Reviews

Exercises in seriality blur the perceptible difference between photography and drawing.

Sculptor uses “flow painting” techniques to re-imagine ancient architecture. David M. Roth reports.

A sumptuous chronicle of a captivating (albeit one-sided) relationship. Lawrence Gipe reports.

Summer of ’67: When the “axis of cultural authority,” tilted (briefly) toward SF. John Held, Jr. reports.

Two artists use everyday objects to break down barriers. Maria Porges reports.

A wide-angle look at the history of migration. Tamsin Smith & Matt Gonzalez report.

Exhibit examines a shameful chapter of U.S. history. David M. Roth reports.

Photograms conjure astral visions, intimating the sublime. Maria Porges reports.

Two artists, two ways of seeing.

Fleming’s sculpture reflects patterns embedded in human consciousness, replicated throughout the universe.

A colorful world of humorous gay/Jewish self-loathing expressed in pithy one-liners. Maria Porges reports.

A battery of techniques undergirds an artist’s drive to reimagine pictorial space.

Mel Ziegler’s Flag Exchange transforms the gallery at SFAI into a political Rothko Chapel. Lawrence Gipe reports.

Artists show how virally propagated lies sicken the body politic. Mikko Lautamo reports.

The struggle for utopia, as envisioned by counterculture artists, designers, architects and eco-communards. Marcia Tanner reports.

A cavalcade of new and bizarre subjects made for an uncanny esthetic of discovery. Mark Van Proyen reports.