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17 May 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE

TGIF!  The rain has come and gone just in time for some art show openings this weekend in the Bay Area!

 

SKULL AND SWORD

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Group show featuring work from the artists who make up San Francisco’s famed tattoo shop, Skull & Sword.  Works by Grime, Henry Lewis, Yutaro, and Lango.

FFDG is located at 2277 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA.  Opening reception is Friday, May 17th 7-10pm

 

 

KURIOSITÄTENKABINETT

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Romer Young Gallery is pleased to present its second solo exhibition with German painter Christoph Roßner, Kuriositätenkabinett. Roßner will exhibit a series of paintings and works on paper.

Romer Young Gallery is located at 1240 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is Friday, May 17th 6-9pm

 

 

COINCIDENCE

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Sergej Vutuc & Shawn Whisenant are two very different people from opposite sides of the world (Germany & San Francisco), but are very alike, sharing the same passion for art, photography, zines, and skateboarding. Together they will combine their different worlds into one installation.

Seeing Things Gallery is located at 30 North Third Street, San Jose, CA.  Opening reception is Saturday, May 18th 7-11pm

 

Have a great weekend, folks!
-Nancy

9 May 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE

Hi folks!  Here are a few shows opening up this weekend in the Bay Area:

“Permanent Blue” at Empire Seven Studios

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Come out and join Empire Seven Studios, reopening their doors for their first show of 2013, featuring artist Neto Soza.

Empire Seven Studios is located at 525 North 7th Street, San Jose, CA.  Opening reception is Friday, May 10th 7-11pm



Needles & Pens 10 Year Anniversary Show

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Featuring works by:
Amy Browne, Andrew McKinley, Andrew Schoultz, Austin McManus, Bill Daniel, Brigid Dawson, Chris Duncan, Chris Johanson, Chrissy Piper, Daniel Higgs/Kyle Ranson, David Benzler, Deuce 7, Edie Fake, Griffin McPartland, Hamburger Eyes, Hilary Pecis, Jason Jägel, Jay Howell, Jay Nelson, Jeff Canham, Jeremy Fish, Joey Alone, John Dwyer, Jovi Schnell, Julianna Bright, Kevin Earl Taylor, Know Hope, Kyle Field, Kyle Ranson, Lena Wolff, Maria Forde, Mary Joy Scott, Mat Obrien, Matt Furie, Maya Hayuk, Mike Brodie, Miriam Stahl, Monica Canilao, Nathaniel Russell, Nick Mann, Nigel Peake, Nikki McClure, Oliver Halsman Rosenberg, Orfn, Orion Shepherd, Other, Pacolli, Paul Schiek, Paul Urich, Paul Wackers, Pez, Ray Potes, Richard Coleman, Rich Jacobs, Russ Pope, Sam McPheeters, Serena Mitnik Miller, Stefan Simikich, Tauba Auerbach, Ted Pushinski, Thomas Campbell, Tim Kerr, Xara Thustra

And Music by:
Tara Jane Oneil, Strawberry Smog, and WR/DS

The Luggage Store Gallery is located at 1007 Market Street, San Francisco, CA.  Opening reception is Friday, May 10th 6-9:30pm



Alex Lukas and Richard Colman at Guerrero Gallery

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Artwork by Alex Lukas

Lukas’ installation at Guerrero Gallery includes several new diazotypes, unique photocopies and offset lithographs - all recently or almost antiquated methods of reproductions - alongside drawings, as a means to question traditional depictions of time and narrative, specifically past versus future. This continues Lukas’ practice of incorporating printmaking techniques intended for producing multiples into unique works.


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Pink Orange Blue by Richard Colman

The Project Room will be featuring a collection of new works by Richard Colman. Through drawings and paintings, Colman uses his own characters to create complex compositions which seem to focus on the tension between nature and civilization.

Guerrero Gallery is located at 2700 19th Street, San Francisco, CA.  Opening reception is Saturday, May 11th 7-11pm



“Control”, a solo show by Nick Flatt

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At its core, Nick Flatt’s Control is a response to Guy Debord’s book Society of the Spectacle, where Debord expounds that authentic experience has been subverted by the mere representation of it, outlining the spectacle as a system fed by the mass media’s control of images and the social relationship people have with these images. Flatt opens a dialogue on the pseudo needs and boundless pursuit of gratification this type of system has supported.  

White Walls is located at 886 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA.  Opening reception is Saturday, May 11th 7-11pm.



