Artcards San Francisco Weekly Update

Its a busy week, we're in the heart of the exhibition season so the next few days will serve up an embarrassment of riches. This (first) Thursday, tons of shows are opening at 49 Geary, including a new show at Altman Siegel. Sean McFarland will be having his first exhibition at Stephen Wirtz. It will be interesting to see if gallery and artist play it safe, or if the change pushes his practice into new places.

That night Kalup Linzy will be speaking at CCA in San Francisco, and its hard to imagine this being 'run of the mill'... Linzy's early works, many of which are on youtube, still feel resonant, so a chance to see new work discussed is not to be missed.

Too much to say... lets see... a series of films which explore the X rating are screening at YBCA, including Last Tango in Paris and Henry:Portrait of a Serial Killer... the first show at CULT, the new gallery where Queens Nails used to be opens Saturday...

It'll be a fun week.

Curiously Direct Picks

As yet unreviewed, but Beatik Meteors at di Rosa in Napa is great and very worth the trip, curator Amy Owen did a fantastic job.

Pied-à-terre//Michael Snow: Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids)= A single video of a house breathing. This is one of the best things I've seen all year, and has one more day to see it (November 10th 12-3pm). Nicely projected, its simple, powerful visual narrative is emphasized by a wonderful soundtrack: the sounds of a curtain batting against a screen winds and of a dinner being eaten off-screen. These two separate registers of life happening independently... I am glad to have this image/experience rolling around in my mind to be thought about some more. I could watch it for hours, highly recommended.

Tuesday, November 5

Lecture: "Small Talks Series: Tirza True Latimer" at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts (Kent and Vicki Logan Galleries)
Potrero Hill: 360 Kansas Street, Free, 7:15pm

Wednesday, November 6

+ Performance: Benjamin Vilmain, Justin Carl Hurty, Kevin Blanquies, Raphael Noz, Shaun O'Dell, The Something, Zina Al-Shukri "The Something is Coming" at Alter Space
SOMA: 1158 Howard Street, floor 1, 7-10pm

+ Screening: Basma Alsharif "We Began By Measuring Distance" at Et al.
Chinatown: 620 Kearny Street, Free, 8-10pm

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Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Mohau Modisakeng + Nandipha Mntambo" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and Open to the Public, 7:30pm

Thursday, November 7

+ Screening: Bernardo Bertolucci "X: The History of a Film Rating: Last Tango in Paris" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, seniors, students, teachers/FREE YBCA:You members, 7:30pm

Edward Burtynsky "Water" at Rena Bransten Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, 5:30-7:30pm

Jamie Vasta "Femme" at Patricia Sweetow Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, Mezzanine, free, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Sean McFarland "Glass Mountains" at Stephen Wirtz Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 3, 5:30-7:30pm

Monir Farmanfarmaian "The First Family" curated by Cheryl Haines at Haines Gallery
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 5, 5:30-7:30pm

Helen Berggruen "A Restless Harmony" at George Krevsky Gallery
Downtown: 77 Geary Street, floor 2, free, 5:30-7:30pm

+ Jessica Dickinson "Of-" at Altman Siegel
Downtown: 49 Geary Street, floor 4, 5:30-7:30pm

Julian Lethbridge "Paintings" at John Berggruen Gallery
Downtown: 228 Grant Avenue, floor 2, 5:30-7:00pm

Joshua Meyer "Rustle, Sparkle, Flutter, Float" at Dolby Chadwick Gallery
Downtown: 210 Post Street, floor 2, Free, 5:30-7:30pm

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Addie Shevlin, Chris Ehlers, David DeFelice, Jenny E. Balisle "A Lot of Good" at Hang Art
Downtown: 567 Sutter Street, 6-8pm

Open Studio: Ilana Crispi "Tenderloin Dirt Harvest: Please be seated on the ground." at Ramon's Tailor
Tenderloin: 628 Jones Street, Free, 6-10pm

+ Lecture: "Lecture by Kalup Linzy" at California College of the Arts (CCA)
Potrero Hill: 1111 Eighth Street , Timken Lecture Hall, free, 7pm

+ Auction: Anne Veraldi, Karen Barbour, Lisa Solomon, Matt Gonzales "Project Color Corps presents Art for HUemanity" curated by Fouladi Projects at Fouladi Projects
Hayes Valley: 1803 Market Street, $10 Donation at Door, 6-9pm

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"Grace" at San Francisco Women Artists
Richmond District: 3489 Sacramento St., 5:30-7:30pm

Friday, November 8

Heidi Norton "Light in the Dark" at Mark Wolfe Contemporary
Downtown: 1 Sutter Street, floor 3, 5:30-8pm

Jonathan Zawada "PWND" at The Popular Workshop
Downtown: 1173 Sutter Street, floor 1, free, 6-10pm

Lecture: Robert Crouch "The Choreography of Listening" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and Open to the Public, 4:30-6:30pm

Lecture: "Photoalliance Lecture Series: Mark Ruwedel" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, $5 for students, $10 for the general public, 7:30pm

+ Takeshi Murata "Midnight" at Ratio 3
Mission District: 2831A Mission Street, free, 6-8pm

