Art Show in the Gallery of Studio Trilogy, San Francisco

Located in South of Market area in San Francisco, Studio Trilogy is a big player in recording company.  The company's website states:

Located in the creative heart of San Francisco, Studio Trilogy furnishes engineers, producers and artists with one of the world’s finest recording studio environments. Three state-of-the-art control rooms, four integrated isolation booths, one of San Francisco’s most versatile large tracking rooms, the unique very live Gallery space, an experienced staff and a great network of award winning engineers and producers.

Designed by John Storyk of WSDG, Studio Trilogy features Pro Tools|HD 3 systems and classic Studer analog 2" tape, Ampex ATR 1" and 1/2" 2 Track, an 80-channel SSL 9000K mix console with Ultimation; A 32 Channel API 1608; A Digidesign ICON D-Control, ISDN, Video link and monitoring for scoring to picture, overdubbing, voice-over, sound design, a large collection of microphones; a full complement of vintage and modern instruments and gear. Check out our News & Events page for current press and updates!

Recently, Studio Trilogy reached me for loaning them some paintings for their above-mentioned Gallery space.  When I visited their studio, I was deeply impressed by the space and was happy to comply.  After some discussions, I brought fourteen paintings to studio Trilogy on Monday, 4 April.  After some trials, we found niches for eight pieces of these paintings.  Three would be in the main Gallery, around their most beloved couch.  The rest of my paintings would be display at the main entrance, the stunning hall way, the reception room, and the landing to the second floor.

The paintings will remain with Studio Trilogy for about three months.


Trying out space


Trying out space - my "Lake", "Bombed Bridge, I" and "Birches" will replace the current paintings


Trying out space


Designated space for "Falling"


Designated space for "Mackerel"


Designated space for "Leisurely"


Designated space for "Crow"


Designated space for "Hindrance"


Studio Trilogy curator and another artist discussed choices

GPS for Art

Recently, a friend called my attention to an article about an effort to document of public art via Wikipedia. According to the article published by The Chronicle of Higher Education,

Documentation of public art, particularly digital documentation, lags behind other art forms. Jennifer Geigel Mikulay, an assistant professor and public scholar of visual culture at Indiana-Purdue, started the project, Wikipedia Saves Public Art, with Richard S. McCoy, an associate conservator at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. They taught a course together last fall at Indiana-Purdue, in which they asked students to write Wikipedia articles with a local and art-historical context about pieces of public art on the campus. The students used a GPS tracking device to obtain coordinates for each piece so that article readers could find it in real life.

Now Ms. Mikulay, Mr. McCoy, and some students are writing Wikipedia entries for pieces of public art around Indianapolis. They also tag pre-existing entries that fit the project with a Wikipedia Saves Public Art banner. So far, they've tagged more than 900. At this point, there aren't many members on the project's Wikipedia page, and participation hasn't moved much beyond Indianapolis. Still, those involved are hopeful that people across the globe will use Wikipedia to document the public art in their communities.

The list is not comprehensive but could be a good starting point for people who want to write Wikipedia articles about local sculptures, Ms. Mikulay said. In fact, the group in Indianapolis is attempting to convert the list for their city into Wikipedia entries.

It is a novel but logical idea and I hope its success will facilitate broader usage of modern technology in the art world.

I always want to have a system, maybe a GPS system, which can tell the locations of particular paintings, sculptures, or drawings at given period of time. Which is not only a great tool for museums and galleries to advertise their treasures, but a wonderful instrument for tourist industry as well, particularly for people like me who plan their trips to the hours.

Apple, Google, are you listening?

A Sad Story and an Argument for Buying Living Artists' Works

Today, I read this story in San Francisco Chronicle: "S.F. dealer accused of selling fake Miró prints". According to Chronicle, "Pasquale Iannetti, 69, who runs Pasquale Iannetti Art Galleries Inc. on Sutter Street, was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in San Francisco on charges of wire and mail fraud for allegedly shipping prints that purportedly had been authorized by Miró, the renowned Spanish Catalan painter and sculptor who died in 1983."

It is a sad story. I have visited the Gallery before, for a special exhibit of works by the great German artist Käthe Kollwitz. Apparently impressed by my admiration for Kollwitz, Mr. Iannetti gave me a copy of their beautifully produced catalog, which still sits amongst my treasured artbooks on my shelf. I felt sad for his downfall and felt bad for the collectors who were duped.

Yet, this is a story argues for buying living artists. People should not treat artworks as commodoties. They should buy what they love to see and if they are not experts to tell geniune from fake, then buying artworks they love from living artists would solve the problem more than adquetly.

Alphonse Berber Gallery on Bancroft, Berkeley

The Alphonse Berber Gallery on Bancroft, Berkeley, California is an amazing place which often showcases fantastic works in huge dimensions.

Currently, it has a giant tree split in half by a white wall and both halves were fully occupied by translucent candy-colored pink birds, in all shapes. It was such a joyous work yet at the same time, one expects something not so sweet to happen any time.

It is a wonderful place for Berkeley.

    

My Submissions to Alphonse Berber Gallery, Berkeley

Recently I stumbled upon a new gallery (Alphonse Berber Gallery) on Bancroft Way, near UC Berkeley. I submitted 10 works below for consideration:

Diptych - Sorrow and Suffering:
















Grandma:




















Interaction:













Three Figures:















Dirge:















Bombed Bridge, I:




















Rape Fields:




















Falling:














Shadow:















Mackerel: