Despite the title of the current group show at Southern Exposure the work on view is, by turns, thoughtful, silly, absurd, self-effacing and sweet—none of the qualities that come to mind when I think of a smart ass. I count... Read More

Note from author: This was originally going to be a collective review, but it didn't work out that way. The failed attempt at collective art criticism has given me greater respect for collective art making.... Read More

Manuscript pages on the wall detail written observations of a natural site. The writing looks conventional; handwriting flows left to right, page by page in an elegant but un-theatrical cursive. The handwriting is black and appears more rushed at times, but not by much. 24... Read More

A small, self-standing clock that sits atop a pedestal is among the first objects one encounters in the International Arts and Crafts exhibition at the de Young Museum. The clock is modest compared to many of the objects that surround it. It’s scale and hand-painted... Read More

I attended the opening of “The Art of Tea” (or Why is Soda Pop More Popular than Tea?) show at the Cricket Engine Gallery last Friday and I did not see a single Mr.T related work. What a gyp! Although artist Lexa Walsh did create a piece titled “Cozy” constructed from hair extensions that did very much resemble something that would be very much at home on the head of George Clinton or Cousin It. Read More

"Animal Insurrection," Michelle Waters’ series of paintings at the Presidio’s Thoreau Center reminds us that art can, even in the apres-moi-la-Deluge decadence of the late Bush Regime, aspire to arouse the social conscience and foster a sense of ecological urgency. Read More

The concurrent solo exhibitions at Catharine Clark Gallery presenting Packard Jennings and Felipe Dulzaides made use of the unexamined life under scrutiny tying in several cases of suspect: suggestive advertising, target marketing, rediscovered perspective of the everyday, and the challenge of office culture on the... Read More