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Kara Q. Smith
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Vaporous Subjugation
by Kara Q. Smith
Christina Corfield at Johansson Projects
January 26th - March 17th
Posted
2/7/12
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With Involuntary Sculptures
by Kara Q. Smith
Whitney Lynn at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
January 7th - February 18th
Posted
1/10/12
In the two solo shows folded into a single exhibition scenario, the viewer is left the option to draw their own conclusions about the relationship between the two self-contained, but proximal bodies of work. I found the two artists separate sculptural installations to happily complement each other through whimsicality—even though they may be [more]
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A Salutary Glimpse/Love Affair
by Kara Q. Smith
Mauricio Ancalmo, Colter Jacobsen, Ruth Laskey, Kamau Amu Patton at SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
December 9th, 2011 - April 3rd
Posted
1/10/12
A regular round-up of best-of locals by the lights of the museum, SECA provides a continuity and perhaps the best yardstick of what the Bay Area thinks is the best thing it might be making. Ascending the staircase of the SFMOMA, the most fitting compliment is the Fifty Years of Bay Area Art, an exhibition featuring SECA award recipients from the last half-century [more]
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Almost Exactly Five Things Seen in 2011
by Kara Q. Smith
Posted
1/3/12
A random and subjective mini time capsule from 2011 of things memorable, telling, or perhaps promising for the year to come…font-size: medium; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: [more]
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All the Waiting Rooms
by Kara Q. Smith
at Gallery at the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
October 20th, 2011 - December 13th, 2011
Posted
11/8/11
Sitting in the waiting room at Planned Parenthood for a check up or squished between other bodies in blue chairs at the DMV while voraciously staring at my number, these are situations I have no problem dramatically recollecting in my head. One part physical memory of space: the dirty chairs, drab paint, lack of decoration, and horribly ironic [more]
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Scribbled Notes on the State of Collaboration
by Kara Q. Smith
at Kadist Art Foundation
October 26th, 2011 - October 26th, 2011
Posted
11/4/11
On the Wednesday of October 26, 2011, I deliberately found myself sipping rum and coconut water at Kadist Art Foundation for the presentation of Corrected Slogans, hosted by Julian Myers.
Two performers, who I had never [more]
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Light Rhythms
by Kara Q. Smith
Matt Borruso at Steven Wolf Fine Arts
September 10th, 2011 - October 15th, 2011
Posted
10/5/11
Perhaps like any work, the successful reception of video-based art in an exhibition is almost as dependent on its installation as it is the artistic merit and intentions of the piece, though sometimes the latter is built into the former. In the art world, there are varying schools of thought about the reception of video work in an exhibition. Recently, I [more]
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Joie de Vivre
by Kara Q. Smith
Presley Ward at People's Gallery
September 7th, 2011 - October 22nd, 2011
Posted
10/5/11
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Dissecting Urbanisms
by Kara Q. Smith
Carlos Villa at Mission Cultural Center For Latino Arts
August 13th, 2011 - October 5th, 2011
Posted
8/30/11
It was my first time visiting the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts when I went to visit the current exhibition: a survey of recent work by the Bay Area artist, Carlos Villa. Upon entering the gallery, I had no expectations and limited knowledge of the historical background and importance – [more]
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Close Cut
by Kara Q. Smith
Ray Beldner, Adam Feibelman, Matt Gonzalez, Greg Lamarche, Joey Piziali, Boris Tellegen, Leigh Wells at Guerrero Gallery
August 30th, 2011 - August 30th, 2011
Posted
8/30/11
I have a shelf full of paper-based ephemera from exhibitions: price lists, post cards, business cards, curatorial statements, artists' take-aways. My graph-paper notebook is filled with notes from exhibitions, quotes by artists, titles and dates of pieces, and eventually, when the last page is full, I [more]
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Divine Midsummer's Night Comedy
by Kara Q. Smith
Alexander Chen, Adriane Colburn, Amanda Hughen, Ehren Elizabeth Reed, Lordy Rodriguez at Montalvo Arts Center
July 29th, 2011 - October 16th, 2011
Posted
8/1/11
Driving in our Zipcar down Montalvo Road toward our destination, we peered through the gated entrances of the houses along the way and I wondered if this set up made trick-or-treating really difficult in this neighborhood. Perhaps that is the point.
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Otherworldly Production
by Kara Q. Smith
Jo Babcock, Marco Breuer, John Chiara, Pierre Cordier, Binh Danh, Susan Derges, Shi Guorui, Michelle Kloehn, MarieAnge, Klea McKenna, Abelardo Morell, Bettina Samson, Wendy Small at Haines Gallery
June 9th, 2011 - July 16th, 2011
Posted
6/28/11
Certainly science is central to the methodical processes witnessed in Science of Sight: Alternative Photography at Haines Gallery. This is a science of chemicals, of alchemy, of an Otherworld. Light reacts: transgressing the limits of minuscule holes, meeting new levels of exposure.
