Landscape art represents the cultural, political, and spiritual aspirations of a particular group of people. Because humans are nostalgically inclined and landscapes are forever in flux, people may often find it challenging to appreciate the vistas before them, instead preferring to wax sentimental about the past or to anticipate a gilded future. Michelle Fleck’s paintings, however, don’t offer viewers such pastoral panoramas. Instead of arcadia, Fleck foregrounds overfilled dumpsters, stripped billboards, and construction
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Friday April 18th - May 18th, 2014.
Hilary Pecis
Crash
Park Life Gallery
April 18 – May 18th, 2014.
Opening Reception Friday April 18th 6-9.
Park Life Gallery is proud to present Crash, a new series of collages from Hilary Pecis.
For Crash Hilary Pecis presents a series of collages composed of large scale photos of high profile NASCSAR crash scenes that were cut up and reassembled in order to present a reinterpretation of the events. The reference scenes are familiar and widely circulated in digital form, and were chosen for their spectacular formal qualities. Pecis provides enough information for ...
4.5.2014
See images and details of the work on our Gallery Page.
The show is up though April 13th.
Please join us this Friday evening for our Grand Opening Reception. We are working with several artists to produce limited edition prints that we will be giving away while they last...including Tucker Nichols, Luca Antonucci, Dave Kasparzak, and more. There will also be Drinks and Snacks.
Friday March 21st. 6-9 pm
Park Life II
3049 22nd st (at Shotwell).
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When Jamie Alexander and Derek Song opened the first Park Life store on Clement Street nearly a decade ago, they knew they were taking a risk by moving into a neighborhood better known for its cheap eats than its appetite for left-field art and design. The boutique flourished in the Inner Richmond, ushering in like-minded retail spaces such as the clothing retailer Seedstore and eco gift shop Foggy Notion. Now the Park Life partners are hoping to repeat the formula with their second outlet of the same name, which opened this month at the corner of 22nd and Shotwell ...
Folding the Blanket of Time
March 14th - April 13th, 2014
Opening Reception Friday March 14th 6-9pm.
Folding the Blanket of Time is a three-person show of San Francisco artists Sarah Hotchkiss, Courtney Johnson and Maysha Mohamedi. One day Courtney told Maysha and Sarah a story about folding blankets after childhood sleepovers, chanting the phrase “folding the blanket of life” with her friend. Sarah misheard this phrase as “folding the blanket of time,” loved it and refused to hear anything different. Courtney and Maysha decided not to correct her.
With the misheard phrase as a ...
Image in the Object
Artists Include: Angel Jo, Daren Wilson, Peter McBride, Andrew Kontrabecki.
Opening Reception Friday Feb 21st. 6-9pm.
There is beauty in functional pottery in its potential to contain. A cup of tea, a homemade meal, a flower gathered from a walk all transform the object to take on a new image and role. With function, the object becomes a collaboration full of meaning, sometimes beyond the imagination and intent of the creator.
Image in the Object showcases the work of four artists in the bay area who use ceramics as a tool for creative usability. Each body of work has ...
Louis Schmidt- Cy Twombly Death’s Head. Through Feb 16th.
See images of the works HERE
Info: FOG Design+Art, San Francisco's premier modernism fair. Presented in collaboration with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, this new fair will feature important 20th-century and contemporary design dealers from across the country and beyond as well as a selection of leading modern and contemporary art galleries. Furniture, fine art, and design objects representing design movements from the last century to today will be presented in a dynamic layout designed to complement the exhibitor offerings.
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12.4.2013
Beginning in December we will once again be doubling our floor space for the Holidays..and this year we’ve stocked the store with more merchandise than ever before.
In addition to the normal inventory of art and design related products we will be stocking:
- New, Select Book Titles: cooking, design, typography, art, etc.
- New Bags and Packs by Topo Designs.
- New Design Goods and Editions from MAKR, Areaware, Grey Area Editions, The Thing Quarterly, Polite UK, Third Drawer Down.
- New Tee Designs by Tucker Nichols.
- New ...
11.29.2013
Gallery Shows for 2014
January -- Louis Schmidt --
February -- Group Ceramics Show --
March -- Courntey Johnson, Sarah Hotchkiss, and Maysha Mohamedi --
April -- Hilary Pecis --
May -- Jacob McGraw and Rachael Sumpter --
June -- RISD Group show --
August -- Andrew Paynter --
September -- Serena Mitnik-Miller --
October -- Ian Johnson --
November -- TBA --
December -- No show (Holiday Retail)
order HERE
David Shrigley, Politicians Make Me Sick Skate Deck. Exclusively for Park Life
7 ply skate deck. 4 color silk screen bottom image, Natural wood finish on top.
Dimensions - 33" x 8". Limited Edition of 150.
In stock now.
Saturday November 30. 4-6pm. Details to follow.
Book signing, talking, eating, wrastling, etc..
the BOOK
details to come..
Thursday, November 21st marks the Third Annual Clementime Microhood. We love the community and feel of the Inner Richmond neighborhood and can't wait to return! The Bold Italic and Google Local, in partnership with Park Life, are excited to bring you an evening of fun on Clement Street between 3rd and 7th Avenues.
