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 ages 12 to 17, free for 10 and under (free Tues). "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 Sun/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. "Alternative to What? Comic Art of the Free Weeklies." Over 10 comic strips from alternative weeklies. Through Oct 5. "Great Comic Cats." An exhibition of original cartoon art featuring cat characters, including Garfield, Krazy Kat, Bill the Cat, Hobbes, Sylvester, and Mooch. Through Oct 26. "From off the Streets of Cleveland Comes American Splendor." Works by comic book writer Harvey Pekar illustrated by five underground comic book artists. Through Nov 23. "An Exploration of Cartoon Art." Ongoing.

Chinese Historical Society of America and Chinese American National Museum 965 Clay; 391-1188. Tues-Fri, 11am-4pm. $3, $2 seniors, $1 for 6-17, free for 5 and under. "The Heathen Chinee: Stereotypes of Chinese in Popular Music." Sheet music and photographs focused on how Chinese Americans were perceived by American society during the 19th and 20th centuries. Through Feb 28, 2004.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths, free for three and under. "Animal Magnetism." An exhibit focusing on our relationship with animals through displays and artworks from the 19th century to the present. Through Sun/28.

Mexican Museum Fort Mason Center, Bldg D, Marina at Laguna; 441-0404. Wed-Fri, 11am-5pm, free. "The Fantastic and the Familiar: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection," more than 20 prints by eight modern Mexican artists. Through Sat/27.

Museum of Craft and Folk Art Fort Mason Center, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 775-0991. Sat, 10am-5pm; Tues-Fri, Sun, 11am-5pm (first Wed, 11am-7pm). $4, $3 seniors, free for members and those 18 and under (free first Wed and Sat, 10am-noon). "Revealing Influences: Conversations with Bay Area Artists." Works by Midori Harima, Susan Johnson White, Amy Berk, Charles Linder, Jason Mecier, Rigo 03, Becky Schaefer, Frank Haines, Jarrett Mitchell, and Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. Through Nov 15.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 10am-6pm (Fri, 10am-9pm); Thurs, 10am-9pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half price Thurs, 6-9pm). "Philip Guston Retrospective." More than 100 paintings and drawings by the artist. Through Sun/28. "Marc Chagall." Paintings and works on paper by the artist. Through Nov 4. "The Photographs of Reagan Louie: Sex Work in Asia." Large-scale color photographs. Through Dec 7. "Reprocessing Information." Works using information as primary subject and medium. Through Feb 8, 2004. "Fantasy and Function: The Furniture of John Dickinson." A dozen furniture pieces and more than 30 framed drawings by John Dickinson. Sept 26-March 7, 2004.

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. "out of bounds (from near and afar)." Site-specific projects by Yunhee Min. "Pocket Atlas: Nick Ackerman, Dean Byington, Clare E. Rojas." All exhibits through Oct 5.

Bay Area

Museum of Children's Art 538 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 465-8700. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. Free. "Then and Now." Original works by children's book illustrators (reception Oct 4, 5-7pm). Sept 26-Jan 4, 2004.

Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Wed-Sat, 10am-5pm; Sun, noon-5pm (first Fri, 10am-9pm). $8, $5 seniors and students. "Marvin Lipofsky: A Glass Odyssey." Almost 60 works by the founder of the California studio glass movement. Through Oct 12. "The Art of Fred Martin: A Retrospective, 1948-2003." Works by the painter, teacher, and writer. Through Dec 28.

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). "Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics." Almost 100 works by contemporary artists on the topic of genetic engineering. Through Dec 7.

galleries
Opening

Aurobora Press 147 Natoma; 546-7880. Mon-Sat, 11am-5pm. New works on paper by Gustavo Ramos Rivera. Through Sat/27. New monotypes by Stephen Westfall. Sept 27-Nov 8.

Canvas Gallery 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0060. Sun-Thurs, 8am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 8am-2am. "Poets and Painters, Sculptures and Scribes," an installation of text and imagery by a group of artists and poets (reception Thurs/25, 6pm-midnight). Sept 25-Nov 23.

Don Soker Contemporary Art 49 Geary; 291-0966. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent photographic-based installations by Heidi Struble. Through Sat/27. "Dialectica," works by Theodora Varnay Jones. Sept 30-Nov 1.

FiftyCrows Gallery 1074 Folsom; 551-0091. Wed-Fri, noon-6pm. "Aging in America," an installation of "aging artifacts" collected by Julie Winokur from the homes of elderly people who died alone in San Francisco and photographs by Ed Kashi. Sept 25-Oct 24.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "When the Music Stops My Troubles Begin," video installation by Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay (reception Oct 3, 8pm). Sept 30-Oct 4. "Jovial Tales for Tragic Sensibilities," a retrospective of work by Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse. Through Oct 18.

