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art fever: Jessica Snow at Rena Bransten (SF)

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Encounters in the art world. Saturday, June 09, 2007. Jessica Snow at Rena Bransten (SF). Note: This exhibit is scheduled to close on 7/7/07. In previous encounters with Jessica Snow’s work, I saw that she had a good hand and very specific, often unexpected, ideas about color. Yet I thought her work tended to look over-busy, as if she believed that a mass of elements would convey a lot of energy. Despite the crowding, the work came across as reticent because of its reliance on pastel shades. Christian Ma...

art fever: Drawings by Martín Ramírez—San Jose Museum of Art

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Encounters in the art world. Monday, June 11, 2007. Drawings by Martín Ramírez—San Jose Museum of Art. Note: This exhibtion is scheduled to close on 9/9/07. The second remarkable exhibit of drawings at the San Jose Museum of Art. Is devoted to the work of Martín Ramírez (1895-1963), a native of Mexico who spent nearly half of his life in state mental hospitals in California. The drawings explore an obsessive set of motifs that re-appear in variations. The motifs include trains, cars, tunnels, church ...

art fever: February 2007

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Encounters in the art world. Tuesday, February 27, 2007. 8220;6 Pack” at The LAB (SF). Earlier this month, The LAB. In San Francisco presented six compact solo shows under the title “6 Pack.” One of the artists was jammed into the entry way, and the rest were spread along the walls of the main space. That area looked uncluttered for a change, but still ungainly and decrepit. However, the show was pretty good. Sarah Bereza has created a collection of women-as-tropies in a series called “Conquests&#4...

art fever: May 2007

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Encounters in the art world. Saturday, May 26, 2007. Ellen Babcock at the San Francisco Dump. ALERT: Saturday, May 26th, is the second and FINAL day of this show. The exhibit will be open from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. The music performance starts at 3:00 pm sharp. See above and below for images of several sculptures in the show. The SF Dump is a short drive from the center of San Francisco. For directions, consult the SF Dump's Artist in Residence website. Thursday, May 24, 2007. In San Francisco uses it as the ...

art fever: Casey Jex Smith at Swarm (Oakland)

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Encounters in the art world. Wednesday, June 06, 2007. Casey Jex Smith at Swarm (Oakland). Note: This exhibit is scheduled to close o. Smith’s solo show at Swarm Gallery. In Oakland includes drawings, an array of notebook sketches, a wall collage, a peephole sculpture, and an installation that includes sod. Smith has great drawing skills, and his finished drawings are the core of the show. Although Smith's approach is much less literal. A 15” x 11” drawing called “Moroni” (image a...When the artist heard...