Enjoy offerings from these amazing businesses:
Park Life offers refreshments in the form of drinks and snacks. They are also raffling off an original art piece by a
Tees available HERE. Limited Edition Skate Decks available soon..
These won't last long.
Order one HERE
Available in store on Sept 22.
Issue 20, by visual artist Tauba Auerbach, takes the form of a 24-hour wall clock. Auerbach is known for creating work about language and logic through a variety of media. Her training as a traditional sign painter often informs her text-based work. For this issue, the artist designed the clock face and its 24 numerals. The clock’s mechanism runs from midnight to midnight, meaning the hands circle the clock once every 24 ...
7.6.2013
Top 5 Photo Bookstores—San Francisco and Los Angeles
Article By Darius Himes Arcana Opened by Lee Kaplan in 1987 and newly located in the historic Helms Bakery district, Arcana: Books on the Arts is a fixture of the Los Angeles scene. Photography is a specialty at the store, but the shelves contain far more, including rare and collectible titles on modern and contemporary art, design, architecture, cinema, music, and fashion. Long a favorite of Hollywood insiders (John Waters can regularly be seen flitting through the stacks), Arcana’s selection is unparalleled and the staff is knowledgeable ...
Kristina Lewis Solo Show at Park Life Gallery. May 24 - June 23.
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4.29.2013
Get your VIP pass HERE.
We will Exhibiting new work from Tauba Auerbach, Christopher Baird, Anthony Discenza, Francesco Deiana, and others.
We are excited to be hosting an event for David Shrigley at Park Life in May for the release of The Thing Quarterly issue 19. More info here. The event will take place from 5;30-7;30 on May 10th.
David Shrigley will be in the Bay Area courtesy of Headlands Center for the Arts were he will be in residency this Spring.
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We've curated a show at Ever Gold Gallery.
Sadie Barnette.
"COMPOSED AND PERFORMED"
Sadie Barnette
February 16th - March 15th
Co-Organized by Ever Gold Gallery and Jamie Alexander of Park Life, San Francisco.
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 16th, 6-10pm
Ever Gold Gallery is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work from Sadie Barnette. “Composed and Performed” brings together sculpture, installation, and photography to support the at-once boldly minimal yet complex language of Barnette’s work, within which she constructs a visual language system out of sub-culture codes and west coast vernacular, economic ...
2.4.2013
at MOCA's Geffen Center..Hosted by Printed Matter, NY.
more details to follow...
Evening Suite, 2012. Giclee Print on Archival Paper. Edition of 25. 11x17inches. LINK$80.
11.30.2012
The Holiday Season is here and starting in December, Park Life will be doubling its retail floor space and doubling the inventory of merchandise. We will also be extending our hours and opening at 11 am everyday.
Here are our expanded hours for the Holidays:
- Monday through Thursday 11AM to 8 PM
- Friday through Sunday 10 AM until 9 PM (Sunday til 7 PM)
For online shoppers we are offering free shipping for orders over $75. (domestic orders only)
Gift Guide
Park Life is teaming up with The Bold Italic to once again participate in the Clementime Street Night Shopping Event.
There will be booze, snacks, a raffle to win original art, free gift wrapping, events for kids, music, etc.. Block Party basically.
Thursday Night December 6th from 6pm to whenevers.
We double the size of our retail store for the Holidays per usual. That means twice as much merchandise for your holiday consumption. Gifts, Art, Tees, Books, Editions, Design Objects, Toys, Stationary, Prints, Tech Stuff, etc...
We will also be hosting a Headlands Center for the Arts Pop up shop at Park Life. Artists designed Merchandise that includes apperal, objects home-wares, gifts, etc..
See the work HERE
Park Life Gallery, San Francisco.
Ian Johnson
Straight Ahead
November 2 through November 31, 2012
Opening Reception:
Friday November 2nd, 2012 7-10pm
Park Life Gallery is proud to announce Straight Ahead, an exhibit of new paintings and drawings by Ian Johnson.
Ian Johnson returns to Park Life Gallery with a new body of work that builds on his well known style and visual language while achieving new heights in color, abstraction and composition. His subject matter continues to be informed by his connection to Jazz music ...
10.10.2012
Oct 13th - Oct 23rd
Opening Party, Saturday October 13th, from 5pm - 9pm
LA/SF based clothing brand, Farm Tactics will be setting up shop in Park Life's gallery space. Come check out F/T's new season along with custom pieces made specially for this event.
Check out this interview with F/T's lead creative Kyle Ng
View the facebook invite
10.1.2012
See the works on our Gallery Page
Some images here via Artbusiness.com
Park Life is proud to present What Have You., an exhibit of new paintings from Evah Fan.
August 31 – Sept. 30, 2012.
Opening Reception Friday August 31, 7-10pm.
Fan's delicate gouache paintings are narrative, poetical and minimalistic and sometimes puzzling. Her sparse and colorful compositions contain elements of nonsense, mystery, and whimsy. Fan tackles mundane objects and figures in negative planes throwing in elements of parody and irony that address a certain naïve humor. Her subject matter often mines historical details from Victorian and Egyptian eras.
For What Have You. Evah ...
Some images here via Artbusiness.com
Park Life is proud to present What Have You., an exhibit of new paintings from Evah Fan.
