After a long summer , the art world is emerging from its chrysalis reborn. There are so many exciting looking shows opening this week, and its hard to pick out things to highlight from the bunch.

But if I have to (and I don't), I suggest seeing:

Amy Ho's '2x2 Solo' show at Pro Arts in Oakland, there is a reception on Friday from 6-8pm.
 
Jason Kraus 'Edit' at Jessica Silverman, with a reception Friday 6-8pm (I wish SF galleries would avoid the one 'Oakland' day a month, first friday..)

Amy Ho, Christine Peterson, Rhonda Holberton among others at 'Introductions' at Root Division, Saturday, 7-10pm.

And, a shameless plug, 'In Stasis', curated by the Art Cards editors, at Mac Arthur B Arthur in Oakland, opening Friday from 7-10pm.

Curiously Direct Picks

Ever Gold//Mark Benson: Get the Flu= A series of sculptures, paintings, and a performance/service, this exhibition of all new work by Benson showcased his unconventional approach to materials and display, and his ridiculous sense of humor. 

And, if you get a chance:
  
MOCA//LA//Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974= ... .But to be clear, this is an incredible show, full of work which both outlined the basis of future practices and which worked on its own terms...The curators herein argue for a wide interpretation of the field of land art, expanding the perceived limits beyond americo-eurocentric notions, focusing on both its institutionalization through key exhibitions and the complexities of display for work which often denies access to the site or event of its creation. I'll be working through ideas/questions the show raised for quite a while; it is an incredible show, worth the trip down south to see.

 

 

Wednesday:
+ Ben Kinmont "Ben Kinmont: Prospectus" curated by Christina Linden, Frank Smigiel at SF MOMA
+ Ben Kinmont "Ben Kinmont Bookseller" at Kadist Art Foundation (Kadist Art Foundation Gallery)

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: "An evening with punk legend Ian Mackaye" at Contemporary Jewish Museum

+ Screening: James W. Horne and Leo McCarey, Luis Buñuel "Amos Vogel and Film as a Subversive Art Remembered: L’Age d’Or (The Age of Gold)" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

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+ Tom Marioni "Percussion Works in Dry Fresco" at Gallery Paule Anglim

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+ Devin Leonardi "The Source is the Goal" at Altman Siegel

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+ Milton Resnick "Paintings 1973 - 1983" at Gallery Paule Anglim

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+ Closing reception: Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt "Lightning Appears For A Clear Sky" curated by Andy Hawgood, Nate Hooper at The Popular Workshop
+ Performance: Chris Musgrave, James Cordas "Sound & Vision" at SF Arts Commission Gallery

Friday:
+ Amber Crabbe, Amber Fawn Keig, Beckey Kaye, Dan Battle, David Olsson, Dawn Weleski, Dimitra Skandali, Elizabeth Moran, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Jesus Landin-Torrez III, Ji Eun Chun, Kate Short, Keegan Luttrell, Michal Wisniowski, Mika Boyd, Missy Engelhardt, Momo Yao, Nancy Ivanhoe, Sahar Khoury, Seamus Harte, Teresa Baker, Tristan Cai, Yan Yan Mao "The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition" at SOMArts Cultural Center
+ Amy Keefer, Anne Wolf, Holly Furgason, Rachel Dawson, Rebecca Najdowski ""Phantasmagoria:" Imagine occult illusions of early 20th century, midwestern, spiritualist camps, investigated through local, female artist’s absurd installations and heartfelt textile sculptures." curated by Aline Dargie at Make Hang
+ Screening: "Contemporary Visual Music" curated by Cornelia Lund, Holger Lund at A.T.A.

+ Anna Sagström, Bob Linder, Johanna Billing, Joseph Thomas, Liam Everett, Roza Janiszewska "In Stasis" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur

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+ Closing reception: Amanda Curreri "3 for 3 Summer Residencies: Amanda Curreri" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery

Saturday:
+ Binh Danh "Binh Danh: Yosemite" at Haines Gallery
+ Abel Rodriguez, Adrienne Heloise, Amy M. Ho, Camilla Newhagen, Carlo Abruzzese, Cathy Lu, Christine M. Peterson, Daniel Nevers, Kate Nartker, Katey Crews, Leeza Doreian, Rhonda Holberton, Yulia Pinkusevich "Introductions 2012" at Root Division