“Toy Box”, a solo show by Robert Xavier Burden

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Toy Box consists of several oil paintings with childhood icons placed into compositions of reverence and majesty. Backdrops that appear like ecclesiastical stained glass or elaborately woven rugs from afar reveal something different at closer view; characters once only at home in comics and cartoons are crossing over into the realms of oil portraits with the help of Burden’s imaginative eye and deft detailing. 

Shooting Gallery is located at 886 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is Saturday, May 11th 7-11pm


TGIF (almost!). Go out and enjoy some art!

-Nancy


8 May 13
posted by: tornshutter

“Merkel. Improved Formula. 100% Austerity”

Earlier this week here at ARTSPROJEKT, we were able to catch up with one of our very own artist TvBOY. Below is a picture of the latest mural he did of Angela Merkel in Munich, Germany at the Stroke Art Fair. As TvBoy explains, this piece represents the irony of the German political economy strangulating southern Europe and at the same time paying homage to Brillo soap pads pop art series by Andy Warhol.

“Merkel. Improved Formula. 100% Austerity”


If you want to see more of his work check out at http://www.thetvboy.com/

Until next time, enjoy!

2 May 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE

Hello Bay Area!

Tomorrow is May’s South First Fridays Art Walk in San Jose.  Here are a few shows that will be opening:

ART OF ZINES 2013

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Art of Zines 2013 featuring hundreds of zines from basements, bedrooms and midnight copy shops from throughout the US and abroad. Come check out these diy, cut-and-paste, copied-on-the-cheap, hand-folded, self-distributed gems that continue to surface because someone, somewhere feels the need to express themselves.

Several zine makers will be on site with their latest issues for sale.

Anno Domini is located at 366 South First Street, San Jose, CA. Opening reception is Friday, May 3rd, 7-11pm

 

 

BIG FISH LITTLE FISH IN A DIRTY SMALL POND

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Nak Bou is a graphic and multi-media artist based in Southern California. He is a graduate of UCLA’s Design I Media Arts program and a multidisciplinary artist working with graphics to motion, from web and branding to illustrative drawings. In addition to his work as a graphic designer, he is currently working on art that combines themes of nostalgia, historical events, and modern urban life.

Eco Monster is located at 30 North Third Street, San Jose, CA. Opening reception with live music by DJ Shirlish is Friday, May 3rd, 7-11pm

 *To check out the full line up at the South First Fridays Artwalk, click HERE.

 

 

For those of you who will be in San Francisco, check these shows out:
THE FANTASTIC 50 AT 111 MINNA GALLERY

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Curated by Irene Hernandez-Feiks and Wonderland SF

Works by: Ahren Hertel, Alberto Hernandez, Alec Huxley, Alex Garcia, Amnadalynn, Andrzej Michael Karwacki, Brian Barneclo, Chor Boogie, Chris Leib, Chris W. Stokes, Daniel. J. Valadez, Eric Bailey, Eric Joyner, Eve Skylar, Fred Aquino, Ginaluca Franzese, Henry Lewis, Hilary Williams, Irene Martha Feiks, Jaxon Northon, Jeffrey Nemenzo, Jeremy Mann, John Wentz, Jonah Burlingame, Joseph Martinez, Joshua Lawyer, Kevin Earl Taylor, Kukula, Laura Buss, Lee Harvey Roswell, Leo Bugel, Lucien Shapiro, Mark Campbell, MARCUS, Melanie Alves, Merkley???, Michael Murphy, Micah LeBrun, Monty Guy, Nick Flatt, Rachel Znerold, Renee Castro, Reuben Rude, Robert Bowen, Robert Garcia, Steve Javiel, Telopa, Todd Laby, Ursula Xanthe Young, Xiau Fong Wee

111 Minna Gallery is located at 111 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is Friday, May 3rd, 5pm-late (Free Admission and you must be 21+ ID)

 

 

 MAYBE FOREVERS - DANIEL CHEN SOLO SHOW

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Book & Job Gallery is located at 838 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is Saturday, May 4th, 6pm

It’s continually getting warmer in the Bay Area.  Go out and enjoy the warmth and free art shows this weekend!

-Nancy

18 April 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE

ARYZ: STYLE IS THE LIMIT

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This Friday is the opening of what has become one of the most anticipated openings FIFTY24SF has seen in years. ARYZ, Barcelona’s favorite large-scale muralist and legendary street artist has been generating a brand new body of work for this show. If you’re in San Francisco, this is definitely worth checking out!

Fifty24SF is located at 218 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is Friday, April 19th at 7pm.

 

 

THE OUT OF TOWNERS

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Jason Arnold, Andrew Mecum, and Michael Hsiung all lived in San Jose at one time and then moved away.  Seeing Things Gallery is bringing them back for this incredible show.