August 31 – Sept. 30, 2012.
Opening Reception Friday August 31, 7-10pm.
Fan's delicate gouache paintings are narrative, poetical and minimalistic and sometimes puzzling. Her sparse and colorful compositions contain elements of nonsense, mystery, and whimsy. Fan tackles mundane objects and figures in negative planes throwing in elements of parody and irony that address a certain naïve humor. Her subject matter often mines historical details from Victorian and Egyptian eras.
For What Have You. Evah ...
8.27.2012
Thanks everyone for coming out to Park Life for the Andrew Schoultz party. And thanks to BrEaKaRtS for a couple great sets. Most important thanks to Andrew Schoultz for everything.
Come by this week and see the show it will be up until Wednesday.
Coverage from Artbusiness
Coverage from ArrestedMotion
(photo courtesy of Alan Bamberger, 2012)
Come by this week and see the show it will be up until Wednesday.
Coverage from Artbusiness
Coverage from ArrestedMotion
(photo courtesy of Alan Bamberger, 2012)
We've produced a silkscreen print based on this drawing by Tucker Nichols.
It's a Two-color Silk Screen Print on Heavy stock archival paper.
Approx. 19x19inches.
Stamped Tucker Nichols on the reverse. Open Edition.
We will be selling them framed ($80) and unframed ($30).
They are available for preorder now.
It's a Two-color Silk Screen Print on Heavy stock archival paper.
Approx. 19x19inches.
Stamped Tucker Nichols on the reverse. Open Edition.
We will be selling them framed ($80) and unframed ($30).
They are available for preorder now.
8.13.2012
Quick update regarding the web store. Due to an update to our server the shopping portion of the site was down last week. Apologies. But good news we are back and running as usual. If you find any other errors or problems placing orders please let us know at info@parklifestore.com.
Thanks
-Park Life
Incase Introduces Limited Edition Collection with Artist Clare Rojas.
SAN FRANCISCO – August 6, 2012 – As a painter, illustrator, writer and musician, Clare Rojas has thoughtfully woven an intricate multimedia world. Incase is proud to introduce a capsule collection with the San Francisco-based artist who has infused a fresh and feminine perspective to signature Incase bags and cases with her colorful animal characters and abstract patterns created just for the collection.
Rojas’ visual artistry encompasses a broad spectrum from modern abstract to delicately detailed figures. Stark backgrounds emphasize carefully rendered geometric patterns, a part of what Rojas calls her current exploration ...
SAN FRANCISCO – August 6, 2012 – As a painter, illustrator, writer and musician, Clare Rojas has thoughtfully woven an intricate multimedia world. Incase is proud to introduce a capsule collection with the San Francisco-based artist who has infused a fresh and feminine perspective to signature Incase bags and cases with her colorful animal characters and abstract patterns created just for the collection.
Rojas’ visual artistry encompasses a broad spectrum from modern abstract to delicately detailed figures. Stark backgrounds emphasize carefully rendered geometric patterns, a part of what Rojas calls her current exploration ...
8.6.2012
7.25.2012
7.3.2012
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5.9.2012
Park Life has produced 3 new editions with artists Tucker Nichols, Chris Ballantyne and Andrew Schoultz that are available exclusively through Park Life. (Images Below) Please email or call or go to the shop link (415.386.7275) Park Life for more information or to place an order.
Chris Ballanytne, Untitled (3 Buildings), 2012. 18x24in. Silk Screen Print. Ed. of 30. $225
Tucker Nichols, Untitled (Map), 2012. 16x22in. Silk Screen. Ed. of 20. $350
Tucker
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Park Life Gallery
May 12 - June 10, 2012
Opening Reception Saturday, May 12. 7-10 pm
Historical works by:
Chris Burden
Paul Kos
Tom Marioni
Contemporary Works by:
Mauricio Ancalmo
Guy Overfelt
Josh Short
Curated by:
Andrew McClintock
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, “(Invisible) Relic,” curated by Andrew McClintock, examines works by two generations of California Conceptual Artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects in a variety of mediums including video, photographic, audio, sculpture and performance.
On November 19, 1971 at F Space in Los Angeles, a young Chris Burden stands in the middle of a white walled gallery. ...
May 12 - June 10, 2012
Opening Reception Saturday, May 12. 7-10 pm
Historical works by:
Chris Burden
Paul Kos
Tom Marioni
Contemporary Works by:
Mauricio Ancalmo
Guy Overfelt
Josh Short
Curated by:
Andrew McClintock
The Park Life Gallery exhibition, “(Invisible) Relic,” curated by Andrew McClintock, examines works by two generations of California Conceptual Artists working with performative actions and re-appropriated objects in a variety of mediums including video, photographic, audio, sculpture and performance.
On November 19, 1971 at F Space in Los Angeles, a young Chris Burden stands in the middle of a white walled gallery. ...
We will be exhibiting new editions and original works by artists Andrew Schoultz, Chris Ballantyne, Tucker Nichols, Tauba Auerbach, Francesco Deiana, Ian Johnson, Orion Shepard, Anzfer Farms, Barry McGee and others..
Stop by the store for some free passes.
Info:
artMRKT San Francisco, the Bay Area’s premier contemporary and modern art fair will feature 70 highly reputable galleries from around the globe, bringing some of the world’s most intriguing artists and galleries to San Francisco. In showcasing historically important work alongside relevant contemporary
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"Holz" is the German word for wood or timber. "Holz" is used for building, and as the opening line of the Bauhaus Manifesto reads, "The ultimate aim of all creative activity is building!" (Walter Gropius).
Anzfer Farms exhibition "Holz" draws inspiration from the art and design history of the Bauhaus and De Stijl movements. Parklife Gallery will become a unified work, a house of construction.
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Anzfer Farms was founded in 2009 by Jonathan Anzalone and Joseph Ferriso in rural Port Costa, CA and a year later moving to the Outer Richmond district of SF to
3.3.2012
Saturday March 3. 8pm. Free show. All ages. Come. Live performance by Mattson 2.
Park Life
220 Clement st.
SF CA 94118
3.2.2012
Follow this Link - Artbusiness. Thanks to Alan Bamberger.
More Light
A Two-person show of new works Francesco Deiana and Lafe Harley Eaves opens Friday February 24th, 2012.
SEE WORKS HERE
Opening Reception from 7-10pm.
Show runs though March 25th, 2012....
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1.18.2012
We've been waiting over 3 years for this book to get published and it's finally here!
Ryan McGinley, You And I, Twin Palms Publishers, 2011.
Ryan McGinley's first retrospective monograph. For this beautifully realized volume the artist has selected the best photographs from his first decade of work. The first edition is sure to become one of McGinley's most collectable books.
BUY HERE
9 x 12 Inches
90 Four-color Plates
196 Pages
First Edition
Casebound / HardBack
$75.00
Twin Palms Publishers
We just received the Shipment of Andrew Schoultz's new Book, Up In The Air, which was published by Park Life.
It's a really great Hard Cover Little book covering his work of the last couple years.
Andrew Schoultz
Up In The Air
64 pages, 5.5" x 8"
Debossed Hard Cover
Edition Size - 2000
2011
$22
12.26.2011
11.23.2011
The Holiday Season is here again and starting in December Park Life will be doubling its retail floor space
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11.22.2011
11.3.2011
Install shot. Images of works and other information available here.
Look for an interview with Courtney on KQED's Gallery Walk feature later this week.
10.21.2011
Park Life presents
See You Next Tuesday
New Paintings by Courtney Johnson
November 4 – November 27, 2011
Opening Reception
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10.21.2011
10.3.2011
To commemorate Andrew Schoultz's SFMOMA Show Park Life is releasing a new edition that will be available in two weeks. Now Available. Order Here.
info@parklifestore.com
9.14.2011
Park Life presents
Somewhere
New Paintings by Michelle Fleck
Opening Reception Friday September 30, 2011
Show runs September 30 to October 30, 2011
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Please join us tonite at Paulson Bott Press in Berkeley for our opening reception of the Park Life temporary Pop-Up shop. There will be booze, music, food (Vik's Chaat House is catering). There will be shopping. See the new Tauba Auerbach Prints too.
A taste: (Images courtesy of Dan Carlson.)
8.23.2011
For Immediate release
Park Life (San Francisco) is happy to announce we will be forming a temporary Pop-Up Store in Berkeley at Paulson Bott Press. Park Life will be curating the Store and Gallery in the Paulson Bott Warehouse space in West Berkeley. We will be featuring a special selection of merchandise that will include Books, Design Objects, Editions, Artist Tees, Limited Edition Prints, Original Art and more. We will be debuting new works and editions from artist that include Tauba Auerbach, Andrew Schoultz, Tucker Nichols, Clare Rojas, and many more.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, September 9th
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8.5.2011
Park Life Presents
Unlimited Shelf Life
New works by Thomas Wold
Opening Reception Thursday August 18th, 2011 6-9pm
Runs through September 15th, 2011
Thomas Wold is a furniture designer and builder who creates sculptural furnishings that have been described as being “pushed to their functional and conceptual limits.” His process combines new and recycled material and seamlessly mashes up references from various decorative movements, architecture, graphic design and painting/illustration to form new hybrid furniture. Composed like paintings, the creations layer unlikely elements to form flowing and surprising arrangements that teeter on the edge of workability. Wold likens his design process to creating music with electronic
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Last Time It Was Gray
A two-person show featuring the work of
Sadie Barnette & Ian Johnson
Opening reception: Friday July 8th, 6-10pm
Show runs July 8th to August 14th, 2011
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement St
SF CA 94118
415.386.7275
www.parklifestore.com
Park Life is proud to present Last Time It Was Gray, a two-person exhibit featuring the work of Sadie Barnette & Ian Johnson.
Bay Area artists Sadie Barnette and Ian Johnson come together to exhibit a new body of work featuring their respective styles; figurative elements that they inextricably link to their own versions of ...
We had a great time this weekend at ArtPadSF @ the Phoenix Hotel. Was definitely a successful event for us and telling from the crowd that filled the place each day I think overall for most everybody else involved too.
Some highlights from the weekend: Being next to Ever Gold Gallery..those boys party and Mark Mulroney's work is hilarious..seeing Neil Young (twice!), Steven Wolfe's window display, Michael Rosenthal Gallery's Tattoo Machine, our awesome staff: Marina, Dan and Amy, Saigon Sandwiches all day long, frequent Hank appearances, the always empty VIP
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This is happening
details to follow...
