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Park Life is pleased to announce our next gallery show - Esther Elia Khulta d’beta - a solo exhibit of new paintings.
Esther Elia
Khulta d’beta
June 26 - August 2, 2020
Park Life Gallery
View Work Here
Khulta d’beta roughly translates to “home food” or “food of the house” in the Assyrian language, Syriac. Khulta d’beta, a solo exhibition by Esther Elia, is a deep dive into the Assyrian identity through the Assyrian grocery stores and markets Elia grew up shopping at in her birthplace of Turlock, California.
Assyrians are a people without a country, a ...
1.8.2018
This will be our 5th year at this great event/
More FOG Fair details HERE
12.12.2017
Park Life Gallery is proud to present, HOW WE DESCRIBE BOOKS WHEN WE CAN'T REMEMBER THE AUTHOR OR TITLE: new sculptures from Marina Luz.
Opening Reception Friday July 14, 2017 6-9pm
July 14 – Aug 20, 2017
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement st
SF CA
When you are trying to find a favorite book from your childhood, or that novel you read for a class years ago and now wish you had kept, but you can’t remember any specific details, what do you do? Turn to the internet, of course.
HOW WE DESCRIBE BOOKS WHEN WE CAN"T REMEMBER THE AUTHOR OR TITLE examines the selective and often cruelly humorous ...
1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco CA 94107
Saturday, July 22nd - 11am – 6pm
Sunday, July 23rd - 11am – 5pm
Preview - Friday, July 21st - 6pm – 10pm
The 2017 SF Art Book Fair is an annual multi-day festival of artists' publications. This event is FREE and OPEN to the public and will feature artists’ books, art catalogs, monographs, periodicals, zines, printed ephemera, and artists' multiples. These works will be presented by over 100 independent publishers, antiquarian dealers, artists, collectors, and enthusiasts. Over the course of the weekend, the fair will be complemented by a diverse range of ...
Please join us for an exhibition of Photographs by French Artist Fred Mortagne at Park Life Gallery. Fred will also be signing copies of his new Monograph - Fred Mortagne (French Fred) "Attraper Au Vol" published by Um Yeah Arts. Opening Reception Friday March 3rd 6-9pm.
This exhibit made possible by Element along with Thomas Campbell and Um Yeah Arts.
Details to follow.
Drought Resistant – New Paintings and Sculptures by Jonathan Anzalone
January 20 – Feb 20, 2017
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement st
SF CA 94118
Opening Reception Friday January 20th, 2017. 6-9pm
Drought Resistant is the circulation of materials and methods that yields a self-sustaining
practice. This practice is a hearty adaptation, consistently providing stimulation and surprise by
honoring the intrinsic qualities of common materials, whether work piece or waste, found or
fabricated. Each work freezes a moment that ordinarily exists as a fleeting glimpse. My
constructions are as much about haptic engagements with tools and materials as they are about
visual dialogues. Each plant is a literal metaphor that grows ...
We are excited to announce the opening of Serena Mitnik-Miller's new exhibition of paintings at Park Life Gallery. W I L D will open Friday Nov. 11 and run though xmas. View the works HERE.
Opening Reception 6-9pm Nov. 11.
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement st
SF CA 94118
inquiries @ info@parklifestore.com
We're exhibiting a series of graphic prints created by JP Stallard that are based on the Scots' reaction to Donald Trump.
Opening Reception Friday Oct 21 6-9pm.
See more Prints here: FUCK FACE
HA HA HA
New Works by Katy Kosman
Park Life Gallery
August 19 – Sept 25, 2016
Opening Reception Friday August 19th 6-9 pm
Katy Kosman is a 27 year old artist who lives in the Westlake neighborhood of Cleveland with her mom and her dog, Fox.
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement St
SF CA 94118
415.386.7275
info@parklifestore.com
Park Life Gallery is proud to present, IF I DON'T FIND THIS BOOK I WILL DIE new paintings from Marina Luz.
Opening Reception Friday July 8, 2016 6-9pm
July 8 - Aug 14, 2016
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement st
SF CA
When you are trying to find a favorite book from your childhood, or that novel you read for a class years ago and now wish you had kept, but you can't remember any specific details, what do you do? Turn to the internet, of course.
IF I DON'T FIND THIS BOOK I WILL DIE examines the selective and often cruelly humorous nature of memory by taking, unaltered, ...
We are happy to announce that Kristina Lewis' show SQUARING THE CIRCLE opens Friday June 3, 2016 at Park Life Gallery.
June 3 - July 3, 2016
Opening Reception Friday June 3 6-9pm.
Park Life Gallery
220 Clement St
“As the geometer his mind applies
To square the circle, nor for all his wit
Finds the right formula, howe’er he tries”
-Dante
Metaphorically, the endeavor of squaring the circle—a mathematical exercise that’s been proven impossible—came to represent any task beyond human scope—such as delineating the shape of the afterworld.
Firmly planted here on Earth and totally at the mercy of
...
5.13.2016
We are excited to announce that we are co-producing the first annual San Francisco Artbook Fair that will take place at Minnesota Street Project from July 22-July 24, 2016. The event will feature over 70 independent publishers exhibiting art related books...as well as a handful of retail exhibitors. There will also be signings, lectures, workshops, music where you will even be able to buy Soundcloud plays.
This event is being produced by Minnesota Street Projects, Colpa Press and Park Life.
Opening Reception Friday July 22 6-10pm
July 23 11:00 - 6:00
July 24 11:00 - 6:00
1275 Minnesota St ...
5.1.2016
Much thanks to the artist Jason Jagel for his beautiful new Mural at the Corner of Clement and 3rd Ave. ALso thanks to Supervisor Eric Mars office, The SF Arts Commission and the Clement st Merchants Association.
Park Life will be opening it's new gallery space on Friday April 15th, 2016 with a solo show from Mark Mulroney titled Mark Likes Baseball Part I. VIEW THE WORK HERE
"Mark Likes Baseball Part 1" is the first in an ongoing and sporadic series of shows about the history, graphics and social impact of baseball on our culture. Paintings, collages, wood-carvings, interactive sculptures and plenty of homemade baseball cards will be included along side written descriptions of the works. In an effort to communicate his enduring love for the game of baseball Mulroney has made all of the works ...
We're excited to be exhibiting at this years FOG Art and Design fair at Ft Mason Jan 13- 17, 1016.
Park Life will be installing a store that will feature a curated selection of objects, editions, books, design items, and art.
We'll have new editions and products from artists Todd Hido, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry Mcgee, David Shrigley, Jonas Wood, Paul Wackers, Alec Soth, Carissa Potter, and many more.
More info HERE
12.2.2015
GIFT GUIDE
We also have expanded our hours for Decemeber. 10AM to 8PM everyday (sundays until 6)
We are excited to announce our upcoming exhibit OFFCUTS, new works by Jonathan Anzalone. Oct. 2 - Nov. 8, 2015.
View works HERE
Opening Reception Friday October 2 6-8pm.
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd st (@Shotwell)
SF CA
‘OFFCUTS’ is a celebration of the by-product. Shop waste, materials that would usually be discarded, and found objects often yield shapes and color relationships that would be missed in their original contexts. By taking such overlooked objects, transforming their color, and pairing them with contrasting materials, it is possible to appreciate their inherent qualities. Those qualities could be ...
Todd Hido and Marina Luz - Photography and Drawings.
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd st SF CA 94110
The Perfect Measure is a one night only exhibit - on Friday July 24th, 6 - 9pm.
A gift from Marina Luz to Todd Hido was the trigger for the collaboration between the two artists. Between their work, there is a connection that is evident but not spelled out completely, based on the mutual recognition of gestures and expressions reaching a measure of empathy with which they both identify. You can find their work on ...
Thanks San Francisco Magazine. Link
We are excited to be hosting an informal residency and workshop for the Belgium collective Atelier Pica Pica along with Francesco Deiana.
Duration - July 1 through July 20, 2015.
Opening reception Friday July 3 - 6-9pm.
Publication Release reception Wed July 15 - 6 -9pm.
The Gallery will be open on Saturdays 12 -6 during the duration.
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd st. SF CA 94110
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Atelier Pica Pica is Boris Magotteaux (1978), Manuel Falcata (1979) and Jerome Degive (1980), all born and raised in Liege, Belgium.
The collective has a very distinct, personal and
Jug Life , New Contemporary Still Life. Featuring work from over 70 contemporary artists. Curated by Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez.
Featuring:Dennis Mcnett , Cody Hudson, Joshua
Petker, Brian Willmont, Libby Black, Glen Baldridge, Tim Biskup, Ryan Wallace, Harley Lafarah Eaves, Adam 5100, Richard Colman, Dennis Kernohan, Michelle Blade, Hilary Pecis, Tracy Timmens, Ryan Travis Christian, Alex Nicholson, Andrew Martin Scott, Bill Mcright, Kevin Taylor, Alex Lukas, Ian Johnson, Jonah Olsen, Gin Stevens, Joey Piziali, James Marshall, Terry Powers, Kevin Chen, Erin Riley, Serena Cole, Osei Key, Beau Roulette, Juan Carlos Araujo, Kelie Bowman, Joseph Hart, Louise Sheldon, Louis Schmitt, Joshua Rubens, ...
VIEW WORKS
Park Life Gallery
Wave Pool
New works by Casey Gray
April 10th – May 10, 2015
Opening Reception Friday April 10 6-9pm
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd Street @ Shotwell
SF CA 94110
San Francisco-based artist Casey Gray will present a new series of paintings for his first show at Park Life Gallery.
The show titled Wave Pool, will feature Gray's “wavy” paintings that depict universal symbols of everyday life in a wavy or rippled motif that communicates a feeling of uncertainty or mistrust; a general cynicism related to the current changing socio-economic climate and related identity crisis ...
The Facebook Artist in Residence program is excited to announce the release of our Season II catalog at Park Life Gallery on February 27 from 6:00-8:30 pm. Come to learn more about the artist in residence program, meet an artist or two, and pick up a catalog. There will be Drinks and snacks.
All proceeds from the catalogs sold tonight ($20!) will benefit the Headlands Center for the Arts.
The catalog features the work of artists Jane Kim, Barbara Holmes, Jessalyn Aaland, Paul Morgan, Val Britton, Chris Duncan, Tucker Nichols, Kelly Ording, and Jeff Canham.
Who: You!
What: The Facebook Artist in Residence program ...
Ajar, new paintings from Joe Ferriso.
VIEW WORK
February 20 - March 22, 2015
Opening Reception
Friday, February 20th from 6-9pm
Park Life gallery presents Ajar, a selection of recent paintings by Joe Ferriso. These modestly sized acrylic and latex paintings on panel unfold color sensitive spaces. Visit bmtdesigntechnology and take a look of more such famous paintings.
"All these doors leave one’s thoughts ajar. As if in wind or mind. What’s in there? Nothing, insofar as “art has no inside, nothing you can’t see,” to quote Hugh Kenner. But really, what’s in there, in those rooms the doors adjoin. It looks like ...
1.6.2015
We are excited to be hosting Photographer Todd Hido for a book signing during our Pop Up Store at the FOG Art/Design Fair.
Todd will be signing copies of his new book Hido on Landscapes, Interiors, and The Nude published by Aperture Saturday Jan 17th at Noon at FOG Art/Design Fair at Fort Mason.
Buy a Signed Copy Here ..or stop by the store, there are a few left.
12.18.2014
We are excited to announce that Park Life has been selected to install a store at this year's FOG Art and Design Fair at Fort Mason the weekend of Jan 14-18, 2015.
FOG will be featuring some of the best galleries in the world; David Zwirner, Salon 94, Ratio 3, PACE, Altman Siegel, and many others..
We will be featuring a selection of Editions, Objects, Books, and Art by artists Tauba Auerbach, David Shrigley, Paul Wackers, Tucker Nichols, Robert Lazzarini, Jonas Wood, Todd Hido, and many others.
More info to follow.
Welcome to Park Life's Annual Holiday Season Update.
We've once again stocked the store with a shit-ton of new merchandise; Bags, Appearal, Books, Design Objects, Gifts, Toys, Artist Editions, Prints, Watches, Wallets, Stationary, Home Wares, Sunglasses, Journals, etc..
Including:
- New Limited editions from Artists David Shrigley and Tucker Nichols.
- Bags and Packs from Topo Designs and Alite.
- A Pop-Up Shop featuring editions from the Headlands Center for the Arts.
-Limited Edition Art and Design from Polite UK, Propaganda, Third Drawer Down, Areaware, Grey Area Foundation, IMM Living.
-The latest new books on Contemporary Art, Design, Typography, Food and Culture; including publishers Aperture Foundation, Steidl, ...
11.14.2014
Our New Gallery Website is now live. Thanks to our friend Samuel Shelton Robinson for the effort on finding the top web development companies to hep us. You can find it here at parklifegallery.com
Park Life is excited to announce the opening of Earth Wizard, an exhibit of ceramic sculptures and works on paper by Paul Wackers and Jessica Hans.
Opening Reception Friday, Nov 21, 2014. 6-9pm.
NY based artist Paul Wackers will be debuting a body of ceramic sculptures as well as new works on paper. Wackers' ceramic sculptures offer a new dimension to his work, giving life to elements found in his intimately painted compositions; potted plants, objects and personal collectables, and abstract moments.
Philadelphia based artist Jessica Hans' colorful, mishappen pots and sculptures are inspired by her love for plants, landscapes, and ...