Tuesday, September 4

Screening: "Crossing Delancey" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, FREE, 2-3:40pm

Wednesday, September 5

+ Ben Kinmont "Ben Kinmont: Prospectus" curated by Christina Linden, Frank Smigiel at SF MOMA
SOMA: 151 Third Street, Mission Street, 5-7pm

Ben Kinmont "An Exhibition in your mouth" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, Free, 7-9pm

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"Ooga Booga Temporary Satellite @ the Kadist Reading Room" at Kadist Art Foundation Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, 7-9pm

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+ Ben Kinmont "Ben Kinmont Bookseller" at Kadist Art Foundation (Kadist Art Foundation Gallery)
Mission District: 3289 20th Street, free, 7-9pm

Thursday, September 6

+ Artist Talk: "An evening with punk legend Ian Mackaye" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, $5 general (Museum admission of $5 separate, but not required to attend); this event will sell out, advance tickets highly recommended, 6-8pm

+ Screening: James W. Horne and Leo McCarey, Luis Buñuel "Amos Vogel and Film as a Subversive Art Remembered: L’Age d’Or (The Age of Gold)" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, $10 regular; $8 YBCA Members/students/seniors/teachers; FREE for YBCA: You, 7:30pm

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Andrew Witrak "Like Paradise" at Unspeakable Projects
SOMA: 735 Tehama Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

Workshop: "Craft Bar with Etsy Labs" at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, $5.00, 6-8pm

+ Tom Marioni "Percussion Works in Dry Fresco" at Gallery Paule Anglim Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

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+ Devin Leonardi "The Source is the Goal" at Altman Siegel Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, free, 5:30-7:30pm

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+ Milton Resnick "Paintings 1973 - 1983" at Gallery Paule Anglim Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

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Charles Burchfield, Ralph Eugene Meatyard "Burchfield | Meatyard" at Fraenkel Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, free, 5:30-7:30pm

Marshall Crossman "Big Water" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, FREE and open to the public, 5:30-7:30pm

Addie Shevlin "Indeterminate Pathways" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

+ Closing reception: Klara Källström, Thobias Fäldt "Lightning Appears For A Clear Sky" curated by Andy Hawgood, Nate Hooper at The Popular Workshop
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, floor 1, Free, 6-9pm

+ Performance: Chris Musgrave, James Cordas "Sound & Vision" at SF Arts Commission Gallery
Civic Center: 401 Van Ness Avenue , at McAllister Street, Free, 7-9pm

"Ship-Shape!" at The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center
Sunset: 1650 Holloway Avenue, floor 2, 5-8pm

Friday, September 7

+ Amber Crabbe, Amber Fawn Keig, Beckey Kaye, Dan Battle, David Olsson, Dawn Weleski, Dimitra Skandali, Elizabeth Moran, Fatema Abdoolcarim, Jesus Landin-Torrez III, Ji Eun Chun, Kate Short, Keegan Luttrell, Michal Wisniowski, Mika Boyd, Missy Engelhardt, Momo Yao, Nancy Ivanhoe, Sahar Khoury, Seamus Harte, Teresa Baker, Tristan Cai, Yan Yan Mao "The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition" at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, free, 6:30-9pm

Lucy Puls "Geometria Concretus" at Electric Works
SOMA: 1360 Mission Street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: "California Conversations: Author Frances Dinkelspiel" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, FREE with regular admission as follows: General Admission, $12; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $10; Members and Youth 18 and under, free, 1-2:30pm

+ Amy Keefer, Anne Wolf, Holly Furgason, Rachel Dawson, Rebecca Najdowski ""Phantasmagoria:" Imagine occult illusions of early 20th century, midwestern, spiritualist camps, investigated through local, female artist’s absurd installations and heartfelt textile sculptures." curated by Aline Dargie at Make Hang
North Beach: 450 Green Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

"Nature in the City II" at Canessa Gallery
Downtown: 708 Montgomery Street, free, 6-9pm

Sarah Thibault "Coming Up Roses" at Mark Wolfe Contemporary Art Downtown: 1 Sutter Street, floor 3, 5:30-8pm

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Jason Kraus "Edit" at Silverman Gallery Downtown: 804 Sutter Street, Free, 6-8pm

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+ Screening: "Contemporary Visual Music" curated by Cornelia Lund, Holger Lund at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 7-9pm