ArtPadSF is a provocative new 21st century boutique art fair that focuses on emerging and contemporary art from the Bay Area and beyond. San Francisco’s world-renowned museums, galleries, arts institutions, and artists create a vibrant and visionary community of increasing international art prominence, and an ideal locale for the debut of ArtPadSF.
Recognizing the need for an independent art fair to further engage and create new audiences for Bay Area arts, Chip Conley, Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Joie De Vivre Hotels, along with
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Park Life Gallery is pleased to present Metric: a two-person art show featuring the work of Dana Hemenway and Anthony Ryan.
Metric: Dana Hemenway & Anthony Ryan
May 20 – June 26, 2011
Opening reception: May 20, 6-9pm
Curated by Jessica Brier
Not unlike the way two old friends can finish each other’s sentences, Metric brings
together the work of two artists who each pick up and extend the ideas and
concerns of the other. Dana Hemenway and Anthony Ryan, both emerging Bay Area
artists with outstanding technical skill, share formal and material concerns that
effectively push forward the dialogue around fine art, design and craft. The work ...
go here to see the works from our current show
Park Life is proud to present Living Room, a group show curated by Joey Piziali and Vanessa Blaikie of Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery).
The exhibit opens Friday, April 8th, 2011. Opening reception 7-10pm
Artists:
Deric Carner
Amanda Curreri
Liam Everett
Pablo Guardiola
Cliff Hengst
Scott Hewicker
James Sterling Pitt
Susan O’Malley
Josh Pieper
Josh Podoll
Lucy Pullen
Gwenael Rattke
Erik Scollon
Chad Stayrook
Kirk Stoller
Dan Tierney
Alex Zecca
Park Life is proud to present Living Room, a group show curated by Joey Piziali and Vanessa Blaikie of Romer Young Gallery (formerly Ping Pong Gallery).
The exhibit opens Friday, April 8th, 2011. Opening reception 7-9pm
Artists:
Deric Carner
Amanda Curreri
Liam Everett
Pablo Guardiola
Cliff Hengst
Scott Hewicker
James Sterling Pitt
Susan O'Malley
Josh Pieper
Josh Podoll
Lucy Pullen
Gwenael Rattke
Erik Scollon
Chad Stayrook
Kirk Stoller
Dan Tierney
Alex Zecca
About the show;
Borrowing the words of Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer, who recently curated an exhibition at Romer Young Gallery, Living Room is an exhibition that stumbles into 'broken lines ...
3.22.2011
Space Cake featuring the work of Thomas Campbell and Kyle Field.
go here
Line-up of events for Space Cake Featuring the work of Thomas Campbell and Kyle Field -
Schedule of Performances for the Month of Feb and March:
These:
Feb. 17th -- Little wings, Rustangs, Range of light Wilderness - covers night
Feb. 24th -- Mumlers variety show and Tomorrow's Tulips.
March 3rd -- Little Wings Record Release Party for "Black Grass" plus
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1.13.2011
12.18.2010
12.8.2010
The Holiday Season is here again and we’re once again doubling our retail space for the month of December. That means twice the amount of Park Life goods as usual. We’ve stocked the store
with more of everything including design and art books, design objects, tees, art, prints,stationary, home-wares, cameras, watches, gifts and everything in between.
Our Holiday hours are also in effect starting in December... opening earlier and staying open later.
Also, please join us on Friday December 17th from 6-9 pm for a Clement St. Holiday Shopping night. We’ll be offering 10% discount on all purchases. ...
11.12.2010
11.9.2010
Just catching our breath after a crazy weekend at the Printed Mattter's NY Artbook Fair at PS1. Huge success all around. Tons of people. We'll post more images in a few days.
(image of the Park Life space courtesy of Austin
Mcmanaman)
..and special thanks to everyone who pitched in and made our NY trip something to remember..Paul Wackers, Chris Ballantyne, Tucker Nichols, Tauba Auerbach, Sadie Barnette, Louis Schmidt, Marcus Lin, Marina Luz, Austin Macmanus, our SF peeps; John Hershend, Breezy and Needles and Pens, and especially Dan Carlson without whom we couldnt ...
We'll be exhibiting at this year's NY Art Book Fair at PS1.
We'll be offering Editions, Books, Prints and Original Works from artists including:
Shaun Odell, Chris ballantyne, Tucker Nichols, Tauba Auerbach, Barry Mcgee, Clare Rojas, Chris Johanson, Leslie Shows, Keegan McHargue, Andrew Schoultz, Dave Shubert, Simon Evans, Margaret Kilgallen, Paul Wackers, Orion Shepard, David Shrigley and more..
Come by and say hi. Park Life's space is on the first floor right around the corner from Printed Matter's space.
10.13.2010
Park Life Gallery Presents
Unnatural Plans
A two-person show of new paintings
October 22 through November 28, 2010
Opening Reception Friday, October 22, 2010. 7 – 10PM
Unnatural Plans, an exhibition of new paintings from Masako Miki and Steven Lopez, is an exploration of the artist’s cultural identities and the influence that communities play in shaping these identities and the resulting narratives that define their work. These narratives manifest in paintings where intricate patterns and contradicting spatial elements such as flatness and illusion suggest a disoriented context, where dichotomy becomes integrated with visual reality. The ...