Park Life Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Stars That Shine Darkly, new works by Ian Johnson.
Ian will be presenting a new body of Paintings and Drawings in Park Life's new Gallery space in the Mission.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday October 17, 2014 from 6-9 PM.
Ian Johnson
Stars That Shine Darkly
Oct 17 - Nov 9, 2014
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd st. (at Shotwell) SF CA 94110
415.757.0107
Park Life is proud to present S W I R L, an exhibit of new paintings by Serena Mitnik-Miller.
Park Life Gallery
3049 22nd st. (at Shotwell)
SF CA 94110
Serena Mitnik-Miller is an artist and designer working in California. She splits her time between San Francisco and Los Angeles, combining her days painting, designing, collecting and collaborating with her local artisan community. Serena’s paintings are created by hand using watercolor pigment on paper.
Each painting strikes a balance between layers of color, repetitive lines and the integral qualities of all the materials she employs. This body of work focuses on the interplay between contours
...
Last week to see this great show!
View the works here.
Our current exhibit features work by Jacob Magraw-Mickelson and Rachell Sumpter. The show, titled Home Again Home Again runs thru June 22nd.
Jacob Magraw will be showing embroidery pieces on cloth along with painted, gouache works on paper. His paintings are vibrant slices of memory, the subject of which are left up to the viewer. Figures rarely appear, but their presence is everywhere. Tools, monuments, and shelters litter the paper. Each piece is drawn first in pencil to work out form and perspective then colored in. The paintings are small and ...
Meet Istanbul-based artist Seza Bali and pick up her new book of photographs, entitled One Man Show. The book documents a fascinatingly idiosyncratic business card collection amassed over decades by Bali's father. Printed in a limited edition, this is the second publication from ExtraCurricular Press. Photographs by Seza Bali, edited by Marc Weidenbaum, design by Boon. Bali is represented by Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul.
Drop by Park Life on May 3rd from 6–8pm and celebrate California Bookstore Day, a statewide celebration of all things books. Peruse One Man Show and many ...
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 ...
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 ...
Only one more week to view this great show. Shows closes Sunday March 9th.
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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 ...
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.
Scooter expert Jason May of MyProScooter reported that longboard by Quest are "quicker than most skateboards, and the ride is generally much smoother." Good thing is that both boards are good for anyone, and the designs can be replicated to one another.
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.
Well you can follow Best in Nashik to know about best businesses. Enjoy offerings from these amazing businesses:
Park Life offers refreshments in the form of drinks and snacks. They are also
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 ...
8.14.2013
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Matt Gonzalez
Things I Didnt Know I Loved
Opening Reception Friday June 28th. 7-10pm
June 28th - July 28th
For his first show at Park Life, Matt Gonzalez will be presenting new mixed-media collage works on paper and wood sculpture. Matt’s work is born from gathering the detritus we discard on a daily basis and
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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. visit retainedfirefighter for top books you want to read it. Long a favorite of Hollywood insiders (John Waters can regularly be seen flitting through the ...
Get your VIP pass HERE.
We will Exhibiting new work from Tauba Auerbach, Christopher Baird, Anthony Discenza, Francesco Deiana, and others.
This is still my favorite Bay Area Art Benefit of the year. Details here.
The THING Quarterly Issue 19 will be a David Shrigley Edition. Some details on the issue HERE.
Park Life will be hosting the release Party in Early May. the artist will be in attendance.
More details soon.
2.4.2013
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Surround Yourself with 'Bad Company' at Park Life Gallery
By Sarah Hotchkiss | Jan 30, 2013
In a small exhibition at Park Life Gallery, local artist Chris Baird presents Bad Company, a cohesive selection of new works across a variety of media. Three large-scale enamel paintings and a satellite grouping of collages, a print, and one 3D work draw on text as object, image, and source material. The books of Baird's inspiration won't be found on the shelves of Park Life, making the aesthetics and installation of the back room gallery intriguingly self-contained and self-reflexive.
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Sadie is the Best. More info soon...
1.4.2013
at MOCA's Geffen Center..Hosted by Printed Matter, NY.
more details to follow...
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..
11.2.2012
Purchase here.
D.A.P./UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
Barry McGee
Edited by Lawrence Rinder, Dena Beard. Text by Alex Baker, Natasha Boas, Germano Celant, Jeffrey Deitch.
Featured image is reproduced from Barry McGee.
Published on the occasion of the first major survey of Barry McGee’s work, this monumental volume records more than two decades of incredible fecundity, over the course of which McGee has pioneered a new iconography of sharp street vitality and graphic snap. McGee began as a graffiti artist on the streets of San Francisco, working under such tags as Ray Fong, Twist and Twisto, and his ...
