We at Art Cards are quite excited about a few things opening this week, including the show Supra Natural at Berkeley Central Arts Passage, organized by Kala Art Institute and curated by Amanda Curreri (whose recent solo stands out as a highlight of the year so far…), with work by Bessma Khalaf, Carrie Hott, Elizabeth Mooney, George Pfau, Mayumi Hamanaka, Sarah Fontaine. Also exciting is the current episode of ‘Only a Signal Show Shown’ at Southern Exposure. Where as the second part one real standout work, we expect the one open now and the next (opening Friday) to have some gems in them.

But, we can’t help but be extra psyched for Will Rogan’s show Thursday at Altman Siegel. Rogan’s peculiar objects integrate photography and appropriated, archival images into both flat works and sculpture. There is a sense of humor and an undercurrent of ‘art about art’ concept woven throughout, and hopefully the show will include some of his wonderful mobile objects. 

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Curiously Direct Picks
Southern Exposure//Only a Signal Shown: Week 2= Part two of an interesting series of brief exhibitions at SoEx in which the gallery is given up to a set of large scale video works. To be blunt, I didn't like most of what was presented... to give an example, I find Kate Gilmore's works a bit reductive and lacking some ineffable polish as videos. Without going through the other videos I didn't like, I'd like to skip ahead to something I really liked: Hannah Ireland and Anne Vought's work (as Double Zero) 'Cha Cha Changes'. Their previous works as a duo revolved around various performative gestures of restriction or forced blurrings of each other's body and control. This film has elements of that, but focuses on the two of their faces as they take turns playing a sort of bizarre dress up. A mixture of paint, carrot juice, fabric, q-tips, flowers etc. are applied to each other's faces and the resulting video is exciting to watch as things get progressively weird. I love this video. This show has closed but suggestion: find the artists online, ask to see this work.

Wednesday:
+ Lecture: Pablo Helguera "Pablo Helguera's Art Scenes hosted By Renny Pritikin" at Kadist Art Foundation
+ Screening: Andy Puls, Bessma Khalaf, Bruce Conner, Dean Smith, Desirée Holman, Lawrence Jordan, Rebecca Najdowski "Thinking Like the Universa Video + Film Program" curated by Aimee Friberg, Julio Cesar Morales at Hatch Gallery
+ Lecture: "Mills College Art Lecture Series: Julio Cesar Morales" at Mills College Art Museum
+ Bessma Khalaf, Carrie Hott, Elizabeth Mooney, George Pfau, Mayumi Hamanaka, Sarah Fontaine "Supra Natural - Exhibition & Opening Reception" curated by Amanda Curreri at Kala Art Institute (Berkeley Central Arts Passage)

Thursday:
+ Roy Mcmakin "Two Chairs (One Green, One Black), A Chest of Drawers, A Table, A Little Stool, A Photograph and A Few Drawings" at Anthony Meier Fine Art

+ Will Rogan "Blanking Out" at Altman Siegel

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Friday:
+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Claudia Joskowicz" Landscape and Memory in the Work of Claudio Joskowicz at San Francisco Art Institute
+ Performance: "The Perfect Death" at Will Brown

Saturday:

+ Suzy Poling "Elemental Forces" at Krowswork

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+ Eric Veit "Poem and Notes" at Important Projects
+ Bailey Hikawa "Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!" at Important Projects

Tuesday, February 19

Lecture: "Lecture Series: Mabel O. Wilson" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

Wednesday, February 20

Lecture: "VAS Lecture Series: Roy McMakin" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 7:30pm

Artist Talk: Aimee Santos, Amelia Konow, Arash Fayez, Brittney Cathey-Adams, Carmen Lang, Cate Nelson, Em Meine, Helga Hizer, Keegan Lutrell, Pabi Chulo, Sieglinde Van Damme, Xiaotong Jiang "MFA Now 2013 Slide Slam" at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-9pm

+ Lecture: Pablo Helguera "Pablo Helguera's Art Scenes hosted By Renny Pritikin" at Kadist Art Foundation
Mission District: 3295 20th Street, at Folsom Street, Free, 6pm

Lecture: "Grad Fine Arts Satellite Lecture Series: Brett Reichman" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Graduate Center - GC4, Free, 7:15pm

