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.

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Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin; 581-3500, www.asianart.org. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm (Thurs, 10am-9pm). $10, $7 seniors, $6 for 12 to 17, free for 11 and under. "AsiaAlive: East Meets West." Live artists demonstrations and hands-on art activities (noon-4pm). Through Oct 31. "Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918 to 1392." More than 100 works, including celadon ceramics, Buddhist paintings and sculptures, illustrated sutras, manuscripts, ritual implements, metal crafts, and lacquer wares. Oct 18-Jan 11, 2004. "Leaning Forward, Looking Back: Eight Contemporary Korean Artists." More than 20 mixed-media works. Oct 18-Jan 11, 2004.

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 10 and under (free Tues). "Degas Sculptures." An exhibition of 73 bronze sculptures by Edgar Degas. Oct 18-Jan 18, 2004. "William Bailey Prints and Drawings." About 30 prints and drawings covering three decades of Bailey's artistic career. Oct 18-Feb 8, 2004.

Cartoon Art Museum 655 Mission; CAR-TOON. Tues-Sun, 11am-5pm. $6, $4 students and seniors, $2 for 6 to 12, free for members and children 5 and under. "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. "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.

Exploratorium 3601 Lyon; 563-7337. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. $10, $7.50 students and seniors, $6 youths, free for three and under. "A Wing and a Prayer." An installation by Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse. Thurs/16, 7:30pm. "Paying Attention." A video installation by Helen de Michiel about six Exploratorium staff members' commutes to work. Through Jan 11, 2004.

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." Unlike conventional paintings and sculptures, many of the works in this exhibition derive their power from unique materials. Midori Harima, a Japanese artist who recently relocated to San Francisco, makes sculptures out of ordinary Xerox copy paper. Her forms recall Japanese Washi paper art, but her materials tie them profoundly to contemporary office life. Philip Ross cultures and manipulates shelf fungus (Ganoderma lucidum) into myriad forms, creating works that reference everything from drug culture to haute cuisine, bonsai trees, and rural American kitsch craft. Susan Johnson White crochets doilies out of gut and hair, recalling the old saying about sows' ears and silk purses. Her use of bodily elements to comment metaphorically on matters of gender and domesticity allies her with many other contemporary artists both inside and outside the official craft and high art realms. Other participating artists include Amy Berk, Charles Linder, Jason Mecier, Rigo 03, and Becky Schaefer, Frank Haines, Jarrett Mitchell, and Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. Through Nov 15. (Westbrook)

Randall Museum 199 Museum Way; 554-9600, www.randallmuseum.org. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. Free. "Wooden Expressions: A Decade of Woodworking." A rotating exhibition of works by artists in the Randall Museum Woodworking Program (reception Nov 5, 6-8pm). Through Dec 31.

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). "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.

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. Through Dec 19.

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). "Ten by Twenty." Ten newly commissioned works created in celebration of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' 10th anniversary. "Four in a Row." A series of performance-based installations by Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Matmos, Claudia Tennyson, and Bill Daniel. Both exhibits Oct 18-Jan 4, 2004.

Bay Area

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. "Global Elegies: Art and Ofrendas for the Dead." Artworks and installations inspired by traditions and ceremonies for honoring the dead. Through Dec 7.

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

Academy of Art College Galleries 410 Bush; 567-3606. Mon-Sat, 9am-5pm. "MFA Sculpture," work by Joline Lam. Through Wed/15. "The Society of Western Artists," various works. Through Dec 1.

California College of the Arts Department of Curatorial Practice, 1111 Eighth St; 551-9251. Daily, 10am-9pm. "Bookmobile," a touring exhibition of artist books, zines, and independent publications. Through Thurs/16. Also at Southern Exposure Fri/17-Sat/18.

Hotel Triton 342 Grant; 394-0500. Call for hours. Works by 35 Bay Area artists. Sat/18-Sun/19.

International Village Gallery 3036 Larkin; 441-ARTS. Tues-Thurs, 11am-7pm; Sat, noon-5pm. "For the Love of Art," work by Polo Ramirez, Bernardino Paredes, and Oscar Yañez (reception Sat/18, 7-9pm). Oct 18-Nov 8.

Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery 49 Geary, fourth fl; (415) 229-1138. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "Coochi Boo Hoo," work by Marina Vendrell (reception Sat/18, 2-4pm). Oct 16-Nov 15.

Pirate Tattoo 3409 23rd St; 550-1445, art@piratetattoo.com. A group show and sale of fine art by local artists (open house Sat/18-Sun/19, noon-7pm). Oct 18-Nov 23.

Ruby's Clay Studio and Gallery 552A Noe; 437-1642. Daily, 9am-7pm. "N'Catapele," figurative ceramic sculpture inspired by world mythology (reception Fri/17, 7-9pm). Through Oct 29.

66 Balmy Annex 591 Guerrero; 522-0502. Thurs-Fri, 2-7pm; Sat-Sun, noon-5pm. "Laundry," an installation by Jim Serchak (reception Fri/17. 7-11pm). Oct 16-Nov 2.

Soularch Gallery 4033A Judah; 759-4100. Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. "Obsolete," photographs and digital imagery by Jason Felix (reception Oct 17, 6-9pm). Oct 17-Nov 15.

