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 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. Through Jan 11, 2004. "Leaning Forward, Looking Back: Eight Contemporary Korean Artists." More than 20 mixed-media works. Through 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. Through Jan 18, 2004. "William Bailey Prints and Drawings." About 30 prints and drawings covering three decades of Bailey's artistic career. Through 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 Sun/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. "Too Hot to Handle: Creating Controversy Through Political Cartoons." Political cartoons by Rex Babin, Tom Meyer, Aaron MacGruder, Ted Rall, Garry Trudeau, Rob Rogers, Dan Perkins, Mark Fiore, Clay Bennett, Pat Oliphant, Joel Pett, and Signe Wilkinson. Through Feb 1, 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." Works by Midori Harima, Philip Ross, Susan Johnson White, Amy Berk, Charles Linder, Jason Mecier, Rigo 03, and 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). "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. "Diane Arbus Revelations." Photographs by Diane Arbus. Oct 25-Feb 8, 2004.

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 Through Jan 4, 2004.

Bay Area

Magnes Museum 2911 Russell, Berk; (510) 549-6950. Sun-Thurs, 10am-4pm. Free. "Brought to Light: The Storied Collections of the Judah L. Magnes Museum." Textiles, ceramonial objects, documents, paintings, photographs, fine art, and artifacts from Jewish communities of the 1300s to the 1970s. Oct 27-April 26, 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. "Global Elegies: Art and Ofrendas for the Dead." Artworks and installations inspired by traditions and ceremonies for honoring the dead. Through Dec 7. "The Art of Fred Martin: A Retrospective, 1948-2003." Works by the painter, teacher, and writer. Through Jan 4, 2004.

Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology 103 Kroeber Hall, Room 3712, UC Berkeley; (510) 643-1193. Wed-Sat, 10am-4:30pm; Sun, noon-4:30pm. $4, $3 seniors, $1 students, free for 12 and under. "Ecuadorian Pottery and Textile Traditions." An exhibition tracing Ecuador's history and cultural accomplishments through the works of its artists from pre-Hispanic times to the present. Through Dec 14.

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. "Exhibiting Signs of Age." Almost 40 images that explore the perception and representation of age. Through Jan 18, 2004.

galleries
Opening

Big House 1417 15th St; 284-9400, www.genartsf.org. "Blu: Emerge 2003," sixth annual exhibit of works by emerging artists (opening-night party and benefit, Thurs/24, 8pm-midnight, $35). Oct 24-Nov 8.

Gregory Lind Gallery 49 Geary, fifth floor; 296-9661. Tues-Sat, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs, 10:30am-7:30pm). Drawings and paintings by Barbara Takenaga; recent work by Richard Baker (reception Nov 6, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Nov 29.

Hotel Monaco 501 Geary; 292-0100, www.monaco-sf.com. "Grace Slick Exhibit," artwork by the '60s rock icon. Fri/24, 7-10pm and Sat/25, noon-2pm, 7-10pm.

John Berggruen Gallery 228 Grant; 781-4629. Mon-Fri, 9:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "Paper Trail," works by Squeak Carnwath; "Dream House," works by Gregory Crewdson (reception Thurs/23, 5:30-7:30pm). Oct 23-Nov 22.

Point Shipyard Bldg 101, Studio 2521; 564-1864. Paintings by Cynthia Tom. Sat/25-Sun/26.

Bay Area

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-4pm; Wed, 11am-7:30pm; Sun, noon-4pm. "Portraits of 20th-Century Artists," works by Josef Breitenbach. Through Nov 9. "Circumstantial Evidence," paintings by Martin Mull (reception Nov 5, 5:30-7:30pm). Oct 28-Nov 16. "Selections from the Anderson Collection," works by Jennifer Bartlett and Elizabeth Murray (reception Oct 29, 5:30-7:30pm). Oct 28-Dec 14; Jan 13-March 7.

Ongoing

A.O.V. 3328 22nd St; 431-8341. Thurs-Fri, 5-8pm; Sat, noon-6pm. "Crust," works by Ellen Babcock, Eleanor Harwood, and Genevieve Quick. Through Nov 8.

Blue Room Gallery 2331 Mission; 282-8411. Wed-Sun, 1-9pm. "Bay Area Furniture Art 2003," works by over 15 local artists and designers. Through Sun/26.

Calumet Gallery 2001 Bryant; 643-9275. Call for hours. "Concrete and Water," photographs by Amanda Bauser and Jim Gamblin. Through Oct 31.

Canvas Gallery 1200 Ninth Ave; 504-0060. Sun-Thurs, 8am-midnight; Fri-Sat, 8am-2am. "You'll Enjoy California," paintings by Warner Williams and Rick Monzon. Through Mon/27. "Poets and Painters, Sculptures and Scribes," an installation of text and imagery by a group of artists and poets. Through Nov 23.

