misc The 'Fisties: Best Place to See Art Though we’ve certainly been hot for many teachers, we’ve never been down with pedagogy, after all, and firmly believe in a “to each, his own” approach to art and art making.
Arts & Entertainment <em>Graffiti: Urban Scrawl or Artistic Freedom?</em> Discuss Amongst Yourselves. We visited the Commonwealth Club for their most recent session of Inforum, a division of the Club that aims to “inspire debate around civic issues” for people in their 20’s and 30’
Arts & Entertainment SFist Reviews...<em>22 Eyes</em> at The Artaud Gallery Back in our freshman year at art school, we'd get very upset when our barely-functioning alcoholic drawing instructor referred to photography as a "point and click" form of art making. Even during that
Arts & Entertainment SFist Hangs out In Clarion Alley On our way to work a few weeks ago, we noticed a group of punk kids painting in the alleyway around the corner from Community Thrift on Valencia Street. They were painting bunnies
Arts & Entertainment <em> Inside Out</em> at Low Gallery We've noticed many birds during our travels to and from San Francisco's galleries. They are everywhere—sailing across canvases and tote bags, tattooed onto forearms, pinned onto backpacks, and stitched into shirts. Artist
Arts & Entertainment <em>Dirt Press: Volume One</em> San Francisco Launch Party, 111 Minna Gallery. SFist Sarah, contributing.
Arts & Entertainment Pop Parody: Ron English at Varnish Fine Art Known as the father of "agit-pop," English juxtaposes a highly critical political sensibility with modern advertising techniques, using his message to alter their meaning. Aided by an extended family of subverts, the artist
Arts & Entertainment High Varnish Meticulously crafted as it was, we were ready to dismiss the horse as yet another nod to art star Maurizio Cattelan’s use of taxidermy in contemporary art, when we learned that A.
Arts & Entertainment Strange Tales: Narrative Paintings by Nick Ackerman, David Huffman, and Chris Oliveria We simply walked right past the Luggage Store Gallery placard, and would've continued right on down Market Street if it weren't for the man selling cigarettes outside, who, noting our look of bewilderment,
Arts & Entertainment SFist Goes Back To (Art) School As an incoming student to California College of the Arts' grad program, we hopped on the chance to meet and greet while scoping out the competition, by infiltrating CCA's MFA Thesis Show opening