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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Ana Teresa Fernández and Arleene Correa Valencia at Catharine Clark Gallery This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz, on August 4, 2022. Two powerful and eloquent artists, Ana Teresa Fernández and Arleene Correa Valencia have solo shows at Catharine Clark Gallery this month. Both exhibitions unfold with epic force by holding a mirror up to the […]Read Post ›
This article first appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on December 27, 2021. In the waning days of 2021, Bay Area art institutions offer an embarrassment of riches. There are some not-to-be-missed exhibitions currently running, but I won’t be distracted by giving in to the temptation to drop names as there’s a lower-profile show I’d like to […]Read Post ›
This article first appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on December 3, 2021. John DiPaolo’s 10th solo show at Dolby Chadwick opens in San Francisco on December 2nd. The exhibit will gratify and surprise. There hang, in all their sculptural power, the large-scale gestural and multi-textural abstractions for which he is known. The disjunctive but somehow harmonized […]Read Post ›
This essay with four poems was first published in September 2021, by Hollis Taggart Gallery, as part of their exhibition catalogue for the presentation of “Entanglement: Hollis Heichemer.“ The modern mind is encouraged to satisfy curiosity via a ticking of boxes. The quest for inspiration is often presented as a shopping expedition—think TED talks, listicles, […]Read Post ›
This article first appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on July 19, 201. On View at Hashimoto Contemporary In NYC July 17th – August 7th, 2021 Too much can be made of the difference between the art scenes associated with different cities. So, let’s begin by simply celebrating the arrival of a great San Francisco-based artist for […]Read Post ›
This article was originally published in Juxtapoz Magazine on June 25, 2021 Beauty Will Be Convulsive / Dolby Chadwick Gallery / July 1-August 29, 2021 Not to be missed is Beauty Will Be Convulsive, new work by Matt Gonzalez, which runs concurrently with the Terry Powers show at Dolby Chadwick Gallery. The exhibit includes 20 […]Read Post ›
Tamsin Smith : everything indicates 