- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Jun 12, 2013
-
-
Two Complementary Exhibits at Berkeley Art Museum
The socially critical paintings of contemporary artist Nicole Eisenman are situated in an art historical network extending hundreds of years.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Jun 5, 2013
-
-
Personal But Not Up Close at Mercury 20
Julianne Wallace Sterling, Jann Nunn, and Jody Medich present work exploring the body and personal memory, but manage to avoid the sense of emotional intimacy one would hope for.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, May 22, 2013
-
-
Swarm Gallery's Farewell Exhibition Shows Fresh Perspectives
Fictional/Familiar subverts conventional perspectives in the representation of space.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, May 15, 2013
-
-
Why 'Blonde Ambition' Lacks Ambition
Jenny Sharaf attempts to open feminist dialogue through an exhibition that ruptures mainstream portrayals of blondeness.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, May 1, 2013
-
-
Festival of Form
This enjoyably crowded, twelve-artist sculpture exhibition highlights a nature-focused sensibility.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Apr 24, 2013
-
-
Johnna Arnold's Risky, Rebellious Photographs of Freeways
Her "rummaging" around concrete structures are photographed with captivating clarity.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Apr 17, 2013
-
-
The Anxiety That Artists Feel
A two-gallery group show names anxiety as its subject, but the works complicate more than substantiate the term.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Apr 10, 2013
-
-
The Truly Humbling Paintings of Hung Liu
The artist's works reveal a deep compassion for the victims of history and stand as her greatest works.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Apr 3, 2013
-
-
The Absence of Cyrus Tilton
The sculptor's latest exhibition is the fruit of a creative drought.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Mar 27, 2013
-
-
Contemplating Clutter
Jessalyn Aaland's sticker-filled exhibit at Swarm Gallery meditates on the nature of stuff.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Mar 20, 2013
-
-
The Surreal Garden of Bailey Hikawa
The artist turns from paint to sculpture for this immersive installation, which explores power and illusion.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Mar 13, 2013
-
-
Randy Colosky Took Past Works and Made Them New and Exciting
The sculpture-oriented artist deconstructed pieces from last year's Fiat Lux for a new exhibit at Chandra Cerrito Contemporary.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Mar 6, 2013
-
-
Finally, an Art Exhibit That Doesn't Just Bemoan Technology
Three artists explore the light side and the dark side of digital technology through manipulated photography, video and sound.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Feb 27, 2013
-
-
Lauren Douglas' Shining Moments
The Oakland-based artist uses photography to illuminate life's fleeting images and sensations.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Feb 20, 2013
-
-
This Exhibit on Environmental Degradation Is Just Sad
Alicia Escott's disappointment in capitalist culture and environmental policy makes for a less-than-stirring exhibition.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Feb 13, 2013
-
-
All Quiet at the Berkeley Art Museum
Silence brings together works by many major artists, exploring the phenomenon of silence
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Feb 6, 2013
-
-
Why Hung Liu's Massive Installations Don't Quite Satisfy
The works by the Chinese-born artist at Mills College beg to be part of something larger.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Jan 30, 2013
-
-
Beth Yarnelle Edwards' Radical Pictures of Suburbia
The second installation in the Oakland Museum of California's California Photography series captures the middle-class, Silicon Valley psyche.
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Jan 23, 2013
-
-
Search and Discover Art at Krowswork
Visitors explore by flashlight to uncover women's objects redolent of another era
- Arts & Culture, Visual Art, Jan 16, 2013
-
-
Pete Hickok's Baroque Kitsch
The products of the artist's six-month residency suggest a yearning to harness visual pleasure and lurid stimulation of many sorts
