Next week there are countless openings as much of the art scene reawakens from its summer nap. A few early risers:

Interface Gallery: Heightened Subjectivity, recent work by Teresa Baker, Claire Colette and Lana Williams. Each of these three artists creates abstract, formal, emotive work, with the brash, spontaneity of Williams and Baker set off by the precise graphite work of Colette.

Savenack Street: Jennifer Locke: Dog Object, “2411 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110
**Note: Gallery is open 24 hours a day. Just turn on the light switch to view. 

SOMArts: The Annual Murphy & Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition. 28 grad students having receieved the titular award will be showing their work at this show, always a good peek into what is going on in the local grad programs. These shows are very hit and miss, but with much potential.

Thursday:
+ Chuck Close "Chuck Close: Important Works on Paper from the Past Forty Years" at John Berggruen Gallery
+ Ben Barretto, Chris McCaw, Conrad Ruiz, Curtis Mann, Liam Everett, Luke Butler, Miguel Arzabe, Morgo Wolowiec, Rene Ricard, Rob Reynolds, Sean McFarland, Shahrzad Kamel, Will Brown "Sea Stories Between the Tides" at Highlight Gallery

Friday:

+ Alice Cattaneo "Nothing quite flat and more round" at Romer Young Gallery

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+ Claire Colette, Lana Williams, Teresa Baker "Heightened Subjectivity" at Interface Gallery (Temescal Alley)

Saturday:
+ Jeffrey Gibson, Lecia Dole-Recio, Mary Weatherford, Wendy White "Hotbox Forever" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
+ Closing reception: William Emmert "A Lot of People Do This" at Guerrero Gallery
+ Linda Geary "All the Pink Together: BOOM" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
+ Arash Fayez, Bruno Fazzolari, Gareth Spor and Piero Passacantando, Josh Greene, Kate Bonner, Lauren Marsden, Patricia Esquivias, Stephanie Syjuco "This is the Sound of Someone Losing the Plot" curated by Anthony Discenza at Catharine Clark Gallery
+ Luis Miguel Bendaña "White Mud Filthy Clean" at Important Projects
+ Ian Dolton-Thornton "New Paintings" at Important Projects

Wednesday, September 4

New Bohemia Signs "Sign Age: Celebrating a New Age of Sign Painting" curated by Kevin Umana at The Art Gallery at Cesar Chavez Student Center
Sunset: 1650 Holloway Avenue, floor 2, FREE, 5-8pm

Artist Talk: Peter Voulkos "“Voulkos, Inspired”" at Kala Art Institute (Berkeley Central Arts Passage)
Berkeley: 2550 Center Street, Free, 6-8pm

Thursday, September 5

Laurel Roth "Flight of the Dodo" at Gallery Wendi Norris
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, Free, 6-8pm

Tomoko Konoike "Earthshine" at Gallery Wendi Norris
SOMA: 161 Jessie Street, first floor, Free, 6-8pm

Dawoud Bey "The Birmingham Project" at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Mike Brodie "A Period of Juvenile Prosperity" at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Miguel Arzabe "Constructive Interference" curated by Aimee Friberg at K. Imperial Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Pamela Wilson-Ryckman "GPS" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

David Maisel "Mining" at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Xiaoze Xie "Transience" at Gallery Paule Anglim
Downtown: 14 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Gregg Renfrow "Recognition" at Toomey Tourell Fine Art
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Chuck Close "Chuck Close: Important Works on Paper from the Past Forty Years" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Linda Ridgway "The Grand Anonymous" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Ben Barretto, Chris McCaw, Conrad Ruiz, Curtis Mann, Liam Everett, Luke Butler, Miguel Arzabe, Morgo Wolowiec, Rene Ricard, Rob Reynolds, Sean McFarland, Shahrzad Kamel, Will Brown "Sea Stories Between the Tides" at Highlight Gallery
Downtown: 17 Kearny Street, 6-8pm

Sandy Kim "Sandy Kim" at Ever Gold
Downtown: 441 O'Farrell Street, 7-10pm

David Mark , Jeffrey Palladini, Peter J. Sucy "From Two Dimensions to Three" at Sandra Lee Gallery
Downtown: 251 Post Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Guy Diehl "A Dialogue with Tradition" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Corbett Leith, Tjasa Owen "Being Outside" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Ben Aronson, Francesca Sundsten, John Nava, Karen Gunderson, Nancy Switzer, Scott Fraser, Scott Prior, Skip Steinworth "Fluid" at Jenkins Johnson Gallery
Downtown: 464 Sutter Street, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

Sam Mell "You Can Do This" at Ramon's Tailor
Tenderloin: 628 Jones Street, Free, 6-10pm

