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 ($5 Thurs after 5pm), $7 seniors, $6 for 12 to 17, free for 11 and under. "Commodore Perry's Black Ships and the 150th Anniversary of US-Japan Relations." Scrolls, prints, and photographs. Through Feb 29. "The Monumental Landscapes of Li Huayi." More than 40 large-scale paintings by Li Huayi. Feb 6-May 9.

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). "William Bailey Prints and Drawings." About 30 prints and drawings covering three decades of Bailey's artistic career. Through Sun/8. "Reverie and Reality: 19th-Century Photographs of India from the Ehrenfeld Collection." More than 100 vintage photographs by Linnaeus Tripe, Samuel Bourne, John Murray, Lala Deen Dayal, and others. Through Feb 15.

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. "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 15.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third St; 357-4000. Fri-Tues, 11am-5:45pm; Thurs, 11am-8:45pm. $10, $7 seniors, $6 students, free for 12 and under and members (free first Tues; half price Thurs, 6-9pm). "Reprocessing Information." Works using information as primary subject and medium. Through Sun/8. "Diane Arbus Revelations." Photographs by Arbus. Through Sun/8. "Fantasy and Function: The Furniture of John Dickinson." A dozen furniture pieces and more than 30 framed drawings by Dickinson. Through March 7. "The Art of Romare Bearden." Almost 140 works by Bearden, including collages, photomontages, watercolors, and monotypes from the 1940s to the 1980s. Feb 7-May 16.

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). "Bang the Machine: Computer Gaming Art and Artifacts." Interactive multimedia exhibit exploring the history and influence of computer game culture. "Mark Lombardi: Global Networks." Twenty-five drawings by Lombardi. "Tom Marioni: The Golden Rectangle." New and earlier works by the Bay Area artist. Through April 4.

Bay Area

Museum of Children's Art 538 Ninth St, Oakl; (510) 465-8700. Tues-Sun, 10am-5pm. Free. "See Us." Works by students from Fremont School for the Blind. Through Feb 29.

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. "The Art of David Ireland: The Way Things Are." A retrospective of works by Ireland. Through March 14. "Portrait of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay." Thirty color photographs by David Sanger. Through March 14.

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. "The World in a Frame: Photographs from the Great Age of Exploration, 1865-1915." More than 30 images by Carleton E. Watkins, Timothy O'Sullivan, Edward S. Curtis, John Hillers, William Henry Jackson, Frederick Monsen, Maison Bonfils, and Felice Beato. Through March 31. "Hecho en México: Mexican Folk Art." An exhibition focusing on craft production and commerce in Mexico. Feb 5-June 27.

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). "Awakening: Buddhist Paintings from Tibet, China, and Japan." Tibetan scroll paintings and other rare Buddhist works from BAM/PFA Chinese and Japanese collections. Through Feb 22. "MATRIX 210: Simryn Gill Standing Still." Photographs by Gill. Feb 8-April 4. "Time's Shadow: Photographs from the Jan Leonard and Jerrold Peil Collection." Fifty images by photographers including Roger Fenton, Auguste Salzmann, the Bisson brothers, and Timothy O'Sullivan. Feb 5-Aug 8.

galleries
Opening

Atelier of Famous Melissa and Co. 545 Sutter, Ste 301; 788-1866. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm. "Woman," photographs by Chet Helms. Feb 5-March 21.

Blue Room Gallery 2331 Mission; 282-8411. Wed-Sun, 1-9pm. "Capturing Nature in Oils," works by David Bienkowski (reception Thurs/5, 6-9pm). Feb 5-March 18.

Brink Art Gallery 659 Haight; 861-4916. Photographs by Thomas Antel. Fri/6, 5-10pm.

Build 483 Guerrero; 863-3041. Call for hours. "Again," new works, including an installation, by Anli Liu (reception Fri/6, 8-11pm). Feb 6-15.

Calumet Gallery 2001 Bryant; 643-9275. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm. "The Art of Light and Shape," 60 digital photographic images. Feb 9-26.

Crocker Galleria 50 Post, Ste. 41, second floor; 720-9691. "Women of the New Millennium," paintings by Jill Roman (reception Feb 13, 6:30-9pm). Feb 6-March 7.

Dolby Chadwick 210 Post, Ste 205; 956-3560. Tues-Fri, 10am-6pm; Sat, 11am-5pm. Recent paintings by John DiPaolo (reception Thurs/5, 5:30-8pm). Feb 5-28.

Eleonore Austerer 565 Sutter; 986-2244. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. Works by Milton Estrella-Gavidia. Feb 5-28.

