Category Archives: News & Info

(Book Launch) The Modern Moves West: California Artists and Democratic Culture in the Twentieth Century

Posted on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 by

Thursday, November 5, 2009, 5:30 – 7:00 University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 ph: (510) 548-0585 | Map Tracing the development of abstract painting, assemblage art, and efforts to build new arts institutions, Cándida Smith lays bare … Continue reading →

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Matt Gonzalez reviews Theophilus Brown collage show at Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery

Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 by

Accidental, with purpose Theophilus Brown peels away expectation and returns anew to abstraction at 90 What began as a frugal effort to make use of leftover paint, something all painters grapple with on occasion, has spawned a late career style … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Baker reviews Theophilus Brown collage show at Elins Eagles-Smith Gallery

Posted on Saturday, May 16, 2009 by

Brown as collagist: Theophilus Brown’s show at Elins Eagles-Smith will come as a surprise to visitors who think of him only as the author of viewer-friendly figurative paintings. The collages from this decade, composed of thin slabs of acrylic color … Continue reading →

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Poster Boy Is Caught, or Is It a Stand-In?

Posted on Wednesday, February 4, 2009 by

Poster Boy Is Caught, or Is It a Stand-In? By RANDY KENNEDY New York Times, February 3, 2009 If you’ve been half-awake in the subway sometime in the last year or so and thought you noticed two guys drowning in … Continue reading →

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a toast to javier “marxista” arbona

Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 by

tonight! monday, nov 24, 8pm at the lone palm in sf! see you! sfcc’s very own javier arbona takes his phd oral exams today! afterwards, you’re all invited to join javier in celebration at the lone palm bar (3394 22nd … Continue reading →

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Richard Faralla – “Small Scale Constructs”

Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 by

For those of you in the Bay Area, this looks like a good show and seems to have some collage resonances. “Richard Faralla studied painting at the California School of Fine Arts and San Francisco State in the mid-1950′s. By … Continue reading →

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Regarding the Collective- Alain Badiou

Posted on Monday, November 10, 2008 by

…we must ask the question that, without a doubt, constitutes the great enigma of the century: why does the subsumption of politics, either through the form of the immediate bond (the masses), or the mediate bond (the party), ultimately give … Continue reading →

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Peace & Freedom — Matt Gonzalez

Posted on Monday, November 3, 2008 by

As you already know, one of SFCC’s very own is on the ballot today! After the polls close and he’s made the rounds and done some interviews, the plan is to retire to Matt & Robin’s on Hayes Street and … Continue reading →

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SF Collage Collective Art Show @ Gallery Extrana in Berkeley, CA November 7, 6-10PM

Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2008 by

DEFIANT OPTIMISM: A group show that tears up and reconstructs our hopes through the medium of collage. Opening: Friday November 7, 2008 at Gallery Extrana, 2912 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 from 6PM-10PM. New Collage and Montage works by Lawrence … Continue reading →

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review — El Universal, Mexico D.F.

Posted on Friday, October 10, 2008 by

“Monta activista de EU exposición en Coahuila” Son 50 piezas de la colección Collages de San Francisco las que fueron creadas con la sensibilidad y la imaginación de los artistas en la colección Collages de San Francisco Hilda Fernández Valverde … Continue reading →

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