Seeing Things Gallery is located at 30 North Third Street, San Jose, CA.  Opening reception is Saturday, April 20th from 7pm-11pm.

Until next week!

-Nancy

12 April 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE

Happy Friday, Bay Area folks!  Here are a few shows opening up tonight and tomorrow.

Cukui presents “Where’d You Guys Go?” by John Barrick

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Traveling the coast on a skateboard, John Barrick came across a gentleman named Ryan O’soris at an abandoned empty swimming pool. After skating for hours, Ryan invited John to his house on a few acres of strawberry fields. A conversation about what John did for a living turned into a commissioned job to paint several portraits of Ryan’s family and descendants. Free strawberries every time he visited the area was the payment for John’s labor. After they worked out the details of the agreement, John stayed for dinner and talked with the family in the area before traveling home with a photo album of the O’soris’ for reference.

Two months later when all of the O’soris family portraits were finished and John went to deliver them. The doors were sealed and shattered glass laid on the porch underneath the boarded windows. The field was full of lush green plants, but there was no fruit on them. As John turned the corner to the back of the house, there was a box full of strawberries with a card that read, “John, sorry dude, had to split. Ryan O’ and Fam.” But John didn’t want to leave the memory there, the O’soris family were too kind to forget. And that is how: “Where’d You Guys Go?” came to be.

Join us for a family-friendly event and see new works by John Barrick with Da Hermit kickin beats in the background. Bags of strawberries are welcome too.

Cukui is located at 229 Jackson Street, San Jose, CA. Opening reception is  April 12, 2013 from 7pm-10pm.

 

 

Fecal Face presents “Going Nowhere” by Mario Ayala and Alex Ziv

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Work by Mario Ayala

 

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Work by Alex Ziv

 

Alex Ziv’s works, composed of pen and ink on paper, explore and help to define Ziv’s definition of “Americana” through the visual iconography and language of motorcycle subculture. Through exploring topics of contemporary and historical Americana through a background knowledge of mainstream and subversive symbology found in subcultures, Ziv’s work attempts to enhance and highlight topics of turbulence.

Mario Ayala’s work is a further exploration of his lived experiences intertwined with the ideals of the West Coast ethos containing its ritualistic chachkies, cultural luxuries, and the anxieties due to taking mind altering substances while faced with the prioritized decision of guns or butta. Ayala creates pictorial hyperboles from friend/ family experiences to explore the trudges of economic class, multi cultural sacrosanct, and the day to day hustle for egalitarianism.

Fecal Face is located at 2277 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA.  Opening reception is April 12, 2013 from 6pm-9pm.  

 

 

Guerrero Gallery presents Andrea Sonnenberg and Ted Pushinsky + Travis Jensen

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Work by Ted Pushinsky

 

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Work by Travis Jensen

 

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Work by Andrea Sonnenberg

 

As a San Francisco gallery pressing to give light to under-exposed San Francisco-based artists, this April, the Guerrero Gallery will bring together three photographers as ambassadors of their medium, as well as of the San Francisco art community. The group show will feature work from prolific photographers, Ted Pushinsky, Travis Jensen, and Andrea Sonnenberg. As a representative of an older generation, Pushinsky’s black and white photographs capture San Francisco’s ethnic and economic diversity through the raw details of daily life, while photographer, Travis Jensen, through younger eyes, captures similar material in a commercial twist, and Andrea Sonnenberg’s glimpse of innocence paves the way for a younger generation of artists. The purpose of this exhibition is to both reveal and revel in the unique blend of cultural diversity and innate individuals, which have always done, and still do, make this city.

Guerrero Gallery is located at 2700 19th Street, San Francisco, CA. Opening reception is April 13, 2013 from 7pm-11pm.

Have a great weekend!

-Nancy

11 April 13
posted by: nancyfartsart

NEW MURAL IN SAN JOSE’S JAPANTOWN

Empire Seven Studios owner, Juan Carlos Araujo, partnered up with local artist, Sam Rodriguez, to have a mural painted at the intersection of 7th and Empire Streets, located in San Jose’s Japantown. Araujo wanted to bring some positive attention to his neighborhood by having art added to the side of one of the buildings. Rodriguez, who works as a graphic designer for Cukui Clothing, was eager to be a part of the project.

The mural, which took a week from conception to completion, shows a man’s expressive eyes looking outwards.  Rodriguez used spray paint for his artwork, which was painted on corrugated aluminum.  Also known for his work as a graffiti artist, Rodriguez says he had to gain confidence at first with his more recent artistic style before tackling such a large project.  As for the subject of his mural, the artist did not specify.  “It’s open to interpretation,” Rodriguez says.