Lecture: "Alternative Exposure Info Session, 3 of 3" at Southern Exposure
Mission District: 3030 20th Street , FREE, 6-7:30pm

Dave Kinsey at FFDG
Mission District: 2277 Mission Street, floor 1, 6-9pm

Ari Salomon, Carrie Schneider, Claire Jackel , Daniel Speight, Dean Monogenis, Deborah Hamon , Derek Lynch, Eirik Johnson, Elizabeth Cayne, Gina Tuzzi , Hagar Vardimon-van Heummen, Hannah Chalew, Henry Wessel, Jeannie O'Connor, Julie Alvarado, Katherine Westerhout, Kathryn Dunlevie, Lee MATERAZZI, Lisa Solomon, Lori Larusso, Lori Nix, Megan Gorham, Michael Stevens, Roberth Minervini, Sasha Petrenko, Stephen Whisler, Todd Hido, Tracy Snelling, Tyler Bewley "Home: Shelter and Habitat in Contemporary Art" at Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek)
East Bay: 1601 Civic Drive, floor 1, $5, 6-8pm

Friday, September 6

Alex Bargas, Chandler Daniel Holmes, Daniel Bouthot, Galen Jackson, Genevieve Hastings, Heather Engen, Jason Fritz Michael Glassford, Javier Arbizu, Maral Hashemi, Margaret Lawle, Megan Atherton, Michael Bartalos, Sarah Ammons, Shay Arick, Susannah Dotson, Victoria Jang "TSFF & SOMArts Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition" curated by Justin Hoover , Monica Ramirez-Montagut at SOMArts Cultural Center
SOMA: 934 Brannan Street, FREE, 6:30–9pm

Abe Alvarez-Tostado, Al Honig, Alison Pebworth, Brett Amory, Brian Barneclo, Brian Brooks, Chor Boogie, Coro, David Choong Lee, David Mabry, Don Ed Hardy, Doug Hardy, Doze Green, Eric Bailey, Eric White, Ferris Plock, Glenn Barr, Henry Lewis , Isabel Samaras, Jason Jagel , Jay Howell, Jennybird Alcantara, Jeremy Fish, Joe Sorren, Joel Dugan, John Wentz, Josh Keyes, Jud Bergeron, Kathy Staico-Schorr, Kelly Tunstall , Kim Cogan, Lango Oliveira, Lee Harvey Roswell, Lennie Mace, Liz McGrath, Mark Ryden, Merkley???, Micah Lebrun, Michael Garlington, Mike Davis, Miss Van, Nate Van Dyke, Nome Edonna, Oliver Vernon, Onesto, Ricky Powell, Rob Reger, Robert Hardgrave, Robert Williams, Rogelio Martinez, Romanowski , Ron English, Ron Garrigues, Sam Flores, Shag, Shawn Barber, Sylvia Ji, Todd Schorr "111Minna Gallery's 20th Anniversary Party" at 111 Minna Gallery
SOMA: 111 Minna Street, 5pm-late

Amanda Hughen , Jennifer Starkweather "Valediction" at Electric Works
SOMA: 1360 Mission Street, 6-8pm

Thomas Heinser "Blickwinkel" at Gallery 16
SOMA: 501 Third Street, 6-9pm

Susan Mikula "u.X: recent photographs" curated by George Lawson at George Lawson Gallery (Downtown)
Downtown: 780 Sutter Street, open, 6-8pm

+ Alice Cattaneo "Nothing quite flat and more round" at Romer Young Gallery Mission District: 1240 22nd Street, Free, 6-9pm

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Jennifer Locke "Dog Object" curated by Carrie Sincliar Katz at Savernack Street Mission District: 2411 24th Street, Free, 6-8pm

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Ryan McGinley "YEARBOOK" at Ratio 3
Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, 6-8pm

Ilene Segalove, Margo Majewska, Mary Hull Webster "Digital Madeleine or Video-Time is Never Lost or Past" at Krowswork
Oakland: 480 23rd Street, at Telegraph Avenue, Side Entrance, 6-9pm

Christopher Nickel, Diane Rosenblum, Elizabeth Williams, Hiroko To, John Vias, Richard Koci Hernandez, Roy Berkowitz, Silvia Poloto "SLATE Autumn Collection: Focus on Photography" at Slate contemporary
Oakland: 473 25th Street, floor 1, Free, 5-9pm

Christy Kovacs, John Ruszel "The New Bay Bridge" at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, Free, 6-9pm

+ Claire Colette, Lana Williams, Teresa Baker "Heightened Subjectivity" at Interface Gallery (Temescal Alley)
Oakland: 486 49th Street, 6-9pm