10.4.2010
ART PUBLISHING NOW
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
October 9 & 10, 2010
Two-days of events dedicated to the investigation and showcasing of art publishing practices in the Bay Area. It includes a day of presentations and critical discussions, an after party, an art publishers fair, library and web archive.
LOCATION
Southern Exposure
3030 20th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.soex.org
SCHEDULE
SUMMIT - Saturday, October 9, 2010, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
AFTER PARTY - Saturday, October 9, 2010, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
ART PUBLISHERS FAIR - Sunday, October 10, 2010, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
All events are FREE and open to the public.
Registration is advised for the Summit.
REGISTER HERE
Organized by ...
9.29.2010
Passport 2010, on Sunday, October 10 from noon - 4 PM is presented by the SFAC Gallery is an affordable do-it-yourself art collecting experience. This annual public art event takes participants on a neighborhood stroll to collect artist-designed “passport stamps” in a special booklet that, once complete, becomes a limited-edition art book with original work by some of the Bay Area’s finest artists, both established and emerging.
Passport 2010 Participating Artists: Timothy Cummings, Richard Diebenkorn (courtesy of the estate), Jamaica Dyer, Ana Teresa Fernandez, Suzanne Husky, Jason Jägel, Ruth Laskey, Paul Madonna, Nigel Poor, Ricardo Richey, Lordy Rodriguez, Jovi Schnell, Travis ...
Shaun O'Dell Book Release Party
Thursday, September 30, 6 - 8PM Learn more
Park Life Gallery, 220 Clement Street, San Francisco
Published by Park Life and Headlands Center for the Arts. Design by Boon Design.
Book preview: Read an excerpt from Shaun's interview with curator Tara McDowell
Shaun O'Dell (Tournesol Awardee '09-'10) presents a new artist's book as the culminating project of his Tournesol residency. O'Dell is 7th artist to receive the prestigious award, which provides a Bay Area painter with a year-long residency at Headlands and a cash prize. The ...
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Strange and Constant
New works by Evan Nesbit and Marissa Textor.
July 23 through August 30, 2010
Opening Reception Friday July 23, 2010. 7pm to 10pm
Evan Nesbit’s paintings and sculpture can be viewed has highly abstract representations of his very real connections to the Sierra Nevada foothills where he grew up. From the counter-culture refuge to the mystique of the gold country, Victorian architecture, and seclusion inducing landscape, this environment largely shaped his notion of identity aside from the pure affects of cultural spectatorship.
Marissa Textor, a California based artist, makes photorealistic, graphite ...
this is the book I have written for you
A text-themed group show
Park Life Gallery, San Francisco
June 11, 2010 through July 18, 2010
Opening Reception Friday, June 11th 2010. 7 – 10 pm.
This exhibition will showcase work by emerging and established artists who deal with semiotics and whose use of type and language is a reoccurring part of their artistic vernacular. The work in this exhibition will both conceptually driven, purely abstract, or may use type expressionistically.
The Artists:
Stephanie Brooks Dana Dart Mclean Michael Dumontier Karen Flatow Neil Farber Ed Fella Tom Friel Jeff Gabel Jason Jagel Steve Lambert Bob
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5.13.2010
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Park Life Gallery presents
Habitat
A group show featuring the artwork of Charlie Callahan, Jeff Canham, David Muller, Jeff Manson, and Serena Mitnik-Miller.
Opening Reception Friday, May 7, 2010
May 7 - June 6, 2010
Habitat displays residue collected, constructed, remembered and imagined by five artists whose lifestyles weave carefully chosen elements conceptualized in an idealistic environment. Through painting, drawing, and sculpture the work seeks to join imagined landscapes with details of day-to-day neighborhood living and the allure of the natural world.
The Artists:
Charlie Callahan's infatuation is with the global diversity
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4.16.2010
4.10.2010
3.20.2010
3.17.2010
Ian Johnson
"Of The Living Sky"
Opening Reception: Friday April 2nd, 7-10pm
April 2nd - May 1st
Park Life is pleased to announce the opening of Ian Johnson's newest exhibition of drawings and paintings titled, Of The Living Sky. This show will feature works on paper and wood panel. The show will run from April 2nd – May 1st.
The notable aspect of jazz comes from musician's ability to improvise within an established framework. Ian Johnson's art on the same subject is no different. His well-practiced work combines realistic and highly
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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
3.2.2010
2.13.2010
Bro Palace
Skinner Porous Walker Jay Howell Deth P Sun Ferris Plock Opening Reception: Friday February 26th, 7-10pm February 26th - March 29th Now for something completely different... Bro Palace is the title of our upcoming art show featuring the work of Skinner, Porous Walker, Jay Howell, Deth P Sun and Ferris Plock. Although their work is mostly rooted in illustration, each artist has a very distinct and instantly recognizable style. From psychedelic mash-ups to ink drawings to sculpture this show promises to tickle the artistic fancy of a wide viewing audience. To further add a touch of mayhem, the SF based band ...