Araujo hopes to bring more murals to San Jose in the near future, partnering with local businesses and residental owners.  He wants to use the series as attractions in otherwise overlooked neighborhoods.  “There’s such easy access to murals,” Araujo says.  “The goal is to bring the community together.”

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4 April 13
posted by: tornshutter

GLOBAL LEVEL ART SHOWS & EVENTS: FRANCE

For our followers in Paris…

Check out the celebration of hip-hop and the circus, Haute Tensions at Parc de la Villette starting April 16th. A two week long festival bringing together different dancers and performers along with all the circus fun. For all those who want to learn different dance moves, they will also be holding different workshops for all ages!

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(photo from TimeOut )

Other great galleries you MUST visit if you’re in Paris…

Le Bal gallery is currently featuring Anticorps by Antoine D’Agata until the 14th of April.


“The exhibition at LE BAL testifies to the vastness of Antoine d’Agata’s production, the implications behind it, and the position of a man who instils the extreme experience of his own and others’ existence with a revelatory power. This deliberate, conscious choice to live life on the edge - the ultimate form of resistance - has resulted in images that become one and the same object. The body-object he uses to give a voice to contemporary alienation. The innumerable, the unspeakable, stupor, ecstasy, mutism all betray the relationship between d’Agata’s work and death; the limit he addresses and opposes.”

Diane Dufour - Le Bal

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(photo from Antione d’Agata- Magnum Photos)

Another exhibition is by Ron Mueck at the Foundation Cartier Pour l’art Contemporian opening the 16th of April until the 29th of September.

Mueck’s art consists of realistic human sculptures and highlights a resonance of our time. His art has been recognized throughout the world with different events gaining global exposure when he started in a small studio in North London. It is a rare show to see and doesn’t happen often so if you are near this is a top recommendation.

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(photo from Ron Mueck, Hauser & Wirth, London)

Another well known artist, Keith Haring, is opening his show at the Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. The Political Line will feature Haring’s art that reflects political and society issues in today’s modern times. Sending messages of social justice, individual freedom and change, Haring hopes to move a generation with his art and encourage others to do the same.

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(photo from Musee d’Arte Moderne - Keith Haring)

Hope some of our followers can check these great shows out!

Posted: 10:52 AM
by: tornshutter

GLOBAL LEVEL ART SHOWS & EVENTS : LONDON

For all of our followers in London…

Little Spirit and The infinite Longing by Deedee Cheriel

Coates and Scarry and Pure Evil Gallery have a new gallery opening April 19th - May 12th featuring artwork by Deedee Cheriel. If your local in London be sure to check it out and if you can’t check out Deedee’s site to see her amazing work!

http://deedeecheriel.com/

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Posted: 10:13 AM
by: nancyfartsart

BAY AREA WEEKEND UPDATE!

Some of you may or may not know that San Jose has a First Friday art walk.  The South FIRST FRIDAYS art walk is a self-guided evening tour through galleries, museums, and independent creative businesses featuring exhibitions and special performances.  Here are a few of the shows you should check out this Friday!

 

Anno Domini // the second coming of Art & Design 

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Death Will Tear Us Apart, Mike Egan (Pittsburgh, PA) solo exhibition.

Death can find us in many forms through our lives. Whether it’s the death of a friendship, a marriage, a relationship or the physical death of someone close to us. Death can come to us as a skeleton, a devil or even a blood thirsty wolf. In his newest body of work, Egan shares his story about these characters who may be heart broken, filled with rage, spitting out lies or happy to have friends nearby for support. He has seen the many faces of death and has found the strength to come back to life.

Mike Egan received his BFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Shortly after he went on to receive a diploma in funeral directing and embalming from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. While working in funeral homes for five years, Egan developed his own style of painting. Although he is no longer working in funeral homes, his time spent working as a funeral director/embalmer still greatly influences his paintings today.

Artist’s reception: Friday, April 5, 2013 from 7-11pm

Anno Domini is located at 366 South First Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

KALEID gallery 

Join KALEID gallery for two new feature exhibitions:

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CHILD-SIGHT, new works by Leah Jay

There is a magic in the vision of children: puddles are lakes with glinting mermaids, dancing spirits rise from the boles of trees, and a hint of magic clouds the world … As adults the innocence of “child-sight” often dims, but we can rekindle it – through the medium of our dreams and by setting our imaginations free.

