Paintings and videos suggest primordial states and alternate realities. David M. Roth reviews.
Reviews
Core Sampling the SF State Art Faculty
A virtual review by David M. Roth
Derek Conrad Murray on Dawoud Bey @ SFMOMA
A stunning retrospective from one of America’s premier photographic portrait artists.
Bill Viola’s ‘The Raft’ @ Crocker Art Museum
A near-death experience inspires a life’s work. Mikko Lautamo reports.
Renny Pritikin on ‘Uncanny Valley’ @ de Young
A critical look at the impact of artificial intelligence.
Lydia Ourahmane @ CCA Wattis
History and faith combine in an immersive Installation. Dore Bowen reviews.
Linda Gass + Survival Architecture @ MCD
Artists and designers offer strategies for surviving climate change. George Philip LeBourdais reports.
Sophie Calle @ Fraenkel
Big Questions remain central for France’s best-known conceptual artist. Max Blue reports.
Dana Hart-Stone @ Brian Gross
A deep dizzying dive into Americana. David M. Roth reports.
‘Orlando’ @ McEvoy Foundation for the Arts
Tilda Swinton curates a show about gender fluidity. Maria Porges reviews.
Man Ray @ Gagosian San Francisco
A rare showing of the artist’s Surrealist films and more. Mark Van Proyen reports.
Crown Point Press in the ’80s
When mechanical production reached an aesthetic peak. Mark Van Proyen reports.
No More I Love Yous @ Creative Growth
The unvarnished view of sex and romance. Renny Pritikin reports.
Stephen Kaltenbach @ Manetti Shrem
Selections from a legendary conceptualist’s 50-year career. David M. Roth reports.
Serge Attukwei Clottey @ Ever Gold
Environmental waste transformed into objects of conscience and protest. Max Blue reports.
Brad Brown & Christopher Miles @ Patricia Sweetow
Two innovators. A painter and a ceramic sculptor. David M. Roth reviews.