Blog
2.3.2012
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of Steven Leiber. A long-time institution in the Bay Area arts community, an expert in the field of contemporary artists books and publications, and the uncharted field of artists’ ephemera, Steven had a knowledge and enthusiasm for this too often marginalized material that was unmatched. His integrity and generosity will be greatly missed in our community and beyond. Our condolences to Steven's family.
2.3.2012
Issue 8 includes:
Paul Kos, Tony Labat, Carlo McCormick on the history of the Lower East Side, John Cage, Hammer Museum, Townhouse Gallery (Cairo), Art Etiquette by Tom Marioni, Contemporary Art in the Greek Economy, an essay from Mark Van Proyen, Needles and Pens, LEADAPRON, Swarm Gallery, Madrone, Bay Area listings for Feb, March, April, pull out double sided poster from Paul Kos and Tony Labat, and artist projects from
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We are awaiting stock of this new title. Should be here early March. Email us to preorder.
Tauba Auerbach Folds
Texts by Emmanuelle Dauplay, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Italo Calvino
In connection with Tauba Auerbach’s exhibition “Tetrachromat” at Bergen Kunsthall, Folds presents Auerbach’s eponymous painting series for the first time in book form. In these paintings Auerbach twists and folds the canvas before applying the paint. In its stretched form the flat canvas conjures a trompe l’oeil rendering of its previous three-dimensional state. Transferred ...
From Victorinox
Includes:
Small blade, Nail File, Screwdriver, Scissors, Toothpick, Tweezers, Key ring.
Life time warranty.
Flourescent Yellow Stayglow handle glows up to one hour.
Measures: 2 1/4 inch
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Now in Stock at Park Life!
Issue 16 is by American writer Dave Eggers. Published on a shower curtain, with the idea that one would read it while showering, this issue is a monologue told to Dave Eggers by his shower curtain. It was produced in collaboration with Izola and is printed on a 72x72 inch PEVA (PVC Free) shower curtain.
1.9.2012
Clare Rojas - Piecemeal
January 4 – 28, 2012
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 7, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Gallery Paule Anglim is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Clare Rojas.
In “Piecemeal”, her third exhibition at the gallery, Rojas will present a group of paintings on stretched linen. Rojas has painted precise and colorful compositions using the traditional format of a free-hanging painting. Stepping back in her perspective from the tight, detailed narrations of previous bodies of work, the artist has taken a hard-edged view of interior spaces and ...
1.9.2012
Rare book dealer and curator John McWhinnie drowned in Tortola on Friday while snorkeling with his wife, Maria Beaulieu. The forty-three year old academic turned gallerist was a close collaborator of Richard Prince, an expert in 20th Century American literature and an enthusiastic friend. His shops in East Hampton and on East 64th Street in New York staged exhibitions for Matthew Barney, Elizabeth Peyton, James Frey, Tauba Auerbach, Adam McEwen, Will Cotton, Kim Gordon, Brigid Berlin, Ryan McGinness, Richard Hell & Christopher Wool, Terry Richardson and Richard Prince, among many others. He was admired his true passion for books, magazines ...
12.26.2011
12.16.2011
The Bold Italic is proud to present the first event inside our brand spankin' new office space. For Holiday Indie Mart, we'll be joining forces with Kelly Malone and co. to bring you a holiday-themed party & shopping extravaganza that should make you very merry.
We'll be featuring
- A curated batch of local vendors. We're talking the 25 best of the best!
- Food carts, including Angry Man Eats and Rice Paper Scissors, selling their tasty treats.
- A recycled cardboard X-mas tree lot from The Arbory.
- Workshop DIY ornaments that don't ...
Utopian Slumps Gallery in Australia
“In the Gardens” Exhibition Curated by Misha Hollenbach
CHRISTIAN HIDAKA
MISHA HOLLENBACH
CHRIS JOHANSON
MISAKI KAWAI
BARRY MCGEE
KEEGAN MCHARGUE
CONSTANZE ZIKOS
In the Gardens curated by Misha Hollenbach will feature a series of rugs woven in Tibet from designs by Christian Hidaka, (Japan, UK-based), Misha Hollenbach, Chris Johanson (USA), Misaki Kawai, (Japan), Barry McGee (USA), Keegan McHargue (USA) and Constanze Zikos.
Christian Hidaka has an idiosyncratic style that borrows from the techniques and brushstrokes of traditional Japanese prints. This style, coupled with psychedelic designs and vibrant colour, creates futuristic landscapes and dreamscapes that ...
Our Friend Alissa Anderson is opening up a new store called Foggy Notion right near Park Life. We are very excited.
Foggy Notion Press Release 11/28/11:
Foggy Notion Pops Up in
San Francisco’s Inner Richmond
Alissa Anderson, photographer and designer, is opening a studio & shop on 6th Ave and Clement St. in the Inner Richmond.
Opening just in time for the holidays on December 6th, December will serve as a sneak preview of what’s to come in 2012. After a winter revamp, Foggy Notion will reappear in early 2012 and have a ...
11.22.2011
What’s inside Issue Two:
• Peter Meehan and David Chang eat MORE in Kyoto, Kentucky, and Copenhagen • Anthony Bourdain, LP’s resident film critic, considers Patrick Swayze’s Road House • Ike Jime: Japanese fish killing 101 • Geoffrey Montgomery discusses our neurobiological sweet spot • Foam Party with Ferran Adrià • Adam Gollner on a quest for prepubescent fruit • Kimchi: the OG sweet and sour • Art from Celeste Byers, Vanessa Davis, Mark Todd, Wendy Macnaughton, and others • Recipes from Christina Tosi, Daniel Patterson, Alex Stupak, and Julian Van Winkle Plus fruit stickers!
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For their Gallery Crawl Feature. LINK
I'm going to this, It's going to be a good night. Buy tix before they sell out.
FIRST LOOK
Join us for our annual winter soiree celebrating the announcement of the 2012 Artist in Resident Award recipients. Get a sneak peek at the incoming artists with remarks by this year's selection panelists. We'll also toast to 2012, Headlands' 30th Anniversary year.
WHEN
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:30PM
WHERE
Headlands Center for the Arts, in the Officers' Club
EDIBLES & ...
11.8.2011
We're very happy to be hosting a show next Spring of art and design from Jonathan Anzalone and Joseph Ferriso, collectively known as Anzfer Farms.
Anzfer Farms is a workshop and showroom located in the Outer Richmond District of San Francisco. Started by Jonathan Anzalone and Joseph Ferriso ...
Here are a few images of the works that will be in the Luggage Store Benefit this Saturday. Some really nice pieces from Clare Rojas, Tauba Auerbach, Thomas Campbell, Tavaras Strachan, Date Farmers, Neck Face, Mickalene Thomas, Espo, Monica Canilao, Swoon, Ari Marcopolous,..and more pieces arriving tommorrow...including Barry Mcgee and Os Gemeos, etc.
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10.29.2011
The Luggage Store Gallery is Hosting a Huge Benefit Art Show Saturday, November 5th. Over 60 artists will be donating works to be auctioned off to raise funds for one of the most important non-profit art organizations in the Bay Area.
Donating artists include: Tavares Strachen, Mickalene Thomas, Paul Wackers, Andrew Schoultz, Barry McGee, Tauba Auerbach, Steve Powers, Clare Rojas, Cheryl Dunn, Os Gemeos, Neck Face, Titus Kaphur...and many more...
Devendra Banhart will be performing at the VIP Reception.
More details and Tickets available HERE
More info coming soon.
10.18.2011
10.18.2011
SFAC Gallery presents Passport 2011 in the Castro!
3rd Annual DIY Art Collecting Event Comes to the Castro
Featuring Easily Walkable Route, Original Artwork by LGBT Icon Dan Nicoletta, Michelle Tea, Margaret Tedesco and many more. With an After Party at Q Bar! The San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (SFAC Gallery) will host its signature Passport event in the Castro District this year on Sunday, October
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8.22.2011
8.20.2011
8.11.2011
We are very excited about Andrew's show at the SFMOMA!
Images in Dialogue
Paul Klee and Andrew Schoultz August 13, 2011 - January 08, 2012
Creating a visual dialogue across a century, drawings by contemporary Bay Area artist Andrew Schoultz respond to the inventive works of Swiss-born Modernist Paul Klee, which are featured on an ongoing basis in SFMOMA's Djerassi Gallery.
Source: http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/exhibitions/445#ixzz1Uku8gnCf San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Autre! Magazine
AUTRE: ISSUE 001: the REBELLION ISSUE: JAMES FRANCO/KAWS/ARIEL PINK/AND MORE….
Courtesy of Oliver Maxwell Kupper.
by Zachary Royer Scholz
Article from Art Practical Image: Tom Marioni. The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends Is the Highest Form of Art, 1970; installation view, re-creation at SFMOMA, 2008.
San Francisco’s world-renowned art museums have made the region a highly visible art-tourist destination, but Bay Area artists have comparatively struggled to get the work they produce seen by international audiences or exhibited at the institutional level. Over the years, this disjunction has forced San Francisco’s artists to create opportunities for themselves. Their actions have given rise to alternative venues that
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7.5.2011
at Paulson Bott Press. First weekend in August.
6.18.2011
6.14.2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Margaret Kilgallen: Summer / Selections
June 23 – August 5, 2011
Ratio 3, 1447 Stevenson Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 USA
Opening reception: Thursday, June 23, 2011, 6–8pm.
Ratio 3 is pleased to present Margaret Kilgallen: Summer / Selections, on view from June 23 to August 5, 2011.
Margaret Kilgallen (1967–2001) is considered by many to be one of the most influential, yet under-recognized, Bay Area artist of her generation. Kilgallen, along with a handful of other artists such as Barry McGee, Chris Johanson, and Alicia McCarthy, came to emergence in the late 1990s, as part of an art movement that is now ...
New edition by Anthony Discenza exclusively for Park Life. This Could Be About Anything At All, 2011.
Metal sign with vinyl and screen print.
18x24 inches.
Limited Edition of 25 (plus 5 artist proofs). Signed and Numbered.
Our friend Louis Schmidt is opening a new store/gallery in San Diego.
Details:
***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE***
Announcing the Grand Opening of Double Break – Gallery // Shop
June 17, 2011 • 6-10PM
SAN DIEGO, June 7, 2011—Break-Break! A call-to-arms! Take heed; this message is priority! When uttered over radio frequencies, Break-Break raises the alarm, alerting listeners to an event in their midst. It is a directive to listen up and pay attention. Inspired by this urgent communiqué, artists Matt Coors and Louis M. Schmidt are pleased to present Double Break, a new art gallery/shop in Bankerʼs Hill unlike anything
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It's really more of an art Object than a book. Get one from Printed Matter now.
Tauba Auerbach
[2,3]
New York, NY: Printed Matter Inc.. 2011
Synopsis: For [2,3], Auerbach has created an oversized pop-up book featuring six die-cut paper sculptures that unfold into wonderful, elaborate forms. While much of Auerbach’s work has previously dealt with compositions staged in the flux state between 2D and 3D, [2,3] represents an expansion for the artist towards a more sculptural medium. Engineered by the artist, each “page” opens into a beautifully constructed object, intricately conceived so that the large-scale paper works—some up to 18” tall—can
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From Artnet.com
Photos by Ruth Fruehauf and Lindsay McCrum
June 2, 2011
Out at San Francisco's three art fairs in May 2011 -- Rick Friedman's San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Max Fishko and Jeffrey Wainhause's artMRKT San Francisco, and ArtPadSF at the Phoenix Hotel. Photos by Ruth Fruehauf, Artnet's West Coast account executive, and photographer Lindsay McCrum, whose new book, Chicks with Guns, is forthcoming from Vendome Press.
Great show check it out.
(Painting in image is by Paul Wackers)
James Chronister Solo Show: Now We Lustre, May 28th - July 6th 2011
1295 Alabama Street San Francisco CA 94110
This is a really fun event, my favorite art benefit of the year by far. And this year there are some great works up for grabs..Paul Wackers, Lindsey White, Libby Black, Thomas Campbell, Tauba Auerbach, Yoon Lee, Todd Hido, Michael Light, Shaun Odell..and a ton more. Come for the art..stay for the Great Food and Open Bar. Buy tix here
Image: Walter Robinson, Deal 2010.
5.9.2011
5.4.2011
TUCKER NICHOLS
May 13 - April 30, 2011
Opening Reception for the Artist, Friday May 13, 6-9pm
Gallery 16 is pleased to present an ambitious new exhibition by TUCKER NICHOLS. For this, his third solo exhibition at Gallery 16, Nichols will fill the entire gallery with his characteristic mix of objects, drawings, paintings and signs. He remains focused on the futility of the systems we devise to navigate the world, its overabundance of neglected things, and the messages we make to advertise nearly everything and seemingly nothing at the same time. This will be the first exhibition on the west coast to feature
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5.4.2011
Mat Gleason is a voice of reason in the insanity that is "street art".
From The Huffington Post May 4, 2011
Street Art Market Collapse Would See History Repeat
Will you be caught holding the street art bag? The euphoria, the rush, the excitement... it seemed so unique, so real, so important, so art historical... until it suddenly felt familiar. Too familiar. When I heard about the investment banker types being led on tours of L.A. MOCA's Art in the Streets show I wondered: How many rich folks will back a street art gallery to acquire deep inventory and never see their money again?
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Some of our friends and favorites have donated some really great works this year..some stand-outs include pieces from Thomas Campbell, Paul Wackers, Tauba Auerbach, Lindsey White, Ben Peterson, Libby Black and a bunch more...
Auction Site Tickets available now!
4.27.2011
Thomas M. Stetson
February 13, 1920 - April 14, 2011
Thomas (Tom) Michael Stetson passed away April 14, 2011 at his home in San Juan Capistrano, California. Tom was born on a dairy farm in Stonyford, Colusa County, California February 13, 1920. He was the youngest of five brothers and also had a younger sister. He attended Sierra Grammar School in Sacramento, where his family moved in 1925. In 1934, Tom graduated from 8th grade at Immaculate Conception Catholic School and graduated from Sacramento High School in 1937. He attended the University ...
4.27.2011
Andrew is putting the finishing touches on works for his upcoming NY show at Morgan Lehman Gallery. The show called Unrest opens May 19th, 2011. The works are really great. DOnt miss this one.
4.16.2011
Purple Fashion magazine #15
Spring Summer 2011
with the free supplement:
Street Mouth, the Thurston Moore Purple Book
Cover
Laetitia Casta is photographed by Terry Richardon, styled by Carlyne Cerf de Dudzeele
Purple News
Yaz Bukey by Caroline Gaimari
Wes Lang by Juliana Balestin
Vahakn Arslanian by Jade Berreau
Justin Lowe and Jonah Freeman by Jade Berreau
Rowboat by Arnaud Vivian
Kitsuné by Caroline Gaimari
Fuyuko Matsui by Fumihiro Hayashi
Story by Miltos Manetas
Richard Prince by Robert Rubin
Best of the Season by Terry Richardson and Mel Ottenberg Purple Interviews Laetitia Casta by Olivier Zahm Pierre Huyghe by Olivier Zahm Isild Le Besco by Olivier Zahm Apichatpong Weerasethakul by Chomwan Weeraworawit Isabelle
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4.16.2011
Hard to disagree. Especially cutting since he lives in San Diego!!
much less sleepy: http://bridgethevoid.blogspot.com
4.6.2011
4.1.2011
idle/idol
New Works
by
Paul Wackers
Opening April 2nd 7-10pm
Show runs April 2nd - May 14th
Paul Wackers presents his third solo show with the gallery. The paintings in his new series explore aura and energy given off by objects in our everyday lives. He presents us with the interiors of rooms and still lifes placed in vitrines and in the outdoors thus drawing our attention to the collections we harbor in our homes and the objects we may encounter outdoors.
Eleanor Harwood Gallery
www.eleanorharwood.com
1295 Alabama Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
"Parallel Bells"
Poetry Reading at Park Life in conjunction with the Space Cake the installation exhibition by Kyle Field and Thomas Campbell.
Who: Juliana Leslie and Nicole Mauro
When: Saturday, March 26, 7ish until 8ish
bios:
Juliana Leslie is originally from New York and currently
lives in Santa Cruz, CA. Her first book, More Radiant
Signal, was just published by Letter Machine Editions
in the fall of 2010. She is also the author of two
chapbooks, Pie in the sky (Braincase Press) and That
Obscure Coincidence of Feeling (Dusie Kolektiv.)
Nicole Mauro’s poems and criticism ...
Get one here
Chet Baker, 2011.
Ed. 50 (plus 4 artist Proofs)
8 x 10 inches
Archival Inks on Hahnemuhle Bamboo Paper 308 GSM (Heavy Stock)
Signed/Dated/Numbered
Price: $50.00
Article by Aidin Vaziri
The other day Kyle Field was doing a terrible job of attempting to relate why it took him so long - roughly four years - to release a new album by his band, Little Wings. "I just didn't get around to it," he said, leaning back and pulling at his wild gray-speckled beard. "It's unexplainable."
He paused to give it some further thought: "We'll probably figure it out someday," he said, before returning his attention to the drawing in front of him.
Field was sitting at a table spilling over with an assortment of art supplies - watercolors, ...
I was able to preview Sean McFarland's new show that open Sat March 12 at Baer Ridgeway and it's really great. Go See for yourself.
Details:
SEAN McFARLAND:
VIEWSHED
March 12th - April 16th, 2011
Opening Reception: March 12th, 4-7pm
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions is pleased to present a solo exhibition with Sean McFarland: Viewshed, March 12th - April 16th, 2011. Through a disciplined studio practice utilizing unconventional modes of photography, McFarland continues to investigate the not so often seen vantage points of the Western landscape. The result of the ...
2.22.2011
February 17, 2011, 12:00 pm
What Can the Jeff Koons Lawsuit Teach Us About Copyright Law? A Guest Post
By FREAKONOMICS
Kal Raustiala, a professor at UCLA Law School and the UCLA International Institute, and Chris Sprigman, a professor at the University of Virginia Law School, are experts in counterfeiting and intellectual property. They have been guest-blogging for us about copyright issues. This week, they write about a recent Jeff Koons controversy.
Jeff Koons Turns the Table on Copyright Law
By Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman
Jeff Koons is
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2.21.2011
A tribute to our recent legal Victory.
Buy Here
From the NY Times
February 3, 2011, 4:18 pm
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All Bark, No Bite: Settlement Reached in Balloon Dog Dispute
By KATE TAYLORJoan Marcus
Clowns everywhere can breathe easier: Jeff Koons’s lawyers have backed down in an intellectual property dispute over balloon dog-shaped bookends. In December, Peter D. Vogl of the firm Jones Day, which represents Jeff Koons LLC, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Imm-Living, the
2.2.2011
2.1.2011
1.21.2011
Artinfo article here
SAN FRANCISCO— Today, blue-chip artist Jeff Koons turns 56, which has got to be tough for someone whose work is so obsessed with youth and youthful beauty. Compounding any distress the artist might feel at being a mid-quinquagenarian, yesterday, the San Francisco bookstore and art gallery Park Life tried to head off a lawsuit from Koons by filing a federal complaint that, in its greatest moments, mocks the artist and his legal team for their attempt to stop Park Life from selling or advertising $30 bookends that look ...
1.19.2011
Thanks to everyone who came out Friday for the opening of Bitches Brew. And thanks to the Wax Idols for their inspired set sans PA. And Balloon Lady. And Kelly, Marci, Hellen, Becky, and Aiyana..gret works. MOre images and all the works from the show will be up in our Gallery page later this week.
(images courtesy of Fecal Face)...
Breaking Ranks: Human/Nature
Date: 1/23/2011 - 2/20/2011
January 23 – February 20, 2011
Gallery Hours
Building 944, 3rd Floor | Admission FREE
Tuesday - Friday + Sunday, Noon - 5PM.
Invite friends via Facebook
Opening Reception
Sunday, January 23, 2PM – 5PM
Members’ Reception 1PM
Reading & Performance
Sunday, February 13, 2PM – 5PM
“Breaking Ranks" in military usage indicates the movement of a group to fall out of line, ...
