Synthetic environments as depicted in this group show refer to manmade riffs on what once was Mother Nature.

via Catharine Clark, Mina Dresden, Michael Rosenthal, Root Division, Eleanor Harwood, Guerrero, Parisoma, Warehouse Gallery (Oakland) – San Francisco California Art Galleries Events: April 10, 2010.

We’re heading out west for our annual Collectors Confab and you’re invited! Jen and a few members of the 20×200 team are excited to meet you—West Coast collectors—on Tuesday, May 4th from 6 – 9 p.m at Chronicle Books in San Francisco. We’ll be serving wine and beer along with a few nibbles, and perhaps have a surprise or two for you too. Many of our Bay Area artists will also be in attendance, so come say hello and have a drink on us!

via The 20×200 Blog: West Coast: You’re Invited!.

…click “Create,” and enjoy your ready-made Critical Response to the Art Product (or CRAP).

via PIXMAVEN – The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator.

I have transformed 2 giant windows on Minna St. into lightboxes for a couple photos that are 8 feet tall. And on Natoma St. I have 3 lightboxes in smaller sizes mixed in with Andy’s installation.

UPDATES:

• Here’s the SF Examiner review about this show and my other work: http://tinyurl.com/y9acp5n
• Some photos of the installation are included at the bottom of this ArtBusiness.com review
• One of my Motion Studies images was recently published online at Gizmodo Motion Gallery 2

Our blurb about the installation:
In this collaborative art installation by photographer Ari Salomon and sculptor Andy Vogt, each artist relies on a systematic process to create large-scale abstract artworks. Salomon experiments with found-lighting situations to reveal hints of what is all around us but hidden by the limits of perception. Vogt transforms found-wood lath strips into architectural and geological constructions, and these new structural meditations examine how time and materials intersect with our perception of place. Both artists explore the concept of building abstractions of reality in order to bring another kind of reality into focus.

Reception: Sat., February 20, 4-7pm
Dress warm – you will have to be outdoors to see our work and enjoy our free TCHO chocolate! Japanese organic snacks for sample and purchase by Pachamana Catering. Thanks also to DPi Printing and Central Services.

Where:
On view 24/7 in the street-level window displays down the alleyways on either side of the museum (on the SFMOMA parking garage behind the main building). The Minna Street Windows are directly across the alley from Catherine Clark and Baer Ridgeway galleries (who will be having opening receptions at the same time). Learn more: http://www.sfmoma.org

Photos: my 5 photos that are part of the installation

Photos: Day and night documentation as well as reception

San Francisco Art Show Fundraiser…

This isn’t my image but I do have a panoramic image in this great fundraiser later this month. Here’s the details…

Join us February 27th at Space Gallery for art, cocktails, and live music to help us raise money for the non-profit, Camfed. Art donations from talented, local San Francisco artists will be auctioned off from 8-10pm and 100% of the sales will go directly to Camfed.

The goal of the organization is to empower girls in Africa by using a community-based, holistic approach to long-term education, small business training, and HIV prevention. Since 1993, Camfed has improved the educational opportunities for 645,400 children, provided scholarships for 39,330 girls to go to high school, trained 2,677 teacher mentors and helped 609 young women go to college.

via CAMFED FUNDRAISER SF: Overview.

creative conceptual art…

(“the Artwork”) which consists of a black box that places itself for sale on the auction website “eBay” (the “Auction Venue”) every seven (7) days. The Artwork consists of the combination of the black box or cube, the electronics contained therein, and the concept that such a physical object “sells itself” every week.

via A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter (2009) – Caleb Larsen – eBay (item 190367275705 end time Jan-28-10 14:39:47 PST).

“The perfect canvas to create a beautiful work of art showcasing the talents of reverse graffiti artist “Moose”, and the power of Green Worksplant based cleaner.”

via Reverse Graffiti Project.

I’d heard of this idea of converting the Armory to creative uses a long time ago when I moved to the Mission in 1993. A couple years later I visited PS1 in New York and it occurred to me that the Armory could be just as cool.

The 3 articles with * are the most useful.

1. Developer wants penthouses atop armory*

   Nov 10, 2006

   http://www.examiner.com/a-390557~Developer_wants_penthouses_atop_armory.html

2. Owner plans fresh invasion of Armory

   April 9, 2004

   http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2004/04/12/story4.html

3. Inside the Belly of the Building:
   Behind the Armory’s deformed brick facade lies a potential artists’ paradise*

   October 9, 2000

   (really great photos, nice narrative)

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2000/10/10/lloyd.DTL&hw=Mission+Armory&sn=008&sc=562

4. Mission condo project opens a can of worms

   Supes’ decision to halt construction has broader effect

   April 12, 2006

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/12/BAG3KI7IO51.DTL&hw=Mission+Armory&sn=002&sc=268

5. Mission Armory plan sees condo complex;
   Landmark building vacant for 34 years

   April 10, 2004

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/04/10/BUGT9635L01.DTL&hw=Mission+Armory&sn=011&sc=526

6. Dot-com developer storms S.F. armory

   Mission district fortress to be transformed into multimedia haven

   February 18, 2000

   http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2000/02/21/story1.html

7. Cursed Armory Has Hexed Developers for Over Twenty Years*

   October 3, 2000

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2000/10/03/lloyd.DTL

8. Waiting for a Miracle in the Mission

   January 28, 1996

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1996/01/28/SC25569.DTL&hw=Armory&sn=004&sc=645

9. Armory sold for $1.25 million

   July 24, 1996

   http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/e/a/1996/07/24/NEWS5223.dtl&hw=Armory&sn=005&sc=625

10. random info on a blog. link at bottom explain the syle of brick:

    http://sf.metblogs.com/archives/2006/11/the_armory_building_at_14th_an.phtml

From the National Register of Historic Places:

San Francisco National Guard Armory and Arsenal

Also known as Coastal Artillery Headquarters & Training Base

San Francisco County – 1800 Mission St., San Francisco

(22 acres, 1 building)

Historic Significance: Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer: Woollett & Woollett, McLeran & Peterson

Period of Significance: 1900-1924

Owner: Federal

Historic Function: Defense, Social

Historic Sub-function: Arms Storage

Current Function: Vacant/Not In Use

ARI’S A-LIST OF FREE-TO-LIST-YOUR EVENT SITES

• Fecalface
• Squid List
• UpComing
• Happenstand
• FaceBook Their ad system is great for getting the word out inexpensively and very geo-targeted.
• ArtSpan sends out a nice monthly newsletter. I think they will list events by anyone who has participated in Open Studios.

I have also used Eventful, SF Station & SF Arts

LOCAL PAPERS

• The City Star SF
• SF Bay Guardian 8 days a week
• Chronicle (Pink, daily Datebook and SFGate) – how to submit listings
• Examiner (used to have “Submit an Article” but no longer)

LOCAL SF BLOGS ABOUT ART

• ArtBusiness Alan Bamberger has an amazing archive of SF Art Openings with photos and comments. Sometimes this is the only place to find out about local artists who don’t have their own sites.
• Emma Krasov’s “Art and Entertain Me” blog. Here’s an entry about my show.
• Noah Beil
• Not for fun only