reception Sat/26, 3-5pm). Through Aug 16.

Hotel Cosmo 761 Post; 673-3080. Daily, 24 hrs. "Dressing the Body," works by 19 local artists. Through Wed/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. "Awakening from the California Dream," photographs by Robert Dawson, Gray Brechin, and Phil Mumma. Through Mon/28.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; (415) 229-1138. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Western Witch, Season of the," works by Georganne Deen. Through Aug 2.

Lola Gallery 2517 Mission; 401-6800. Wed-Sat, noon-7pm, and by appt. "Portraits of Mary Jane," art by Cornelia Jensen. Through Aug 2. "Doctrine," political art by various artists. Through Aug 2.

Photoworks 2077A Market; 626-6800. Mon-Fri, 9am-8pm; Sat, 10am-8pm; Sun, 10am-6pm. "Castro Theatre Renovation," photographs by Rebecca McBride. Through Aug 1.

Punch Gallery 155 10th St; 522-5555. Mon-Fri, noon-5pm, and by appt. "Cutout," works by Scott Williams, Logan Hicks, Mike Ming, and Brin Berliner. Through July 31.

San Francisco Center for the Book 300 De Haro; 565-0545. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat, noon-4pm. "Massin in Continuo: A Dictionary." Through Sept 26.

San Francisco City Hall 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Pl; 252-2568. Mon-Fri, 8am-8pm; Sat-Sun, noon-4pm. "Insights," works by artists who are legally blind; "Portraits from Cuba," photographic portraits by Halle Merrill; "Crosscuts/Tagli Trasversali," woodblock prints by Marco Glavio Marinucci; "Snapshot: San Francisco Children and Youth Today," photographs by Brian Moore and Lisa Zimmerman (reception Thurs/24, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Sept 7.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. "Illegal Art: Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age," work by Bill Barminski, Ray Beldner, Enrique Chagoya, Heidi Cody, Michael Hernandez De Luna, and others. Through Fri/25.

Shivaani Gallery 855 Folsom, Ste 108; 341-8055. Wed and Thurs, 6-8pm, and by appt. "Deep Sea Distortions," mixed-media work by Rene Fressola. Through July 31.

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. "Kalligraphia," work by members of the Friends of Calligraphy. Through July 31.

Start Soma Capella SF, 270 14th St; 495-7844, www.startsoma.com. By appt only. "Art Show: Really Good Art by Really Good Artists." Through July 30.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. Architectural drawings of the San Francisco Stock Exchange; photographs by Julius Schulman. Through Sat/26.

Thacher Gallery University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton; 422-2660. Mon-Fri, noon-5:30pm. "A Delicate Balance: The 4th Thacher USF Annual Student Showcase," a juried exhibition of artworks by juniors and seniors in USF's visual arts program. Through Fri/25.

Togonon Gallery 1821 Powell; 291-9255. Thurs-Sun, 1-6pm. "Shift," new paintings by Ben Needham. Through July 31.

Triangle Gallery 47 Kearny, fifth fl; 392-1686. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Works on paper by Carleen Keating; collages and montages by Bruce Kortebein. Through Sat/26.

Varnish Fine Art 77 Natoma; 222-6131. Tues-Sat, 11am-11pm. "Urban Flight," works by Joe Cariati and Daimon Marshand. Through Aug 11.

Bay Area

Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut, Berk; (510) 644-6893. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "Unbound and under Covers: Experiments in Visual Writing," works by writers and visual artists. Through Sun/27.

Buzz Gallery 2316 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 872-0561. Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm; Sat-Sun, 9am-5pm. Paintings and drawings by Shara Hannah. Through July 31.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "Patterns," work by Chuck Potter (reception Sat/26, 5-8pm). Through July 31.

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Kala Art Institute 1060 Heinz, Berk; (510) 549-2977. Tues-Fri, noon-5:30pm; Sat, noon-4:30pm, and by appt. "2 x 4: 2002 Kala Fellowship Exhibition, Part 1," works by May Chan, Taro Hattori, Amanda Knowles, and Andrew Mamo. Through July 31.

Latham Square Office Building 1611 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 238-3843. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Paintings by Gabriel Navar. Through Oct 9.

Oakland Museum of California in City Center Sculpture Court, 1111 Broadway, Oakl; (510) 238-6836. Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm (third Thurs, 8pm). "Zootech," sculptures by Tim Jag. Through July 30.

PhotoCentral Gallery 1099 E St, Hayward; (510) 881-6721. Mon-Thurs, noon-10pm; Sat, 10am-6pm. "The Instructive Eye," works by PhotoCentral staff including John Dotta, Laura Mah, Monte Hartman, and Rick Knepp. Through summer 2003.