In Twist, Jeff Koons Claims Rights to ‘Balloon Dogs’
By KATE TAYLOR Published: January 19, 2011
The artist Jeff Koons has developed a distinctive style, and made a lot of money, by appropriating pop-culture imagery and mass-produced objects, from inflatable toys to vacuum cleaners and kitschy greeting cards. Over his three-decade career that approach, while helping to make him famous, has also brought accusations of exploiting other people’s copyrighted
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12.29.2010
12.27.2010
January: Bitches Brew featuring Kelly Tunstall, Marci Washington, Aiyana Udesen, Hellen Jo and Rebecca Ebeling.
Opening Reception Friday January 14th, 2011.
February: Thomas Campbell and Kyle Field.
Opening Reception Fri February 18th
12.21.2010
Park Life just received a very formal Cease and Desist Letter from Jeff Koons' Lawyers calling for an "Immediate Cessation" of selling our Balloon Dog sculptures.
Wait, I'm confused, isnt his ENTIRE FUCKING CAREER based on co-opting other peoples work/objects????
So going forward, just so you know; Jeff Koons owns all likenesses of balloon dogs.
12.16.2010
12.12.2010
12.7.2010
MATTHEW PALLADINO
at the
NADA ART FAIR, MIAMI BEACH, 2010
December 2 - 5
The Deauville Beach Resort
6701 Collins Avenue...
11.24.2010
Dont miss James Sterling Pitt's current solo show at Ping Pong Gallery in SF, it's really special.
Glowing review in the SF Chronicle today too.
In it's December Issue.
11.12.2010
Our friend Orion Shepard has a new show opening Sat Nov 13th at Mollusk. Should be good.
11.1.2010
10.25.2010
10.20.2010
10.9.2010
Courtesy of Skylite Snowballs
Come by Park Life on Sunday (Oct 10) from noon to 4pm and enjoy a delicious snowball delight.
Our friend Katie Baum will parking her new Snowball truck in front of Park Life and will be serving her Shaved Ice Treats with Natural Syrups.
10.3.2010
We produced a new Print Edition with Tucker Nichols that we will be releasing at the NY Art Book Fair in November. We are taking pre-orders now. Email info@parklifestore.com.
Details:
Guns Diptych, 2010. Screen Print, Brown Ink on Heavy Archival Card Stock. Printed at Bloom Press.
each piece 9"x12".
Edition 30. Signed/Numbered/Dated
$120 for the set.
As seen in today's SF Chronicle.
Get one here.
9.24.2010
This Paulson Press etching (Sloe, 1999) by Margaret Kilgallen is available, please call or email Park Life for details. info@parklifestore.com
9.10.2010
There are some really big openings this week. A few that I'm excited about:
Andrew Schoultz at Marx gallery
Chris Duncan at Baer Ridgeway
Josh Podell at Ping Pong Gallery
Eamon O'kane at Greg Lind Gallery
Fecal Face anniv show at Luggage Store Gallery
Will Rogan at Altman Siegel Gallery
Ana Fernandez at Electric Works
Steven Wolf's new space..
sorry no links..
9.10.2010
9.4.2010
Eamon O’Kane
Der Glasraum
September 9 – October 16, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION:
September 9, 5:00 - 7:30 pm
GALLERY HOURS:
Tuesday through Saturday, 10:30-5:30 PM
Email: info@gregorylindgallery.com
Gregory Lind Gallery is proud to present new work by Irish artist Eamon O’Kane. “Der Glassraum” is the artist’s first solo exhibition with the gallery and includes paintings and works on paper.
9.3.2010
8.30.2010
Park Life has a few copies of a new letterpress book titled Extinction/Adaptation, an illustrated ABC book with images by artists Andrew Schoultz and Kyle Knobel and text by bestselling environmental author Adam Werbach.
The book chronicles the elements of human behavior and culture that are going extinct, and the adaptations that humanity is making to survive. Extinctions include Fax Machines, Yellow Pages and Jaguars. Adaptations include Coughing into your elbow, Kale and Twitter. The book, with 26 illustrated plates, was letter pressed and bound by ...
8.28.2010
Faile Painting for sale.
8.25.2010
The Seedstore recently opening next door to Park LIfe. Its a really great clothing boutique.
Mens and Womens.
Details:
We're excited to invite you to our official Grand Opening this Thurs evening!
Attached is the invitation but here are the details:
WHEN: Thurs, August 26
TIME: 5-9pm
WHERE: Seedstore - 212 Clement St. (btwn 3rd & 4th Ave.)
Bring your friends for free drinks and 20% off your purchases all night...
*RSVP to seedstoresf@gmail.com with your name and number of guests
See you on Thurs!
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SEEDSTORE
212 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.386.1600
seedstoresf.com
Compound Eyes on the World: new work by Andrew Schoultz
Solo exhibition at Marx & Zavattero, September 11 - October 23, 2010
Andrew Schoultz’s ambitious second solo exhibition at the gallery. Inspired by the shifting nature of history as record in the past, present, and future, Schoultz’s latest exhibition alludes to the tornado of information present today and the assumption that we are able to sift through the detritus to find clarity and meaning.
A new book of Andrew Schoultz's work entitled Crisis has been published by Jerome Zodo (Italy). We have them in stock at Park Life and you probably will not find it anywhere else in the states. Limited Edition.
Crisis, 2010
Editing by Jerome Zodo Contemporary, 2010
Text by Glen Helfand
Paperback - 70 pages - 22 x 22 cm - Text in English and ...
7.22.2010
7.22.2010
These two new prints were produced by Edition Copenhagen.
Contact:
Strandgade 66,
DK – 1401 Copenhagen K
www.editioncopenhagen.com
$1800 each
First one: Original lithograph printed on
250 gr. Velin d´arches paper
75 ex. Numbered and signed by he artist
size: 76 x 56 cm
Second: Original lithograph printed on
250 gr. Velin d´arches paper
60 ex. Numbered and signed by the artist
Size: 76 x 56 cm
Have you seen this?
I'm fucking incredulous. SF, your elected officials are totally incompetent. They are more concerned with handing out parking tickets.
http://californiawatch.org/money-and-politics/unsupervised-city-workers-accused-brazen-theft-cheating-taxpayers
6.26.2010
6.25.2010
The Hole
104 greene street
new york city, ny 10012
212 226 3000
theholenyc.com
6.13.2010
We're excited to see one of our own editions available from Printed Matter
6.6.2010
Excited to learn that in the wake of Jack Hanley closing his SF gallery, Bay Area's own Chris Johanson will be showing in SF again. Altman-Siegel Gallery.
Last chance to purchase your tickets online to Headlands’ Benefit Art Auction.
This is a real good opportunity to get some great art by some of today's most coveted artists..while supporting one of the most important non-profit art residency programs there is.