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Interview with James Chronister
by Kara Q. Smith
2011-06-16
Posted
6/16/11
San Francisco, June 2011 - I first saw James Chronister’s work at Eleanor Harwood’s booth at artMRKT San Francisco. Defiantly visceral and elevated, Chronister’s paintings stood out in the acute environment of persevering gallerists and the onslaught of visual engagement. A week later, I stopped by the opening of his current exhibition, Now We Lustre where I innately conjured [more]
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Dinner is Served
by Kara Q. Smith
Richard Beaven, Christin Boggs, Nolan Calisch, Thea Maria Carlson, Kim Carr, Tierney Creech, Mckenzie Ditter, Makenna Goodman, Erin Harvey, Michele Ledoux, Ellie Lobovits, Genevieve Luikart, Esther Margolis, Connie Migliazzo, Aaron Price, Ethan Rafal, Trace Ramsey, Georgia Ranney, Ben Scott-Killian, Cecily Upton, Sara Worden at 18 Reasons Gallery
February 3rd, 2011 - March 31st, 2011
Posted
3/15/11
This is really about how a lot of complex stuff around Art and Community intersect in a specific place, a foodie-focused space, 18 Reasons, nestled in the hip, critically-acclaimed (food-wise and otherwise) Mission District [more]
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I will be back, San Pablo
by Kara Q. Smith
Rebeca Garcia-Gonzalez, Larry Hatfield, marilyn Hill, Fran Osborne, Karen Zullo Sherr at San Pablo Art Gallery
February 26th, 2011 - April 3rd, 2011
Posted
3/15/11
I received in the mail a handwritten envelope containing a formal invitation, press release and artist profiles for Immigrant Neighborhoods a month in advance to its opening. Such formalities, in my experience, are never [more]
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The Old Boys’ Club Wants You To Dance
by Kara Q. Smith
The Old Boys' Club at Haines Gallery
January 6th, 2011 - April 2nd, 2011
Posted
2/8/11
Amidst the polished concrete and the overwhelming strip-mall-blasé that permeates the floors of galleries at 49 Geary Street, Haines Gallery offers some spare reprieve in their back room space with this latest exhibition. Boasting grey walls (a welcomed contrast to the impeccable white dominating all [more]
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Perhaps the Pointing Finger
by Kara Q. Smith
Posted
1/18/11
“When I began my career, the categorical imperative of every young writer was to represent his own time. Full of good intentions, I tried to identify myself with the ruthless energies propelling the events of our century, both [more]
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The Corporeal Qualities of the Yarn
by Kara Q. Smith
Jaime Cortez, Kenneth Lo, Ginger Wolfe-Suarez at Southern Exposure
January 7th, 2011 - February 19th, 2011
Posted
1/18/11
Because a faded Polaroid photograph of a Western American mountainous desert skyline could epitomize my distant memories and dreams…because I like Derrida, because of my grandmother’s tea…these might be the reasons I have always enjoyed the experience of Ginger Wolfe-Suarez’s [more]
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Radical Empathy
by Kara Q. Smith
Posted
12/13/10
David Wojnarowicz’s piece, entitled A Fire in My Belly, was removed by museum staff from its exhibition, “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” in the National [more]
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Transcending Alterity
by Kara Q. Smith
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Dale Hoyt, Tony Labat at SOMArts
December 9th, 2010 - January 28th, 2011
Posted
12/13/10
In the corner of the gallery, there are cats. I personally don’t think you can go wrong with cat art. Sold! But the sketches of cats by Dale Hoyt and [more]
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Perhaps
by Kara Q. Smith
Glen Friedman at 941Geary
November 6th, 2010 - December 31st, 2010
Posted
11/16/10
Glen Friedman’s favorite word is Fuck.
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Showcased
by Kara Q. Smith
Zarouhie Abdalian, Bill Albertini, Alpha60.com, Nicolas Boulard, Malak Helmy, Jason Kalogiros, Cameron Kelly, Juozas Laivys, Michelle Lopez, George Maciunas, Benoît Maire, Lauren Marsden, Joshua Martinez, Nicolas Matranga, Giovanni Oberti, Mauro Vignando, Emanuele Becheri, Taha Belal, Carlos Bevilacqua, Elisheva Biernoff, David Buuck, Gintaras Didžiapetris, Brandon Walls Olsen at SC13 at the San Francisco Antique & Design Mall
August 1st, 2010 - December 31st, 2010
Posted
11/16/10
Entering San Francisco Antique & Design Mall is like stepping out of the wardrobe into a land full of haphazardly placed objects and wares, trinkets, tchotchkes, and worlds upon worlds of aged interiors, all of which manage to simultaneously disorient and [more]
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From a Sub-Sub
by Kara Q. Smith
Carrie Hott at Adobe Books Backroom Gallery
September 30th, 2010 - November 6th, 2010
Posted
10/26/10
It will be seen that this mere painstaking burrower and grub-worm of a poor devil of a Sub-Sub appears to have gone through the long Vaticans and street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane. Therefore you must not, in every case [more]
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