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Squeak Carnwath, Hung Liu & Katherine Sherwood @ b. sakata garo

David Roth — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:14:08 +0000

3 of the Bay Area’s most celebrated painters unite in the Capital City.

Interview: ArtPadSF’s Maria Jenson

David Roth — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:28:19 +0000

“I wanted to create an event that would capture the hearts and minds of the community and provide opportunities for new galleries and more established artists to connect with a different audience.”

A Conversation with artMRKT’s Max Fishko

David Roth — Thu, 09 May 2013 18:29:56 +0000

“We’ve been able to build up the market in SF, introduce new blood and create an impetus to look, research and buy.”

Garry Winogrand @ SFMOMA

David Roth — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:37:00 +0000

Incisive, invasive, sometimes rude, Winogrand recorded visual relationships that made it appear as he was a human panopticon. Roger Vail reports.

Val Britton @ SJICA

David Roth — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:44:58 +0000

Britton, a virtuoso of collage, turns two-dimensional space into landscapes into which you easily project yourself.

Christopher Taggart @ Eli Ridgway

David Roth — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 04:05:09 +0000

Taggart's photo, video and 2-D “light sculptures” probe the always-fraught link between what we see and what we know.

Hung Liu @ Oakland Museum of California

David Roth — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:05:55 +0000

Applying contemporary painting techniques to vintage photos, Liu revisits Chinese history, turning Socialist Realism into social realism.

Alan Rath @ Hosfelt

David Roth — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 19:48:00 +0000

His feather-clad, kinetic sculptures mimic tribal dances and animal-mating rituals, lighting up a part of the brain that craves unfiltered joy.

Jennie Smith @ Rena Bransten

David Roth — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:11:54 +0000

Her exquisitely detailed drawings transform an environmental disaster -- the Pacific Garbage Vortex -- into fairy tales that belie the horror of it.

Leo Villareal: Bay Lights

David Roth — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:04:12 +0000

Technology has always promised a better tomorrow, and in that context, "Bay Lights" functions as the new sublime. Mark Van Proyen reports.