Online ticket purchase will be available through Monday, May 31 at 11PM. If you’d like to purchase a ticket after that, please join us on Auction night and you can buy one at the door. Hope to see you there!
6:30 Silent Auction Opens
7:30 Live Auction
9:00 Silent Auction Closes
Herbst
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5.28.2010
Adobe Books and Backroom Gallery
3166 16th Street, San Francisco, California
Adobe Books: Not Long for this World? By Reyhan Harmanci on May 26, 2010 - 12:30 a.m. PDT If you've walked by the Mission District's Adobe Books in the past week, you might have seen a sign in the window: "Everything Must Go." It's not an uncommon sight in independent book stores these days — just up the street, Abandoned Planet recently closed up shop, adding to a list of Bay Area spots that includes (RIP) A Clean Well-Lighted Place
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5.28.2010
Our friend Tucker Nichols is having a solo show at his NY gallery, ZieherSmith. They have a great new ground floor space in Chelsea and from what I've seen of Tuckers work made during his residency at the Headlands Center recently this show is going to be amazing.
TUCKER NICHOLS
JUNE 3 - JULY 23, 2010
RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST: THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 6-8PM
In his third solo exhibition at ZieherSmith, San Francisco based-artist Tucker Nichols presents sculpture, panels, and works on paper created during a recent residency at the Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California. Recent projects include Temporary Storage
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SFMOMA SECA Award finalists were announced 5/14: Mauricio Ancalmo, Michael Arcega, Amy Balkin, Michelle Blade, Nate Boyce, Castaneda/Reiman, Sergio De La Torre, Anthony Discenza, Bruno Fazzolari, Rebecca Goldfarb, Michael Guidetti, Misako Inaoka, Colter Jacobsen, Jason Kalogiros, Pawel Kruk, Ruth Laskey, Bernie Lubell, Chris McCaw, Sean McFarland, Brion Nuda Rosch, Jennie Ottinger, Kamau Amu Patton, Alison Sant, Paul Schiek, Alice Shaw, Weston Teruya, Gabrielle Teschner, Richard T. Walker, Lindsey White, and Pamela Wilson-Ryckman. These artists were picked from over 250 submissionsby Apsara DiQunizio, assistant curator of painting and sculpture, and Tanya ...
5.25.2010
Available now in the store and online.
5.24.2010
I was able to spend some time at the SF Fine Art Fair at Fort Mason this weekend. SF has not hosted an Art Fair (like this) for nearly a decade which is kind of a bummer. This version was mildly entertaining. The people came out for sure..a lot more than I would have guessed..which was great. Though I didn't see too many red dots. The overall quality of work was not great. The notable highlights included works on view at Baer Ridgeway, Paule Anglim, Paulson Bott Press, Charlie James, Eleanor Harwood, DCKT, Gallery 16, Hackett-Mi...
5.14.2010
Clare Rojas has a solo show that opened last night at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco.
Clare Rojas:
We They, We They
May 14 – August 22, 2010
Where neo-folk meets contemporary art, artists operate as ‘authors’ of the collective voice. The new exhibition Clare Rojas: We They, We They showcases the first San Francisco solo museum exhibition of the internationally acclaimed Bay Area artist who identifies and inserts herself in the folk art continuum. MOCFA is proud to present new work that has yet to be seen by the public.
More pics here
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Wow. This show is good. Sold out too.
We are very excited about Matthew Palladino's solo show of new paintings that opens this weekend at Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions in SF.
Details:
Matthew Palladino: Wonder Box
Opening Reception Sat May 8, 2010
Baer Ridgeway Exhibitions
172 Minna Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
This is always one of my favorite art events of the year:
(and as usual some really great works up for grabs)
Space Odyssey
Southern Exposure's Annual Fundraiser + Art Auction
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Main Event: 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Live Auction: 8:30 pm – 9:15 pm
Silent Auction: Lots begin to close at 9:30 pm
Location: SoEx, 3030 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Southern Exposure’s Annual Fundraiser and Art Auction, Space Odyssey, features a live and silent art auction, creative projects, delicious food and beverages, and music. This famously fun event provides direct
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Our friend Paul Wackers opened a two-person show at New Image Gallery this weekend.
Go here
Paul Wackers & Sean Cassidy : IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE AN ACCIDENT
April 24th - May 15th, 2010
7908 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood
CA 90046
P 323 654 2192
info at newimageartgallery dot com
4.28.2010
Our friend Jason Polan is in town and hosting one of his famous Taco Bell Drawing Clubs In the Inner Richmond, two blocks from Park Life. Today, Wed, April 28th only.
Details:
There will be a special Taco Bell Drawing Club meeting today, Wednesday, April 28 from 7:15 to 8:30pm in San Francisco! Let me know if you need a ride from somewhere, my little sister and I are coming from the East Bay. I hope everyone is good!
Taco Bell Drawing Club
Taco Bell
4150 Geary Blvd
(between 5th Ave &
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Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction.
Get your tickets for this event now.
Some really great art by some of our favorite artists: Barry McGee, Chris Ballantyne, Thomas Campbell, Uta Barth, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Andrew Schoultz, Paul Wackers, Todd Hido, ANd Many more.
4.16.2010
Serena Mitnik-Miller who is participating (and curating) our next show is featured in the upcoming release of Arkitip.
Details:
Serena Mitnik-Miller
Issue No. 0054
Serena Mitnik-Miller executes her painting with watercolor on paper, employing transparent, all over repetitive shapes in vivid colors that reference nature specific to the sea. Mitnik-Miller associates these colors and geometries with organic vocabulary and palette, most importantly its complex dynamic. The paintings become increasingly disorienting with layered internal space and vortex like sensibility shifting the image beyond the paper.
In her photographic work Mitnik-Miller both seduces and alienates the viewer ...
4.16.2010
I'll Fly (Into Your Heart), a solo exhibition by Jason Jagel.
April 1, 2010 - May 26, 2010
FIFTY24SF, San Francisco, CA
3.25.2010
Our friend Andrew Schoultz had a really big show open last week at Jerome Zodo Gallery in Milan, Italy.
Chris Johanson has career spanning solo show opening at Gallery Nicholai Wallner in Denmark.
check out the link for some really great older works. I can't believe they are available.
check out the link for some really great older works. I can't believe they are available.
Our friend Thomas Campbell has a solo show of new paintings and sculpture opening at Greg Lind Gallery in SF. Can't wait to see it.
Thomas Campbell
YAR
April 1 through May 15, 2010
Reception: April 1, 5:00 - 7:30 pm
Gregory Lind Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by California artist Thomas Campbell. This is the artist’s first solo show with the gallery and will consist of multi-paneled paintings, sewn paper pieces incorporating drawings, bronze sculpture, and wood cut-out sculpture with paintings; and a limited-edition, hand-painted print series.
An artist ...