Pond 324 14th St; 437-9151. Sat-Sun, 3-8pm, and by appt. "Free Mattress," installation and mixed-media work by David Larsen, Will Yackulic, Marc Bell, and Amy Lockhart (reception Sat/27, 6-10pm). Sept 27-Oct 19. See 8 Days a Week.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Center Haslett Warehouse, 499 Jefferson; 561-7100. Daily, 9:30am-7pm (Oct 2-May 30, 9:30am-5pm). "Deepwater Steel," photographs by Steve Pereira. Through May 30.

Seam Gallery 600 Illinois; 621-9899. Call for hours. "Blessed Are the Pure of Heart," photographs of San Francisco's Russian Orthodox community by Helen Sinelnikoff-Nowak. (reception Thurs/25, 6-9pm). Sept 25-Oct 25.

Triangle Gallery 47 Kearny, fifth fl; 392-1686. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent paintings by Max Hein. Through Sat/27. Paintings by Koi Kawashima (reception Oct 2, 5:30-7:30pm). Sept 30-Nov 1.

Bay Area

Berkeley Art Center 1275 Walnut, Berk; (510) 644-6893. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "One Struggle, Two Communities: Late-20th Century Political Posters of Havana, Cuba, and the San Francisco Bay Area," 60 Cuban posters; curated by Lincoln Cushing. Sept 28-Dec 13.

Berkeley Historical Society 1931 Center, Berk; (510) 848-0181. Thurs-Sat, 1-4pm. "Early Women of Berkeley," curated by the College Women's Club, Berkeley Branch of the American Association of University Women, and the Berkeley Historical Society (reception Sun/28, 2-5pm). Sept 28-March 27.

Ongoing

Acabello Salon 2423 California; 922-7577. Call for hours. "Cake," paintings by Marsha Karen Olson (reception Sat/27, 7-10pm). Through Nov 3.

Academy of Art College Galleries 410 Bush; 567-3606. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. "Fine Art Faculty Show." Through Oct 1. 625 Sutter; 274-2229. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. "MFA Photography Show: Woo Suk Kim. Through Oct 1. 688 Sutter; 931-5892. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. "Fine Art Faculty Show." Through Oct 1.

Big Pagoda Company 310 Sutter; 296-8881. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Migrations and Transitions," works by Gregory Burns. Through Tues/30.

Blue Room Gallery 2331 Mission; 282-8411. Wed-Sun, 1-9pm. "Bay Area Furniture Art," works by more than 15 local artists and designers. Through Oct 26.

Build 483 Guerrero; 863-3041. Call for hours. New photo works by John Chiara. Through Fri/26.

Caldwell Snyder Gallery 341 Sutter; 392-2299. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. New acquisitions by Piotr Strelnik. Through Tues/30.

Capobianco Gallery 1841 Powell; 296-9110. Call for hours. Recent paintings by Guy Colwell. Through Tues/30.

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. Through Sat/27.

Cresta's 2211 Club 2211 Polk; 673-2211. "Still Rockin' Veterans of the Sixties Cultural Revolution," photographs by Chet Helms. Through Sun/28.

Crocker Galleria 50 Post, No. 41, second floor; 720-9691. Abstract paintings by Sabina Sulé. Through Tues/30.

Den 849 Valencia; 282-6646. Call for hours. A group show featuring work by Stan Banos, Mark Faigenbaum, Janet Flemer, Terry Hawkins, Brad Payton, Kevin Ryan, Dave Warnke, Jim Winters, Lisa Wood, and Sandy Wood. Through Sun/28.

A Different Light Bookstore 489 Castro; 431-0891. Call for hours. "Queer as Foto," works by Frank Celaya, Mark Gebhardt, and Tom Mitchell. Through Oct 31.

Dolby Chadwick 210 Post; 956-3560. Call for hours. "Provocative Poses: 2001-2003," drawings and paintings on paper by Kim Frohsin. Through Sat/27.

Ebert Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; 296-8405. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11-5pm. Painting by Fred Martin. Through Sat/27.

Eleonore Austerer 565 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Mitsushima: Tactile Painting," work by Takayuki Mitsushima. Through Tues/30.

Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery 49 Geary, fifth floor; 981-1080. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Salt Creek Seeps," oil paintings by Johnnie Winona Ross. Through Oct 1.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526. Call for hours. "Action Packed Art Thrills," works by Rene Garcia, Jr. Through Sat/27.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "B(e)aring," paintings by Ines Kramer. Through Tues/30.

Hang Annex 567 Sutter; 544-0610. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "... and so it goes...," painting and mixed-media works by Anthony May. Through Tues/30.

Independent Design Collective 52 Mason; www.jennyzhang.org. Wed-Sun, noon-7pm. "Gauze," video and installation by Jenny Zhang. Through Nov 30. See 8 Days a Week.

