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03/10

Home Run

10:27 am by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

TRIPLE BASE IS OPENING A POP-UP GALLERY IN TRIBECA FOR 2 WEEKS. IT OPENS TONIGHT, WED 3/3 AT 8PM. I AM CURATING PRAY TELL: A SÉANCE FOR WARREN ZEVON FOR THE CLOSING PARTY ON SAT 3/14. STAY TUNED!

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02/10

Electric Works

12:30 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: Catherine Wagner, Electric Works, Katherine Westerhout, Lava Thomas, Noah Lang, photography, Richard Barnes, Richard Lang, Sally Mann

IN THE NEW ISSUE OF COLOR, I HAVE A FEATURE ABOUT ELECTRIC WORKS, A STUDIO THAT HAS DONE AMAZING THINGS WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS. HERE’S A PDF (ZOOM IN!).

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12/09

Quaking Aspens

3:37 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: architecture, art, aspen, columbia, design, dwell, environmental witch hunt, martin beck, ross gallery

FOR DWELL, I REVIEW MARTIN BECK’S RECENT EXHIBITION AT THE ROSS GALLERY

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11/09

Beyond Textiles

5:01 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, I WRITE ABOUT ANDREA HIGGINS’ NEW HOSFELT GALLERY SHOW

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10/09

His own hostile critic

4:12 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: 1982, alasdair gray, ari messer, janine, lanark, old men in love, poor things, scotland, scots, scottish, something leather, writing

OVER AT THE RUMPUS, I HAVE AN IN-DEPTH, ILLUMINATING INTERVIEW WITH WRITER/ARTIST ALASDAIR GRAY

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10/09

Tao Lin

3:49 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: american, apparel, ari messer, dialogue, dread, fiction, mark twain, melville house, michelle tea, question marks, shoplifting, tao lin, whimsy

IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, I TALK WITH TAO ABOUT HIS UNIQUE INTERSECTION OF WHIMSY AND DREAD

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08/09

Viewers just want to have visions

11:37 am by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: amanda curreri, art, chirstine wong yap, david horvitz, feature, jessica williams, mark mcknight, michelle blade, san francisco, san francisco chronicle, triple base

IN THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, I WRITE ABOUT THE NEW GROUP SHOW INVOLVED, SOCIALLY

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08/09

The Elephant in the Shroom

4:26 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

FOR THE SFBG’S DRUG ISSUE, I WRITE ABOUT WHY IT’S TIME TO START BEING REALISTIC ABOUT MAGIC MUSHROOMS

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08/09

The Ghost of Cindy Sherman

10:28 am by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: arts commission, candida hofer, chris mccaw, Cindy Sherman, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Doug Hall, gallery, Jerry Burchard, John Harding, Joyce Grimm, Ken Botto, Lucy Goodhart, photography, rena bransten, robert koch, san francisco, solstice fires, Stacen Berg

HUMANS BECOME AFTERTHOUGHTS IN THREE PHOTO-ORIENTED EXHIBITIONS

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08/09

Hilary Pecis and Elyse Mallouk

6:13 pm by admin. Filed under: Uncategorized

Tags: collage, culture, diamonds, elyse mallouk, hilary pecis, interview, san francisco, triple base gallery, video

AT WHAT POINT DOES THE VIEWER START SEDUCING THE ARTWORK?