Thomas Campbell
YAR
April 1 through May 15, 2010
Reception: April 1, 5:00 - 7:30 pm
Gregory Lind Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new work by California artist Thomas Campbell. This is the artist’s first solo show with the gallery and will consist of multi-paneled paintings, sewn paper pieces incorporating drawings, bronze sculpture, and wood cut-out sculpture with paintings; and a limited-edition, hand-painted print series.
An artist ...
The Jack Hanley Gallery will mount its final show in the gallery’s San Francisco location, April 3 - 28, 2010. The show will include new work from a selection of gallery artists.
The Jack Hanley Gallery opened in downtown San Francisco in 1990 showing emerging international artists. After closing for two years, from 1996 - 1998, the gallery reopened in a new location in the Mission District of San Francisco. Continuing to focus on working with emerging international artists, the new incarnation of the gallery helped to establish the careers of a number of emerging San Francisco artists, ...
The Jack Hanley Gallery opened in downtown San Francisco in 1990 showing emerging international artists. After closing for two years, from 1996 - 1998, the gallery reopened in a new location in the Mission District of San Francisco. Continuing to focus on working with emerging international artists, the new incarnation of the gallery helped to establish the careers of a number of emerging San Francisco artists, ...
3.20.2010
You should do this.
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 16, 5pm Following three successful launches in the Central Market/Tenderloin, Bayview and Mission neighborhoods, the Art in Storefronts pilot program will venture into Chinatown starting in June. This time around, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the SFAC will collaborate with the Kearny Street Workshop, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and Chinatown Community Development Center to implement the program which engages San Francisco-based artists in reinvigorating neighborhoods that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn. Applications can be downloaded off the Arts Commission’s website. Artists are asked to tailor ...
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 16, 5pm Following three successful launches in the Central Market/Tenderloin, Bayview and Mission neighborhoods, the Art in Storefronts pilot program will venture into Chinatown starting in June. This time around, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development and the SFAC will collaborate with the Kearny Street Workshop, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco and Chinatown Community Development Center to implement the program which engages San Francisco-based artists in reinvigorating neighborhoods that have been hard-hit by the economic downturn. Applications can be downloaded off the Arts Commission’s website. Artists are asked to tailor ...
3.15.2010
Clare Rojas has published a series of prints (Seven different Aquatint Etchings) with Paulson Press that are available at Park Life. We are taking preorders now and the prints will be ready in late April. Please contact jamie@parklifestore.com for more information..images and pricing.
A few of them are up now in our shop: HERE
Pictured is Boundry Lines, 2009. Color aquatint, spitbite aquatint & sugarlift etching 43 ½” x 35” Edition of 40
PAPER!AWESOME!
February 20 - March 27, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 20, 4-7pm
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions is pleased to present PAPER!AWESOME!, a group exhibition of new works on paper by over 100 artists. Curated by gallery artist Brion Nuda Rosch, this exhibition contains over 300 8.5 x 11 inch brand new works on paper by an incredibly varied group of artists. Works by internationally recognized artists will hang side-by-side with those by artists just emerging, all of whom have been asked to work with the most basic of canvases, an 8.5 x 11 inch piece of paper.
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions
172 Minna Street, San
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2.3.2010
Ive said it before but ill say it again, people love lists. Here is a Juxtapoz readers review of fav spots to get some art into your life. Looks like we are in the middle of the pack. If you want to show some Park Life love, vote for ushere.
1.28.2010
1.23.2010
Marcel Dzama new book The Infidels is in stock at Park Life. This is a beautiful new book with a very small print run. Will not last. Published by DruckVerlag Kettler. FORMAT: Clth, 9.25 x 12 in. / 152 pgs / illustrated throughout.
CHris Johanson's new book Totalities has finally been released. Published by Deitch. Come get one. Both these titles will be available to purchase on our site soon...or you can just email or call the store.
1.14.2010
Front and Center
FRONT + CENTER: Weather Streams
January 17 - February 28, 2010
Jordan Essoe, The Visitor (2B), 22" x 28.5", watercolor and digital pigment print on paper, 2009
Date: 1/17/2010 - 2/28/2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 944 Fort Barry
Ticket Info: FREE Admission
*Opening Reception:
Sunday, January 17, 2010
2PM – 5PM
Regular Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday & Sunday
12PM – 5PM
NEW AND RECENT WORK BY:
Timothy Armstrong
Elisheva ...
Neck Face - THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, 2009. Published by OHWOW to coincide with his Miami show at the Gallery.
Check our shop
Josh Keyes Sprout. Just released limited edition of 1000. Each copy includes a signed print.
$85. Check our shop.
12.31.2009
12.10.2009
Available only at Park Life
Tucker Nichols, Unsolicited Advertising Section from McSweeney's Panorama
Silkscreen on heavystock paper, Edition of 50
Signed and numbered $60
Designed as a full page of unsolicited ads for the just released McSweeney's Panorama, this limited print is a tribute to some of San Francisco's greatest (and obscure) institutions. Ever had a slice of Arinell's pizza? Seen a movie at the Balboa? Then you know just what we're talking about. An affordable way to own some of Tucker's work. Published by Park Life in conjunction with McSweeney's.
Available through Park Life..New Tauba Auerbach Edition
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One Deck of Playing Cards..Slipcased and embossed.
A series of playing card designs designed by Tauba Auerbach, released in two iterations, Shapes and
Functions. Each deck is produced in a hand numbered edition of 250
Designed by: Tauba Auerbach
2009
Edition: 250 for each deck + 10 Artist Proofs
Cards: Graphite center card stock with plastic coat
Case: linen, cardboard, blind deboss, grosgrain ribbon
Dimensions: 2.75 x 3.75 x 1 in.
11.28.2009
11.17.2009
Stick It Up :: Instant Installations
Park Life is excited to carry Bodega's curated selection of large scale, eco-friendly, die-cut adhesive vinyl art. With Barry McGee, Rostarr, Mike Giant, and Cleon Peterson, Clare Rojas, Jeff Canham amongst their first contributing artists. Being distributed to several specialty shops including The New Museum (NYC) and Colette (Paris) and Park Life (San Francisco)
Park Life favorite Tucker Nichols is having a new show that opens Fri. I've previewed it and it is exceptional.
TUCKER NICHOLS
NOVEMBER 6 - DECEMBER 11, 2009
Opening Reception this FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 6-9PM
Gallery 16 is excited to present our second solo exhibition of artist Tucker Nichols. Tucker will be presenting new drawings, sculpture, text pieces, and his first line of experimental wallpaper.
"We each find our own strategies to cope with the growing deluge of information--I use drawing as a filter. This is the stuff that gets through, vague representations of items on display: buildings and found text and rocks and the ...
