Great Galleries in San Francisco

Wilson Shieh, Swimmer, Crown Point Press

Alexander Gorlizki at John Berggruen

(abstracted miniatures with Indian influence and technique - he had an Indian miniaturist helping him realize his vision)

Gordon Cook, Lead Milk Bottle on a Stand at George Krevsky

Andrea Dezsö at Frey Norris

Remedios Varo, Study for Encuentro 1959, Frey Norris

Robert Schwartz at Hackett Mill

Gina Pearlin at Jack Fischer

Roscubas at Caldwell Snyder

Francesca Sundsten at Jenkins Johnson (this is a miniature)

Scott Greene at Catherine Clark

Last week, I went to quite a few galleries in and around Union Square, San Francisco. I really enjoyed seeing work by colleague Andrea Dezso at Frey Norris and talking to Wendi Norris about Remedios Varo in the annex.

I was able to study two incredible Robert Schwartz paintings at Hackett Mill Gallery. The imaginative details in his 8" gouache paintings are nothing short of astounding. Alexander Gorlizki's show at John Berggruen was on a miniature scale, too, as were Francesca Sundsten's tiny oils painted on top of antique cabinet cards.

The elongated Roscubas sculptures at Caldwell Snyder were a treat and Scott Greene's paintings at Catherine Clark were full of surprises and well-painted (this gallery also shows some of my other favs: Julie Heffernan and Sandow Birk). I saw a room full of Clare Rojas at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art. Here are links to some of the galleries I went to:

Catherine Clark, Jenkins Johnson, Caldwell Snyder, Jack Fischer, Hackett Mill, Frey Norris, John Berggruen, George Krevsky, Gallery Paule Anglim, Crown Point Press, Museum of Craft and Folk Art, etc.

I had a wonderful time walking from place to place.

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Escape to San Francisco

I took a little trip to San Francisco last week to check out galleries and have some fun. I met my friend from L.A. and we stayed in the Westin St. Francis which was located right in the heart of Union Square. From there, we walked to galleries, restaurants, Chinatown and Market Street, museums, etc. The 20th floor, where I stayed, had a great view of the city, sky and water.

Here, I'm posing in front of a massage parlor near Union Square. I like the wacky window display. The city was super windy and you can see my hair blowing in this photo.

My favorite restaurant was Le Colonial, a French Vietnamese place (located in an alley) with an elegant dining room, plus an upstairs lounge that had a jazz/blues band. One could spend hours there with friends and not have to go anywhere else. The atmosphere was so perfect.

Here I am inside the beautiful Xanadu Gallery on Maiden Lane, San Francisco's only Frank Lloyd Wright Building. Frank renovated this building in 1948 (a gift shop) and used it as the prototype for the Guggenheim Museum. The people who worked here were super friendly, as were all of the people that I talked to in San Francisco galleries (which I will blog about next).

Posing outside of the Olympic Club which had two exceptionally well-endowed statues.

Inside Harry Denton's Starlight Room at the top of the Sir Francis Drake hotel. Incredible view of the city from the dance floor, plus funky vintage decor. Unfortunately, it was the wrong night and the wrong mood with pounding disco music instead of jazz.

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Hobo Blues

John Lee Hooker live 1965 At American Folk Blues Festival

I'll be gone for a few days. I encourage you to investigate the archives of this blog

while I'm gone. See ya! Amy

Family Portrait, Arizona, Early 20th Century

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Originally uploaded by ricksoloway

"These are some wonderful portraits discovered in an archive at the Douglas Historical Society that starts around 1905 and runs through the first two decades of that century. This is the era when Mexican populist rebel Pancho Villa was shooting up the area, and there was much turmoil on the Mexican border."
From Ricksoloway's flickr, Cochise County Set

Rare Fairies Vase by Overbeck Sisters on Ebay

There were six Overbeck sisters. Four of them established Overbeck Pottery in their home in Cambridge City, Indiana. They won many awards from 1911 to 1955. (Elizabeth Overbeck made the vase shown above.) Read about the Overbeck sisters HERE on a site dedicated to artists of Wayne County, Indiana. More history HERE.

Follow this link to see Fairies Vase on ebay:

An Overbeck vase on Ebay depicting the Cottingley Fairies has reached $21,000. but the reserve has not been met. About 7 hours to go....

I wrote about the mysterious Cottingley Fairies photographs (1917) HERE

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Oskar Schlemmer's Triadisches Ballett, Stuttgart 1922

Oskar Schlemmer's Triadisches Ballett, Stuttgart 1922
Originally uploaded by kraftgenie

Photo of the day.

Devil Got My Woman, 1966, Skip James