Wanxin Zhang, 'I Love Panda, I Mean It', 2013, High-fired clay with glaze (55 x 22 x 24 inches); (Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery) It doesn’t happen often that the world seems to tilt slightly walking into an art gallery, but that is certainly the case entering the current show of Wanxin Zhang at Catharine Clark Gallery. Wanxin has presented in his first solo with the gallery a series of clay figures, ranging from life size down to just a couple of feet tall, which explor

Masami Teraoka 'Marilyn Monroe/Bad Year, 1973 (ink and watercolor on paper) (Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery) The Art Market 2014 San Francisco art fair is arriving this Thursday at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason and the prospects for this years showing are very good. As part of the buildup for the fair, I have been publishing a small series of slideshows comprise of what is in store for fair goers. Here is the latest of them: I hope to see you at the fair! Art Marke

Al Farrow 'Skull of Santo Guerro III', 2011 (guns, gun parts, bullets, cartridge shells, steel, brass, lead shot, glass, bone, antique textile (mid 16th century Italian silk with gold and silver embroidery)) (Courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery) Art Fair season has arrived in San Francisco and this year there is one main event -- Art Market San Francisco. Ensconced in the Festival Pavilion at the Fort Mason Center, this year's fair is set to show some of the latest and greate

Robert Arneson 'Brick Mask', 1975 (ceramic) (Courtesy of Brian Gross Fine Art) It's art fair season again in San Francisco and this year has brought some changes. Where the city had built itself up to hosting three fairs over the last few years, this year has seen them consolidated down to a single event. Returning to the Fort Mason Center, Art Market San Francisco will host over 70 galleries comprised of a good mixture of local, national, and international exhibitors. With t

Nina Katchadourian 'Indian History for young Folks', 2012; c-print (12.5 x 19 inches), Image courtesy of Catharine Clark Gallery and the artist On a recent trip to New York I made an appointment to view the Chelsea location of the Catharine Clark Gallery. On my arrival I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted by artist Nina Katchadourian, whose solo show ‘Nina Katchadourian Sorted Books’ I had come to see. When we got inside, I was surprised and visually delighted by what I

Joan Brown at artMRKT 2013 (Image courtesy of Gallery Paule Anglim) The 2013 Art Fair season arrived in San Francisco with about as much anticipation as the ticking of a clock. Their descent on the city marks the passing of another year and is a seasonal rite of passage. They also serve as the annual convention for the bay area art world, since it is the only time that collectors, curators, and gallerists all gather together in one place to see, be seen, check in with each ot

Lauren DiCioccio, 'Untitled (Abstraction G)', 2012; Hand stitched felt, thread, and fiber fill. (8 x 7 x 3.5 inches) (6.5 x 4 x 3 inches) (Image Courtesy of Jack Fischer Gallery) This August Lauren DiCioccio has had double showings in San Francisco. The Recology Alumni Group Show at the Catharine Clark Gallery, which closed on Aug. 25, had a selection of her older works coupled with pieces made at the Recology Residency, which is fitting for the retrospective nature of the sh

Having three fairs in San Francisco each May for the last two years has shown us that there was room for growth in this region of the art market and that San Francisco would support it. The ArtMRKT San Francisco fair is in its second year and it dazzled the visitors again with beautiful works. The selection committee for the fair did an excellent job curating which galleries would be represented. The consistency of quality was such that, as one fairgoer that I spoke to put it

It is Art Fair week in San Francisco again and everyone is anticipating a great showing this year. Like last year there will be three venues – artMRKT, ArtPadSF, and the San Francisco Fine Art Fair– with different moods and aesthetics for each. I am looking forward to going to the Concourse Center to see artMRKT and the Phoenix Hotel for ArtPadSF, where the work, to my mind, is more visually interesting and has an edge to it. The San Francisco Fine Art Fair at Fort Mason, if

This month the San Francisco art galleries are putting on powerful shows of a diverse range of artists. The following shows are not to be missed: Image courtesy of Brian Gross Fine Art Josephine Taylor at Catharine Clark Gallery. Ms. Taylor has produced another show of stunning and haunting works in colored pencil and ink. The works include her signature large scale drawings of complex figural arrangements, smaller scale portraits of figures, and the introduction of small col