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Review: Takashi Murakami, Mememe no kurage (Jellyfish Eyes)
Mememe no kurage (Jellyfish Eyes) By Glen Helfand This review has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17. Branded delivery systems are Takashi Murakami’s stock in trade. He’s got his own...
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Frieze 2014
Frieze 2014 By Anna Hygelund Whatever part of the art industry you hail from, it’s common to acknowledge a preference for Frieze Masters over Frieze. While the square footage is dauntingly larger...
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In Conversation: Shunya Hagiwara with Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im
Shunya Hagiwara Interviewed by Aaron Harbour and Jackie Im This interview has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17. Shunya Hagiwara, “La Modification,” 2010. Courtesy of the artist. We received...
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Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014
Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014 Mail an Octopus with Stamps on its Head By John Held, Jr. This essay has been pulled from SFAQ print issue 17. Shozo Shimamoto (Nishinomiya, Japan). “Universe...
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Simon Starling in Chicago
Simon Starling: Pictures for an Exhibition The Arts Club of Chicago 201 E. Ontario Street, Chicago, IL 60611 June 6–September 26, 2014 Simon Starling: Metamorphology Museum of Contemporary Art...
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Mediacity Seoul 2014
Ghosts, Spies, and Grandmothers Seoul Museum of Art September 1-November 23, 2014 It shakes out like this: on the odd-numbered years, we have the big European biennials like the Venice Biennale,...
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Tetsuya Ishida | Saving The World With A Brushstroke
Tetsuya Ishida Saving the World with a Brushstroke Asian Art Museum 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 14 November 2014 – 22 February 2015 Saving the World with a Brushstroke, the most recent...
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Lee Mingwei: Life, Memories, And The Art Of Participation
The essence of Lee Mingwei’s art lies in the relationships between people—family, friends, and complete strangers. Many of his works invite the viewer to take part by following simple instructions....
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Atsushi Kaga @ Jack Hanley
Atsushi Kaga: I am here with you July 2 – 31, 2015 Jack Hanley Gallery 327 Broome St. New York, NY 10002 It is hard, at first, to detect any bravura in Atsushi Kaga’s work: what with paintings of...
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Slow Ride: João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva’s ONE MONTH WITHOUT FILMING
João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva: One month without filming July 11 – September 20, 2015 REDCAT 631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Going to the movies is one of the city dweller’s best hopes...
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Ken Kagami and Scott Reeder: “The Future is Stupid” at Green Gallery, Milwaukee
Installation view. Courtesy of gallery. Installation view Kagami. Courtesy of gallery. Currently on view at Green Gallery, Milwaukee is a two-person exhibition “The Future is Stupid” featuring new...
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My Ruth Asawa (1926-2013)
By John Held, Jr. (Asawa kneeling with large sculpture) photo by Imogen Cunningham When I first arrived in San Francisco in 1995, one of the first calls I made was to Ruth Asawa. I was a big...
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SFAQ Pick: Lecture by Rinko Kawauchi at the California College of the Arts –...
Lecture by Rinko Kawauchi Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at 7pm Timken Lecture Hall, California College of the Arts 1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 Free and open to the public No RSVP –...
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SFAQ Pick: “Someone’s Wife” solo exhibition by Nobuyoshi Araki at Rat Hole...
Nobuyoshi Araki, Hitozuma no Shashin series. B&W Print, Acrylic marker. 13 x 18 cm. 2013.Courtesy of the gallery. Nobuyoshi Araki, Hitozuma no Shashin series. B&W Print, Acrylic marker. 13 x 18...
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SFAQ Pick: Survey exhibition of works by Nobuo Sekine at Blum & Poe, Los...
Currently on view at Blum & Poe, Los Angeles is a large survey exhibition of works by Nobuo Sekine, one of the key figures of Mono-ha, a group of Tokyo-based artists who radically changed the...
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SFAQ Pick: “Mouth Wave” solo exhibition of Glasgow-based artist Victoria...
Currently on view at Rat Hole Gallery, Tokyo is “Mouth Wave,” a solo exhibition of Glasgow-based artist Victoria Morton. The exhibition will present an installation of paintings and sculptural works...
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SFAQ Review: “Hi-Red Center: Traces of Direct Action” at the Shoto Museum,...
“Hi-Red Center: Traces of Direct Action” February 11 – March 23, 2014 Shoto Museum, Tokyo, Japan By Gianni Simone Image 1 The Shoto area is tucked away in a quiet corner of the otherwise glitzy...
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SFAQ Pick: “so far so close” solo exhibition by Tokyo based painter Shinpei...
Currently on view at Altman Siegel, San Francisco is “so far so close,” a solo exhibition by Tokyo based painter Shinpei Kusanagi. The exhibition features Kusanagi’s abstract paintings paired with his...
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SFAQ Pick: “KOBAYASHI MARU” solo exhibition by Agnieszka Brzezanska at...
Agnieszka Brzezanska “KOBAYASHI MARU” installation view. Courtesy of Nanzuka. Agnieszka Brzezanska “KOBAYASHI MARU” installation view. Courtesy of Nanzuka. Currently on view at Nanzuka, Tokyo is...
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Visualizing Consciousness – Hybrids, Fractals, and Ritual, Saya Woolfalk in...
Saya Woolfalk and Jeff Durham “Visualizing Consciousness – Hybrids, Fractals, and Ritual” 370 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Campus September 2, 5-7 pm Tuesday, September 2, UC Berkeley hosts...
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