Category Archives: ART

Lines Ballet preview, SF Weekly

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Larissa Archer

The Alonzo King Lines Ballet is a true San Francisco institution, not only because it has been around for nearly 30 years, but because it embodies the diversity of San Francisco in almost every aspect of its existence. Not too … Continue reading →

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Elin Høyland’s “Brothers” at Rayko, for the Huffington Post

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Larissa Archer

It is tempting to regard a life that takes place “off the grid” of modern culture — sans TV, sans cellphone, sans facebook, sans travel — with pity, as if the person living this way was “left behind” or just … Continue reading →

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I visited Paul Madonna’s home and studio, SF Weekly

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Larissa Archer

One doesn’t expect to visit an artist’s studio and be afflicted with apartment lust (unless one got to visit Monet at Giverny or Damien Hirst’s suite at Claridge’s). But Paul Madonna, we learned thanks to SF Open Studios, lives and works … Continue reading →

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“Illusions of Grandeur” at 111 Minna Gallery, Art Practical

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Larissa Archer

Illusions of Grandeur, at 111 Minna Gallery, showcased the abstract and Surrealist-inspired work of two local painters, NoMe Edonna and Lee Harvey Roswell. Both self-taught, each artist possesses an eye for composition and favors bold colors, as exhibited by the … Continue reading →

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My review of Fraction Magazine’s show at Rayko Photo Center in the Huffington Post

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Larissa Archer

For the lay observer, a group show often has the advantage of a clear theme, a unifying idea behind the curation that primes the viewer to look for certain common elements throughout the exhibit, and to interpret the work with … Continue reading →

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Photobooth and my crush on tintypes, SF Weekly

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Larissa Archer

​ A lot of people have been scratching their heads at the surge in popularity of photographic styles that were once the inevitable defects of machinery long since surpassed and outmoded. While digital cameras that can take clear, detailed, almost “perfect” … Continue reading →

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Notes from an Extended Art Crawl, SF Weekly

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Larissa Archer

                    August is the month when most of the world goes on vacation and makes you feel a bit of a chump for staying put in a dubious staycation in the … Continue reading →

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My review of Scott Yeskel’s “Mapping California” in the San Francisco Examiner

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Larissa Archer

Painter Scott Yeskel’s exhibit at Jack Fischer Gallery is titled “Mapping California,” but it could as aptly be named “Leaving California” or “EscapingCalifornia.” It is not a pervasive view of California he depicts. He ignores the wealthy enclaves of Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Fabricated Realities at Robert Koch Gallery, in Art Practical

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Larissa Archer

Despite the sometimes disturbing effectiveness of Photoshop, we still expect photography to show us something that at least seems real. It’s understood that the freedom to contrive entire alternate worlds belongs to the painter, sculptor, writer, or dramatist—any artist whose … Continue reading →

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Jonah Raskin writes about pot; I write about him for SF Weekly.

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Larissa Archer

  “If baseball is the opiate of the masses, why aren’t opiates given to the masses?” This was possibly the most cogent question posed to Jonah Raskin on Thursday at Canessa Gallery after he read from his new book, Marijuanaland: Dispatches from an … Continue reading →

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