+ Screening: Andy Puls, Bessma Khalaf, Bruce Conner, Dean Smith, Desirée Holman, Lawrence Jordan, Rebecca Najdowski "Thinking Like the Universa Video + Film Program" curated by Aimee Friberg, Julio Cesar Morales at Hatch Gallery
Oakland: 492 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Free, 7:30-10pm

+ Lecture: "Mills College Art Lecture Series: Julio Cesar Morales" at Mills College Art Museum
Oakland: 5000 Macarthur Boulvard, Danforth Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

+ Bessma Khalaf, Carrie Hott, Elizabeth Mooney, George Pfau, Mayumi Hamanaka, Sarah Fontaine "Supra Natural - Exhibition & Opening Reception" curated by Amanda Curreri at Kala Art Institute (Berkeley Central Arts Passage)
Berkeley: 2550 Center Street, free, 6-8pm

Thursday, February 21

+ Roy Mcmakin "Two Chairs (One Green, One Black), A Chest of Drawers, A Table, A Little Stool, A Photograph and A Few Drawings" at Anthony Meier Fine Art
Downtown: 1969 California Street, at Octavia, floor 1, Free, 6-8pm

+ Will Rogan "Blanking Out" at Altman Siegel Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

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Gordon Parks "Centennial" at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, Free, 6-9pm

Lecture: "Narrative (Inter)Actions: Performance Lecture by DJ Spooky" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 350 Kansas Street, Free, but tickets must be reserved, 7pm

Amber Stucke, Joshua Band, Kevin Chen, Llewelynn Fletcher, Nadin Sabella, Phil King, Renée Gertler , Verdstein Studio "Actual Scale" at Kala Art Institute
Berkeley: 2990 San Pablo Avenue, FREE, 6-8pm

Friday, February 22

+ Lecture: "Graduate Lecture Series: Claudia Joskowicz" Landscape and Memory in the Work of Claudio Joskowicz at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free, 4:30pm

Michael Ryan "Mere Reflections" at The Lab
Mission District: 2948 16th Street, Free, 6-9pm

Screening: "Only a Signal Shown" curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , 7-9pm

Molly Smith "Route" at Romer Young Gallery
Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, Free, 6-9pm

+ Performance: "The Perfect Death" at Will Brown
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, Free, 12am

Screening: Abbey Luck & Sean Donnelly, Brian McClave, Claudia Molitor & Gavin Peacock, David Daniels, Gilbert Hsiao, Iemke van Dijk, Jodie Mack, Joey Fauerso, José Heerkens, Kalle Johansson & Bendik Kaltenborn, Santiago Caicedo de Roux, Sarah Klein & David Kwan "Stop & Go 3-D" curated by Sarah Klein at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6-$10, 8-10pm

Lecture: "Illustration Program Lecture Series: Irene Gallo" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

Saturday, February 23

Closing reception: Andy Diaz Hope, Devorah Sperber, Ligorano/Reese, Nina Katchadourian, Stephanie Syjuco "Punch Card" at Catharine Clark Gallery
SOMA: 150 Minna Street, Free, 3-5pm

John Zinsser "Recent Paintings" at George Lawson Gallery
Downtown: 780 Sutter Street, Free, 5-8pm

Workshop: Anne Walsh "The First Meeting of the Club of the Month Club Quarterly; Respiration Society: a club for breathing bodies" curated by Daniel Nevers at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 2-5pm

Julian Hoenig "Stain" at 60SIX
Mission District: 66 Elgin Park, floor 1, free, 6-8:30 pm

E. Dale Erickson "Recent Paintings" curated by Steven A. Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, Free, 5-8pm

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+ Suzy Poling "Elemental Forces" at Krowswork Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, Free, 6-9pm

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+ Eric Veit "Poem and Notes" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, Gallery I, Free, 6-9pm

+ Bailey Hikawa "Emperor! Emperor! Emperor!" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, Gallery II, Free, 6-9pm

Gary Bukovnik "Nature, Inspiration, and Practice: The Orchid Series" at The UC Botanical Garden
Berkeley: 200 Centennial Drive, $40 GA, $35 Members, 2-4pm

Monday, February 25

Lecture: "Architecture Lecture Series: Tomas Saraceno" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, Free, 7pm

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