April 5, Part I

First Thursday: its that time of the month again to head on over to 49 geary...five floors of art(all different galleries), from 5 - 7:30pm

Ajna Lichau installations at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art(2nd floor)
from April 5 -May 23, 2007

paper rolled standing up on it own = sculptures? i just wanted to kick it and maybe see some form of domino effect. but i didnt. i think it would have been too mean of me considering how much work the artist probably put into making it...and it would be just plain asshole of me. but i was impressed by the idea of it all.

Catherine Wagner,a Narrative History of the Light Bulb at Stephen Wirtz Gallery (3rd Floor)

the colors were absolutely beautiful...too bad this pictures sucks.


















the blue boy of sorts ...and i dont remember the artist or gallery. the same on teh cats but i will also update that...soon.

kitty cats!!!!!





just what i need a floor full of scales....


and also checkout Fraenkel Gallery and Nicholas Nixon's photos and they actually have the whole entire exhibition online. or at least most of it.

April 5, Part 2: When More is Less

After 49, we headed over to 111 Minna to check out the show and get a drink...maybe? And I apologize inadvance for not having everyone's name...which I will fix sooner then later.

the name i will soon get knowledge of...

still one of my favorites:Monica Canilao with a bit of Serena Cole showing on the right side



Sham Saenz



tape sculpting with a guinness on the side



time to hear the Ohsees sing



nice shoes lady, one of the Ohsees singer

a side view

Osama on a crate, forgot to write the artist name...time to go home and go to work tomorrow.

in conclusion, i need to remember to write things down and not just have fun. sorry, i will improve because the memory is short. even if no one reads this...

The 29th Annual Stupid Parade!

Sunday April's Fools I went to the Saint Supid Parade thrown by the The First Church of the Last Laugh. The parade was really funny. It ended at North Beach's Washington Square where the question was asked: "What is Benjamin Franklin doing in Washington Square?" Funny. Of course the guy who is always naked was there, and everybody with their stupid signs and chants...duh!

some pics:

"No, more chanting! No more chanting! No,more chanting!"



jesus christ superstar



the end is near!



12 Galaxies! Frank Chu spoke, of course...

Galeria Mason Gave Me Rug Burn

Last week, Friday night, I had an art show in my small studio in downtown San Francisco. Why?... Why not? The art show was scheduled from 6pm-9pm. By 6:15pm I was freaking out thinking no one was going to come. I don't remember when the first guest came or the last one left, but before you knew it my wee little studio was jammed packed with people and art…of course. There were 17 contributing artist with 60 art pieces on display. The funniest part of the night was this random girl that walked in, went into the restroom, did some coke, walked out and came back five minutes later all "spunky and what not". The next day I woke up with a rug burn on my elbow and two empty boxes of 2 Buck Chuck everywhere. Thanks to everyone who came out, and contributed. And special thanks to Sara G for helping me curate. The end.

Here are some pics.

some art...abridged.

art goers

someone got claustrophic...my closet, where i stored my "belongings".

artistas

the hostess...color coordinating the clothes with the drinks

more art..."kinda" blurry.

sing along

now really the end...for now.

Ewww...there is a maggot in my art

Gross, gross, gross. I was supposed to see an art in the Mission about whales but no!!! Somehow I mess up on time and was unable to because I had dinner plans with my friend. My friend noticed I was a bit disappointed so trying to lift my spirits he suggested we check out the gallery across the street from our restaurant.

Surprise! Maggots on display at 20 goto 10 Gallery and it was for one night only so if you missed out too bad! But here are some pics...



Oh yeah and there needles of some sort and a microscope to look at the maggots up close all moving...ewww. Hmmm, time to eat some Thai food.

Protesting is Hard to Do

I woke up hung over, and after settling on a "protesting outfit" I headed to Civic Center to check out the protesting. When i got there no one was there except the vendors. There is vendors in protest? I thought, and apparently so...even a Paletero Man.

I was about to doze of on the grass when suddenly out of nowhere there was protesters everywhere.

Anyways, check out this multimedia piece done by the Golden Gate Express on the protest. It definitely captures the energy of the day...Good job Kresta!

Sensacional! Mexican Street Graphics

After the vivienne westwood "ceremony" i headed to the yerba buena center for the arts in SF where they had "sensacional:mexican street graphics""celebrates the vernacular design of Mexico, where a rough, idiosyncratic beauty arises from a mom-and-pop street economy". Or in another words, street signs, a giant luchador, posters, novela book covers,etc. It was really funny...here are some stolen shots. Shhhh...dont tell the ybca.

the only bad part about the exhibition was that they had this video showing in the same space which was weird because in the other room especially dedicated to just videos. i guess they figure since it had to with mexicans it was okay...lame. But this is still good.

Vivienne Westwood Stalker

It was Vivienne Westwood weekend. Went to the "Couture and Cocktails: Exhibition Opening Party for Vivienne Westwood" friday at the de Young...people were overdress. The show ended and we ended up at Delirium...It was too early and we were too dressed up to say goodnight.

The next day I saw Dame Westwood get her honorary doctored from the Academy of Art. I have to say she made me laugh till no end. She reminded me very much of Mr.Lydon.
She pretty much said there is no talent out there, to stop buying stuff, and she never compromised anything because she always did things her way. I like her.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Oakland Fun

My art was up in the all inclusive/saloon-style Over Hung 3: Well Hung at Boontling Gallery in Oakland. I must admit I actually freaked out at one point by the amount of people and the lack of space there was...But it was fun. Afterwards we went to a bar a couple of blocks away with the most "diverse" group of people I ever seen....in a bar at least.

crowded claustrophia!



ahhhhhh!



what are you doing sitting on the floor there?



what? at the bar...