Festival Pavilion Forst Mason Center, Marina and Laguna; (310) 455-2886, www.caskeylees.com. "San Francisco Arts of Pacific Asia Show," Asian art and antiques. Fri/6-Sun/8.

Frey Norris Gallery 456 Geary; 346-7812. Tues-Sun, 11am-7pm. "Naked," works ranging from small drawings to large-scale oil paintings by various artists (reception Thurs/5, 6-9pm). Feb 5-March 11.

Hang 556 Sutter; 434-4264. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Reconstructing Bygones," a group show (reception Thurs/5, 6-8pm). Feb 5-29.

Hang Annex 567 Sutter; 544-0610. Mon-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Insight," new paintings by Kevin Moore (reception Thurs/5, 6-8pm). Feb 5-29.

Hosfelt Gallery 430 Clementina; 495-5454. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Animal Logic," works by Richard Barnes; "Irreducible Calculations," works by John Andrews (reception Sat/7, 3-5pm). Feb 7-March 20.

Jack Hanley Gallery 389 and 395 Valencia; 522-1623. Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm. Works by Kal Spelletich (reception Fri/6, 6-8pm). Feb 6-28. See 8 Days a Week.

Jenkins Johnson Gallery 464 Sutter; 677-0770. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. "Vessels and Vehicles," works by Christine Hanlon; "New York Perspectives," works by Sonya Sklaroff (reception Thurs/5, 5:30-7:30pm). Feb 5-28.

Mission 17 2111 Mission; 336-2349. Tues, 3-6pm; Sat, 2-5pm, and by appt. "Concrete Particularities," drawings, video, and installations by Alice Cattaneo and Maria Forde (reception Fri/6, 6-8pm; closing reception March 5, 2-5pm). Feb 6-March 5.

National Product 1845 Market; 255-1920. Wed-Sat, 11am-7pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "Family Secrets," works by Kelly Lynn Jones (reception Fri/6, 7-10pm). Through March 13. See 8 Days a Week.

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery Fort Mason, Bldg A, Marina at Laguna; 441-4777. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-5:30pm. "Memories, Dreams, and Reflections," works by Claire Cotts, Kathleen Edwards, ViŠkisa, Andrew Romanoff, Millicent Tompkins, Germán Herrera, Elaine Wander, Tarra Lyons, and Othmar Tobisch (reception Wed/4, 5:30-7:30pm). Through March 12.

SomArts Cultural Center 934 Brannan; 552-2131. Tues-Sun, noon-5pm. "Corrientes/Currents," works by Guillermo Mahchi, Richard Camire, Antonio Carreño (reception Thurs/5, 5:30-7:30pm); "Star Dust Symposium," works by Mondo Jud Hart. Feb 5-26.

Stormy Leather 1158 Howard; 626-1672, www.stormyleather.com. Call for hours. "Fetish Images," photographs exploring smoking as a festish subject. Sat/7, 4-7pm.

Student Center Art Gallery SFSU, Cesar Chavez Student Union, 1650 Holloway; 338-2580. Mon-Wed, 10am-6pm; Thurs-Fri, 10am-3pm. "Black = Afrika: Visions of the Diaspora," works by Omiiroo (reception Thurs/5, 5-8pm). Feb 5-March 2.

Sunset Community Center 28th Ave and Lawton; 566-9245. Valentine's Day exhibition and sale featuring works by the Sunset Artists Society (reception Fri/6, 6-9pm). Fri/6-Sat/7.

Tinhorn Press and Gallery 511 Laguna; 621-1292, www.tinhorngallery.com. Tues-Sat, 11:30am-6pm; Sun, 1-6:30pm. "Blood Bone Elegy," works by James Groleau (reception Fri/6, 6-9pm). Feb 6-March 19.

Triangle Gallery 47 Kearny, fifth fl; 392-1686. Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. "Golden Section Paintings," works by Andy Black. Through Sat/7. Works on paper by Baoping Chen (reception Feb 12, 5:30-7:30pm). Feb 10-March 13.

Bay Area

Latham Square Office Building 1611 Telegraph, Oakl; (510) 238-3843. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Paintings by Susan Matthews (reception Feb 19, 5-8pm). Feb 5-April 22.

21 Grand 449B 23rd St, Oakl; (510) 444-7263. Thurs, 4-8pm; Fri-Sun, 1-6pm. "Looking Once, Seeing Twice," works by Sian Oblak, Lynn Sondag, Pamela Cobb, and Jennifer Kaufman (reception Fri/6, 7-10pm). Feb 5-29.