Clay Studio 743 Harrison; 777-9080. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, and by appt. "17+ Studio Artists of the Clay Studio." Most of the artworks in "17+ Studio Artists of the Clay Studio" are clay sculptures, but you'll also find paintings, works on paper, and mixed-media pieces. Barbara Florez's Mad Bovine Memories series wields the greatest shock value; she stamped 21 images onto paper using watercolor, ink, and a cow brain. The red and yellow blobs are starkly physical, almost barbaric, and it's impossible to look at them without wondering what cellular complexities might be encoded there. One of the best works in the show is Wendy Testu's School of Decaying Fish Skeletons, which appears to swim out from the wall, briefly enter the gallery space, and then reenter the wall. The Raku-fired ceramic fish indeed seem to be decaying, but their small size and delicate, crumbling flesh make them look less like monsters and more like ghosts, or shells, of long-gone leviathans. Their almost-breaking-apart bodies echo the state of their "school," a haphazard formation that also appears to be disintegrating before our eyes. Through Sun/26. (Westbrook)

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. Through Sat/25.

Galería de la Raza 2857 24th St; 826-8009. Wed-Sat, noon-6pm. "Land Rites," works by Caleb Duarte, Al Hernandez, Branca Nitzsche, Veronica Duarte, Justin De Leon, Richard Godinez, and Lisa Marie Delgadillo. Through Sat/25.

Haines 49 Geary, fifth flr; 397-8114. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm (first Thurs 10:30am-7:30pm); Sat, 10:30am-5pm. "The Light Within," light installation by James Turrell. Through Sat/25.

Heather Marx Gallery 77 Geary, second fl; 627-9111. Tues-Fri, 10:30am-5:30pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. "openendless," works by William Swanson. Through Nov 15.

Herbst International Exhibition Hall 385 Moraga, Presidio; 441-3400. Thurs-Sun, 11am-5pm. "International Juried Exhibition," various works from around the world. Through Nov 16.

Intersection for the Arts 446 Valencia; 626-2787. Wed-Sat, noon-5pm. "Sama-sama/You're Welcome Art Auction," an exhibition of the results of an international collaboration and exchange project between community arts organizations and artist from San Francisco and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Through Sat/25.

John Pence Gallery 750 Post; 441-1138. Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 10am-5pm. "Self Portraits," an invitational exhibition featuring 37 works by 37 artists. Through Nov 13.

Meridian Gallery 545 Sutter; 398-7229. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Ruth Eckland: Blindfold and Last Train," video installations (artist's talk Sat/25, 2pm). Through Sat/25.

Michael Martin 101 Townsend, Ste 207; 543-1550. Tues, Thurs, Sat, 11am-5:30pm. New work by Rex Ray. Through Fri/24.

ODC Theater Gallery 3153 17th St; 626-6745. Tues-Sat, 2-5pm. "The Sixties," photographs by Suki Hill. Through Nov 17.

San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery 401 Van Ness; 554-6080. Wed-Sat, 11am-5:30pm; Tues, by appt. "Construct 3: The Third Annual Insallation Award Show," work by J. Michael Deane and Mads Lynnerup. Through Sun/26.

Seam Gallery 600 Illinois; 621-9899. Call for hours. "Blessed are the Pure of Heart," photographs by Helen Sinelnikoff-Nowak of San Francisco's Russian orthodox community. Through Sat/25.

Shooting Gallery 839 Larkin; 931-8035. Tues-Sun, noon-7pm. "Capture and Record," works by Jessica Holmes. Through Nov 1. See Critic's Choice.

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Tues-Sun, noon-5pm. "Open Studios Exhibition," featuring one artwork by each participating artist in San Francisco "Open Studios." Through Sun/26. "Bringing Light to the Darkness," Day of the Dead art installation. Through Nov 2.

Spanganga 3376 19th St; 821-1102. Thurs-Sun, 6-9pm, and by appt. "Tonite!," works by Jo Addison, Scott Hewicker, Jess Peter Land, Christian Marclay, Leah Modigliani, Joe Sola, and Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough. Through Nov 16.

Bay Area

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "The Symbol: A Source of Empowerment," works by various artists. Through Fri/24.

5616 Bay Street 5616 Bay Street, Emeryville; (510) 652-6122. Daily, 11am-6pm. "Emeryville Art Exhibition," the 17th-annual exhibit features works by more than 100 artists and craftspeople. Through Sun/26.

Gallery 555 555 12th St, Oakl; (510) 238-2200. Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm (Third Thurs, 7am-8pm). "Stretch," works by Marta Thoma. Through Dec 31.

Photolab 2235 Fifth St, Berk; (510) 644-1400. Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm; Sat, 10am-2pm. "Recent Pinhole Photographs," black-and-white photos by S. McGrath Ryan. Through Sat/25.