Preview: Matt Gonzalez’s Magic-Circumstantial Collages

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Preview: Matt Gonzalez’s Magic-Circumstantial Collages

Not to be missed is Beauty Will Be Convulsive, new works by Matt Gonzalez, which runs concurrently with the Terry Powers show at Dolby Chadwick Gallery. The exhibit includes 20 monochromatic found pa June 25, 2021
Ann Gale: Painter of Accrued Intimacy (Review)

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Ann Gale: Painter of Accrued Intimacy (Review)

Ann Gale’s work is observational. She utilizes familiar models who sit for long periods of time in her studio in the Pacific Northwest, where good light is scarce for much of the year, thus making April 14, 2021
Guy Diehl: Realist with a Minimalist Aesthetic

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Guy Diehl: Realist with a Minimalist Aesthetic

Guy Diehl gained the label photorealist in the 1970s, when he was making swimming pool and beach themed paintings and watercolors. He would toil over the details of concrete surface texture and each November 27, 2020
Two Hands, One Brush: Tamsin Smith and Emilio Villalba Collaborate @ Adobe Books Gallery

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Two Hands, One Brush: Tamsin Smith and Emilio Villalba Collaborate @ Adobe Books Gallery

Painting collaborations are typically plagued by the inability of artists to let go of their own respective styles. Invariably, the painters end up grafting their independent gestures and motifs onto December 20, 2019
The New Optical Art: Rebecca Kaufman at Artists’ Television Access

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The New Optical Art: Rebecca Kaufman at Artists’ Television Access

Artists' Television Access (ATA) in San Francisco's Mission District presents Rebecca Kaufman's first solo exhibition in the City. Nonconsensual Paintings offers viewers an optical art August 29, 2019
Emily Fromm: Painting Sonder (A Review)

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Emily Fromm: Painting Sonder (A Review)

When describing Emily Fromm’s artistic style, reviewers uniformly draw parallels to vintage cartoons and comic books. While descriptively accurate, it misses a more abiding insight. Fromm’s work February 21, 2019
Symbols of Death, Signs of Life: A Review of New Works by Emilio Villalba

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Symbols of Death, Signs of Life: A Review of New Works by Emilio Villalba

At first glance, Emilio Villalba’s new paintings at Modern Eden Gallery seem to be a departure from the dramatic portrait work he has become known for. Thickly-painted black backgrounds overlaid wi November 26, 2018
An Interview With The Artist and Activist Matt Gonzalez

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An Interview With The Artist and Activist Matt Gonzalez

As a public defender, Matt Gonzalez does just that, using legal expertise to represent those in the city and county who are without resources. Behind plea bargains and the filing of papers are famili October 02, 2018
Matt Gonzalez "Dérive: Situationist Encounter in San Francisco"

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Matt Gonzalez "Dérive: Situationist Encounter in San Francisco"

Matt Gonzalez’s work is collage-based, utilizing bits of discarded paper products—from advertisements to cardboard containers—that he finds while walking around the city. Most of h March 05, 2015
Gideon Chase, Matt Gonzalez, and Evan Holm "Greatest Hits: Volume I"

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Gideon Chase, Matt Gonzalez, and Evan Holm "Greatest Hits: Volume I"

Next Thursday, May 1st, Incline Gallery in San Francisco will be presenting the first installment of Greatest Hits: Volume I, a series of exhibitions highlighting some of Incline’s favorite co April 26, 2014
Matt Gonzalez "Things I Didn't Know I Loved" @ Park Life, SF

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Matt Gonzalez "Things I Didn't Know I Loved" @ Park Life, SF

Former Green Party Vice-Presidential candidate/ former president of the SF Board of Supervisors and good friend of Juxtapoz magazine, Matt Gonzalez, will open a solo show, Things I Didn't Know I June 25, 2013
Preview: September issue featuring Daniel Clowes, London Police, and David Shrigley

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Preview: September issue featuring Daniel Clowes, London Police, and David Shrigley

A busy summer it has been all around in the art world, but in our home base of the San Francisco Bay Area, we have had two significant museum retrospectives that have made their way into the Septemb August 01, 2012
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