1.14.2010
1.7.2010
"Frontier"
Opening Reception - Friday Jan. 22nd. 7-10 pmPark Life is pleased to announce our inaugural show for the New Year, featuring the work of Mary Iverson. The show will consist of smaller mixed media pieces on
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12.10.2009
11.28.2009
Once again we've expanded our retail operation for the month of December and doubled our floor space and retail inventory for your shopping pleasure. This means literally (figuratively) acres of new products: books, multiples, design objects, gifts, jewelry, prints, original art, kids stuff, tees, limited editions, etc.
We also will have expanded hours for the Holidays:
- Monday through Thursday 11AM to 8 PM
- Friday through Sunday 10 AM until 9 PM (Sunday til 7 PM)
For domestic online orders over $75 we are offering free shipping.
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
Chris Ballantyne, Mark Mulroney, and Andrew Schoultz
PARK LIFE 220 Clement Street, September 4–October 11
In this exhibition, a trio of artists express their sensitivities to ecological and social disasters in solo wall murals and collaborative paintings—all offering fantastical, critical views of American landscapes colorfully ...
Park Life Gallery is proud to present a collaborative exhibition by Andrew Schoultz, Chris Ballantyne and Mark Mulroney.
The artists will be working together on a site-specific mural in the
gallery and will also be presenting smaller, collaborative works on panel.
This show represents a unique opportunity for Park Life to showcase three
renowned artists for a collaborative project in a gallery setting.
Schoultz, Ballantyne and Mulroney are three painters who have made significant
contributions to Bay Area arts and whose influence is widespread. Though
these painter’s styles diverge greatly, they are linked by ...
7.17.2009
Park Life Gallery is proud to present..
You Are So Balanced; I Don't Want to Complicate Things."
New works by Christopher Russell
Chris Russell’s paintings explore his perception of and connection with the natural world and his interests in a spirituality that is connected to the cycles of nature, an infinitely complex yet entirely tangible world. He examines alternative outdoor lifestyles that appropriate ideas from indigenous cultures and infuse them with an emerging consciousness of ecology. While struggling to embrace a tradition of nature-based spirituality, he recognizes the incongruity of ...
6.10.2009
Alexis MacKenzie
"Never Be Sad"
Opening Reception - Friday June 26th, 7pm - 10pm June 26th - July 27th Park Life is pleased to announce our next art exhibition featuring the work of Alexis Anne Mackenzie. This show marks Mackenzie's first solo exhibition at Park Life and will feature all new work. Alexis Mackenzie's dreamlike collages intertwine the style of early 1900's Dadaist Max Ernst with a strong botanical element to create strangely powerful scenarios. Benign elements such as flowers, human and animal figures, and other assorted Victoriana graft together symbiotically in tableaux which seem to deal simultaneously with ...
4.30.2009
Park Life and Hallway Projects Present:
MUNDANE SHIFT SHAPE PLACEMENT
Friday May 22nd, 7-10pm
Please join us for our next art exhibition, Mundane Shift Shape Placement, featuring the work of Chris Corales, Andrea Myers, Matthew Rich, Brion Nuda Rosch, and Liz Walsh.
Curated by Hallway Projects, this exhibition continues its stated aim of collaborating with both artists and participants in a series of exhibits, happenings, and exchanges.
- A complete list of words in alphabetical order; Arranged Assemblage Boundaries Chance Collage Color Contradictions Cutting Form Formal Geometry Installation Light Material Medium Method Mundane Monumental ...
Attention Southern California art enthusiasts , Brendan
Monroe will be signing copies of his newly released book
at Richard Heller Gallery located in Santa Monica. We will also have copies of the Limited Edition Book (edition of 55) available for purchase. Please contact us for more info regarding the signing or to reserve a special edition.
Reception - Saturday, May 23rd, 1 pm to 4 pm
Richard Heller Gallery 2525 MICHIGAN AVE, B-5A SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90404 310-453-9191 hellergallery@verizon.netEli Geiser and Kelly Lynn Jones
Opening Reception - Friday April 17th
7pm - 10pmPark Life is pleased to announce a two person exhibition featuring the work of Kelly Lynn Jones and Eli Geiser. Opening reception will be held on Friday April 17th. Both artists will be in attendance.
Language is defined as a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same
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Move:18 - Listen with Your Ears and Eyes Wide Open, This Time
Curated by Rich Jacobs
This art show promises to bring the viewer a little closer to that sound in their own head that won't stop going, even when it is quiet, wait - is it ever really quiet? The show is an attempt by curator Rich Jacobs, to bring a lot of different influences together, and show people that are open to it, that sound, noise and even music can all be neighbors. They don't have to get along, but they can be next to one another, ...
Please join us for a Brendan Monroe Book Signing and Reception at Park Life on Thursday March 12, 2009.
The special Limited Edition Book (edition of 50) will be available to purchase.
Brendan will also have original works of art available for sale.
7pm.
Please contact us for more info or to reserve a special edition.
2.18.2009
Please visit our Future shows page to see what Park Life Gallery has lined up for 2009. We are very excited about the line-up of artists for the year that includes Andrew Schoultz, Sean McFarland, Chris Ballantyne, Paul Wackers, Mark Mulroney and many more...
