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Gallery Openings: Pirate Radio, "Wild Things," and Excavated Literature

By Ruby Perez | Thu, February 2, 2012

It doesn't take a monster-truck rally to get people out in force in San Francisco. In fact, some events that are considered highbrow and esoteric get amazing turnouts. One of those is First Thu More >
Literary Sculpture

By : Silke Tudor | Wed, February 01, 2012

Without seeing a video, it is difficult to imagine how Brian Dettmer creates his sculptures. His medium is vintage nonfiction — hardbound dictionaries, encyclopedias, medical journals, atlases, and engineering texts that have, for the most part, b... More >
Kirkman Amyx: "Probability, Chance, and Temporality"

By | Wed, October 19, 2011

Collages of smaller images that create patterns (think of Chuck Close's portraits) have been popular for years, but Kirkman Amyx pushes the concept someplace new with his series "Basic Cable." For five straight days, Amyx took photographs of diffe... More >

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Gallery Openings: Pirate Radio, "Wild Things," and Excavated Literature