Artists: Gilbert & George
Gallery: de Young Museum
Address: 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
Dates: February 16, 2008 — May 18, 2008
They are beginning their retrospective exhibit in the United States with San Francisco! Such a great duo of creative minds...opening night will be fun, but taking time when there is space to actually see the images will be even better!
"They began their career together with a tabletop vaudeville performance piece called The Singing Sculpture. Eventually, they began photographing their performance work to extend its reach and range. Over the years, their art has incorporated film and computer graphics.
Gilbert & George is the largest retrospective ever organized by the Tate Modern in London. The de Young Museum is the first venue in a tour that will visit San Francisco, Milwaukee, and Brooklyn."
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
I Am So Excited for Gilbert & George!
Excerpts from The Journal
I received entry XXI of the Journal this week and am loving it! Here are some parts that I deem share-worthy.
Interview with Helmut Lang:
Neville Wakefield: "Do you get bored easily?"
Helmut Lang: "No, not really. I never analyze things to the end either. I prefer an intuitive flow. But sometimes I get bored by predictability. I do really enjoy that lot of things are more unknown to me with a different perspective , which is good because knowing too much can hinder you."
From Miranda July's site "Learning To Love You More"
Assignment #55
Photograph a significant outfit.
"What I was wearing when I first began to develop my own interests...and understand my serious vehicle-loving, goldfish-eating, slipper-wearing self."
Noah HD
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Nina Lyons
Artist: Nina Lyons
Gallery: Sculpturesite
Address: 201 Third Street, Suite 102
Dates: January 31- April 5, 2008
Not only is Nina peaceful and comfortable to talk with but her sculptures have an inviting nature as well. 
The human and animal in these two pieces have a connectedness that other pieces have with the ground where they are sitting.
The imperfect silhouettes of the bodies gives them their own body language that is not seen or looked for very often. This is my favorite part of Nina's sculptures.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Sunday, February 10, 2008
A Taste of An Opening
Artist: Dan Baker
Gallery: Big Umbrella Art Collective
Address: Divisadero at McAllister
Opening Date: Friday February 15, 2007
Dan experiments with time lapse photography, extracting varying intensities of light and movement.
His photographs have a magical element with their colors and at times oddly place objects.
The category "Nocturne" on his site reminds me of recognizable landscapes in Sonoma County. 