Contemporary Art Reviews
David Antonio Cruz, stay, take your time, my love, ICA SF
…allowing the viewer to pause between paintings to consider the distinction of what takes place in the dark and the celebratory color of the chosen family paintings…
Gil Batle, Almost Sanctuary, Catharine Clark Gallery
Self-portraits add to the show's central theme of unflinching honesty intertwined with self-actualization.
David Huffman, A Brilliant Blackout, Jessica Silverman Gallery
…between neon trees backdropped by a marbled color field of leaf green, sitting in a meditative lotus posture, the Traumanaut looks honorably toward a Thil dorka…
Michael Reafsnyder, Summer Jam, Scott Richards Contemporary Art
Reafsnyder reminds us of what is possible today in a similar society, but in a very different way. He exchanges today's fallacy of efficiency for the magic of making with one's hands…
Shimmering Tale, Chris Cosnowski, Dolby Chadwick Gallery
…aggrandizing mass-produced toys and trophies, nostalgic for a great American past that the artist hints is ambiguous at best.
Everyday War, Yuan Goang-Ming, The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
…an even greater eruption causes the books to be engulfed in flames
Masako Miki, Midnight March, ICA San Francisco
… a new angle on the shadows cast across the social landscape