Southern Exposure 401 Alabama; 863-2141. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Bookmobile," a touring exhibition of artist books, zines, and independent publications. Fri/17-Sat/18. Also at California College of the Arts through Thurs/16.

Tinhorn Press and Gallery 511 Laguna; 621-1292, www.tinhorngallery.com. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-6pm; Sun, 1-6pm. "New Work – Old Sweat," original prints by Terry Chastain and John Gruenwald (reception Fri/17, 5:30-8:30pm). Through Nov 17.

Whitney Young Cultural Center Mansion 1101 Masonic; 346-8323. By appt. "SanFranBananas," works by various artists (reception Nov 8, 5-9pm). Oct 18-Nov 15. Bay Area

Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th St, Oakl; (510) 836-2340. Mon-Fri, 11am-5:30pm, and by appt. "Fabulous Fabrics: Made in Japan," more than 150 pieces of hand-embroidered clothing created by Japanese artists with disabilities from the nui project/Shobu Gakuen (reception Thurs/16, 5-8pm; also open Sat/18, 10am-4pm). Oct 16-Nov 1.

Nexus 2701 Eighth St, Berk; (510) 486-8118. Fri, 5:30-9:30pm; Sat-Sun, 1-6pm; Mon, 5:30-7:30. "Wheels, Wings, and Windows," digital dream images by Jeannine Chappell (reception Fri/17, 5:30-9:30pm). Fri/17-Mon/20.

Paulson Press 1318 10th St, Berk; (510) 559-2088, www.paulsonpress.com. Tues-Sat, 10am-5pm. New prints by Hung Liu (reception Sat/18, 5-7pm). Oct 18-Nov 26.

Pro Arts 461 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 763-4361. Wed-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Missing | Persons," works by six artists on the theme of missing persons, and a communal project exploring identity and loss (reception Thurs/16, 6-8pm). Through Nov 22.

Traywick 1316 10th St, Berk; (510) 527-1214. Wed-Sat, 11am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Some New Pictures," works by Dennis Begg and Johnna Arnold (reception Sat/18, 5-7pm). Oct 18-Nov 22.

Ongoing

Anthony Meier 3007 Jackson; 351-1400. Tues-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, by appt. Free-form quilts by Rosie Lee Tompkins. Through Fri/17.

Big Pagoda Company 310 Sutter; 296-8881. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Spectrum Paintings," works by Patrick Dintino. Through Oct 31.

FiftyCrows Gallery 1074 Folsom; 551-0091. Wed-Fri, noon-6pm. "Aging in America: The Years Ahead," 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. Through Oct 25. See Critic's Choice.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526, www.glamarama.com. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Custom Guitar Show," guitars and other works by Ronnie Sargent. Through Nov 29.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary, fifth floor; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). "Focus (Painting and Works on Paper)," works by Marti Cormand. Through Sat/18.

Jack Hanley Gallery 395 Valencia; 522-1623. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. Works by Chris Johanson. Through Sat/18.

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. "Elder Arts," work by Ira H. Latour; work by senior alumni, faculty, and students from Bay Area art schools. Through Sun/19.

Lexington Club 3464 19th St; 863-2052. Daily, 3pm-2am. "Waiting to Happen," multimedia art show about social phobias, paranoia, and imminent disasters. Through Nov 30.

Linc Real Art 1632C Market; 503-1981. Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. Work by Johanna St. Clair and Seth Kaufmann. Through Mon/20.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Jovial Tales for Tragic Sensibilities," a retrospective of work by Jeanne C. Finley and John Muse. Through Sat/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. Through Sun/19. See "Correspondence School."

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. "Elder Arts," art by nursing home residents. Through Sun/19.

Tangent Contemporary Art 355 Bryant, Ste 307; 977-0920. By appt. "Translucence," work by Julie Scott and Ernest Jolly. Through Wed/15.

Toomey-Tourell Fine Art 49 Geary; 989-6444. Tues-Fri, 11am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "London Underground," works by six British artists. Through Nov 10.

UC Berkeley Extension 55 Laguna; 252-5221. Mon-Thurs, 10am-10pm; Fri-Sat, 10am-5pm. "ArtistStamps: An International Invitation," work by 20 artists (reception Thurs/16, 5-7pm). Through Oct 31.

Bay Area

ACCI 1652 Shattuck, Berk; (510) 843-2527, www.accigallery.com. Tues-Thurs, 11am-6pm; Fri, 11am-7pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Whimsy," painting, sculpture, mixed media, and pottery by seven local artists. Through Nov 8.

Headlands Center for the Arts 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito; (415) 331-2787, ext 28. Tues-Fri, Sun, noon-5pm. Works by Amy Franceschini. Through Mon/20.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-4pm; Wed, 11am-7:30pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "Slightly Touched: Sculpture by Patrick Killoran." Through Sun/19.

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 Sat/18.

Oakland Box Theater 1928 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 451-1932. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm. Abstract paintings and drawings by Greg Jalbert. Through Fri/17.

Olive Hyde 123 Washington, Fremont; (510) 791-4357. Wed-Sun, noon-5pm. "Somewhere Out There," works by Werner Glinka, Joy Bertinuson, Cynthia Hurley, and Maria Romeo. Through Sat/18.