Liminal Art
"Liminal," meaning between two states, worked its way into art jargon some time ago, and its aesthetic presence has made itself known in a number of recent exhibitions. David S. Rubin looks at some of the best such recent examples. More...
“Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy”
Ragnar Kjartansson's recent durational performance "Romantic Songs of the Patriarchy" posted 30 women throughout San Francisco's Women's Building, each performing familiar songs with casually misogynistic lyrics. More...
Matthew Picton
The "Cultural Mapping" of Matthew Picton is visually quite rich, but how humanity evolves the built environment is the real subject. More...
Margie Livingston
Margie Livingston's constantly shifting body of work does so because it is about the nature of painting itself and how a painting gets made. More...
Jim Carrey
Actor Jim Carrey expresses his political outrage over the present administration in a flow of posted tweets and very expressive political cartoons. To date more than 100 of them, here posted in chronological sequence. To describe them as opinionated would be a vast understatement. More...
Ward Sanders
Ward Sanders' "Nightboxes" take on grim subjects in homage to Theodore Gericault's landmark "Raft of the Medusa". His found objects inspire narratives of the struggle for survival, and such tales, as with the "Medusa," can feel vicious. More...
Etsuko Ichikawa and Peter Olson
Etsuko Ichikawa’s serene works and Peter Olson’s brash ones, divergent as they are, show both artists are alchemists of a sort. More...
Belkis Ayón
Belkis Ayon culls from the mythos of the Cuban Abakua secret society to draw universal connections with other religious symbolism. More...
Frohawk Two Feathers
Frengland is a fictional colonial empire, and it serves as the aesthetic foundation for the art of Umar Rashid, aka Frohawk Two Features. More...
When Artists Play with Fire
Certain of the exhibitions in San Francisco that Richard Speer recently visited refreshed memories of the recent wildfires the consumed so much acreage in Northern California. Coincidental these shows may have been, but that renders the symbolism that much more felt. More...
Sharon Ellis
Sharon Ellis interprets nature by observing with care and internalizing its forces. It is her rich use of pattern set dramatically against fields of color that produces dreamlike visions that are mesmerizing to look at. More...
Jo Ann Callis
Jo Ann Callis' photography, sculptures and paintings are witty, sensual and unexpected, even after more than 40 years of practice. It is the photography she is best known for, images that offer suggestions but not clear answers. More...
“Group Therapy”
Outlandish pseudoscience of the 19th century informs the artists included in "Group Therapy', who use it to make more serious points. More...