As an artist I explore those worlds, bringing you back to a land of timeless, innocent joy. By pouring wet paint on a surface, I allow an unpredictable flow to inspire my hand. Eddies of paint free my imagination – to recall and realize magical landscapes and creatures in this mass of color. Over this fertile ground I can choose from every tool in my toolbox – brush, chalk, pencil, pen or charcoal – always striving to channel pure emotion and energy from my work.

I’m inspired by childhood memories; fairy tales; nature in all its forms; line and color; faces and music; the lighthearted and the fantastic. My influences are those whose own visions rekindle childlike delight and wonderment: Sulamith Wulfing, Brian Froud, Alphonse Mucha, Susan Seddon Boulet, Tove Jansson and Kay Nielsen.

 

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Light and Soul Experiences in Natural and Cultural Landscapes, solo exhibition by LAuruS Myth

Ancient temples have been left behind almost like a dormant seed which can help us to understand our potential. Even today, the modern temples are places where people can form a community and celebrate spiritual culture. Anything from nurturing the earth through gardening, appreciation of connections, and the care and concern for others’ and their spiritual path, are all practices of spirituality. All of these actions represent the feminine energy that has been dormant in past centuries. This series depicts the fusion of sacred spaces, temples, and earth technologies. I hope to plant the seed of fertility through my work exploring spiritual connection to the earth.

About the Artist: Patterns, symbols, vibrations and experiences from the realms of nature, technology and spirituality are celebrated elements of LAuruS Myth’s work. Born in 1987, in San Jose’s Silicon Valley, LAuruS is a prolific emerging artist who expresses the constant search inward and outward for a collective power. She graduated in 2009 with a BFA and was presented with an Award for Excellence in the Arts. Her inspiration comes from world travels and intimate interactions with other cultures. Finding a deep connection to every culture she permeates, LAuruS celebrates the varieties of culture through her paintings and hopes to evoke a worldly sense of unity.

KALEID gallery is located at 88 South Fourth Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

MACLA Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana

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Keepsake by Jose Arenas, acrylic on wood, 2012

MACLA is pleased to present Latino Art Now, their 15th Annual Latino Art Auction.

View the very best of contemporary Latino art from the Bay Area and beyond. Over 50 Latino artists represented through paintings, prints, photographs and mixed-media. In MACLA’s Castellano Playhouse, special guest performances starting at 8pm.

MACLA is located at 510 South First Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

Good Karma Vegan Cafe

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Phantom Galleries presents From Chaos, new original works by Dylan Kelly // Chaos938 Studios at Good Karma Vegan Cafe.

From Chaos is a collection of brand new artwork by South Bay artist Dylan Kelly, painting under the alias Chaos938 since 2003. Using reclaimed wooden panels, spray paint & acrylics He creates a vibrancy and texture with each piece that is very unique.

This colorful show embodies new paintings, with limited edition screen prints, and a photo retrospective of the many aerosol murals created this year in the bay area by the Artist. All prints are signed and numbered collectables.

Good Karma is located at 37 South First Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

The Metro Gallery

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Seven Trees photography by Daniel Valencia

Born in San Jose, CA, Daniel Valencia is a photographer that has had a camera in his hands since he was eight. He has photographed literally everything, and I know that many people say that they photograph everything but this guy really has photographed everything and I don’t mean that in a good way. For a while he hadn’t found a style or consistent subject matter, he was unstable and unsure. Nevertheless I have watched his work evolve and mature, from skateboarding to street photography, from capturing the human condition to journalistic work. This body of work though is about his home, his neighborhood, Seven Trees. The socio-economic status of the area and the socio-psychological effects on its inhabitants. This is his work and with this work he will one day innovate photography, if he already hasn’t. ~Edgar Godinez

The Metro Gallery is located at 550 South First Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

Pho69

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Phantom Galleries presents artist Roan Victor at Pho69 Restaurant.

The California natives symbolize, with conscious effort, the natural growth of imagination and inspiration from mundane things around us. In some of the work I also tried to personify the plants according to their characteristics. ~Roan Victor

Pho69 is located at 321 South First Street, San Jose, CA

 

 

Psycho Donuts

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art by Kori Thompson

Psycho Donuts in downtown San Jose is a quirky donut shop and art gallery. The gallery displays top local artists and has an ongoing exhibit featuring the work of John Renzel, Lacey Bryant, Nicolas Caesar, Murphy Adams, Christine Benjamin, Michael Foley, Michael Borja, Valery Milovic, Carlos Villez, Eric Joyner, Laura Callin Bennett, Michelle Waters, John Hageman and Robert McColley!

Psycho Donuts is located at 288 South Second Street, San Jose, CA

Hope you all had a great week and have an even better weekend!  What better way to start it off than with some amazing art?

-Nancy