2.2.2009
Opening Reception - Weds Feb. 25th.
7pm - 10pm Park Life and Noise Pop are proud to present our third annual group show featuring original fine art created by members of the music community. This year's show features an eclectic line up of musicians that make art. Confirmed thus far: Alissa Anderson, Joseph Arthur, Bianca Casady (CocoRosie), Harrison Haynes (Les Savy Fav), Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy), Nate Manny (Murder City Devils), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) , Sara Sanger ...
7pm - 10pm Park Life and Noise Pop are proud to present our third annual group show featuring original fine art created by members of the music community. This year's show features an eclectic line up of musicians that make art. Confirmed thus far: Alissa Anderson, Joseph Arthur, Bianca Casady (CocoRosie), Harrison Haynes (Les Savy Fav), Jesse Michaels (Operation Ivy), Nate Manny (Murder City Devils), Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) , Sara Sanger ...
1.29.2009
Drawing Club - Paintings and Drawings by 7 CCA Graduates Opens Friday, January 23, 2009
Bryson Gill
Chi Birmingham
Casey Watson
Isaac Lin
Jay Nelson
Kyle Mock
Peter Scherrer
Rachel Kaye
Park Life's first show of 2009, Drawing Club, presents a group of artists that met and formed a tight-knit community while studying at California College of Arts and Crafts, now California College of the Arts (CCA).
The year was 2004, San Francisco, California. In the Mission District on Sunday mornings, Bryson Gill, Chi Birmingham, Casey Watson, Isaac Lin, Jay Nelson, Kyle Mock, Peter Scherrer and Rachel ...
Park Life December 2008 Update
We've expanded our retail space again this December and included a wall of new artists multiples and prints. Look for new multiples, prints and original works by Jason Jagel, Alexis Mackenzie, Zachary Rossman, Marina Luz, Paul Wackers (current Tournesol Award Winner), Ian Johnson, Tucker Nichols and a lot more. -------------
New Projects
We are excited ...
12.3.2008
9.26.2008
9.5.2008
Park Life is pleased to announce the opening of Ian Johnson's new show titled Other Rooms/Other Songs. Jazz greats are again the focus of Johnson's sensitively rendered, subtly nuanced figure drawings set against his distinctive backdrops of vibrant, graphically abstract color arrangements.
Opening Reception
Friday, July 18, 2008
7pm.
Park Life is pleased to announce a new exhibition of paintings by Holly Williams and Justin Gabbard.
This show represents some interesting differences from our past program. Although Holly and Justin's work are linked to past shows through the commonality of a narrative mode, their work differs in style and theme. Rather than representing ideas through well defined symbols, actions and characters, Holly and Justin use banal everyday images to convey their ideas.
Friday, July 18, 2008
7pm.
Park Life is pleased to announce a new exhibition of paintings by Holly Williams and Justin Gabbard.
This show represents some interesting differences from our past program. Although Holly and Justin's work are linked to past shows through the commonality of a narrative mode, their work differs in style and theme. Rather than representing ideas through well defined symbols, actions and characters, Holly and Justin use banal everyday images to convey their ideas.
8.1.2008
Saturday June 28, 2008 @ 7pm
This show represents some interesting differences from our past program. Although Holly and Justin's work are linked to past shows through the commonality of a narrative mode, their work differs in style and theme. Rather than representing ideas through well defined symbols, actions and characters, Holly and Justin use banal everyday images to convey their ideas.
7.29.2008
Matthew Palladino
Opening Reception - Friday 13th, 7pm - 10pm
June 13th - July 13th
Matthew Palladino's paintings allude to influences by early Mission School artists; colorful, flat, almost folky. From there his work diverges. His subject matter is raw, sexual, and violent; inspired by current media events and the rough edges of society. His shockingly honest portraits of American life expose all-too-real events in his ongoing narrative that tie his ...
Our new store in the Mission opened on March 1, 2014. 3049 22nd st. at Shotwell. Hours - Wed thru Sat 12-8 and Sun 11-6.
Store Updates:
New T-Shirt releases – Park Life x Chris Johanson, Tucker Nichols, and Jason Jagel – in stock now. Our New Park Life Hats are in Stock now! Order Wool or 5-Panel. New Chris Johanson Zine in stock. Taking orders on our new David Shigley Edition Skate deck. We now stock Topo Design bags and Packs. We have a few of the new Tauba Auerbach Editons available still.
Gallery Updates:
Current show: Hilary Pecis, Crash. Opens Friday, April 18th, 2014. Through May 18th.
Upcoming Show: Jacob McGraw Nicholson and Rachael Sumpter. Opens Friday May 23rd.
Past Show: Folding the Blanket of Time is a three-person show of San Francisco artists Sarah Hotchkiss, Courtney Johnson and Maysha Mohamedi. March 14th – April 13th, 2014.
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, Andrew Schoultz, Anthony Discenza and many more..
Our online store has a small sampling of the products we carry. Please visit the San Francisco store to see everything we stock.
Please visit our Gallery Page and sift through our past shows to see available art works. We also maintain a large back room inventory and flat file of works that are not listed on the site. Feel free to make an appointment and drop by the store.
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Publishing update:
We are currently working on a new monographs for artists Ian Johnson and Chris Ballantyne.