my love for you.

Margaret Kilgallen: Summer / Selections

Just to tide you over til I get my time management skills in check over the weekend, I worked extra hard to get these images ready from last night for you this wonderful Friday am. Margaret Kilgallen: Summer / Selections opened last night at Ratio 3. The first solo show in San Francisco of Margaret's in 13 years, I was excited to check it out. As I weaved through the crowd last night at the gallery, I was reminded of why she was (and her work still is) so prolific. She was known best for her steady hand, and it's so evident in this show. The whole show is not to be missed, but I especially liked the back room best. Painted canvas pieced together like quilts were on display -- there was something really special about being so close to work you knew that Margaret manually fed through a sewing machine (and some pieces were hand sewn).

Summer / Selections displays Margaret's passion for the imagery her style has become synonamous with -- trees, leaves, female figures and wide lipped smiles. I hope to get back this weekend to take a slower walk through the show. Definitely one worth spending time in. This coming Sunday is the ten year anniversary of Margaret's passing. It's a thoughtful show for sure. Margaret Kilgallen: Summer / Selections runs through August 5, 2011.

Chris Perez, owner of Ratio 3 and Barry McGee.

Opening Pics: Judith Supine's LADYBOY at New Image.

New Image Art was turned into a neon wonderland for Judith Supine's LADYBOY. Floor to ceiling was decked with Supine's hand painted wall paper and large scale sculptures. The opening was packed, and it looks like it was a ton of fun. Check out all of the opening pics here.

Image credit: Brent Kerr, Yuri Hasegawa.

Mark Warren Jacques I'm Here Now at Gallery Hijinks.

Mark Warren Jacques moved to SF over the summer and fell in love with the city. Like many of us, it's hard not to fall hard for this electric city. His solo show I'm Here Now is the result of his love. All the work in the show he created in his temporary Dog Patch studio. Each piece is so perfectly done. Mark's line worl always blows my mind.

I'll be giving away a print of his tomoroz, say stay tuned for that!

I meant to get these pics up last week, but things got a little crazy for me in a very good way. I'll expand more on that in the coming weeks, I think. ;) But in the meantime, let's look at Mark's gorgeous work. It was a great show and Gallery Hijinks had done did it again!

Mark letting us know where he's at.

I got a little freaky and animated the pics of Mark's sculpture so you can get a better idea of how it looked. It was pretty mesmerizing. You like it, right?

Something Better.

Richard Colman's show, Something Better opened to a packed house on Saturday night at Guerrero Gallery. No wonder really, the show was electric. Kevin Earl Taylor performed under his one man band Death Cheetah, which was incredible. All in all one of my favorite openings for sure. Here are a bunch of pics, from the day before and the day of. The rest will be on flickr when I can find some time.

Something Better runs through November 6th, 2010. Be sure to check it.

Death Cheetah tears it up.

Giveaway: The Exquisite Book.

The Exquisite Book from ALSO on Vimeo.

The Exquisite Book tour kicked off yesterday over on Design for Mankind with an interview with Julia Rothman. Today, the second day of the tour, Chronicle Books offers three ML4U readers a chance to win a copy of their own. Yessss. You know the drill, leave a comment!

Loosely based on the game started by the Surrealists in the 1920's called the Exquisite Corpse, Julia, Jenny Volvoski and Matt Lamothe asked 100 artists to take part in their version of this almost century old drawing game. The book is a fabulous idea, full of so many different styles and a vast range of artists...many of whom have been featured here on ML4U. There is so much to look at on each page. It's a perfect addition to your library!

Last Thursday night Rare Device hosted a night of drawing and book signing. Co-author Julia Rothman, and local participating artists Caitlin Keegan, Lisa Congdon, Eunice Moyle, Tom Neely, Kelly Lynn Jones, Susie Ghahremani and Lorena Sim were there drawing up a storm .I've attached pics of the night.

Please leave a comment to win the book, I'll choose three lucky readers Wednesday afternoon.

Lisa Congdon, Caitlin Keegan, Susie Ghahremani, Lorena Sim, Kelly Lynn Jones,  and Tom Neely.

Susie Ghahremani signs her page for a fan.

Kelly Lynn Jones and Lorena Sim.

A little one takes part.

And be sure to check out the rest of the Exquisite Book's tour: 

10/20 Creature Comforts
10/21 Oh Joy!
10/22 Pikaland
10/25 Print & Pattern
10/26 ReadyMade
10/28 The Post Family
10/29 Decor8
11/1 UPPERCASE
11/2 Mint
11/3 Grain Edit
11/5 7×7 Magazine