10.14.2009
Park Life is hosting a book release event on November 19, 2009, 6-8pm for this new Mcsweeney's title:
More Things Like This
By the Editors of McSweeney's Foreword by Michael Kimmelman Introduction by Dave Eggers Illustrated by Tucker Nichols More Things Like This -- Curated by the editors of McSweeney's, this unconventional book explores the intersection of text, humor, and illustration in art created by cartoonists, writers, musicians, and fine artists. A refreshing mixture of high, low, and sideways, the selection features nearly 300 images from dozens of contributors, including David Shrigley, Kurt Vonnegut, Leonard Cohen, Chris Johnson, David Mamet, Raymond Pettibon, Henry ...
9.23.2009
Slime the Boogie, Dash Snow. 1st edition of 300. Signed. Peres Projects.
Polaroids, Dash Snow. 1st Edition. Peres Projects.
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9.5.2009
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8.20.2009
Strange things await in the woods in Christopher Russell's oil paintings
By Traci Vogel
Published on August 17, 2009 at 1:49pm
"You Are So Balanced; I Don't Want to Complicate Things."
Park Life Gallery, 220 Clement (at Fourth Ave.), S.F.
Through Aug. 25. Free; 386-7275 or www.parklifestore.com.
When we head into the forest, we pack along our own personal mythologies. These influence whether we find trees inspiring or ominous, whether we expect to find babes or bears, fairies or foxes, in the bramble. The same can be said of the viewers heading into the art
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8.19.2009
One of our favorite artists is having a show in Sept.
Tauba Auerbach
September 03, 2009 — October 17, 2009
18 Wooster Street, New York
The collapsing of two conflicting states is the central theme of HERE AND NOW/AND NOWHERE, Tauba Auerbach’s new exhibition at Deitch Projects.
7.30.2009
Thanks to the editors at the SF Bay Guardian for acknowledging Park Life for this year's Best of the Bay Awards. Link
Park Life is pleased to announce the release of our newest shirt by Tucker Nichols, SF GARTERSNAKE. Referred to as "North America's most beautiful serpent," the San Francisco gartner snake is an endangered species that exists only in the Bay Area. Current estimates put the elusive snake at only 1-2000 individuals remaining in the wild. One critical habitat can be saved by decommissioning the problematic Sharp Park Golf Course and restoring it to natural marshland. Learn more at www.restoresharppark.org
Disclaimer: Tucker Nichols and Park Life share no official affiliation with the
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7.9.2009
Paul Wackers has completed his year at the Headlands Center for the Arts. His subsequent solo show at the Luggage Store Gallery opens this weekend. I've seen the work and it is exceptional. His work finally has the space it needs and it looks amazing on the vast Luggage store walls. I recommend highly.
Paul Wackers: 2009 Tournesol Awardee
New Work
Luggage Store Gallery
1007 Market St. SF, CA
July 10, 2009 - August 8, 2009
Opening reception, Friday July 10th 6 - 8pm
HEADLANDS ANNOUNCES SHUAN ODELL RECIPIENT OF THE 2009–2010 TOURNESOL AWARD
link
Park Life has produced a Limited Edition (100 pcs) of the SF Neighborhood Print that Jen Boerkum designed. Were taking preorders now for delivery in July.
Go Here
6.18.2009
PAUL WACKERS 2009 Tournesol Award Winner Show at Luggage Store Gallery
One of our favorite local artists is having his tournesol show at the Luggage Store soon
Paul Wackers: 2009 Tournesol Awardee for painting
Landscape and still life paintings
Opening Reception
Friday July 10, 2009 - Saturday August 8, 2009 at 6:00pm
the luggage store, 1007 Market Street (@6th), SF CA 94103
Tel. 1. 415. 255 5971
Gallery Hours: Wed-Saturday, 12-5pm and by appointment
6.13.2009
New York Times Review
For quirky objects with an artistic bent, check out Park Life (220 Clement Street; 415-386-7275; www.parklifestore.com), a shop that carries a well-curated cache of art books, clever housewares and limited-edition objects — like salt and pepper shakers inscribed with the words “cocaine” and “heroin” ($125). If that’s not creative enough, pop into the adjacent gallery, which features monthly exhibitions of emerging artists from San Francisco and beyond (priced from $20 to $2,000). Silk-screened T-shirt by the Bay Area artist Tucker Nichols: $28.
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6.3.2009
Anonymous Postcard
A Tucker Nichols joint.
6.3.2009
Mundane Shift Shape Replacement
The following is an interview conducted with Brion Nuda Rosch about the current group exhibition Mundane Shift Shape Replacement which Brion curated, as well as exhibited his own work. The show is on display until later this month and contains work from Chris Corales, Andrea Myers, Matthew Rich, Brion Nuda Rosch, and Liz Walsh. 1. Can you talk a little bit about the concept behind the exhibition and how these artists relate? This exhibit began with an invitation from Park Life. The ...
5.29.2009
Come see the new show curated by Brion Nuda Rosch. It's really great.
We've got new Artist Edition Shirts from Tucker Nichols, Chris Ballantyne, Wowch, and many more..
Pantone Mugs are back in stock.
Lots of new books.
Coming soon: A new color combo Limited edition San Francisco Print from Ork Design (the SF neighboorhood one).
Go See:
Matthew Palladino at Space 1026
Ian Johnson at White Walls
Hilary Pecis at Triple Base
5.16.2009
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4.28.2009
One of the best ways for art lovers to build their collection and donate to a good cause (while avoiding gallery prices) is through art benefits. There are a handful of good ones coming up in May and June. Short list:
Headlands Center for the Arts - Wednesday, June 10th
Intersection for the Arts - Saturday, June 13th
Southern Exposure - Saturday, June 6th
White Columns (NY) - Saturday, May 16th
Friend and SF-based Photographer Sean Mcfarland is the recipient of the 2009 Baum Award
for Emerging American Photographers.
Celebrating the work of Sean McFarland, recipient of the 6th annual Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers and San Francisco’s first photographer to win this prestigious national award, SF Camerawork will feature McFarland’s series Pictures of the Earth. The Baum Award for Emerging American Photographers is one of the largest national awards available in photography, and the only award in the United States to single out ‘emerging’ photographers for support. Through the generosity of Glenn and April Bucksbaum of The Baum Foundation, this $10,000 ...
25th Anniversary Silent & Live Auction
The Lab
2948 16th Street · San Francisco CA 94103 · 415.864.8855
Saturday, March 21, 2009, 6:30-9:30 PM
Live auction at 7:30 PM
Silent auction sections close every 15 minutes from 8:30 - 9:30 PM
$10-25 sliding scale admission (includes snacks and refreshments)
Preview gallery hours: Wednesday, March 18 - Friday, March 20, 1-6PM (free admission)
Sale continues: Sunday, March 22, 1-6pm (free admission)
Art lovers, join us for our biggest fundraising event of the year. Incredible local, national, and international artwork will be available via silent auction with starting bids at $25 and up (cash, checks, VISA/MC accepted). Over ...