Andrew L. Rogers, Brynda Glazier, Evan DeSpelder, Maciej Makalowski, Pete Belkin "Hyper-Natural" at BLOCK Gallery Oakland: 461 A 9 street, Free, 6-9pm

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Ali Naschke-Messing "2 x 2 Solos: Ali Naschke-Messing" curated by Tanya Gayer at Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, 6-8pm

Rosa M. Valdez "2 x 2 Solos: Rosa M. Valdez" curated by Eduardo Pineda at Pro Arts Gallery
Oakland: 150 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza , entrance on Kahn's Alley, Free, 6-8pm

Jennie Ottinger "Members Only" at Johansson Projects
Oakland: 2300 Telegraph Avenue, at 23rd Street, free, 5-8pm

Saturday, September 7

Melissa Dickenson "Parameters" at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, free, 7-10pm

Alberto Ybarra, Bern Rauch, Dale Erickson, Erika Meriaux, Leah Thomason Bromberg, Mark H Campbell, Martin Zuniga, Patrick St Clair "For the Love of Country" at Driftwood Salon
SOMA: 39 Isis St., Free, 5-9pm

Charles Gatewood "Charles Gatewood: 50 Years" at Robert Tat Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, Free, 3-5pm

Steve Budington "Lines of Vision Re-Drawn" at Mirus Gallery
Downtown: 540 Howard Street, Free, 6-10pm

Closing reception: Adam Feibelman "Do With Me What You Will" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, 7-9pm

+ Jeffrey Gibson, Lecia Dole-Recio, Mary Weatherford, Wendy White "Hotbox Forever" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

+ Closing reception: William Emmert "A Lot of People Do This" at Guerrero Gallery
Mission District: 2700 19th Street, Project Room, 7-9pm

+ Linda Geary "All the Pink Together: BOOM" at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
Mission District: 2747 19th Street, at York St., floor 1, A, 6-8pm

Ben Tinker with Sharmi Basu, Canner MEFE, Cheryl Leonard, Chris Duncan, Collin McKelvey, Gretchen Jude, James Cordas, Jeff Ray, Nicholas Kanozik, Sarah Lockhart, Voicehandler "Experimental Notations" curated by Chris Duncan, Jeff Ray, Sarah Lockhart at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
Mission District: 3130 24th Street, 6-10pm

NICHOLAS COLEY "Paths of Glorious Color" at ArtZone 461 Gallery Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, 5-8pm

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Various artists "Side Gallery: Studio Sale" curated by Steve Lopez at ArtZone 461 Gallery
Mission District: 461 Valencia Street, Free, 5-8pm

Screening: Julie Perini "Video Diaries & Other Adventures in the Everyday" at A.T.A.
Mission District: 992 Valencia Street, $6, 8pm

Ward Schumaker "Years of Pretty: selection from ten years of work" at Jack Fischer Gallery
Potrero Hill: 311 Potrero Avenue, Free, 4-6pm

Erin Lawlor "recent paintings" curated by George Lawson at George Lawson Gallery
Potrero Hill: 315 Potrero Avenue, open, 4-7pm

+ Arash Fayez, Bruno Fazzolari, Gareth Spor and Piero Passacantando, Josh Greene, Kate Bonner, Lauren Marsden, Patricia Esquivias, Stephanie Syjuco "This is the Sound of Someone Losing the Plot" curated by Anthony Discenza at Catharine Clark Gallery
Potrero Hill: 248 Utah Street, Free, 4-7pm

Stefan Küten "Tonight and the Beautiful Future" at Hosfelt Gallery
Potrero Hill: 260 Utah Street, 4-6pm

Ed Moses "Yesterday's Tomorrow" at Brian Gross Fine Art
Potrero Hill: 248 Utah Street, Free, 4-7pm

James Torlakson, William Farley at SFMOMA Artists Gallery (Fort Mason Center)
Marina District: Building A, 1-3pm

+ Luis Miguel Bendaña "White Mud Filthy Clean" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

+ Ian Dolton-Thornton "New Paintings" at Important Projects
Oakland: 5432 Boyd Avenue, floor 2, 6-9pm

Andrew Voogel, Christina McPhee, David X. Levine, Elizabeth Travelslight, Jeanne Stern, Jungshih Wang, Keith Wilson, Leah DeVun, Leslie Dreyer, Nick Lally, Sanaz Mazinani, Yasmin Golan "Four Core Chambers" curated by Katie Anania at Martina } { Johnston
Berkeley: 1201 Sixth Street, 2nd , Free, 4-8pm

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