COLOR / STORY : new paintings
For January, I’ll be exhibiting a collection of new small paintings at PURPLEMAROON in San Francisco, Noe Valley. The opening party is on Friday 1/12/24 from 5-8pm . Come on by 4089 24th Street.
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(un)Banned @ arion press
This article first appeared in JUXTAPOX on October 24, 2023 Close on the heels of Banned Book Week 2023, the Arion Press presents an exhibition of 10 Bay Area Artists to spotlight contemporary and historical attempts to censor books in schools and libraries. No state in the nation has proven to be immune to the […]Read Post ›
The Ardors and arbors of alex kanevsky
This essay first appeared as the forward to the monograph Alex Kanevsky Paintings 2003-2022, published by Dolby Chadwick Gallery in September 2023. A draped form, a field of grass, a bath, a running dog. Peeling wall or crashing wave. Skin, space, sensation. Distillation, escalation, suspension. Sifting and shifting enchantment. Our eyes are transfixed by the […]Read Post ›
SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5×5
This article first appeared in Juxtapoz on April 18, 2023. To celebrate the upcoming publication of their fine letterpress edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five, Arion Press has placed the themes of this richly imaginative, provocative, and essential text in the hands of five Bay Area artists: Taraneh Hemami, Oliver Hawk Holden, Kevin Keaney, Josué Rojas, […]Read Post ›
TAMSIN SPENCER SMITH
Originally posted on Art & Politics:
first published in?Juxtapoz, March 22, 2023 Tamsin Spencer Smith, Journey, oil on canvas, 14 x 18 inches, 2023. Object Lessons: A Review of Tamsin Spencer Smith @ Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco // March 24, 2023 – March 26, 2023 Tamsin Spencer Smith exhibits…
OBJECT LESSONS :: OPENING WEEKEND
I’ll be showing a new body of work that I’m calling OBJECT LESSONS at Upper Market Gallery the weekend of March 24-26. To celebrate the exhibit, I’m also creating a limited edition of 50 hand-bound chapbooks of recent poems. Titled Sister Shine, each chapbook is hand-painted and unique. Here’s the run of show for the weekend and here is […]Read Post ›
Hodaka’s Far Out and Spot On Modernism
This article first appeared as a review in Juxtapoz Magazine on February 8, 2023. Cheers to the Asian Art Museum and exhibition organizer Yuki Morishima for presenting the first solo exhibition of Yoshida Hodaka in the United States. Hodaka was an influential Japanese artist with a voracious appetite for innovation and experimentation. Schooled in traditional […]Read Post ›
The Dyslexic Dictionary
October 22nd sees the opening of the Dyslexic Dictionary Exhibition at Arion Press in San Francisco. Our goal in establishing a gallery program at this unique institution is to cultivate, celebrate, and showcase the enduring dialogue between writers and artists that has been fundamental to each of the conceptually unique handmade books we’ve created over […]Read Post ›
The Bradford Variations
Preview: Donald Bradford’s “Lazarus Paintings” Andrea Schwartz Gallery, San Francisco // October 6 – November 11, 2022 first published in JUXTAPOZ on September 29, 2022 Arizona-born, Oakland-based artist Donald Bradford presents a solo show at Andrea Schwartz Gallery that is full of provocations. At first blush, the viewer will encounter naked mostly male forms draped, […]Read Post ›
Tamsin Smith : everything indicates 