John Adams Campus City College of San Francisco, Campus Library, 1860 Hayes; 561-1946. Mon and Thurs, 9am-4pm; Tues and Wed, 9am-8pm; Fri, 9am-1pm. "Rebellion of the Border," photographs by David Bacon. Through Dec 20.

Live Art Gallery 151 Potrero; 552-5875. Sat, 1-5pm, and by appt. "Mount," a group show by the gallery's studio artists. Through Sat/27.

Modernism 685 Market; 541-0461. Tues-Sat, 10am-5:30pm. "American Paintings III," works by Gottfried Helmwen; paintings and works on paper by George Koskas. Through Nov 1.

Octavia's Haze 498 Hayes; 255-6818. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. Works by James Michalopoulos. Through Nov 9.

One Market One Market; www.imaginebusproject.org. Daily, 7:30am-5:30pm. "The Imagine Bus Project Art Show," work by inner-city youth artists. Through Oct 10.

Presidio Officer's Club Exhibition Hall 50 Moraga; (800) 965-4827, www.atthepresidio.org. Mon, Thurs-Sun, 10am-5pm; Wed, 10am-8pm. "The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord and Conflict," over 100 American flags. Through Tues/30.

San Francisco Center for the Book 300 De Haro; 565-0545. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm; Sat, noon-4pm. "Massin in Continuo: A Dictionary," a touring exhibition featuring work by French graphic design artist Robert Massin. Through Fri/26.

SF LGBT Community Center 1800 Market; 554-4297. Call for hours. "Queer Photography Competition and Exhibition," curated by Chloe Atkins. Through Oct 31. "Familiar Men," nude male portraits by Laurie Toby Edison (reception Thurs/25, 7pm). Through Oct 31.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. "Fresh Currents," works by Linda Meiko Allen, Xavier Damon, Suzanne Dycus-Gendreau, Alan Parrish, and Laura Jo Wegman. Through Fri/26.

Shivaani Gallery 855 Folsom, Ste 108; 341-8055. Wed, 6-8pm, and by appt. "Finger Paintings," works by Shakil. Through Tues/30.

Slingshot Gallery 1721 63rd St, Berk; (415) 531-3562, www.slingshotart.org. By appt. "Spaces to Fall Into," works by James Chronister and Vanessa Marsh. Through Tues/30.

Space 743 743 Harrison; 777-9080. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. "17+ Studio Artists of the Clay Studio." Through Oct 26. See Critic's Choice.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. 4pR2," works by Camille Solyagua. Through Fri/26.

Strybing Arboretum and Botanical Gardens Golden Gate Park, Ninth Ave at Lincoln Way; 661-1316, ext 303. Daily, 10am-4pm. Gouache and watercolor paintings by Gianna Marino. Through Tues/30.

Thacher Gallery University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton; 422-2660. Mon-Fri, noon-5:30pm. "The Cosmic Walk," tapestries by the Kopanang Women's Group. Through Sun/28.

Velvet da Vinci 508 Hayes; 626-7478. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm; Sun, noon-4pm. Sculpture and jewelry by Thomas Hill. Through Tues/30.

Bay Area

ACCI 1652 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-2527. Tues-Thurs, 11am-6pm; Fri, 11am-7pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Sensuous," jewelry exhibition. Through Oct 4.

Alameda Historical Museum Gallery 2324 Alameda, Alameda, (510) 521-1233. Wed-Fri, Sun, 1:30-4pm; Sat, 11am-4pm. "Bay Area Art," oil paintings by Robert Ruark. Through Sat/27.

Buzz Gallery 2316 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 872-0561. Mon-Fri, 7am-7pm; Sat-Sun, 9am-5pm. "The Recent Findings of Aailyon Mulk," installation by Amy Morrell with soundscape by DJ John Hoppin. Through Fri/26.

Gallery 555 555 12th St, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm (Third Thurs, 7am-8pm). "Thither," sculptures by Julia Latané. Through Oct 1.

Joyce Gordon Gallery 406 14th St, Oakl; (510) 465-8928. Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun 1-6pm. "Summer Group Show," works by fifteen artists. Through Tues/30.

Oakland Art Gallery 199 Kahn's Alley, Broadway and 14th St, Oakl; (510) 637-0395. Tues-Fri, 11am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Transfigurations," works by Elisabeth Sunday. Through Oct 18.

Pacific Art League of Palo Alto 668 Ramona, Palo Alto; (650) 321-3891. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm; Sat, 10am-4pm. "Close Up," artists explore the beauty in common objects. Through Wed/24. "Photographic Impressions," works by Nancy H. Hole. Through Tues/30.

Pro Arts 461 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 763-4361. Wed-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Box Art/Art Box," more than 100 boxes altered by local artists. Through Thurs/25.