Worth Ryder Gallery UC Berkeley, 116 Kroeber Hall, Berk; (510) 642-9040. Tues-Sat, 1-4pm. "UC Berkeley Annual Faculty Art Exhibition," works by resident and visiting faculty (reception Tues/10, 4-7pm). Feb 10-March 5.

Ongoing

Adobe Books 3166 16th St; 864-3936. Daily, noon-10pm. "Not So Far Away," work by Sacha Eckes. Through Feb 27.

American Institute of Architects SF Gallery 130 Sutter, Ste 600; 362-7397. Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. Works by William E Massie, Douglas Garofalo, and Julie Eizenburg. Through Feb 29.

Ampersand International Arts 1001 Tennessee; 285-0170. Thurs-Fri, 11am-5pm, and by appt. "Nuit Blanche (Lost in Translation)." Twelve artists were originally asked to participate in this group show, and each invited one other, making 24 in all, mostly from the Bay Area. Megan Wilson contributes three large color photographs documenting last year's Flower Interruption, in which she and several friends dressed as a city street crew and spread 500 of her signature hand-painted flowers over a portion of Market Street. Look closely and you'll see Kevin Chen (of Intersection for the Arts) as one of the orange-vested participants; Chen is Wilson's invited artist and contributes an intricate, collaged accordion book called Cityscape #42. He has filled in each pencil-drawn building with cutouts from dictionaries, science and music manuals, and various books printed in Roman, Arabic, and Asian scripts. It's an eloquent evocation of a cosmopolitan city – a clever and poetic way of showing many jostled-together languages and points of view. Participating artists include Leo Bersamina and Jesse Simon, Michael Campbell and Coby Ellison, Amanda Hughen and Valérie Blin-Kaddour, Jennifer Starkweather and Kate Randall, Amanda Hughen and Maria Park, and others. Through Fri/6. (Westbrook)

Anthony Meier 3007 Jackson; 351-1400. Tues-Fri, 11am-5pm; Sat, by appt. Works by Jasmin Sian and Matthew Sontheimer. Through Feb 27. Oil and mixed-media paintings by Lori del Mar (reception Wed/4, 5:30-7:30pm). Through March 26.

A.O.V. 3328 22nd St; 431-8341. Thurs-Fri, 5-8pm; Sat, noon-5pm. "Asthma," work by Ian McDonald. Through Feb 28.

Artists' Television Access 992 Valencia; 824-3890. Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm. "The First 24 Hours," work by Misako Inaoka; work by Shonie De La Rosa; "Bay Area 8: New Materials and Methods," paintings by Adam Cahoon, Heather Gates, Donna Han, Reiko Kubota, Melissa McLean, Josh Pavlock, Sean Spellmeyer, and Michael Yen (reception Wed/4, 6-9pm). Through Feb 28.

Braunstein/Quay 430 Clementina; 278-9850. Tues-Sat, 11am-5:30pm. "Pieces," works by Jonathan Parker; "Access Program," works by Carrie Lederer. Through Sat/7.

California Institute of Integral Studies 695 Minna, Minna Street Center, second fl; 575-6257. Call for hours. "Spirit in the Arts," metaphysical investigations in art. Through Feb 28.

Chatter Box 1185 Church; 647-0900. Tues-Fri, 11:30am-6:30pm; Sat, noon-5pm. "Psst, Hey! Be Mine?," works by adults with handicaps (reception Feb 14, 4-7pm). Through Feb 29.

diPietro Todd 2239 Fillmore; 674-4366. Tues-Sat, 10am-7pm; Sun, 11am-5pm. Landscapes by Gabrielle Anderman (reception Thurs/5, 7-10pm). Through March 30.

Eros Gallery 2051 Market; 255-4921. Call for hours. "Fellow Travelers: Liberation Portraits by Mark Thompson," 12 portraits of gay men by Thompson. Through Feb 28.

Femina Potens Gallery 465 South Van Ness; 861-2240, www.feminapotens.com. "Transparencies and Reflections," photographs and mixed-media works by Rebecca Benhuri and Amanda G. Miller. Through Tues/10.

Focus Gallery 2423 Polk; 567-9067. Wed and Fri-Sun, noon-6pm; Tues and Thurs, noon-9pm. Paintings by Suzanne Q. Egan (reception Feb 12, 6-9pm). Through Feb 28.

Future Primitive Sound Headquarters 597 Haight; www.futureprimitivesound.com. Works by Doze Green, David Ellis, and Kenji. Through Feb 11.

Gallery 16 1616 16th St; 626-1616. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Steelhead and Other Revelations," works by Jeff Bright. Through Feb 27. See Critic's Choice.

Glama-Rama! 417 South Van Ness; 861-4526, www.glamarama.com. Tues-Sat, 10am-6pm. "Trapped and Found," works by Mariette Marinus. Through Sat/7.

