She infused every scrap of material she touched with intuitive, organic expression. Julia Couzens reports.
Reviews
Jill Magid’s “The Proposal” @ SFAI
Trade a diamond ring for the archive of Mexico’s most revered architect? David M. Roth reports
Monica Lundy & Rodney Ewing @ Nancy Toomey
A look back at the Fillmore District and collateral damage wrought by “progress.”
Anthony Hernandez @ SFMOMA
The ruins of greater LA are the core of the artist’s first career retrospective. Maria Porges reports.
Tom Sachs @ YBCA
Sachs brings back the glory years of the Space Age. Lawrence Gipe reports.
Todd Hido @ Casemore Kirkeby
Alien and noir-ish scenes bring to the fore photography’s phenomenological properties. Elwyn Pallmerton reports.
The Amrheins — Joe, Justin and Phil @ Axis
An exhibit of Amrhein family artists shows innovation across a range of media and conceptual mindsets.
Mark Van Proyen on Bruce Conner’s ‘It’s All True’
A retrospective for the quintessential San Francisco artist. Mark Van Proyen reports.
The 11th Gwangju Biennial
What is art supposed to do? The longest-running Biennial in Asia hazards a guess. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Ken Graves @ Anglim Gilbert
A street photographer who portrayed the oddities of the American experience.
Hosfelt Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition
A stunning exhibition of what Todd Hosfelt’s “learned So Far.”
Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor @ Verge
A meditation on corporeality that ‘sings no love songs.’ Mikko Lautamo reports.
Sojourner Truth @ BAMPFA
Images and artifacts of a former slave turned abolitionist come to light. Maria Porges reports.
Ed Ruscha @ de Young
The West’s most iconic Pop artist is examined in-depth. Lawrence Gipe reports.
Gonzalo Fuenmayor @ Dolby Chadwick
A suite of surrealistic charcoal drawings extends Fuenmayor’s critique of Latin American stereotypes.
‘The Stand-Ins’ @ Haines
A group show of photo-based work built around the idea of surrogacy reminds us that art is long; life is short. Maria Porges reports.