3.17.2009
We were featured in the SF Chronicle this weekend.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/15/LVLR160SVJ.DTL&type=living
Gallery owners reveal their Bay Area gems
Aidin Vaziri, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Jamie Alexander and Derek Song are the founders of Park Life, the combination gallery and store space that has brought everything from high-design housewares to lo-fi local artists to the city's Inner Richmond neighborhood. They tell us about the places they like to frequent.
Images
Jamie Alexander's picks:
Triple Base, 3041 24th St. "This gallery is a real asset to the Bay Area arts scene. More than just a showroom, they are really building a community around the art and artists they ...
3.8.2009
The Bay Area's most polarizing art critic, Kenneth Baker, has registered his disdain for this year;s SECA show.
Read Review
Love him or not this review is hard to argue with.
Love that he crushed Jordan Kantor.
2.20.2009
Two artists that we've worked closely with are having a show at White Walls Gallery.
Strong effort all around. These boys can paint.
2.17.2009
The Partisan Gallery presents One Too Many
Open Feb 19
ARTISTS
Tauba Auerbach
Daren Wilson
Jasmin Lim
Leslie Shows
Julia Leonard
Whitney Hubbs
Lindsey White
Sean McFarland
Emily Prince
Keegan McHargue
Jack Sears
Alissa Anderson
Sarah McMenimen
Matthew Kennedy
Jordan Stein
Paul Wackers
Chris Fallon
Noah Wilson
Andrew McKinley
Jake Longstreth
HELFAND'S 2008 TOP 10
Excerpted from sfbg.com
1. "Oranges and Sardines," Hammer Museum
Returning SFMOMA curator Gary Garrels' current "conversations on abstract painting" exhibition in Los Angeles is one of the most satisfying, artist-friendly shows ever.
2. Philippe Vergne, lecture at San Francisco Art Institute
The recently-appointed director of the Dia Art Foundation offered incisive, inspirational, and witty takes on the melancholic state of the arts.
3. Speed Racer: The IMAX Experience (Andy and Larry Wachowski, USA, 2008)
This color-drenched amusement park ride of a movie lacks coherence and features the world's most irritating child actor, but two-plus hours of nonstop electric rainbow CGI at IMAX scale ...
10.25.2008
Park Life is looking for an intern. The position requires around 15 hours a month. Student would be good. Knowledge of photoshop/Illustrator/basic HTML is good too. Basic galleries skills hanging, archiving, shipping, posting, documenting...
email jamie@parklifestore.com
10.15.2008
Jason Jagel's show at Electric Works is coming down soon. Shouldn't be missed. You can also pick up a copy of his beautiful new book 73 Funshine. (we should get the book in stock November 2008).
Glen Helfand wrote about the show in art forum recently. Review
10.15.2008
Two Margaret Kilgallen paintings were stolen off the wall this morning from the Anniversary group show at Gallery 16 in SF. The pieces were taken by two guys at around 10 am. Can you please help get the word out.. I would imagine that these would turn up for sale somewhere at some point.
These paintings are owned by Griff Williams, the owner of Gallery 16/Urban Digital Color who was a personal friend of Margarets.
Please contact Vanessa @ Gallery 16 with any info. Vanessa@gallery16.com
Sad.
10.9.2008
The Secret Life of Plants
Johanna St. Clair, Sean McFarland, Paul Wackers & a garden installation by Dan Carlson
All 4 artists in this show have great work. I want the Wackers diptych on paper.
Show Runs Sept. 27th - Oct. 31st
10.7.2008
- Swoon's first and only monograph.
- New Paul Schiek book.
- New Tauba Auerbach book, 50/50.
- New Leslie Shows book.
- New Hank Willis Thomas book.
- Signed copies of Mail Order Monsters.
9.8.2008
Hilary Pecis at Receiver Gallery. From the Paradigm Shift, opens Sept 6.
Great show. Here work has really grown. The big pieces are amazing.
Group show at Hosfelt. Vocabularies of Metaphor opens Sept. 6.
Including Amy Cutler, Shazia Sikhander, Henry Darger...three of my favorites.
Andrew Schoultz, In Gods We Trust, runs thru October at Heather Marx Gallery. His best show yet.
Lydia Fong, A moment of Reflection at Ratio 3. Barry always puts on a good show.
Jason Jagel at Electric Works opening Sept
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8.28.2008
Andrew Schoultz has his first solo show in the Bay Area in a couple years...I've seen some of the work and it's going to reset the bar. Amazing work.
Andrew Schoultz, In Gods We Trust.
Opening Thurs. Sept 4 @ Heather Marx Gallery
Jason Jägel is releasing his long awaited monograph, 73 Funshine. A large hardcover book that comes with a record. He's also going to be showing new works on paper.
Electric Works Gallery, Opening Reception: Friday, September 12th, 6-9pm
Hilary Pecis has a solo show opening Sept. 6 at ...
8.28.2008
Tauba Auerbach has produced some new prints (Aquatint Etchings actually) with Paulson Press. I have previewed them and they are beautiful. These will be available from Park Life this fall. Please email to get more info or to preorder. (This one is amazing (pictured...Yes and No/Yes or No, 2008))
8.23.2008
8.13.2008
Fecaface.com has posted a new interview with Matthew Palladino following his solo show with Park Life last month. Expect big things from this kid.
Image: Stay Out of the Rose Garden (Body pile), 2008
7.5.2008
7.5.2008
Art Review: Chihuly at the De Young by Kenneth Baker
SF Chron, Saturday, July 5, 2008
I can't remember getting so much entertainment out of an art review. The Bay Area's one and only big-time art critic takes on the masses. Personally, I think Kenneth Baker is a dinosaur, offering no insight or relevance for at least the last decade. But when he takes the tact that Chihuly's work "isn't art...but,...decoration..." and calls for the ousting of the De Young Director he really commits himself, which is rare for art writers. It's a given that Chihuly is to ...Current Show: Remainders - Solo show of new paintings by Sonya Derman, Runs Through Feb 19th, 2012. See works here.
Upcoming Show: More Light featuring the work of Francesco Deiana and Lafe Harley Eaves. Opening Reception Fri Feb 24th, 2012. Though March 24th.
New Andrew Schoultz Print available and Book, Up In The Air, are now available.
New Tauba Auerbach Editions available September 1, 2011. Limited Edition Prints from Paulson Bott Press
Visit our shop for new items from artists Barry McGee, Tauba Auerbach, Chris Johanson, Dash Snow, Marcel Dzama, Chris Ballantyne, Paul Wackers, Thomas Campbell, Margaret Kilgallen, Clare Rojas, Tucker Nichols, David Shrigley, Matthew Palladino, Ryan McGinley, and many more..
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Publishing update:
We are currently working on a new monograph for artist Chris Ballantyne.