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

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

ArtMRKT San Francisco really stepped up its game this year and put on a spectacular showing for the art consuming public. Represented were both well established dealers and also those galleries who are just emerging or are beginning to establish themselves. There was also a special section for Stephen De Staebler, whose works is always a must see. The following is part two of my journey through the fair. Robert Arneson at Brian Gross Fine Art, ArtMRKT San Francisco 2012 (Imag

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

The newest offering from gallerist Jack Fischer is ‘MAXIMALISM: UTOPIA,’ a solo show of works by Ema Harris-Sintamarian. What a show it is! Having seen Ms. Harris-Sintamarian’s work in her last show at the gallery, these stand as a mark of major growth over the last two years in terms of technique and a departure in the use of forms. Ema Harris-Sintamarian, 'Centralized Division,' 2012 (gouache on paper, 50 x 130 inches) (Images courtesy of the artist and the Jack Fischer Gal

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

Installation view of 'Confiscated' at Jack Fischer Gallery, September 2011 showing (left to right) 'Bull's Eye', 2011, 'Homeland Security Advisory', 2011, 'Untitled', 2011, and 'Fear Culture 2', 2011 (image courtesy of Jack Fischer Gallery) In the latest show ‘Confiscated’ at the Jack Fischer Gallery in San Francisco, the Berkeley based conceptual artist Michele Pred has revisited a body of work that remains current in light of the tenth anniversary of the September 11th atta