Cyrus Tilton, Luke Heimbigner, Rose Anne Critchfield, Wayne Shaffer "Hidden Agenda" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, floor 1, free, 6-9pm

Amy M. Ho "2 x 2 Solos: Amy M. Ho" curated by Zachary Royer Scholz at Pro Arts Gallery Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, 6-8pm

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Lordy Rodriguez "2 x 2 Solos: Lordy Rodriguez" curated by Eric Murphy at Pro Arts Gallery Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, 6-8pm

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Jann Nunn "PROJECT: Jann Nunn" at Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, Free, 6-8pm

+ Anna Sagström, Bob Linder, Johanna Billing, Joseph Thomas, Liam Everett, Roza Janiszewska "In Stasis" curated by Aaron Harbour, Jackie Im at MacArthur b arthur Oakland: 4030 Martain Luther King Jr Way, floor 1, 7-10pm

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+ Closing reception: Amanda Curreri "3 for 3 Summer Residencies: Amanda Curreri" at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, Free, 7-10pm

Misako Inaoka "Back Domain" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, 5-8pm

Saturday, September 8

Chris Doyle "Idyllwild" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, free, 4-6pm

Workshop: "Make It @ MOCFA" at Museum of Craft and Folk Art
SOMA: 51 Yerba Buena Lane, $5.00, 2-4pm

+ Binh Danh "Binh Danh: Yosemite" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 4-6pm

Roy De Forest "A Figure of Our Times" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 3-5pm

Don Voisine "Don Voisine" at Gregory Lind Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, Free, 3-6pm

Ransom & Mitchell "Smoke & Mirrors: Debut Solo Exhibition of Photo Illustrators Ransom & Mitchell" at Varnish Fine Art
Downtown: 16 Jessie street, suite 120, 6-9pm

Ben Frost "See Inside Box for Details" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 839 Larkin Street, free, 7-11pm

Rone "Darkest Before the Dawn" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 835 Larkin Street, floor 1, free, 7-11pm

+ Abel Rodriguez, Adrienne Heloise, Amy M. Ho, Camilla Newhagen, Carlo Abruzzese, Cathy Lu, Christine M. Peterson, Daniel Nevers, Kate Nartker, Katey Crews, Leeza Doreian, Rhonda Holberton, Yulia Pinkusevich "Introductions 2012" at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, Suggested Sliding Scale Donation: $1-20, 7-10pm

Aaron Noble, Alex Lukas, Alfred Steiner, Brett Amory, Cassius Fouler, Cody Hudson, Daniel Albrigo, Eric Beltz, HuskMitNavn, Ian Johnson, Isaac Lin, Jon Fox, Justin Hager, KC Ortiz, Ken Davis, Kurt Dalen, Lafe Eaves, Marcos LaFarga, Marissa Textor, Mark Dean Veca, Matt Leines, Mike Giant, Mr. Kiji, Patrick Martinez, Rye Purvis, SANER, Terry Powers, Tim Diet, Victor Reyes "September Group Show" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, free, 7-11pm

Laura Paulini "Shimmer" at Eleanor Harwood Gallery
Mission District: 1295 Alabama Street, at 25th Street, Free, 7-10pm

Heidi McDowell & Jon McNeal "Heidi McDowell & Jon McNeal: Territories - New & Recent Paintings and Photographs" at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, Free, 5:00 - 8:00 pm

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James Torlakson, Janet Delaney, Kendall Waldman, Rachel Kline "Real and True" at SF MOMA (SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason)
Marina District: 0 Fort Mason Center, Free, 1-3pm

Anne Walsh "An Annotated Hearing Trumpet, Preface and Figures" at Martina } { Johnston
Berkeley: 1201 Sixth Street, 2nd , free, 4-8pm

Chris Kubick "Surprise!" at Martina } { Johnston
Berkeley: 1201 Sixth Street, 2nd , free, 4-8pm

Sunday, September 9

Workshop: "Mah Jongg Open Play" at Contemporary Jewish Museum
SOMA: 736 Mission Street, Third Street, FREE with regular admission as follows: General Admission, $12; Students with a valid ID and Seniors, $10; Members and Youth 18 and under, free, 1-4pm

Karen White & Kanna Aoki "New Paintings of California" at Studio Gallery
Downtown: 1815 Polk Street, free, 2-6pm

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