Saturday, November 9

+ Screening: John McNaughton "X: The History of a Film Rating - Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, $10 regular/$8 YBCA members, seniors, students, teachers/FREE YBCA:You members, 7:30pm

Amandalynn, Asend, Beast546, Christopher deLeon, Doug Rhodes, Epic Uno, Helen Bayly, Jurne, Keb, Kiro, Mags, Marcos LaFarga, Max Kauffman, Mike Gallegos, Monty Guy, Naka, Optimist, Pemex, Phillip Portillo, Resk, Robert Bowen, RUBIN, Sen2, Tonce, Toro, Udon, Wand "Letter Heads" curated by Dave Foto, Leon Loucheur at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, free, 6-10pm

Leon Loucheur "Sentient City" at Modern Eden
North Beach: 403 Francisco st, san francisco ca, 1st floor, 6-10pm

Herakut "DON'T LOOK AT ME" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, free, 7-11pm

Brian Mashburn "Blue Skies" at Shooting Gallery
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Project Space, free, 7-11pm

Word to Mother "California Coming Home" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, free, 7-11pm

Taio la Paix "New Work by Taio la Paix" at White Walls
Tenderloin: 886 Geary Street, Project Space, free, 7-11pm

Ali Naschke-Messing, Andy Vogt & Nicolas Torres, Bessma Khalaf, Desirée Holman, Evan Holm , Jesse Schlesinger , Joyce Burnstein, Kim Anno, Matt Keegan "OUROBORUS" curated by Jenny Salomon, Katherine Morgan Krause at Root Division
Mission District: 3175 17th Street, South Van Ness, 7-10pm

Katie Dorame "Sifting Screens" at Galeria de la Raza
Mission District: 2857 24th Street , 7-10pm

+ "Supreme Condominium Exhibition" at Will Brown
Mission District: 3041 24th Street , at Treat Avenue, 7-10pm

Joe Cunningham, Leigh Barbier at 60SIX
Mission District: 66 Elgin Park, floor 1, 6-9pm

+ Chris Duncan, Dean Smith, Klea McKenna , Miguel Arzabe, Miya Ando "Unseen" at CULT
Mission District: 3191 Mission Street, free, 7-10pm

Amanda Boe, Robert Ogata at SFMOMA Artists Gallery (Fort Mason Center)
Marina District: Building A, free, 1-3pm

Amos P. Kennedy Jr. (Kennedy Prints), Amy Burek, Brad Vetter, Bryan Kring, C.K.Itamura (Peach Farm Studio), Carrie-Ann Plank, Casey Gardner, Catherine Bossert (District Dogs Designs), David Fullarton, David Johnston, David Spiher, Defne Beyce, Dennis Peterson, E. Oscar Maynard, Elizabeth Boyne, Emily Alden Foster, Giselle Brewton, Jabari Jones, Jarin, Jeanne Lorenz, Johnny Brewton (X-Ray Book Co.), Kevin Bradley (Church of Type), Laurie Szujewska, Lisa Rappoport (Littoral Press), Macy Chadwick, Marshall Elliot, Mary Marsh, Mary Mortimer, Matt Runkle, Matthew Scott Gualco, Meri Page, Nicholas Kanozik, Rebecca Peters, Robin McDowell, Studio Lorzig, Tom Scarpino, Vida Sacic, Volta Press, Zach Clark "The Art of Letterpress II: A Celebration of Letterpess" at Compound Gallery
Oakland: 1167 65th st., Oakland, CA 94608, Ground floor, free, 6-9pm

Artist Talk: Allyce Wood, Bill Abright, Cyrus Titlon, Gordon Glasgow, Iris Polos, Pamela Merory Dernham, Sanjay Vora, Scott Dupree, Thekkla Hammond, Walter James Mansfield, Wayne Shaffer "Vessel as the Human Form: Humanity" curated by Lonnie Lee at Vessel Gallery
Oakland: 471 25th Street, 2-3:30PM

+ Daren Wilson, Faye Kendall, Jonathan Anzalone, Joseph Ferriso, Sophie Leininger "modest process. irregular atmosphere considered." curated by Lauren Douglas at Backstock Gallery
Oakland: 3231 Grand Avenue, Free, 6-9pm

+ Closing reception: Bean Gildsorf, CassieThornton, Dan Gilsdorf, Emily Gable "Systems of (Dis)comfort" curated by Susannah Magers at Royal NoneSuch Gallery
Oakland: 4231 Telegraph Avenue, 7-10pm

Lecture: "The Transformation of Chinese Painting Through Overseas Collecting" at NanHai Art
Millbrae: 510 Broadway, Suite 301, 2-4 PM

Sunday, November 10

Screening: "Back to the Homeland of Gesture" curated by Laida Lertxundi at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
SOMA: 701 Misssion Street, at Third Street, YBCA Screening Room, , 2pm

Monday, November 11

Lecture: "Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series: Kori Newkirk" at San Francisco Art Institute
Russian Hill: 800 Chesnut Street, Lecture Hall, Free and Open to the Public, 7:30pm