9.25.2012
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Saturday, September 15, 2012
CARRAVANIVERSARY: Headlands 30th Birthday Party
Free Admission | Buy tickets for games, bites, & goodies on-site
12 – 5PM
Celebrating 30 years of supporting art and artists, Headlands invites you to a family-friendly, artist-driven festival in the Fort Barry Parade Ground of the Marin Headlands, a part of the Golden Gate National Parks. An array of artist projects, games, musical entertainment, bike & surf activities, artist-led hikes, hands-on projects, and local artisan vendor booths will be on-site to delight and engage party-goers of all ...
8.15.2012
More details to follow.
Headlands
5.17.2012
Check out the Park Life booth. Looking good.
Saturated Colors and Fractured Forms at Park Life
Anzfer Farms, a collaboration between Jonathan Anzalone and Joseph Ferriso, produces handmade furniture with an emphasis on reclaimed wood, strong design, and unexpected moments of color in familiar forms. In the current Park Life gallery show Holz, Anzalone and Ferriso exhibit works from their separate artistic practices along with items from the Anzfer Farms showroom. Whether the show achieves its advertised goal of becoming a "unified work, a house of construction" is debatable, but more interesting ...
3.24.2012
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 ...
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.
12.26.2011
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 ...
For their Gallery Crawl Feature. LINK
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 ...
10.29.2011
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 23, 2011. Celebrating a ...
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 ...
7.5.2011
at Paulson Bott Press. First weekend in August.
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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 ...
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 be ...
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.
5.9.2011
4.16.2011
4.6.2011
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 ...
From the NY Times
February 3, 2011, 4:18 pm
All Bark, No Bite: Settlement Reached in Balloon Dog Dispute
By KATE TAYLOR
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)...
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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12.27.2010
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. The matt gonzales will be presenting new mixed-media collage works on paper and wood sculpture.
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. Get here the detail information from
robert huges.
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12.16.2010
In it's December Issue.
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..
8.30.2010
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.
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...
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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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 ...
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
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.
11.28.2009
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
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
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.
link...
Two artists that we've worked closely with are having a show at White Walls Gallery.
Strong effort all around. These boys can paint.
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 ...
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))
8.13.2008
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
Park Life Store and Gallery is Open 7 days a week from 10-6.
Instagram: ParklifeSF and ParkLifeGallery
The Annual San Francisco Art Book Fair (SFABF), Co-Founded by Park Life / at Minnesota Street Project – July 14 -17th, 2022. Visit the SFABF Website for more info.
Park Life Gallery is also at 220 Clement St. / Park Life Store and Gallery is open every day 10-6.
Store Updates:
Open Everyday 10-6
Park Life will be exhibiting at FOG Fair in SF Jan, 2023
Gallery Updates:
Current show: Opening Friday Nov. 18th – Around the Corner – Curated Group Show / Nov 18, 2022 – Jan 7, 2023
Past Shows:
Lauren Bartone: Oct 7 – Nov 7, 2022
Dawline-Jane Oni-Eseleh – August 19 – Sept 3, 2022
Martin Machado – June/July 2022
Joe Ferriso – Associate – March 26 – May 8, 2022
Elizabeth Walsh – Soft Magic – Feb 11 – March 20, 2022
Jeffrey Sincich – Open/Closed – Dec 3 Jan 15, 2022
Gina M. Contreras – Hey There Lonely Girl – Sept 10 – Oct 10, 2021
..visit our gallery page for more information
Visit our shop for new items from artists: Tauba Auerbach, Alicia McCarthy, Michael Jang, Chris Johanson, Margaret Kilgallen, Tucker Nichols, Masako Miki, David Shrigley, Barry McGee, Jason Polan, Jason Fulford, Jason Jagel, Carissa Potter Carlson, Chaz Bear, Jeffrey Sincich, Jon Anzalone, Sadie Barnette, Serena Mitnik-Miller, Mark Mulroney, Marina Luz, Lena Gustafson, Areaware, Third Drawer Down (AU), Dusen Dusen, MOON Collective, CHUNKS, Colpa Press, Vacancy Projects, Nieves, One Star Press, Apartamento, DAP, MACK, Aperture, Dead Beat Club, Coucou Suzette, Poketo, Banquet, Apartamento, Valiz Editions, Knockaround, Dad Grass, CULK, Homocats, TBW Books, The School of Life, 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.
Park Life maintains a large backroom 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:
Michael Jang Broadsheet zine now available.
Barry McGee Publication from Aperture Special Park Life Edition (Nov 22).