The Lab 2948 16th St; 864-8855. Wed-Sat, 1-6pm, and Sun, by appt. "Inside of Insides," work by seven Bay Area feminist artists and writers. Through Sat/7.

Lucky Tackle 6608 San Pablo, Oakl; (510) 484-4373. Sat, 1-5pm, and by appt. "The Girl Who Knew Too Much," work by Juliana Paciulli. Through Sat/7.

Mimi Barr Gallery 3153 16th St; 864-6126. Call for hours. "Paper! Awesome," more than 200 small works on paper. Through Feb 14.

Mint Lofts 410 Jessie; www.notfromyourtribe.net. Mon-Fri, 8am-5pm. "Disturbed Perceptions," work by J. Oliver Brooks. Through March 13.

Mission Dolores 3321 16th St; 621-8203. Mon-Sat, 10am-4pm; Sun, 1:30-4pm. Digital projection project by Ben Wood. Through Sat/7.

New Langton Arts 1246 Folsom; 626-5416. Tues-Sat, noon-6pm. "Crime Museum," an installation by Hans Winkler. Through Sat/31. "Happiness Follows Us Like a Shadow," work by Harrell Fletcher. Through Sat/7.

Pistils and Anthers Gallery 3412 22nd St; 641-0356. Call for hours. Works by Leslie Firestone, Amy Hamilton, John Haines, Victor Roldan, Aaron Simon, and Sasha Weigel. Through March 31.

Ruby's Clay Studio and Gallery 552A Noe; 437-1642. Daily, 9am-7pm. Ceramic sculpture by Marnia Johnston (reception Feb 13, 7-9pm). Through Feb 15.

Rx Gallery 132 Eddy; 860-6455, www.rxgallery.com. Thurs-Fri, 6pm-midnight; Sat, noon-5pm, 9pm-midnight. "BOLT: A Low Tech Odyssey," an installation by the Bureau of Low Technology featuring vintage arcade games, home consoles, and computer games from 1972-1985. Through Feb 28.

San Francisco Main Library 100 Larkin; 557-4400. Mon, 10am-6pm; Tues-Thurs, 9am-8pm; Fri, noon-6pm; Sat, 10am-6pm; Sun, noon-5pm. "European Americans Among Us, a Celebration of Diversity and Achievement," portraits of 12 European Americans from the Bay Area. Through March 15. "Bayboards," a project by stillhere and the San Francisco Estuary Institute. Through March 22.

Shooting Gallery 839 Larkin; 931-8035. Tues-Sun, noon-7pm. "Marco Almera vs. Lee Harvey Rosewell," works by Almera and Rosewell. Through Sun/8.

Stephen Wirtz Gallery Bankers Investment Bldg, 49 Geary; 433-6879. Call for hours. "Replica," new paintings by Deborah Oropallo (reception Thurs/5, 5:30-7:30pm). Through Feb 28.

Thacher Gallery University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton; 422-2660. Mon-Fri, noon-5:30pm. "Unframed," works by Janet Allinger, Alissa Kaplan, Lori Markman, and Leslie Nemour (reception Thurs/5, 4-6pm). Through March 28.

Bay Area

Addison Street Windows 2018 Addison, Berk; (510) 981-7546. Daily, 24 hours. Works by Jenny Cole and Audrey Wallace-Taylor. Through Feb 26.

Craft and Cultural Arts Gallery Elihu M. Harris State of California Office Bldg, 1515 Clay, Oakl; (510) 238-6952. Mon-Fri, 10am-5pm. "Historical Elements," works from the private collection of Samuel Fredericks chronicling a century of black history through art. Through March 5.

Hollis Street Project 5900 Hollis, Emeryville; (510) 653-1655. Daily, 8am-6pm. "Untitled," a group exhibition by 11 Bay Area artists; "Thirst," works by 12 artists; "In Light Of," works by 12 fine art photographers. Through Feb 27.

John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery Berkeley Business Center, 2956 San Pablo, Berk; (510) 649-0499. Mon-Fri, 11am-5pm. "in parentheses (from habit to habitat)," works by Mary Lamboley (reception Sat/7, 5-8pm). Through Feb 17.

Mills College Art Museum 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakl; (510) 430-2164. Tues and Thurs-Sat, 11am-4pm; Wed, 11am-7:30pm; Sun, noon-4pm. Black paper dolls from the Arabella Grayson collection. Through Feb 29. "Selections from the Anderson Collection," works by Jennifer Bartlett and Elizabeth Murray; "Fancy," works by Laurie Reed. Through March 7.